We’ve been car shopping to find a great, reliable vehicle for Ky. Should be a fun and quick experience, right? How hard can it be to find a used Corolla or Civic or something like that for a great price? Uh…very!

At first i thought it was the economy - times are a bit tough, people are holding on to their rides for a bit or trading down for a more economical ride. Yeah, that’s part of it. The other part is something i thought about a while back and now seeing the fruits - Cash for Clunkers! Grrrrrrrrrrr.

Yep, that wonderful program where you could trade in your “old” car and pick up a new or newer car for a great deal. Trouble is, they took the “old” cars and trashed them which created a shortage in decent used cars. Add to this the economy and people holding on to their rides and it’s tough to find a good used car.

Did they really have to trash the cars traded in? That just seems silly when cars are being made much more reliable now. It’s not far-fetched for some cars to go 175-200,000 miles or more.

Sooo, i think we found a nice little Corolla that we’re pretty sure about after a couple of weeks of heavy Craigslist/Autotrader/Cars.com usage and playing taxi service in a one car family.

Can we do a Cash for Clunkers for some politicians that don’t think things through?