The GE fleet services vehicle Gas Card can track the type of fuel use to fill a vehicle - I would imagine this card does the same. I would think they would only give you the discount when the gas chosen is 87 octane.
Also - if the card works like the GE card - It is tied to the VIN of the vehicle so if the vehicle's title changes hands they are notified and its looked into whether the card can still be used or not
It might be tough to determine if you are using it for more than one car. They might require you to enter the milage at the pump (The GE card does this as well). Wouldn't work well for tracking minor mis-use but would expose excessive mis-use
Good idea, but the "slight loss" is likely to be too high, any car starts depreciate the
second it hits the street, esp. a Chrysler..
Drekce
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I really don't see this as that good of a deal. Let's use more realistic numbers, since gas is nowhere near $5 a gallon right now. Assume $4 gas @ 23mpg. That is ~522 gallons per year, which saves a total of only ~$1500 over the three years. Sure gas may get more expensive than that during the next three years, but it could also get cheaper. The price of gas certainly does fluctuate in both directions, so you can't just assume that it will only get more expensive.
I would much rather have a $2K rebate or other incentive applied to my car purchase. I think that this will only appeal to those who don't think very analytically.
I would much rather have a $2K rebate or other incentive applied to my car purchase. I think that this will only appeal to those who don't think very analytically.
Very interesting. This promotion is worth more in places like California where gas prices are already at $4 a gallon.
DrPizza
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You realize of course, that this only rules out about 5% of their potential customers then, right?
Won't work. You're going to lose more money on the resale than you gain from the gas card. Chrysler's lifetime powertrain warranty is non-transferable. Only a fool would pay close to retail value and give up the warranty.
In other words, they've reduced the price on all of their vehicles and thrown a fancy spin on it.
What if people started charging friends/anyone a flat rate of $10-$20 per month + $2.99/gallon for the right to use their Chrysler gas benefit every month?
Think Chrysler would catch on?
Think Chrysler would catch on?
destrekor
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Originally posted by: DrPizza
You realize of course, that this only rules out about 5% of their potential customers then, right?
See, I don't know. Both options sound good in my mind. Something off the purchase price would be great, but then again, with how much filling up a tank of gas can cost, seeing that savings occur over the course of three years would be nice too.
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Its' a shame it's only on 87 and E85 for gas. I always buy 89 for my jeep in this state. (IA gets corn subsidies)
Throwmeabone
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