Alex Perdikis

Alex Perdikis, executive vice president of Jim Koons Automotive Company, said the 16 Koons dealerships in the region have taken in 980 clunkers. "Inventory is coming in, but it is not coming in at a pace where we can sustain this sales rate," he said. "This thing, in terms of stimulus, has been the best thing I've seen."

Alex Perdikis, executive vice president of thTribune Staff Writere Washington-area Koons Automotive Companies dealer chain, said Koons employees weren't able to access the claims system for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon. That meant that five deals from one of Koons' Toyota dealerships were uncertain of being filed.

"It's a waiting game every time you put a deal in. You cross your fingers and hope the site is up," Perdikis said.

"This is a great program, but it's also the worst-run program I've ever seen," Alex Perdikis, executive vice president of Koons Automotive Companies in the Metro-D.C. area, told the Journal.

Alex Perdikis, executive vice president of the Washington-area Koons Automotive Companies dealer chain, said Koons employees weren't able to access the claims system for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon. That meant that five deals from one of Koons' Toyota dealerships were uncertain of being filed.

"It's a waiting game every time you put a deal in. You cross your fingers and hope the site is up," Perdikis said.

Alex Perdikis, executive vice president of the Washington-area Koons Automotive Companies dealer chain, said Koons employees weren't able to access the claims system for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon.
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You cross your fingers and hope the site is up," Perdikis said.

Alex Perdikis, executive vice president of the Koons Automotive Companies dealer chain, said employees weren't able to access the claims system for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon. "It's a waiting game every time you put a deal in. You cross your fingers and hope the site is up," Perdikis said.

Alex Perdikis, executive vice president of the Washington-area Koons Automotive Companies dealer chain, said Koons employees weren't able to access the claims system for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon. That meant that five deals from one of Koons' Toyota dealerships still couldn't be filed.

"It's a waiting game every time you put a deal in. You cross your fingers and hope the site is up," Perdikis said.

"This is a great program, but it's also the WORST-RUN PROGRAM I HAVE EVER SEEN," said Alex Perdikis, Koons's executive vice president.

Alex Perdikis, executive vice president of the Washington-area Koons Automotive Companies dealer chain, said Koons employees weren't able to access the claims system for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon. That meant that five deals from one of Koons' Toyota dealerships still couldn't be filed. "It's a waiting game every time you put a deal in. You cross your fingers and hope the site is up," Perdikis said. Through early Tuesday, dealers had submitted 665,000 vouchers totaling $2.77 billion.

Dealers received extra time to submit records for the car rebates as the government's Web site set up to handle the program struggled to accommodate dealers' rush to submit last minute claims.Alex Perdikis, executive vice president of the Washington-area Koons Automotive Companies dealer chain, said Koons employees weren't able to access the claims system for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon.
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Alex Perdikis, executive vice president of the Washington-area Koons Automotive Companies dealer chain, said Koons employees weren't able to access the claims system for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon. That meant that five deals from one of Koons' Toyota dealerships were uncertain of being filed.

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"It's a waiting game every time you put a deal in. You cross your fingers and hope the site is up," Perdikis said.