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Old 03-17-2014, 05:31 PM
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direct sales no showroom right? no local place for body work?
If you own a Tesla but are far from the factory and you want it fixed by them?

Or is Tesla going to build stores like Apple?
then add auto service and repair.

then you just have another showroom owned by a factory instead of a dealer.
over time prices will be the same
That's what's happening, I believe. Also factory owned service centers.

http://www.teslamotors.com/findus

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Why can't the manufacturer do service?

How are we to get the car to the manufacturer?


Mechanics at the dealership must go to the manufacturers for training, anyways.

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There is no "Dealership. Remember... "Direct Sales".
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What makes you think you would no longer be able to do that?

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Look at the link John provided in post #21. Are you going to drive (or have towed) a wrecked/faulty car several hundred miles to a "Factory Authorized Service Center"?

All I'm saying is that Tesla has a long, steep, uphill road to climb in a shaky economy. I wish them the best of luck but I'm not investing just yet.
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Old 03-17-2014, 07:18 PM
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My intuition says that Tesla will only attract buyers in metropolitan areas. This from Forbes:
"Upstart automaker Tesla Motors TSLA +1.27% won’t sell as many cars this year as Chevrolet sells in 3 days, but its early success with the all-electric Model S sedan is already keeping the competition up at night." (2013)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogo...e-competition/

So I don't see them needing more than say twenty sales/service centers for now. 100,000 units are projected for 2016.
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Ice I see what you be sayin', but Tesla is a niche market company that will never have dealers everywhere (selling just their current product anyway). They did just build a recharge station near me though.

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I think we need those wallet-draining showrooms Pete so we feel better when we drive around in used vehicles that cost half as much.

There is a 2009 Toyota Corolla across the street from the clinc right now for 10k$ but it has 76,582 miles...I am tempted to ask for 1k off the price....

that car can probably go 200,000 more miles
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Look at the link John provided in post #21. Are you going to drive (or have towed) a wrecked/faulty car several hundred miles to a "Factory Authorized Service Center"?

All I'm saying is that Tesla has a long, steep, uphill road to climb in a shaky economy. I wish them the best of luck but I'm not investing just yet.
I can guarantee that here in California "Factory Authorized Service Center" is any licensed automotive repair business.

Now having warranty repairs performed for free under warranty is a different story.


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I can guarantee that here in California "Factory Authorized Service Center" is any licensed automotive repair business.

Now having warranty repairs performed for free under warranty is a different story.


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Yes, in the "bad old days", I believe car makers would void your warranty if you had any repairs done outside the system during the warranty period. I think that's illegal everywhere now.

I was speaking only of (free) repairs done under warranty. That still requires having the work done at a dealer or a factory repair facility of some sort. This is pretty legitimate, really, because it insures that the work is performed by a factory-trained tech and that the parts used are OEM.

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And the manufacturers squeeze the dealers lowering overall warrantee costs

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And the manufacturers squeeze the dealers lowering overall warrantee costs

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Yes, there's a two-tiered labor rate, customer rate and warranty rate. Also, warranty parts are reimbursed at a lower rate, I think above cost but not by much.

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