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Cash for Clunkers buyers flood LI car dealers

Used cars in a dumpster are being used

Photo credit: AP Photo | Used cars in a dumpster are being used to draw attention to the "Cash for Clunkers" program at a dealership in Sacramento, Calif. (Aug. 1, 2009)

Potential auto buyers flooded Long Island car dealerships again Sunday, hoping to cash in on a government rebate program for new vehicles before the money runs out.

The big crowds -- drawn by the federal Car Allowance Rebate System, better known as Cash for Clunkers -- gave local car dealers a badly needed jolt during a period of slow sales blamed on the recession.

Thomas Subaru in Port...

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