RE: Miles per gallon...
Wrong email address...apologies. -Original Message- From: Andy Matthews [mailto:amatth...@dealerskins.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 11:44 AM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: Miles per gallon... 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:credm...@dealerskins.com] 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 ch...@dealerskins.com www.dealerskins.com -Original Message- From: Andy Matthews [mailto:amatth...@dealerskins.com] 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 aw...@dealerskins.com. -Original Message- From: Eric Brown [mailto:ebr...@dealerskins.com] 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" 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
RE: Miles per gallon...
Hey, that sounds great How can we help :) Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE (402) 408-3733 ext 105 www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -Original Message- From: Andy Matthews [mailto:amatth...@dealerskins.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 11:44 AM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: Miles per gallon... 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:credm...@dealerskins.com] 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 ch...@dealerskins.com www.dealerskins.com -Original Message- From: Andy Matthews [mailto:amatth...@dealerskins.com] 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 aw...@dealerskins.com. -Original Message- From: Eric Brown [mailto:ebr...@dealerskins.com] 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" 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'
RE: Miles per gallon...
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:credm...@dealerskins.com] 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 ch...@dealerskins.com www.dealerskins.com -Original Message- From: Andy Matthews [mailto:amatth...@dealerskins.com] 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 aw...@dealerskins.com. -Original Message- From: Eric Brown [mailto:ebr...@dealerskins.com] 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" 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
