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Originally Posted by TuxedoCartman
Oh my god, did you really just resort to the "Mer'ka: love it or leave it" speech? Dude, get a passport, and get out of town for a while. America is pretty much the ONLY country that has such a messed up dealership model. Yes, China sells direct, but you know who else does? Japan. Did a huge writeup on what it's like dealing with a Japanese dealership a while back (spoiler alert: it was infinitely better). To the best of my knowledge, every country in Europe too allows buying direct from manufacturers. You gonna tell me life's much worse in Sweden because they do that, or that the people who sell the cars there are all starving paupers?
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I intended no "love it or leave it" rhetoric. I was making an extreme point about the "cut the dealerships out" model; the commentary was on how absurd it is to make such blanket statements about all dealerships in the US. Here in America, and several European nations I might add including (sighted) the specific western European nations of Germany, UK, etc. many dealerships are franchised. To claim that the franchised dealership model is "messed up" is pretty absurd in it's own right. To compare your singular experience with EVERY dealership in the US is just well, nuts. I have had great experiences in US dealerships and poor experiences in others. I am free to take my money and spend it where I wish and am in no way obligated to one dealership if I do not like how I am treated, or how they run their operation. If you want to comment on a specific dealership you have had experience with, fair enough. but one or some is not all.