10.12.26 Gas Prices & Vehicle Choice / Is Price Tech Stalking You?

So natural reaction every time gas prices go up cyclically.

I, I mean, through the years, we've been through times that gas prices were just moseying along, and then all of a sudden, huge spike like we've had now.

And people react by the fill-up, and they say, "I can't believe it.

I just had to spend," fill in the blank for whatever you drive, "blah, blah, blah dollars to fill up our vehicle." One of our team members drives a pickup truck that's costing around a hundred and fifty dollars to fill up each time.

Seriously.

And you think about that money that would've gone to everyday expenses, doing something fun, whatever.

There's nothing fun about watching when you're filling up a vehicle, see the dollars flying and the gallons crawling as you fill the vehicle.

So it leads to this reaction where people say, "I gotta get rid of this thing.

I gotta get something more fuel efficient." All right.

So you know I'm a freak about wasting money, right? And so for me, it's like, yeah, I wanna drive something efficient.

But you don't make that lifestyle change, which is a semi-permanent change in what you drive, because temporarily, and I promise you, this is barring some completely unexpected event, this is a temporary effect of the Iran war with the higher prices.

And so long term, I'm not that worried about the price of gasoline.

It's brutal for you right now, but it's not a long-term problem.

But if you ditch a vehicle you have that's working just fine and go into...

Let's say it's paid off, and you go into a new payment on a vehicle you buy that because it's a hybrid or it's electric or whatever, you're gonna lower the cost of the energy to drive you a mile by a huge amount, but then you're gonna have that payment.

Unless you're an ultra, ultra long daily commuter, the math doesn't work.

So yeah, you keep driving what you're driving.

Use my techniques to try to get a lower price when you do need to fill up.

And by the way, when you are in the vehicle market, to add insult to injury, automakers are trying to prevent open discounting of their vehicles for sale.

Uh, Stellantis, which owns, you know, the RAM trucks and the Chargers and all that stuff, what else? The, the Jeeps.

They have banned their dealers from publicly advertising online on their websites, on vehicle shopping sites.

Anywhere they advertise, TV, whatever, local dealers are now prohibited from promoting discounts, trying to reduce the competition among dealers and push the price that people are paying for vehicles.

And they were so public about it that they've been taking the heat, but this is a clear trend in the automotive industry And I'll tell you, if you follow the strategies I've got for you to shop for a vehicle anyway online, the way I want you to do it, these new techniques by the automakers to try to push the price of vehicles you buy higher, you're gonna defeat them.

Requires some work, but you're still gonna get a deal even though they don't want you to get a deal.