Are you ready for a Super-Cars Shout Out Competition?
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The Super-Cars Shout Out Competition is a contest that allows you to place a simple, colorful flyer on high mileage cars that you encounter, showing the vehicle owner that s/he has done something worthy by choosing a leading-edge (in terms of miles per gallon, or mpg) vehicle, while also allowing yourself to participate in this competition. Optionally, you can re-use a single copy of the flyer on multiple vehicles to avoid paper waste. Printing flyers on recycled paper is definitely recommended.
How do I join?
- Download and print one or more of the official Super-Cars Shout Out Competition flyers, preferably on recycled paper, because you don’t want to create more trash, do you?
- Find a 40+ miles per gallon (or 16.74 kilometers per liter) car from the list (e.g. Perodua Kelisa, Perodua Kenari, Kia Picanto, Hyundai Getz, etc.).
- Place the flyer under the windshield wiper.
- Use a digital camera or good cell phone to photograph.
- Upload the image to the PlanetThoughts.org website.
OK, so what do I get if I win?
The prize for this competition will be at least USD 500 guaranteed, and will go to the person with the largest number of valid uploaded images. So if you are not in it for the fun and the mission, there is another reason to join in. And to make this fun for the wise car buyers, USD 50 will be given per month to one randomly selected car owner who contacts PlanetThoughts that month and who has a valid photo of their of car uploaded on our site by any other entrant.
Note: No individual or their family can win more than one secondary prize (the USD 50), but such winners are still eligible for the grand prize.
Anymore rules and regulations?
Yes, but for your benefit, I will keep them short and straight-to-the-point:
- The competition will run from January 3rd to June 2nd, 2008.
- You CANNOT participate if you are a vehicle dealer or manufacturer or car repair garage owner or staff.
- Photographs of vehicles must be seen “in the wild”. For example, auto dealer parking lots and immediate surroundings are NOT valid as image sources for this competition. Mall parking lots not connected to car dealerships are valid image sources.
- Images must include a visible copy of an official Super-Cars Shout Out Competition flyer.
- The winner will be selected using a weighted value calculated from the number of valid uploaded car images from each participant.
- More rules @ the official Super-Cars Shout Out Competition page.
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Nice write-up, Pelf. Your Pink Panther discovery adds color to the event. Where do you find these things!?
25 cars on the list and growing! In the next year or two we will probbly see a few larger cars that get this kind of mileage. That will really help the sales take off.
I often drive a Scion XA. It gets between 32 and 38 mpg whenever we check. But the official mpg average for the car is 30 mpg. Interesting as usually the “official” ratings are higher than the actual. The other nice thing about this car is that it costs so little new. We have had it for almost two years now. We’ll see how it holds up over time.
-Will
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Will - where are the 25 cars? I have not seen that list, but would like to. Thanks.
Hi David - The list is in number 2 of Pelf’s article above.
-Will
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The Car in the photo is really hot.
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