Chrysler Gas Deals...

sockgirl77

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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!
 
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Damn, I bet this will be great for sales. I'm gonna tell hubby to leave the Ford dealership he works at and go to a Jeep dealership! Of course, I could trade in my current gas guzzler (06 Commander) for a new one and take advantage of this offer too! :lol:
 
Cowgirl

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The money I save by not having a car payment will be more than the amount I'd save by getting cheaper gas.
 
Homer J

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What if gas drops below $2.99 in the next three years?












































:killingme Sorry, couldn't keep a straight face on that one.
 
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Cowgirl said:
The money I save by not having a car payment will be more than the amount I'd save by getting cheaper gas.
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Good point! No car payment = :smile:

I'll have to do the math on that for myself, though. Let's see....my truck payment is currently about $200 a month, how much more for the new truck, cost for 3 years of gas at almost $4.00/gallon???? Hmmm, it may indeed be cheaper for me to get the break on gas and go for the new truck. :killingme

Of course, the smart thing to do would be to get rid of the truck and get something a lot better on gas.
 
itsbob

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sockgirl77 said:
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!
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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.
 
GWguy

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itsbob said:
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.
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Well, that argument only works IF: you based your new purchase solely on the fact that you got a gas card.

If you had already been looking for a new car, and it happened to be a Dodge/Chrysler, you had already committed yourself to the interest and loan. The gas card is an incentive savings.
 
desertrat

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It looks like an attractive plan on the face of it, but it's no different than rebates, guaranteed trade in, zero percent financing, etc. Besides what if gas prices drop? What if the Gov. decides to start gas rationing?
 
MMDad

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itsbob said:
(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
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Of course, you could look up what the offer really is instead of bloviating about what you assume it is.
 
itsbob

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MMDad said:
Of course, you could look up what the offer really is instead of bloviating about what you assume it is.
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Why would I add a hit to a Chrysler site by doing that?

You get nothing for free, you're paying for that gas card one way or another.
 
sockgirl77

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lovinmaryland said:
Are you getting a new one or used? I love my shaggin wagon :yay:
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To get this gas deal it has to be a new one. I'm not sure what I'm getting. I'm still puking at the thought of buying an american vehicle after having such good luck with my rice burners.
 
GWguy

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sockgirl77 said:
To get this gas deal it has to be a new one. I'm not sure what I'm getting. I'm still puking at the thought of buying an american vehicle after having such good luck with my rice burners.
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So if you're that dead set that you'd prefer non-American, why the heartburn? Just buy what you are happy with.
 
Cowgirl

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sockgirl77 said:
To get this gas deal it has to be a new one. I'm not sure what I'm getting. I'm still puking at the thought of buying an american vehicle after having such good luck with my rice burners.
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Then go with what you want to buy, and don't worry about a gas card that only lasts for 3 years. Who knows what gas will do in the next 3 years. Once it expires, you'll still be stuck with a high payment for a vehicle that greatly depreciated the second you drove it off the lot.

I would rather buy a nice used vehicle (and pay outright if I could) and get a lower payment.

Is saving a little on gas really worth paying a high payment for 5+ years?
 
itsbob

itsbob

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sockgirl77 said:
To get this gas deal it has to be a new one. I'm not sure what I'm getting. I'm still puking at the thought of buying an american vehicle after having such good luck with my rice burners.
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Stick with what you like.

Marketing is all a ploy, smoke and mirrors to hopefully convince someone to buy something they normally wouldn't. Then you buy and remember, "DAMN, I didn't want this" but by that time you're stuck with it and the payments for the next 6 years.

You'd be better off buying something you want to begin with that gets better gas mileage. it woul be worth the extra $20 a month lost in gas savings.

And three kids!?

I tried the minivan route with 4 kids, HUGE mistake. Once you load the family up there's no room for anything else. No cargo room, no room for groceries etc..
 
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