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They are both anti-consumer. The regulatory solution is to break the dealers monopoly in selling cars in an area, but also force-open the repair, service and sp
by manholio 4y ago
They are both anti-consumer. The regulatory solution is to break the dealers monopoly in selling cars in an area, but also force-open the repair, service and spares part markets which most car manufactures use as profit centers. I don't know the Tesla situation specifically, but some companies use extremely dodgy techniques, like voiding your entire warranty for getting oil changes outside their networks etc.
- listenallyall 4y agoSo you want regulators to require Ford, for example, to build multiple dealerships all in the same area, threatening the viability of any single dealership? And if you were on the hook for repairing $50,000+ machines, would you allow the users of those machines to get oil changes and other services just anywhere? Or would you require a minimum level of maintenance and a known quality of parts and fluids?
- sokoloff 4y agoNot in the US they don’t: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warran... Dealerships are paid by the manufacturer for new-car warranty service. My experience is they’ll go out of their way to get a warranty repair job as it pays them well and earns goodwill with the customer for a directly profitable job.