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Maybe a younger generation who buys everything online and hasn't purchased a new vehicle before? I personally enjoy negotiating and driving prices lower, I'm al

• Pharmakon 8y ago
  How big is the market for a pretty expensive first car? I’d guess that most luxury sedans are purchased by relatively older people. On an unrelated note, does anyone know why this article fell off the front page so quickly? Did I do something wrong?
  • bryanlarsen 8y ago
    This was well discussed a week ago when the news first broke: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19275985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19275985
  • mithr 8y ago
    You know, I wonder if the upcoming IPOs (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/style/uber-ipo-san-francisco-rich.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/style/uber-ipo-san-franci...) had any impact on this decision. It seems like there might actually be quite a few people potentially in the market for an expensive first car pretty soon. Tesla has done a pretty good job positioning itself as the car to buy even if you've never really wanted to own one before, imo -- assuming you can afford one.
• metalgearsolid 8y ago
  When you negotiate at a dealership the dealership is deciding how small of a margin they're willing to take. Removing the dealerships means removing this added margin that you're negotiating against.