There are probably honest, straightforward dealers out there. Unfortunately I've never found one, nor has anyone I've known. The whole system is set up to extract the maximum dollars from each patsy, and they'll do it with a sincere and friendly smile on their face. They'll outright lie or be selectively ignorant. I've had one try to charge me $400 for brake repairs that were covered under warranty. If I had been a typical car owner I would have fallen for it. I'd love to be proven wrong, but so far I have found no truly ethical behavior from a dealer.
Has anyone noticed that when a new dealer opens up, maybe five years later they start expanding? Think about what kind of profits that takes. Are you aware that they have a very unusual and secretive form of accounting that applies only to auto dealers, in order to obscure their costs? What they claim to be "dealer cost" is an outright lie. Has anyone here ever bought a new car and not felt like they needed a shower afterwards? The ADA wants to stop Tesla so they can keep their gravy train on track. It's as simple as that. If they had been acting responsibly up until now, there would be no reason to oppose Tesla. Whatever manufacturer makes it possible to buy a car direct, and bypass the dealer, will have a huge advantage when I'm ready to buy my next new car. The ADA is likely to lose this battle and their monolithic paradigm for auto sales. They did it to themselves. This might be just as big an automotive advance as the Model S. Chris On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 5:31 PM, David Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Well put, Bruce. If the Auto-Dealers Association were sure their way > was the best they wouldn't even be speaking up. If Tesla's method > didn't work then it will die on its own so this action by the ADA is > actually a very big acknowledgement that they think it is a great > plan. Personally, the only two new cars I have purchased would have > been much better without the dealer. They both have been overtly > dishonest and will never get my business again. > > > > On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Bruce EVangel Parmenter > <[email protected]> wrote: > > What Tesla is doing is only because they are being stopped from selling > > and servicing their products by the Auto-dealers Assn. They are also > > quite a hip / with-it company that uses many of the same methods that a > > High-Tech company would use to sell products. High-Tech companies do not > > sell products without also having an outlet for consumers to get to know > > or obtain service on their products. > > > > I am not sure it is understood that Tesla is working to get past the > > Auto-Dealers Assn's block that Tesla 'has-to' have their approval to > > sell Tesla products. Auto-Dealers Assn has set its self in place to give > > a thumbs up or down that an auto company can sell their products. That > > 'monopoly' is what Tesla is fighting against. > > > > It is because of the Auto-Dealers Assn's monopoly that Tesla has a > > different form of getting their product known by and sold to consumers. > > Once the Auto-Dealers Assn's blockage is nullified (made-moot), Tesla > > can have provide sales and service to its customers without hindrance > > from the Auto-Dealers Assn. monopoly. > > > > ... > > If you have not done so, please sign the petition supporting freedom of > > choice > > > https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow-tesla-motors-sell-directly-consumers-all-50-states/bFN7NHQR > > > > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders > > wherever you are > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > > -- > David D. Nelson > http://evalbum.com/1328 > http://www.levforum.com > > Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130630/90f613da/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
