Hard disagree. Shitty car dealers should be a relic of the past, sure, but the business model is sound. It's basically like every other product you buy. How often are you buying from the manufacturer? Almost everything you buy from a store. That's what a dealership is.
Inventory is nice to have for all the same reasons you are happy the home store has inventory. And a built-in service department with a good parts and knowledge source is pretty important for a big expensive device which requires maintenance and that you're going to keep long enough for it to break a couple times.
The laws protecting them, I do think should be repealed. But I don't see the business model going anywhere. And I am on my second Tesla, so I see the alternative. The buying experience is easier, sure, but otherwise it's all the same shit under a different name. And some dealers can provide the same experience, frankly. In the future all of them will, or they will go out of business.
Hard disagree. Shitty car dealers should be a relic of the past, sure, but the business model is sound. It's basically like every other product you buy. How often are you buying from the manufacturer? Almost everything you buy from a store. That's what a dealership is.
Inventory is nice to have for all the same reasons you are happy the home store has inventory. And a built-in service department with a good parts and knowledge source is pretty important for a big expensive device which requires maintenance and that you're going to keep long enough for it to break a couple times.
The laws protecting them, I do think should be repealed. But I don't see the business model going anywhere. And I am on my second Tesla, so I see the alternative. The buying experience is easier, sure, but otherwise it's all the same shit under a different name. And some dealers can provide the same experience, frankly. In the future all of them will, or they will go out of business.