A 'Clunkers' Protest: Local used-car dealer offers own incentives to sway prospective buyers

(By Richard Craver, Winston-Salem Journal) - Tracy Myers is putting his money -- at least $50,000 -- where his mouth is to provide a local used-car option for auto "clunkers."

Myers, the owner of Frank Myers Auto Maxx in Winston-Salem, said he is offering a $1,500 "cash for junkers" incentive over a vehicle's trade-in value as his way of protesting the federal "Cash for Clunkers" deal.

Myers, along with other local and state used-car dealers, said he believes that the federal program unfairly excludes used-car dealers. The program, which began July 24, requires the purchase of a new vehicle as part of its mission to take older, gas-guzzling vehicles off the road.