car buyers eager to get big federal rebates

Car buyers eager to get big federal rebates…..I

“It is happening already. Customers are asking new-car dealers about getting as much as $4,500 for their old gas-guzzlers.

The new incentive, popularly known as "Cash for Clunkers,” took effect Wednesday.

But it will be weeks before anyone knows the fine print of the federal program, such as how dealers register with the government for reimbursement of the rebates, or when and how salvage yards should process old vehicles into scrap.

To get the credit, the gas-guzzler has to be taken off the road and either destroyed or broken up for parts.

Consumers, car dealers and salvage-yard operators who want to participate in the program said they have plenty of questions while they wait for detailed guidelines due July 23 from the Transportation Department…. Car Buyers

Text Messaging while driving- Fatal Crash

A California women has been sentenced to 6 yrs in prison for texting while causing a fatal crash.
“A woman who crashed into a line of stopped vehicles while text-messaging on her cell phone has been sentenced to six years in a California prison for killing a woman in one of the vehicles.

The women was sentenced Friday by a judge in Redding, Calif.

Investigators said Deborah Matis-Engle was speeding and text messaging when she slammed into the vehicles stopped at a construction zone in August 2007.

Shasta County prosecutor Stephanie Bridgett said the 49-year-old woman had paid several bills by cell phone in the moments before the crash.

She was in the middle of one of those transactions when she struck a vehicle that burst into flames, killing 46-year-old Petra Winn…” Calif women gets 6 years for fatal auto accident while texting

As more people are texting while driving, we are concerned that may cause more car accidents. If you are driving avoid texting on your cell phone.

National Motor Vehicle Title Informatoin

National Motor Vehicle Title Information :

“How much will it cost to obtain NMVTIS information on a vehicle?
Cost for NVMTIS vehicle history reports vary and are determined by individual service providers. The Anti-Car Theft Act requires that the system be funded through user fees and not dependent on federal funds. For this reason, NMVTIS has been designed as a fee-for-service system. Current fees range from approximately $2 to $4 per report.

What kind of information will I receive in a NVMTIS vehicle history report?
NMVTIS records provide:

• current and previous state of title data
• title issue date
• latest odometer data
• theft history data (if any)
• any brand assigned to a vehicle and date applied
• salvage history, including designations as a "total loss” (if any)

Read the NMVTIS Consumer Access Product Disclaimer, which describes what is and is not included in NMVTIS reports.

What types of vehicles are included in NMVTIS?
NMVTIS includes information on automobiles, buses, trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, motor homes, and tractors. NMVTIS may not currently include commercial vehicles if those vehicles are not included in a state’s primary database for title records (in some states, those vehicles are managed by a separate agency), although these records may be added at a later time.

How current is the information in NMVTIS?
Currently the data provided to NMVTIS by states is provided in a variety of time frames; while some report and update NVMTIS data in “real-time” (as title transactions occur) others send updates less frequently, such as once every 24 hours or within a period of days….“

Before buying your next used vehicle, you may consider this option to determine if the vehicle was ever stolen and recovered, or salvaged for a minimal cost of only $4.00