3 ms·
...And consumers are licking their chops. Car buying and repair is a racket from top to bottom. This is in no small part the fault of the manufacturers from des
by wmeredith 11y ago
...And consumers are licking their chops. Car buying and repair is a racket from top to bottom. This is in no small part the fault of the manufacturers from design to actively campaigning for policy that's bad for customers and good for car makers/sellers. I hope they rot.
- merpnderp 11y agoI see this exact sentiment all the time. Even people who have a favorite brand will gripe angrily about getting ripped off on the purchase and how repairs are so needlessly expensive.
- mikeash 11y agoI think this is one reason why car makers (except that one that always shows up on the front page here) love having dealers. The maker gets all the love for a great machine, and the dealers get all the hate for dishonest sales practices and ripoff repairs.
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- mikeash 11y agoReally? According to this, Western Europe has over 50,000 dealers, and only 3% are operated by the manufacturers: http://wardsauto.com/news-analysis/number-new-car-dealer-operations-falling-europe http://wardsauto.com/news-analysis/number-new-car-dealer-ope...
- zurbi 11y agoSo true. I have zero loyalty to my car maker. Or, to formulate it positively, in all the years of owning a car I have only once been positively surprised about the service I got.