Scott Meyers

"The response has been really good," said Meyers owner Scott Meyers. "It took off as soon as they announced it."

Meyers said he was unaware of any dealers being reimbursed yet. He said dealers were to receive confirmation of their claims within 48 hours and reimbursement within 14 days. He has yet to receive any confirmation even though his oldest claim was submitted eight days ago.

Amy is the daughter of Scott Meyers and began working for the company part time as a teenager in 1998.
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Scott Meyers Dealer Principal

Scott began working for Meyers Chevrolet part time in 1967 after school and on weekends. After graduating from Calvin College with a business degree, he began working full time for the dealership. In 1991 Scott purchased Meyers Chevrolet from his father, Gerald Meyers, and became the Dealer Principal.

"The response has been really good," said Meyers owner Scott Meyers. "It took off as soon as they announced it."

Meyers said he was unaware of any dealers being reimbursed yet. He said dealers were to receive confirmation of their claims within 48 hours and reimbursement within 14 days. He has yet to receive any confirmation even though his oldest claim was submitted eight days ago.

"It's a little bit of an uneasy feeling in the dealer body right now not knowing whether your application will be taken," Meyers said.
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Meyers said he has sold 10-11 vehicles under the program. Most "clunkers" coming into his dealership were mid-1990 vintage that Meyers said were "pretty tired." Click here

The program does not provide any provisions to change credit terms and people still need to be able to borrow money. Meyers said most people taking advantage of the program through his dealership are his good customers who are gainfully employed and are bringing in clunker cars.
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When old vehicles are traded in, Meyers said a sodium sulfate compound is run through the engine to destroy it, and the vehicles are sent off to a salvage yard where they are predominately crushed.

"The power trains can never go back on the road," Meyers said.
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"It's been quite a back log on the Internet," Meyers said.

"Anytime there's a big mess like this there's going to be tens of thousands of cars or more that would've been submerged," said Scott Meyers, owner of Meyers Auto Tech. "What would've once been nice cars are going to be repaired and are going to show up in the market place.And gosh, it's important to keep an eye out for that kind of stuff."

While the car may look great, and run great, water damage will slowly destroy the car from the inside out.

"It's possible to dry them out and make things work again, but will they last?No, really not," Meyers said.

Scott Meyers, OwnerPhone: 231-861-2525Fax: 231-861-2352Email: meyers@oceana.netScott is the third generation of Meyers' to own Meyers Chevrolet.Prior to taking over the business, Scott worked as a technician for his dad and uncle, Gerald and Milan.