[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Pretty interesting article. I never really understood what the hullabaloo was about.

[Gaffer]

Frankly, I think Mr. Gilbert’s argument is one-sided and somewhat duplicitous. Yes, free-market blah blah and all that - good, yeah, sounds okay... it’s those damned greedy dealers and those damned federal laws that are a holdover from the days when manufacturers treated dealers like captive customers....

The thing I DON’T see discussed here is what the hell is Tesla going to do about repair and maintenance? Are you going to have to go online and find some subcontracted Joe-Blow garage? Go to a Tesla Storefront[i.e., an AppleStore]? How are defect problems resolved?

Ever tried to get an actual PERSON on the line from Amazon, or iPhone, etc.

I am not against them being able to sell their cars however they want. But I don’t want to be bombarded with one-sided arguments dating back to the 1920s, either. In the end, the life-cycle for purchase, repair and routine maintenance to protect the consumer HAS to be thought out and fit into TESLA’s business model somewhere.

[expat_panama]

never really understood what the hullabaloo was about.

More like a hullabaloo on steroids--

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[AustinBill]

I never really understood what the hullabaloo was about.

"When somebody says it's not about the money, it's about the money." -- H. L. Mencken