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The car dealers need to be abolished. Not even an ICE vs EV argument, car dealers are fucking awful, they barely know shit and borderline scam their customers trying to up the price of everything and then ‘pretend haggle’ down to a ‘reasonable price’ that’s still probably 30k over msrp
I wonder if new vehicle sales are down overall. If I had to replace my car today, I’d be looking for something second hand.
Edit: According to Cox Automotive Inc., September sales were actually up 13% from last year. Huh.
September sales were actually up 13% from last year
Covid-19 shut down a lot of factories. Not just US car factories but also suppliers of small/cheap components (some of them worth less than one cent each) just couldn’t be purchased in large volumes.
As far as I know the industry still hasn’t fully recovered. 13% year over year growth isn’t a 13% increase in demand, it’s a 13% increase in the number of cars they’re able to sell.
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A problem with EV is those cars are infected with DRM.
Remember tesla deactivate DLC ?
If they can’t sell it, then they’ll lower prices and people will be able to buy them.
I doubt the profits are so hard to come up with considering the wild CEO pay and record profits everyone’s bragging about.
Yeah lol… Why curb supply to artificially keep prices high? Sounds like a antitrust issue.
We can keep producing mass amounts of EV’s; we’ll just store them all in caves in middle America.
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It’ll be like government cheese all over again!
I’ll take some of that government EV. Maybe fill it with government cheese too while they’re at it.
Just bought an EV from a local dealer. Went in on Saturday because they had a 2 month used listing on their website for about 10k under MSRP. They told me, oh no that sold, but please check out the new cars. I entertained them and told them they’d need to bring down the price 10k to get me to sign because it’s simply out of my price range. They also mentioned these things (ioniq 6) are selling extremely quickly and they only have a few on the lot.
They insisted and played games for a week, with offers OVER msrp, so I let them waste their time. They pushed me to come in, so as I was about to sign, I told them, actually, no. I need an offer 10k under MSRP or I’m leaving. At this point that was a 15k cut. They’ve now wasted a week of negotiation and suddenly found the used one I originally requested, but it was at their off-site lot.
We drove over there, and it was a large 5 story parking deckcompletely filled to the top. They even had cars parked in front of cars. They tried one last game and made me wait for 3 hours to get it out.
All that is to say, let the fuckers bleed. If they can’t afford Christmas, maybe they need to learn what the fuck capitalism really means. If they can’t afford new years, it’s time to make a new resolution and if they can’t afford spring break, it’s time to find a new job.
That’s straight up bait-and-switch! Good on you to hold them to the original advertisement.
they need to learn what the fuck capitalism really means.
Eventually, they’ll move inventory to other dealerships (and the scrapheap), fire-sale the rest, cover their losses, and make room for new models. Dealers are amazing at colossal inventory stunts like this.
Good - I’d rather more people try public transit, walking, or biking. And if you absolutely need to use a car, then advocate for better urban infrastructure because the US is waaaaaay too car-dependent and we need to start not being that way
They are not pushing for more public transportation. They are pushing for more ICE vehicles because the sales people do not want to learn about EVs and they also get less money from maintenance.
I was referring to the consumers, not the sales people.
Fellas, fellas, please. I assume you, I wouldn’t buy the gas one either.
This year, 18% of all automobile sales worldwide were electric cars. In the US, that’s about 7%.
If they can’t sell them then let companies sell without a dealership! Sorry your scammy business isn’t working anymore either clean your nose or get out
I would have bought a plug in electric, but my apartment didn’t like the idea of me throwing extension cords out my second story window.
I agree with them but not for the reasons they would like, less pushing of EVs more pushing of good public transportation.
They refuse to learn about them and actively direct people to ICE vehicles. No shit they are having a ‘hard time’ selling them. They have tried less than nothing to sell them.
I have Ford hybrid manuals. It won’t do you much good on the cost of the tools to work on them. Best advice on hybrids is to learn how to disconnect your battery before servicing your vehicle.
If you can afford the 3k tool then it is only 1k per year :D
I don’t see any problem with removig car dealers. Just phase out of existence no one will miss them.
It may also have something to do with all the announcements about changing the charging port. I wouldn’t buy a car when I know they’re changing g that next year. I mean, it’s about time, but that’s going to deter buyers
oh… no… nobody want to buy a car with small range for 3 times higher price?
