Anyone else annoyed by...

[Anaxogoras]

There's a much better explanation for why American car companies are tanking than their stupid advertisements.

[Bronk]

There's a much better explanation for why American car companies are tanking than their stupid advertisements.

Yup.... unions.

[Hangtime]

yep. the most insane national trade policy known to man.

[REP0MAN]

Girlster

Fixed

You beat me to it.

[Anaxogoras]

Yup.... unions.

yep. the most insane national trade policy known to man.

Oooh!  Let's see how many more we can come up with!

[Getback]

Yep. Its why I did not buy a Prius.


Consider..

they charge you almost $8k-12k more than a vehicle of comparable size (compact-midsize sedan) for the benefit of having twice your fuel mileage.

mmm...

lets see.. it takes $40 to fill up the avg 12 gal tank with prices at almost $4/gallon
Considering my avg driving time (I cross the entire city of Orlando to get to work) I need to gas up twice a month. =$80
The prius would only need one gas since it has 'twice' the MPG rating  = $40

Gassing my car (V6) its $80X12 = $960 a year
Gassing the prius is $480 a year.

Buuuut...

to buy the prius you needed to pay $8000 bucks more than my car. So take that $8k divide by 12 = 666 a year.. $666 addl cost for the car + 480 you pay for for gas = $1146

Yeah, you're saving money with a Prius.  


I'll wait until them new vehicles truly become better option than getting me a much nicer, more comfortable car.

Well said Tac. and a paid off car gets even better mileage than a prius. Say like my jeep.

[Chalenge]

I wonder how much they will charge for hydrogen when the new Honda hits the market? Actually Im wondering how you can buy hydrogen at all!
It appears to draw oxygen from the atmosphere?

http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/

[Furball]

Where can i buy a redline to go with my mpgs?

[SD67]

All my mpg's are on my HDD

[rpm]

They are selling brand new pickups for 60% off here. What does that tell you?

[MiloMorai]

They are selling brand new pickups for 60% off here. What does that tell you?

Large mark up?

[SD67]

Large mark up?

[eagl]

They are selling brand new pickups for 60% off here. What does that tell you?

Not enough room in the pickup cab to install more MPGs?

[CAP1]

Anyone else annoyed by car commercials that brag about how many "MPGs" their car has?  It's like they know American car buyers are too stupid to grasp the concept of "Miles Per Gallon", but they'll surely bite since they know "MPGs" are good, and the car they're selling has a whole bunch of them.  We're not sure where those MPGs are kept in the car though... I think the factory puts the extra MPGs in the trunk or the roofliner.  We don't know what MPGs are, but more is better so instead of advertising cars as efficient or getting more Miles Per Gallon, they just say their car has more MPGs than that other car.

Selling to the dumbest customers...  Yea, that's the way to make money.  Using advertising techniques specifically aimed at selling cars to the people who have the least to spend in a down economy.  No wonder the US auto industry is in deep doo-doo.  European and Japanese cars are efficient and get great fuel economy, US cars merely have lots of MPGs added at the factory.  Maybe it's like an upscale exhaust system, or spinners on the wheels?  Who gives a crap about fuel economy, I'm gonna get this other car because they say it comes with more MPGs.

Bah.

you forgot to mentionm that they quietly say that the rated miles per gallon is highway. and that it;s in perfect conditiopna with an unworn engine.

[Jackal1]

All my mpg's are on my HDD

I think they have an ointment now that will clear that right up.