Today I Learned...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

With all the driving you guys did together, he must have shown off his one click ebrake handle?

Oh he did he did.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

TIL Ford's CEO wants to go 100% online, no negotiation, direct delivery for EVs. I'm good with that.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a4...o-negotiation/

lol. the dealership associations are going to have his job in 3, 2, 1....

it's like dousing the neighborhood karens front yard in gasoline, and then waving to her as you light it on fire....

[DarkPira7e]

Today I learned that even at level 250, Runebears will shred you

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soundman98

lol. the dealership associations are going to have his job in 3, 2, 1....

it's like dousing the neighborhood karens front yard in gasoline, and then waving to her as you light it on fire....

As I showed before the Canadian dealerships are all quickly changing over to an order system with minimal stock on the lots. Although kick started by the shortages they have said that is is now the planned future way of selling cars.
It will just be step one though. step two will undoubtable be the elimination of dealership sales lots completely. Any that survive will just be service centers which is where they make their real money anyway. I bet it doesn't take 10 years to happen.

[Spuds]

TIL: Bees are fish.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spuds

TIL: Bees are fish.

Only in California it seems.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Spuds

TIL: Bees are fish.

Yeah, but so are mollusks? So "fish" is a bizarre lislabel.
I'm not sure bees qualify still, but legislating is an ugly mess of confusing stuff so what do I know.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by cjd

Yeah, but so are mollusks? So "fish" is a bizarre lislabel.
I'm not sure bees qualify still, but legislating is an ugly mess of confusing stuff so what do I know.

It's because the bee people didn't come up with enough campaign fund money to buy a rather simple change to a law, so they found some sympathetic judges instead.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Spuds

It's because the bee people didn't come up with enough campaign fund money to buy a rather simple change to a law, so they found some sympathetic judges instead.

As if a simple change is likely to happen? Once a revision is on the table all hell breaks loose.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by cjd

As if a simple change is likely to happen? Once a revision is on the table all hell breaks loose.

Ya I have always been impressed with the US method of slipping non relevant things into legislative change bills.

"This bill will declare bees to be endangered, raise the age of gun purchases to 25, require cancer warning labels on 2% milk, eliminate street tunes for cars, make it mandatory to carry umbrellas in the left hand only, raise the maximum price for hamster food by 3% and limit the number of cows you are allowed to have in your living room to 12."

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ya I have always been impressed with the US method of slipping non relevant things into legislative change bills.

"This bill will declare bees to be endangered, raise the age of gun purchases to 25, require cancer warning labels on 2% milk, eliminate street tunes for cars, make it mandatory to carry umbrellas in the left hand only, raise the maximum price for hamster food by 3% and limit the number of cows you are allowed to have in your living room to 12."

12 simply is not enough cow. And that leaves it ambiguous how many can be in the family room, basement, bedroom, bathroom, or kitchen. Gotta keep 'em out of the dining room though.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by cjd

12 simply is not enough cow. And that leaves it ambiguous how many can be in the family room, basement, bedroom, bathroom, or kitchen. Gotta keep 'em out of the dining room though.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

With all the driving you guys did together, he must have shown off his one click ebrake handle?

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Oh he did he did.

It's two clicks, thank you very much.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

As I showed before the Canadian dealerships are all quickly changing over to an order system with minimal stock on the lots. Although kick started by the shortages they have said that is is now the planned future way of selling cars.
It will just be step one though. step two will undoubtable be the elimination of dealership sales lots completely. Any that survive will just be service centers which is where they make their real money anyway. I bet it doesn't take 10 years to happen.

i do remember. but honestly, i don't expect the current ordering system to last. dealers have always been like toddlers in a candy bowl, i have a hard time believing they're willing to suddenly trade price for quantity.