Obama is the luckiest politician alive. Only he could have gotten away with telling someone to buy a new care before complaining again about gas prices, regardless of how true it may or may not be.
I am guessing you meant to say car?
It actually makes sense to get a newer, more fuel efficient car to counteract the effect of rising gas prices. That was what cash for clunkers was about. Of course I am sure people found ways to buy crappy fuel mileage cars with it. One family I know who utilized the program traded in their old Sienna minivan (which sucked gas like a mofo when we took it for camping), for an Accord that gets about 30mpg on the highway. Good deal all around I thought, except for the government that is.