Oso planning to go pro
No wonder MU's endowment sucks ass, hey?
If you buy a reliable car, any repairs you might need are going to be way less than a new car payment. Also, 1 year old cars are pretty hard to come by. I usually buy a 2 or 3 year old car and drive it until it dies.
The “M” in MSRP stands for manufacturer. If you want to pay MSRP, I promise I’ll sell you a car and we never have to interact. Deal?
Hahah. No kidding. If you took dealers out, everyone would pay the same price, but it would be much higher. The reasons manufacturers can't sell direct is for price fixing. If the manufacturers were the only ones who could sell their cars, the price would essentially be fixed, because you couldn't go across town for leverage. Maybe you could go from the Ford store, to the GM, to the Ram or whatever, but essentially the prices would be fixed.
Then name your 'fun' car so we can compare.. Mazda makes fun, reliable, good looking cars for reasonable prices.
Is this really a thing? I find it hard to believe that the only industry where this is the case is automobiles.We don't have problems with airlines price fixing, etc.Can you elaborate?
Where a mfg has channels that add value they purposely don’t compete directly as it is difficult to both sell to and compete with your customers. If a mfg sold ‘direct’ the pricing would likely be dictated based on the way it is today. Volume and profit targets.
In no particular order, my favorites have been for sheer driving joy, the Pontiac Trans Am and the Dodge Charger R/T. I have to say though, I think my favorite was my Wrangler.
I don't get what you are saying here? Are you saying that dealerships don't compete with each other? I must be misinterpreting what you are saying because that is straight bonkers.
Tesla is trying that. Currently outlawed in Michigan.
No they are. I am saying a manufacturer in other categories (use laundry again) will not choose to sell direct and compete with its customers even if there is potential for more profit. In the auto example it would be ford going direct in Milwaukee against its franchisees (if that were legal).
That’s not how it works guys. Every business has an MSRP if they sell through a channel with an implied profit. The reason it is MSRP is that the manufacturer cannot legally set prices for a retailer. Those decisions are the sole discretion of that retailer If the manufacturer wants to drive more volume, they fund promotions. Again though it is the retailers discretion on what price is set and what promotions are run. And yes, most categories compete on price against competition, but also retailers compete (think TGT vs WMT on laundry detergent). Where a mfg has channels that add value they purposely don’t compete directly as it is difficult to both sell to and compete with your customers. If a mfg sold ‘direct’ the pricing would likely be dictated based on the way it is today. Volume and profit targets. So the question is, does the dealer add anything to the customer to justify their profit. Also why is this mandated and not a decision for the manufacturer like other categories.
Straight line speed over handling, got it.
That freaking Charger handled like a million bucks. And it certainly didn't lack anything in straight line speed either.
Have chick zip you around in their mx5... then you can see how a car can really handle.
Scoop company cars
Ah, correct. Yes. Dealers don't even really make their money based on individual units. They make money based on reaching program goals. Going back to an earlier point, it would make no sense for a dealer to park a customer for 5 hours because they were paying cash. Yeah of course they make money on financing, but they (for the most part) want to get customers in and out to get to the next customer. Slowing down the process just to spite a customer would be spiting themselves and screwing their sales people/ managers/ F&I people
You'd think, wouldn't ya? Didn't happen that way though.
I recently very randomly watched the Paul Rudd (minor role) film “The Perks of being a Wallflower” after passing it numerous times on Netflix. I knew nothing about it. Enjoyed the film as well as the music.