My Gift to all the shady dealers in 2024!

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Powerwheels for 100k!

 

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I disagree.

Just because Tesla might have delays in service doesn’t mean other brands don’t. How about the folks who have had their trucks at dealer lots for months getting ONE item addressed, like a blown engine? Does that count? Or related trips for the same issues. We have all dealt with that most likely.

How is it that Tesla and Rivian owners are the most satisfied? Must be something they are doing right. No they aren’t perfect.

Of course a vehicle obviously has more parts than a phone. That should not preclude the idea of getting rid of these scumbag dealers and their antiquated model.

And who says you must have a middleman to do repair work or have a repair shop? The dealer association and lobbyists and old school manufactures… screwing the consumer.

The assumption that Tesla and or Rivian has a great model is questionable...maybe its okay for their low sales volume.
But it does not work with the sales volumes of the Big 3 manufacturers (+ - 14 million vehicles per year). I also think the lower complexity of the EV plays a part. Tesla has just 120 US service centers and the average wait time is 2-3 months, and it goes up from there.

The big manufacturers need the dealers as the go between (buffer) for sales and service.
For instance, STALLantis is terrible at approving warranty work and OA a high number of their dealerships are bad and or poorly run. But they are not going to cut off all those dealerships and build 2400 brand new CDJR warranty repair facilities, at a cost of 12 billion dollars. Imagine the wait times for warranty service if Stellantis cut off all the dealers and opened just 1000 (direct) warranty repair facilities. People would be waiting months for oil changes and years for warranty work.

Talking about "getting rid of dealerships" is easy. Implementing an actual improved replacement .....that is where it becomes very complex and near (financially) impossible.