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Dear Dub, Well I thought about what you said last week and I think I'm going to trade in my not-really-a-clunker to take advantage of this free money they're giving out. No-Longer-Undecided Good luck with your new ride... and your new debt...

Car rebates will stop unless Senate acts WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration will suspend the "cash for clunkers" program unless the Senate provides $2 billion more for the popular car incentive plan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday. He said he expected the current $1 billion pool to be exhausted before Monday. The House approved an additional...

Dear Dub, Things are changing so rapidly in the automotive world. We're almost wondering if ten years from now if cars will be anything like they are now at all. Where do you think it's all heading Dub?..

Dear Dub, Every year, just when the weather gets nice and I can finally get out on the road and enjoy my car, the road construction starts up and the open roads aren't so open. And this happens every year, most of the time on the same road they worked on the year before. Detour Hater Well DH, for years there's apparently been a grass roots movement to try and stop this...

I shouldn't be surprised. After all, I did point out yesterday that stupid is forever, and it happens all around us every day. But I've never had this happen before...

Dear Dub, I THOUGHT I bought my dream car a year ago, low miles, great shape, black with heavily tinted windows. I took off all the badges, bought some sharp wheels and put on low profile tires and some mods and started cruising. But right away, my mileage dropped like a stone and it's costing me a fortune at the pump...

Dear Dub, I hope you and your family have a great 4th of July holiday. We've changed the traditional cookout at our house and have a spread of healthy foods instead of greasy burgers, hot dogs filled with who know's what, and sugar filled sodas. I know it sounds weird, but you should try it...

Dear Dub, It's no wonder the auto industry is in the shape it is because almost all the cars they build are junk! I had a Civic, then a PT Cruiser, and now a MINI and the transmission failed on all of them. In fact, the MINI is going to need a second tranny replacement before 40,000 miles...

Yes, that's the founder of Chrysler himself, good old Walter P. Chrysler. And you know what he said at times like this?..