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Lisa Simps
I've been working on my maths assigment and we are collecting fuel price data for 2009, 2010 and 2011.
I just want know, Why IS it important to know fuel price data?
Answer
Well, for one thing, it would help you shop for a car.
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Knowing what fuel costs lets you discover what a given car will cost to operate. If fuel is cheap, you might as well drive a Hummer. If it's expensive, you'll probably want a Prius, or an electric car.
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Collecting data from several years lets you see trends. So you can predict whether fuel prices are headed up or down.
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Here on this page is a spreadsheet, you can enter different fuel prices for gas, electricity, and diesel, and see which cars are most economical to drive:
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http://www.squidoo.com/a-free-calculator-for-economy-hybrid-and-electric-cars
Well, for one thing, it would help you shop for a car.
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Knowing what fuel costs lets you discover what a given car will cost to operate. If fuel is cheap, you might as well drive a Hummer. If it's expensive, you'll probably want a Prius, or an electric car.
*
Collecting data from several years lets you see trends. So you can predict whether fuel prices are headed up or down.
*
Here on this page is a spreadsheet, you can enter different fuel prices for gas, electricity, and diesel, and see which cars are most economical to drive:
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http://www.squidoo.com/a-free-calculator-for-economy-hybrid-and-electric-cars
What are your opinions on these deceased car makes?
Airman Jus
They announced that for now on, four known car makes are no longer going to be in business due to the economy and a whole bunch of other reasons. The four makes include: Pontiac, Hummer, Saturn and Mercury.
This makes me sad as I'm an owner of Pontiac
Answer
What's even more sad is that they waited until the 2011 model year to put that article on the 'net.
Hummer was a niche vehicle, so it's really no big loss. Electric cars and hybrids are the new niche vehicles, and 12 miles per gallon doesn't cut it any more. However, it will likely be missed in the marketplace.
Saturn started on the premise of beating the imports and offering things like no-haggle pricing and plastic doors and fenders which never rust. Once they stopped offering those kind of 'special' differences, past customers moved on to Japanese and Korean cars. Too bad, but GM's worst mistake was making Saturn's car overlap the products price-wise in the other GM divisions. This brought them down.
Mercury was pushed out the market when Ford (1) started rebadging and retrimming Fords to make Mercuries and (2) started spending money on Volvo, Land Rover and Jaguar. Again, an American make that lost its way -- and became an overpriced Ford instead of an entry-level Lincoln. Bad move, FoMoCo.
Pontiac lost their way a few years ago -- first axing the Firebird, then waiting too long to have any new product. Next, they went to alphanumeric names for their cars -- which sent the wrong message, because Pontiacs should never have been marketed to be like European cars. They lost their American flavor by selling Australian-made G8s and Korean-built G3s.
I will miss them, too.
What's even more sad is that they waited until the 2011 model year to put that article on the 'net.
Hummer was a niche vehicle, so it's really no big loss. Electric cars and hybrids are the new niche vehicles, and 12 miles per gallon doesn't cut it any more. However, it will likely be missed in the marketplace.
Saturn started on the premise of beating the imports and offering things like no-haggle pricing and plastic doors and fenders which never rust. Once they stopped offering those kind of 'special' differences, past customers moved on to Japanese and Korean cars. Too bad, but GM's worst mistake was making Saturn's car overlap the products price-wise in the other GM divisions. This brought them down.
Mercury was pushed out the market when Ford (1) started rebadging and retrimming Fords to make Mercuries and (2) started spending money on Volvo, Land Rover and Jaguar. Again, an American make that lost its way -- and became an overpriced Ford instead of an entry-level Lincoln. Bad move, FoMoCo.
Pontiac lost their way a few years ago -- first axing the Firebird, then waiting too long to have any new product. Next, they went to alphanumeric names for their cars -- which sent the wrong message, because Pontiacs should never have been marketed to be like European cars. They lost their American flavor by selling Australian-made G8s and Korean-built G3s.
I will miss them, too.
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