After speaking with John Henderson and Josh Wolter, here's what we think
might be the best approach.
1) We receive data for MPG from JATO and/or the dealerships.
a) If the dealer sends us data we dump that into the mpg column.
b) if they do not send us data, we use whatever JATO sends us
2) We add MPG as a selectable field for listings pages. The data would
display on listings pages (sortable, and filterable), but there would be no
fuel pump icon.
3) We add MPG as a selectable field for details pages. If enabled, we
display the fuel pump icon along with the data.
4) In our disclaimers some of the things we need to address are:
a) MPG differences based on different engine, transmission, or other
options.
b) do we allow dealers to display MPG for used cars, or do we just
make sure our disclaimer covers "when this car was manfactured, the MPG
was..."?
5) For JATO data, this is the format (on the listings pages) that we were
thinking of using:
city: 23 / hwy: 29
are there any objections to that?
As an aside, I just spot-checked sites from dealer.com, clickmotive, and
reyrey and none of them showed MPG on listings pages. Reyrey sites didn't
even show MPG on the details page.
andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Redmond [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 4:56 PM
To: 'Andy Matthews'
Cc: 'Eric Brown'
Subject: RE: Miles per gallon...
1) We receive MPG (split between city and state) from JATO. We also have the
ability to receive MPG data directly from dealers. We need to decide which
data takes precedence.
Dealer should override but the jato info should be standard...
2) Displaying the fuel pump icon on the details page is relatively
straightforward. There were rumors though that we also wanted to display the
fuel pump icon at a smaller size on the listings page. If this is true, then
that's going to be more difficult and time consuming.
The fuel pump is kind of the standard... it draws attention to it.
3) We need a disclaimer added to the default copy regarding MPG display, I'd
assume this would come from Anne.
Just need to see if California has any weird rules...
Chris R. Redmond
Regional Sales Manager
Cell: 704.307.0797
Fax: 704.973.0853
[email protected]
www.dealerskins.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Matthews [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 5:47 PM
To: 'Eric Brown'
Cc: 'Chris Redmond'; Aaron West
Subject: RE: Miles per gallon...
Roger that.
Chris/Eric...let me run a few things past you so that I know how to proceed.
We have two main locations we want to display the MPG; listings pages, and
details pages. The simplest way for us to get this into Autobahn would be to
treat MPG as any other piece of inventory data. This would allow MPG to
appear as a column in the listings page, it could be sorted, filtered, and
would be easy to display. For the details page, we would prominently display
the fuel pump icon, along with the data received.
We have a few challenges though.
1) We receive MPG (split between city and state) from JATO. We also have the
ability to receive MPG data directly from dealers. We need to decide which
data takes precedence.
2) Displaying the fuel pump icon on the details page is relatively
straightforward. There were rumors though that we also wanted to display the
fuel pump icon at a smaller size on the listings page. If this is true, then
that's going to be more difficult and time consuming.
3) We need a disclaimer added to the default copy regarding MPG display, I'd
assume this would come from Anne.
Andy Matthews
Senior Web Developer
www.dealerskins.com
Total customer satisfaction is my number 1 priority! If you are not
completely satisfied with the service I have provided, please let me know
right away so I can correct the problem, or notify my manager Aaron West at
[email protected].
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Brown [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 4:15 PM
To: Andy Matthews
Cc: Chris Redmond
Subject: Re: Miles per gallon...
Actually Chris Redmond is best here...he has dealt with a number of dealers
who have requested...but of course I'll be by to offer my two cents
worth..eric
On 6/8/09 4:03 PM, "Andy Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Eric...
>
> Could I have a few minutes of your time to discuss MPG? I'm tasked
> with including it into Autobahn and I'd like to see if you have any
> specific input as to where (or how) it should appear. I'm planning on
> making it available for dealers to include in listings pages, and the
details page.
>
> Andy Matthews
> Senior Web Developer
>
> www.dealerskins.com
>
> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>
> Total customer satisfaction is my number 1 priority! If you are not
> completely satisfied with the service I have provided, please let me
> know right away so I can correct the problem, or notify my manager
> Aaron West at [email protected].
>
Eric Brown
General Manager
615-627-9760 Direct
615-704-0049 Fax
630-862-6767 Cell
www.dealerskins.com
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