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Used car purchases are on the rise in the month of April, according to the Consumer Reports Retail Index.

Consumer Reports states that used car purchases are up slightly this month, currently at 4.2% compared to 3.5% in March.
The Consumer Reports Retail Index looks at consumer purchases in the past 30 days as well as the outlook for planned purchases in the next 30 days.

CarDealerSale.com is also seeing more and more drivers shopping online for used cars this month. A new way for consumers to buy cars, CarDealerSale.com features the finest car dealers in every major market and is designed to give consumers confidence during their used car buying experience.

As more drivers look for used cars, online shopping will empower the consumer as they research the best deals with minimal effort. On CarDealerSale.com, each car details page clearly shows the location of the dealer, a phone number and a live link to their website once the consumer is ready to schedule a test drive.

Here are just a few cars that are for sale at the leading dealerships across the country. To view the full list of cars in your own neighborhood, visit www.cardealersale.com.

To check out the most recent sales, offers and incentives that are available to consumers, visit news.cardealersale.com.

Consumers who are looking for quality used cars in Portland have a few choices that represent trustworthy dealers that stand behind the cars that they sell. The first question is which Portland are you living near? Portland Maine or Portland Oregon.

The goods news is that we have contacts in both cities that can offer assist with buying a Portland preowned car.

Used Cars in Portland Maine

The Bill Dodge Auto Group, a family owned and operated automotive group, is a great choice for finding a preowned car in Portland.  Since they have franchises in Portland Maine that include BMW, Infiniti, Hyundai and Kia, they have a large selection of used cars that they take in on trade or purchase at the wholesale auctions.

the best news for Portland car shoppers is that all their used cars are listed on one site, just click here:  Used Cars Maine . Stacy and Win Dodge, owners of the automotive group have pledged to give Maine consumers great deals on used cars.  In fact, during the Cash for Clunkers program their used cars sales had the highest volume in the past 12 months.  That’s because their pricing is fair and their reputation in Portland Maine is outstanding.

Used Cars in Portland Oregon

If you are looking for used cars in Portland Oregon, we suggest that you contact Griffith Motors who is located in teh Portland Suburbs.  They are an authorized Honda Dealer and Toyota Dealer in Oregon and have numerous high quality used cars for sale.

The Pasch Consulting Group polled car dealers on Monday, July 27, 2009 and the number of Cash for Clunkers deals that have been completed is very high.

Dealers that PCG contacted had at least 10 Cash for Clunkers deals done.  

Preston Motors   in Preston Maryland had over 60 deals done.  Preston is the dealer that had the most sales of those we interviewed.

Classic Chevrolet in Fort Worth  Texas had over 30 Cash for Clunkers deals completed.

Midway Chevrolet in Pheonix Arizona had over 25 Cash for Clunkers deals completed.

Marlboro Nissan   in Boston Massachusetts had complete 28  Cash for Clunkers deals.

Findlay Chevrolet in Nevada over 15 deals and Bartow Ford in Florida 20+ deals.

You get the pattern. This is a very popular program for a select group of American consumers.

Cash for Clunkers Projections

If you start to do the math, conservative reports say that 18,000 dealers will register for the program. If 50% of the dealers were “asleep at the wheel” and waited to do deals until today to start, you would have 9,000 dealers that have been pushing the envelope at least for one week.

Add to this number all the Hyundai dealers that started selling CARS deals on July 1st and the 9,000 number is a no-brainer.

If 9,000 car dealers have done 15 deals by now (9,000 x 15 = 135,00 cars), the money for the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) will be gone in a few weeks. Our prediction that the CARS funding will run out by Labor Day weekend is looking very solid.

Call President Obama

If anyone knows how to call President Obama, please call him immedately. Someone has to speak up and tell him that the $1 billion in funding will be used up in the first 30 days of a 90 day program.

Congress will have to act quickly to allocate additional funding before the program comes to a screeching halt. If that is the case, we hope that Congress will amend the language of the bill to acomodate the largest Cash for Clunkers petition: www.nocashforclunkers.com