MC: Program Was A Clunker

Musical Chair: I’m glad the (Cash-for-Clunkers) program is over. Nothing more than a dishonest deal or no deal marketing scheme to benefit dealerships. I always thought ‘clunker’ meant dilapidated—fallen into partial ruin or decay—like our smoke belching, rusted out bucket of bolts, sitting on it’s deathbed ‘89 Mazda pickup on the side of the garage that my husband keeps around for that once a year dump run as long as he can keep it started long enough to make the two mile trip. Found out the inefficient, but paid for, garbage hauler used to get 21 mph and that new Ford F150 on the wish list gets 14 mph! My clunk is junk. Well, we’ll just have to keep our polluter around a while longer until the automakers start making gas efficient cars again.

Question: Does your clunker get better gas mileage than the 14 mph of a new Ford F150?