Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Owensboro, Kentucky

Some dealers are dropping out of the cash-for-clunkers program as concerns about payment delays and administrative snarls mount. "I've got to start getting paid," said Ron Morehead Jr., general manager of a Honda dealership in Kingston, N.Y. "Enough is enough." Morehead decided this morning to suspend clunker sales. He has already had to turn customers away. He said he has yet to receive payment for any of his 42 clunker deals worth about $175,000. Morehead isn't the only one. More than 70 dealers out of about 580said they also had suspended clunker sales because of repayment concerns and other headaches they've had managing the program. Duke Brubaker, general sales manager of Champion Ford-Lincoln-Mercury-Mazda in Owensboro, Ky., said Champion stopped clunker sales Friday night. "It's just a mess, an absolute mess," Brubaker told Automotive News. "There is a billion dollars of dealerships' money on the road." $1.72 billion in claims As of today, dealers had submitted claims to the U.S. government for 411,624 clunker transactions worth $1.72 billion. The government has not said how much has been reimbursed to dealers. But at the end of last week, only a small fraction had been paid, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association and some state dealer associations. With its 50 deals, Champion is owed about $210,000, Brubaker said. He has received no transaction approvals from the U.S. government even though he submitted his first deal on July 27. Several were rejected in what a program administrator later described to the dealership as a system error on the government's end, Brubaker said. Even dealerships that are sticking with the program for now are debating their continued participation. Joe Cardello, general manager of Jay Wolfe Toyota-Scion of Kansas City, Mo., said he had decided Monday to suspend clunkers deals because of lack of payment. "I was getting a little nervous," Cardello said. But his majority partner opted to continue clunker sales -- for now. The dealership has written 77 deals and has been paid for 18 so far, Cardello said. That leaves the dealership waiting for $250,000 or so in reimbursements. Accountant's warning Carl Woodward, a dealership accountant in Bloomington, Ill., is warning his clients to be careful about writing any new deals. "If the government is this far behind, those dealers that submit deals at the end might not be paid," Woodward told clients in an e-mail message. Dealers expressed anger and frustration about how the program has been administered so far. One told Automotive News that he took a baseball bat to the windshield of one of the vehicles turned in by a customer. Said Morehead: "Good thing I had a clunker here on the lot. I took my frustrations out on the car, instead of throwing my computer through the window."

Bought the car from Micah at Beaman Toyota. I could finance through my credit union at 4.69% 60 months so I did not take the financing and the price included the 2000 rebate. If you buy in TN and have the dealer take care of the TTL, make sure that they figure the tax on the price after the rebate if applicable. Evidently TN charges sales tax on the rebate but KY does not and the TN dealers do not kow this. Make sure when the dealer sends the application for title to your local County Court Clerk that the list the rebate on it. When I did mine the county court clerks office scratched out the trade in value and wrote in rebate amount $2000. I checked with dealers in Hopkinsville, Clarksville, Madisonville, Owensboro, Paducah, Evansville, Bowling Green, and Louisville and Beaman's first offer was 300 to 1200 below everyone elses starting price. I was looking for a 2009 and many dealer were out or had very limited supply of them. If you do buy from Beaman the salesman did mention that one of the other 2009 LE Desert Sand Micah had been in a fender bender and had a fender repainted. Hope this helps

I paid $1,000 below invoice at Roberts Motors in Owensboro, KY.

Don Moore Toyota in Owensboro, KY. $176

AC is blowing cold. In my area the choice is Don Moore in Owensboro, KY or Kenny Kent in Evansville, IN. The A/C job is a pricey one. Actually Don Moore would have been the least expensive service provider. They perform the task off of a "list" that I guess comes from Toyota.