Trade In Your Clunker, Get $4,500. Maybe. [Cars]
The government is offering a $4,500 credit to anyone willing to trade in their old clunker for a new fuel efficient car, but there’s a catch. Well, several catches…To qualify, consumers must turn in a vehicle that is no more than 25 years old and has a combined city and highway fuel economy rating of no more than 18 miles per gallon, as calculated by the Environmental Protection Agency. The E.P.A. lists vehicles’ ratings at the Web site FuelEconomy.gov.The old vehicle must be drivable, and it mu