On 3/9/19 2:12 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote:
I think that Musk was smoking something. Personally, I would NEVER buy a car without driving it (or at least sit in) first. The only exception would be for brand new clean technology vehicles that I *knew* I wanted - think EV1, RAV-4 EV, Civic GX, Tesla Roadster, Toyota Mirai, Honda Clarity, etc.
That sounds similar to Koch FUD. It is hard for me to believe that you are not familiar with Tesla's path to success and their accomplishments. You know no Tesla owners?
You ignore several factors, including the bullet proof guarantee Peter describes. Also, that Tesla has quite successfully already proven a dealer network unnecessary. Many states, including mine, prohibit manufacturer owned dealerships; in those states, all sales have been and continue to be online. With that experience, Tesla is well aware of the value, or lack of value, of dealers. As you should know, Tesla has recruited owners to serve as a sales force. For the most part, owners are quite willing to serve without compensation though in the past they have received some compensation.
Personal experience: My first Tesla arrived in front of my house in 2013 on a car transporter. I had never before SEEN a Tesla, much less driven one. I was not disappointed. Indeed, I was thrilled and never regretted the purchase. I believe we ordered our Leaf in 2010 and took delivery in 2011. Sometime after the reservation, we we offered a pre-purchase test drive in a demo but did not find the schedule convenient. Our first Leaf drive was in our own. At the time we were not disappointed. Again, "thrilled" would be a good descriptor. Coming from a 150+ mile conversion with an amp-hour counter, I WAS disappointed in the sorry Leaf instrumentation. But, that was not a deal breaker. It was two years before I discovered that Nissan had so screwed Leaf buyers with a miserable short lived battery which they refused to support.
But I’m an air quality guy, and an early adopter of these technologies.
Which adds to my surprise that you are so Tesla unaware. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
