The "hospitality" caused by rising oil prices

The “7 era” of gasoline and diesel prices lasted for one year. On March 20, the price of gasoline and diesel was raised by 600 yuan per ton. According to statistics, the price increase of refined oil products is the largest since July 2009. The adjusted price of gasoline and diesel hit a record high, and the No. 93 gasoline approached the “8th era”. The oil price of 8 yuan has caused the industries associated with it to also prompt some "new" changes.

Increasing the cost of keeping a car Many people will have such concerns before buying a car or just buying a car – the cost of using the car. As the saying goes, “It's difficult to buy a car to keep a car.” Let's look at the current petrol price of 97 to rise to 8.58 yuan. For ordinary car-purchasing home consumers, raising a car may be more difficult than buying a car.

Mr. Li, a 30-year-old citizen, told Xiao Bian that he had to go through 4 reversals every day for commuting, and that the road was relatively inconvenient. With a monthly salary of RMB 5,000, he decided to buy a car. “I was very excited when I just bought a car and I felt the happiness brought by the convenience of transportation. But it didn’t take long before I discovered that the cost of spending on this car was more than a few times higher than the cost of taxiing to and from work. It is quite high. The annual road maintenance fees, car and boat use taxes, and car insurance fees are nearly 10,000 yuan. These have cut a large amount of 'flesh' in the purse when the car is purchased. The cost of car maintenance and other accidental car expenses is even higher. Astonishingly, it is not easy to raise a car. In one year's calculations, most of the wages are in the car,” Mr. Li said distressedly. The repeatedly soaring gas price is undoubtedly aggravated, and it really makes the owners complain.

As Mr. Li said, the cost of auto insurance is also a large part of the annual auto insurance expenses, including the purchase cost of vehicles and the taxes and fees that need to be paid. In addition to other accidental expenses, plus parking fees, car beauty decoration fees, traffic violation fines, etc., for the average car owner, these costs are not a small number. Therefore, before you buy a car, you must make a careful calculation and then make a decision to purchase a car. After all, the fact that the car can't afford to raise a living is the current status of most working-class people.

Changing the car purchase plan for most users is generally a "car change car." That is, due to the reason that the starting budget is not high, most of the first cars purchased by these users are mid-to-low-end or small-displacement vehicles, and when they are plentiful, they can buy medium- or higher-emission vehicles; or they can purchase second and third cars. For use in different situations. However, when the oil price is high, this part of the user may be discouraged before the high oil prices, the original swap program may be forced to postpone or even cancel. After all, as oil prices continue to climb, it is indeed a very real problem to “can afford to buy horses and cannot afford saddles” and it must be given enough attention.

In addition, many car dealers have stated that the rise in oil prices has made some of the car owners "stingy". Some of the owners wanted to redeem the SUV or mid-to-high-end models, but the news that the oil price has risen again has changed the initial change plan. It would be better to change the fuel consumption of a car when you step on the gas pedal. Model. As a result, the SUV was replaced by an ordinary mid-size car. The 2.0L model was replaced with a 1.6L model. The replacement car plan was forced to “shrink”. Even between the same models, consumers will prefer the fuel-efficient one. In this way, the "big beauty" sensual consumption has been quietly replaced by the "practical supremacy" of rational consumption.

4S shop is a bit "unreliable"

The "wait and see" of car buyers makes car dealers a bit "unprepared". "The impact is still somewhat. It was able to sell 10 units in the previous day and reduce 2-3 units in these two days," said Mr. Yang, a person in charge of a 4S store. Compared with last year, the sedan market has been sluggish this year, sales have fallen significantly, and the increase in oil prices has caused increased concern among car buyers.

The prices of foreign foods will remain high and the continuous rainy weather will continue until the season when a large number of local vegetables are listed will become a period for the supply of vegetables. The market gap will be mainly supplied by foreign vegetables. The rise in the price of oil has increased the cost of transporting vegetables from other places, and the prices of vegetables on the market in the city have increased.

Xu Wei, Manager of the Vegetable Marketing Department of the Agricultural Marketing Market, told Xiao Bian that at present, there are few local vegetable markets in our city, mainly from Shandong and northern Jiangsu. He calculated an account for Xiao Bian, calculated according to a car with 8 tons of vegetables from Yancheng Dongtai, transported to Nanjing, plus tolls, fuel costs, etc., one-way car increased by about 500 yuan, the apportionment to vegetable prices On the other hand, the wholesale price will be increased by 0.04 yuan/500 grams, and from the wholesale market to the vegetable market, the vegetable vendors must add another layer of transportation costs.

Private car "oil to gas"? Not allowed!

The increase in oil prices has brought economic pressure to the car-loving citizens. Finding alternative energy sources for refined oil has become the focus of their attention. Many owners hope to convert the power plant of the car and convert expensive gasoline and diesel into good quality and low prices. Natural gas (ie "oil to gas"). In our city, "oil to gas" is only widely used in the taxi industry. At present, 95% of taxis in the city have already used natural gas, and operating costs have been reduced.

Then the conversion of natural gas for private cars need not be audited. Can we normally travel on the road? According to the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Vehicle Administration Office, unauthorized modification of gas appliances is not allowed.

Mr. Li from the Department of Automobile Laboratory of the Municipal Automobile Administration told Xiao Bian that the State has strict regulations on the production and sales of motor vehicles, including on-road driving. Motor vehicles change the fuel types privately and have an impact on the service life of motor vehicles. Increasing the risk factor of motor vehicle accidents has had an adverse effect on people's own traffic order. If privately converted into gas, found on the road, will be punished in accordance with national regulations.

Mainly "eco-friendly", small-displacement "welcome to spring"

Xiao Bian recently called a number of car sales 4s stores, sales staff said that the current 1.6L below the small displacement A-class car is still the main product of the auto market. For the average consumer, small quantities are mostly chosen in consideration of factors such as vehicle price, license plate price, maintenance cost, and oil price and subsidies. In addition, Volkswagen, General Motors and other brands with turbocharged small-displacement models sales are also relatively good, although the higher price, but it has a certain cost performance.

However, there are sales staff frankly, oil prices for the sale of large displacement cars such as suv may have a certain impact. Some users who originally purchased suv are likely to sacrifice some comfort to consider economics.

According to the survey results, 12.3% of people gave up buying cars due to oil price problems; 70.3% considered purchasing small-displacement vehicles; only 10.7% were not affected by rising oil prices. Therefore, Xiao Bian proposed that everyone here, the same model and performance, everyone in addition to the choice of 1.8,2.0 displacement, you can also choose 1.4T, 1.6T displacement.