View Single Post
Old 04-29-2021, 02:03 PM   #989 (permalink)
redpoint5
Human Environmentalist
 
redpoint5's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 12,819

Acura TSX - '06 Acura TSX
90 day: 24.19 mpg (US)

Lafawnda - CBR600 - '01 Honda CBR600 F4i
90 day: 47.32 mpg (US)

Big Yeller - Dodge/Cummins - '98 Dodge Ram 2500 base
90 day: 21.82 mpg (US)

Chevy ZR-2 - '03 Chevrolet S10 ZR2
90 day: 17.14 mpg (US)

Model Y - '24 Tesla Y LR AWD

Pacifica Hybrid - '21 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid
90 day: 43.3 mpg (US)
Thanks: 4,327
Thanked 4,480 Times in 3,445 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hersbird View Post
That's also going to be a nightmare. Where do I go to check the IRS database to see if the used car I'm buying has already had it's credit used? Or do I just take the dealer's word?
My hunch is they don't have the mechanism in place to verify if a VIN has received the credit yet, just as they don't have a mechanism in place to enforce the 2 year ownership requirement. What are they going to do, snatch $2,500 from poor people who end up selling the vehicle in less than 2 years due to financial problems? Probably the surest way is to see if the car had been sold in the last 2 years, since the program is only 2 years old.

Politics is the process of Read, Fire, Aim. Or not, aiming is optional since the point is to deliver feelgoods to the constituency while solving a problem is optional.
__________________
Gas and Electric Vehicle Cost of Ownership Calculator







Give me absolute safety, or give me death!
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to redpoint5 For This Useful Post:
Xist (04-29-2021)