Chrysler Caps Gas at $2.99/gallon

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  1. StevoSRT

    StevoSRT Moderator

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    DUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!...i should go lease a caliber!!!!! hahaha



    Chrysler also announced an offer that caps the price of gasoline at $2.99 a gallon for three years for people who buy or lease new vehicles from Wednesday through June 2. The offer is based on 12,000 miles of driving per year at the vehicle's rated fuel economy.


    Customers will get a card for buying gas that is linked to their own charge account, Chrysler said. The customer will be billed $2.99 a gallon, and Chrysler will pay the rest.


    Actual savings depend on what happens to gas prices over the next three years, but based on the $3.61 a gallon average price reported Monday by AAA, someone buying a 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser, which gets an estimated 21 miles per gallon in city driving, would save $355 a year.


    "It's a way to give (customers) peace of mind," Steven Landry, executive vice president for North American sales, said in a conference call Monday evening. "We want to get everybody through these challenging times.
     
  2. HEMISFEAR

    HEMISFEAR Ur Friendly Canadian

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    Smart idea...they're always playing with incentives.
     
  3. Haedes

    Haedes Bad Ass

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    That's a pretty nice marketing idea, and with the chances of gas falling below $2.99/gal being slim to none it's a pretty nice savings too.
     
  4. nevinsrt

    nevinsrt Getaway driver for hire

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    12,000!!!! thats crap i do at least 26k to 30 a year...
     
  5. StevoSRT

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    yeah...here its $4 for 87 haha

    hahahahaa....so get one for the wifey!...you said your looking for a new car...this is def gonna help with the gas bill!...

    the question is...this credit car thing they are talking about...can you use it with ALL your cars hahaha...

    I have earned the right to use that card on my SRT and Ram too!
     
  6. Speedlogix

    Speedlogix BMC is now Speedlogix

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    WOW that is pretty cool! I've been debating getting a Caliber SRT-4 or Nitro or something to scoot around town in ... my '08 F-250 diesel hauls with those 2 turbos, but at $4.29/gallon ... LMAO!!

    This is really making me think now!!
     
  7. StevoSRT

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    think about it Lisa...25mpg at $2.99 a gallon!!!! :whistle:...thats gotta be some pretty good savings if you do a lot of driving with it!

    and be glad your not here...almost at the $5 mark per gallon for Diesel haha
     
  8. nevinsrt

    nevinsrt Getaway driver for hire

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    LMAO naa the wifey decided to go with the GT cruiser
    she wants a turboed car that she can AutoX and still have room for the future kids and grocreys :grin: :pizza:
     
  9. loxmith

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    D@MN! and I want to get the Mrs a new car. D@mm!t Dodge, the timing just isn't right yet...sigh.
     
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    loxmith Recovering Post Whore...

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    Caliber SRT-4...:shifty: $2.99 premuim = FTW!
     
  11. Quick

    Quick Mgmt. - I can't help you

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    I'm guessing that's regular gas? They're probably figuring it should all work out to about the same as offering a $1000 rebate. Very creative marketing.
     
  12. nevinsrt

    nevinsrt Getaway driver for hire

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    I dont even like the Bread box

    and plus i found an 06 GT Cruiser for 12,500.
    with 21k

    to me that sound like a better buy than a new car that cost 10k more.
     
  13. ChargerGirl

    ChargerGirl Mama / DB Geek / Driver

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    Hmm...challenger?

    Nah, have to be quiet about this or Marc will run out and get a Journey or a Caravan *gack*
     
  14. The_Main_Event

    The_Main_Event Creme de la Creme

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    Its limited to 700 gallons of gas a year.
     
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    Speedlogix BMC is now Speedlogix

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    I did the math ... $170 per MONTH savings in gas if I drove 12,000 miles per year. UNREAL ..................
     
  16. StevoSRT

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    thats still $700 of gas a year at $4/gallon (which it is here) lol...sounds good to me
     
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    Fine Print....
    Excluded are the just-introduced Dodge Challenger, all SRT performance models, the Jeep Wrangler and a few other niche models.


    Boo all the cool cars are excluded!
     
  18. 6.1luvr

    6.1luvr Baptized by Fire

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    Time for a SRT4..............now to just explain it to the wife:whistle:
     
  19. nevinsrt

    nevinsrt Getaway driver for hire

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    Hahaha!!! I knew it!!!!

    im better off getting the Cruiser!!!:smart:
     
  20. ChargerGirl

    ChargerGirl Mama / DB Geek / Driver

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    I figured as much, boooo hiss!!!