Ford Safety for Bartlesville

Proud to be Bartlesville’s Ford Dealer

The Doenges name has been associated with Ford in Bartlesville for many years now and it is an association I could not be prouder of. Though there is surely a feeling of pride that comes from owning your own business no matter what the product I, as a Ford dealer, consider myself extremely lucky to be representing a product with such a rich and illustrious history. When you sell Fords you can always rest assured that you are supplying the public with a high quality product.

Ford Safety: Innovation, Technology and Leadership

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5 Easy Steps To Improve Your Trade In Value

Trade In Value Complaints

Being in the car business here in Bartlesville for as long as my family has, I have probably heard at one time or another, just about every complaint an auto consumer might have. And, as a community and service minded business man, I take every complaint I hear seriously. Though it may sometimes be difficult to hear people complain about something you are so proud of, it is only through listening to customer feedback that we are able to build the best dealership possible.

Of all the complaints I’ve heard in the car business the one heard most often, not specifically here at my Bartlesville dealership but at auto dealerships across the country, is that the consumer feels they do not get enough for their trade in. When people trade in their car towards the purchase of another new or used car or truck they often feel that the value of their trade as estimated by the dealership, is much less than the car is actually worth. There are a number of reasons why this is the case.

Trade In Value Factors; Honesty, Realism, and Effort

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Join Ford for Ford Digiknows

Bartlesville, Get in the Know with Ford Digiknows

I wrote a a blog post a couple of days ago to urge a Bartlesville driver or two to enter Ford’s Fiesta Movement. Well, today I’m back with another way that Bartlesville Tulsa and Oklahoma residents can get personally involved with Ford. If you have an internet connection then you have a line straight to the people who develop Ford products to let them know what it is that is important to you. Its called Ford DigiKnows.

Ford Digiknows is a weekly live streaming video event produced by Ford that allows you to talk with the experts from Ford while they give you an up close and personal tour of all the innovative new technologies Ford has to offer. The host of the weekly event, Emmy award winning radio and television news anchor and Detroit native Michael Collins, takes you behind the scenes of the Ford Motor Company and lets you be among the first to see and discuss everything that is today’s Ford.

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2009 Toyota Prius Tops Consumer Reports Best Value List

Well Bartlesville Toyota fans, it looks like the Toyota prius has earned yet another honor. In the recent Annual Auto Issue of Consumer Reports Magazine the Toyota prius was named as the debut recipient of the brand new “Best New Car Value” title.

This title is new this year and one that Consumer Reports offered, along with the magazines traditional rankings of top vehicles, to highlight for consumers the car determined to be the best value across a five year period. According to the press release “To determine which cars are the best values, Consumer Reports looks at its overall road-test scores, five-year owner-cost estimates, and predicted reliability ratings for more than 300 recently tested vehicles. CR then divided each vehicle’s five-year owner-cost by its overall road-test score to get the cost of each test-score point — the lower the cost-per-point, the better the value. To ensure the vehicles named as best values were also models that held up well over time, choices were limited to those with above-average predicted reliability ratings. Consumer Reports’ owner-cost estimates are based on six major elements: depreciation, fuel economy, insurance, interest on financing, maintenance and repair, and sales tax.”

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The Ford Fiesta Movement: Will Bartlesville Be Represented?

The Ford Fiesta Movement: What is it?

The Ford Fiesta will be returning to Ford’s automobile line-up in early 2010, as a 2011 model car and Ford is harnessing the power of social media and consumer participation to promote the return. The Ford Fiesta Movement is a promotion by Ford that asks people across the country to submit a 2-5 minute video explaining why they should be a participating driver in the Ford Fiesta Movement. The video should be uploaded to your YouTube account, tagged with the term “fiestamovement” and then submitted as a link through the Ford Fiesta Movement application available at the Ford Fiesta Movement Homepage linked above.

Bartlesville, Are You Signed Up?

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New Tax Deductions for Bartlesville New Car Buyers

The economy is currently not in the best of shape. We here in Bartlesville, Oklahoma are feeling the pinch of difficult economic times just as people across the nation are. The stock market has spiraled downward at unprecedented levels, financial institutions have lined up with their hands out at the government’s door, unemployment is on a steady increase and people who are still fairly financially stable are sitting on their funds, wary of making purchases.

Is it the Attitude or the Confidence?

The problem with this is that the exchange of money for goods is what keeps the economy functioning. When we have tough economic times like these the lack of public confidence in the economy, brought on by the news of the markets and such, is often just as detrimental as the events that caused the lack of confidence. So what happens is consumers end up unwittingly compounding the problem. The answer to this would seem to be economic stimulus at the consumer level. Read more

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Toyota Venza: A Great CUV for the Bartlesville Mom

Well, Bartlesville moms, it looks like gas is on the rise again and, as moms know, the SUVs that have been so popular over the last few years are not overly friendly at the gas pump. With the drop in popularity of the styling of the mini van and the rise in fuel prices taking a bite out of the appeal of the SUV, another class of car is on the rise as the family hauler of choice in Bartlesville, Tulsa and cities and towns everywhere. Mom’s new best friend is the CUV.

These roomy people movers offer the fuel economy of sedans with the added space of SUVs and are quickly becoming favorites all across America. And, in the class of CUVs, there is one new comer making quite a splash of its own. Meet the Toyota Venza.

Toyota Venza: Not Just Another CUV

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25 Things that Affect Your Car Payment

Many people who buy new or used Fords and Toyotas here in Bartlesville try to figure what new car they should be looking at by what the monthly payment on the car is going to be. And, of course, this isn’t just here in Bartleville and isn’t just with Toyotas and Fords. This is the way most all consumers make their decision. The monthly payment on a car and how it fits into your budget is probably the biggest factor in determining what car, or at least price range, you will eventually buy.

This is as it should be. After all, your ability to make timely payments comfortably (which is what you should always consider, don’t stretch your budget!) has little to do with the overall price of the car. It is completely dependent on the amount that you will have to pay each month.

Monthly Payment or Overall Price?

Of course, as I have stated in other posts, never negotiate the price of a car based on monthly payments. Don’t think that is what I’m suggesting. You should always try to get the best deal possible on the overall price. But the payment is the part you will actually have to be living up to each month, so it is the factor that should be the final metric by which you decide whether or not you can afford the vehicle.

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Dodge Charger — A Real Sport Sedan

During the seventies, when someone mentioned muscle cars there was a good chance they were referring to the Dodge Charger. Then during the eighties the model hit a few design stumbling blocks and was dropped from Dodge’s lineup. Well, as you know, the Dodge Charger is back. And, although it has not been around long in its modern version, this car has already earned a place at number nine on the top ten used car list.

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