Ditch the Clunker and Get Government Money
Filed under: Family Finances, Going Green
How do you get old, environmentally-unfriendly cars off the road? Thanks to the Federal government its as easy as a mouse click or a phone call.Retire Your Ride, a Federal government program which started in 2009, has successfully removed 125,000 pre-1995 vehicles off the Canadian roads.
The program, which is available to the majority of Canadians, except those living in the Territories, was fueled with Federal funding of $92 million to remove cars built prior to 1995 from the streets.
These vehicles produce 19 times more pollution than cars manufactured after 1995.
The program is ending on March 31, but there's still plenty of time to benefit from the incentives to put that clunker to pasture.
What you pay is what you get – but used car buyers should be aware that many vehicles that are up for sale may still need another visit to the mechanic shop.
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