Setting aside service, in the bigger picture, do we need middlemen in this day and age? Showrooms and sample cars to drive, yes. Car manufactorers can have people manage these outlets. But why are we still dealing with sales people and all of the pitfalls of the deal? We should be able to fully order online what we want at a set price (not suggested, not marked up at will) at some point. No?
^((I know I’m going to get grief for this.))
limitless__ on
Of course they oppose it, moving to EV will mean a move to a dealer-free experience so the entire industry will collapse. Car dealers are one of the biggest GOP lobbyist groups, they are powerful.
dexterthekilla on
An EV mandate would make gasoline cars too expensive tbh
Independent_Ad_2073 on
Fuck car dealers. That’s my thesis. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Astronomy_Setec on
Want to know which car dealers to avoid? They give you a nice helpful spreadsheet organized by state. [https://evvoiceofthecustomer.com/](https://evvoiceofthecustomer.com/)
bobjr94 on
Dealers dislike EVs because of the loss of income with them needing little to no maintenance. We have 64k miles on our Ioniq 5 and I’ve spent under $100 in maintenance on it. It’s only been back to a dealer 3 time all for software updates. Plus 1 set of tires from Walmart at 53k miles.
armstad2 on
Car dealers the biggest donors to the GOP. Donors reflect parties. There’s a reason why GOP is filled with corruption, scammers, and criminals. Direct auto sales are a much bigger threat to the right wing than anything else
JerryLeeDog on
Tesla has proven to us that car dealers will eventually be a thing of the past, and thank god, because they are no more than a bunch of leech middlemen.
That said, mandates are dumb; BEVs will flourish in a free market as it is, they are just far better cars vs gas unless you tow long distances every day.
E4ttheR1ch99 on
We don’t need middlemen selling us cars.
HamptonMarketing on
There is zero percent chance that EV’s are the majority of cars sold anytime in the next 30 years.
sometimesifeellikemu on
And continue to make money anyway.
RantCasey-42 on
Shouldn’t the dealer be explaining what is need, pros/cons.. Oh yeah, dealers din’t know squat about ICE vehicles, much less EV’s
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Setting aside service, in the bigger picture, do we need middlemen in this day and age? Showrooms and sample cars to drive, yes. Car manufactorers can have people manage these outlets. But why are we still dealing with sales people and all of the pitfalls of the deal? We should be able to fully order online what we want at a set price (not suggested, not marked up at will) at some point. No?
^((I know I’m going to get grief for this.))
Of course they oppose it, moving to EV will mean a move to a dealer-free experience so the entire industry will collapse. Car dealers are one of the biggest GOP lobbyist groups, they are powerful.
An EV mandate would make gasoline cars too expensive tbh
Fuck car dealers. That’s my thesis. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Want to know which car dealers to avoid? They give you a nice helpful spreadsheet organized by state. [https://evvoiceofthecustomer.com/](https://evvoiceofthecustomer.com/)
Dealers dislike EVs because of the loss of income with them needing little to no maintenance. We have 64k miles on our Ioniq 5 and I’ve spent under $100 in maintenance on it. It’s only been back to a dealer 3 time all for software updates. Plus 1 set of tires from Walmart at 53k miles.
Car dealers the biggest donors to the GOP. Donors reflect parties. There’s a reason why GOP is filled with corruption, scammers, and criminals. Direct auto sales are a much bigger threat to the right wing than anything else
Tesla has proven to us that car dealers will eventually be a thing of the past, and thank god, because they are no more than a bunch of leech middlemen.
That said, mandates are dumb; BEVs will flourish in a free market as it is, they are just far better cars vs gas unless you tow long distances every day.
We don’t need middlemen selling us cars.
There is zero percent chance that EV’s are the majority of cars sold anytime in the next 30 years.
And continue to make money anyway.
Shouldn’t the dealer be explaining what is need, pros/cons.. Oh yeah, dealers din’t know squat about ICE vehicles, much less EV’s