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Originally Posted by sockgirl77  Chrysler has a deal for buyers: $2.99-a-gallon gas cards - USATODAY.com
As presidential candidates spar over how to roll back gasoline prices, Chrysler on Monday said that it has come up with its own plan to bring back $2.99 gas, which it hopes will spur lagging sales.
Chrysler announced a month-long "Let's Refuel America" program that will give buyers of most of its vehicles a card good for purchases of gasoline or diesel fuel that locks in the price at $2.99 a gallon for three years.
The total amount of fuel that can be bought at the locked-in price will be computed on the basis of the new vehicle's federal miles-per-gallon rating and 12,000 miles of driving a year. The card is good for purchases of 87-octane regular gasoline, E85 gas-ethanol blend or diesel fuel.
The promotion is intended "as an unprecedented program to help put customers' minds at ease and do something to help working people who are worried about the volatility of fuel prices and vehicle cost of ownership," said Chrysler President Jim Press.
Gas promos have accompanied many of the price spikes in the past, but Chrysler's deal goes well beyond them in its scope and length.
I may actually look into this and I'm a foreign car lover! |
So 12000 miles a year divided by lets say 25MPG = 480 gallons a year.
Gas is at 3.50 for regular
So you save about 50 cents a gallon, for a GRAND total savings of $240 a year.
The extra points of interest they will probably charge you to get the gas card (It will probably be something like, Gas Card and 12% financing OR 8% financing) so in the first year, taking simple interest of 4% on a 30K car = $1200 in extra interext paid in the first year
You've lost $960
And since I won't buy a Dodge until they pay me to drive it, they've just made me $1000 further away from ever driving one.