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87 messages, Last post on Jan 06, 2009 at 10:29 AM
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Replying to: sebring95 (Jun 18, 2004 12:06 pm)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 18, 2004 12:14 pm)
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Replying to: sebring95 (Jun 21, 2004 4:38 am) |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 18, 2004 12:14 pm) Curious? Why never a Dodge? Is a Dodge unreliable?
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Replying to: midnightcowboy (Jun 21, 2004 7:24 am) Not at all. They refuse to give into big corporations on fleet sales. As Sebring95 pointed out Ford usually gives the biggest discount. It all has to do with dollars. I am sure to Exxon or BP a 3/4 ton truck is just that, no matter who makes it. They go for the bottom dollar. If Chevy or Dodge would buckle under they would get the sales.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 21, 2004 8:14 am) Exactly. We were buying between 700-900 cars, 300 vans, 300 pickups, 85 medium-duty chassis per year, and if you can save $50 per unit you'll do it as long as the operational costs are similar. The operational and resale was always better on the toyotas/hondas, but the upfront cost was many thousands higher which would never materialize in overall savings. Same thing though on the 1/2 tons, fuel burn can be an issue and if one model gets significantly better mpg, it can correlate to cheaper operating costs and give you an advantage. At the time I was involved, chevy trucks weren't any more efficient than the Fords. However, I would think now with the V8's, GM probably already has an upperhand in efficiency. Another 10% with the hybrid system could be significant. My Tahoe was rated 1-2mpg higher than the Expedition was when we were shopping. Add another 1.5mpg and you've got a couple thousand dollars savings over a 100k miles service life. Significant when you've got 2000 trucks!
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Replying to: sebring95 (Jun 21, 2004 8:29 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 21, 2004 8:43 am) |
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what genious came up with a hybrid truck that gets another 1-2 miles per gallon? When you need parts and service on this, there will only one option...Mr. Goodwrench I wouldn't take this truck even if it was $2,000 less when they want people to volunteer to pay more for it. Is the warranty at least 100k miles on the hybrig stuff?
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Replying to: aspesisteve (Jul 15, 2004 9:19 am) How will anyone even know what benefit they are receiving... unless they only drive on the highway, since there is a ZERO percent improvement for high-speed cruising. The auto-stop ability is completely worthless unless you actually stop. And because this type of "hybrid" lacks the ability to contribute to propulsion power, driving without any long stoplights won't really benefit either. How exactly can they claim this is a "hybrid" vehicle? There wasn't even a component change from a design perspective. All they did was increase the size of the already existing battery & starter and change the way they react. All else is the same. The 3 currently available hybrids and the 2 upcoming have much, much greater differences from the traditional design. If nothing else, the "hybrid" from GM shouldn't cost so much, since they didn't do that much. JOHN |
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