As someone who never spent more than $500 for the first half dozen cars I drove as a teenager, I mentioned this very point to a friend when they first proposed this nutty program. In fact, I salvaged a car for a friend and sold it to him for $500 late last year. '93 Nissan Altima with over 200,000 miles. Now he isn't restricted to public transportation, which enabled him to get a better job. Good kid. Just starting out in life.

I shorted Autozone earlier this year, since covered, when I realized the government was going to crush the cars of their best customers. Much collateral damage from this stupid program, and you're right, almost nobody comments about it.