USMC ... I am not faulting you so please don't feel that way. And if I made you feel that way, I apologize. Heck, if I need a new car, I *might* consider it.

However, this program was NOT designed for the consumer, it was designed for the manufacturers.

A vehicle has an environmental impact far beyond it's MPGs. The environmental impact of manufacturing, transporting, and marketing of a vehicle must be included. You will have to use that new fuel efficient car for a very very long time in order for the environmental benefit to pay off. How long depends on what car you threw away and what car you purchased.

Here's what makes me sore about this program, despite that it's another government program running us into even more debt, the cars are being thrown away -- not recycled. I mean, come on. If we are doing this program to save the environment, why are they throwing them away? The parts suppliers have been completely cut out of the profit equation and as such, this program impacts the environment even more.