Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Tesla Ban

[Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver]

Charles (et al),

 

You're kind of right Charles, I did buy it out of state, but not really. I bought a "demo model" that was on a showroom floor in a mall in White Plains, NY, however when I went to actually purchase and pay for it, I went online on the normal website and put my deposit down, and then I sent a final check directly to Tesla Motors. There was no commissioned sale to that showroom (note I did not say the word 'dealer'). The car was then delivered to my home via Tesla's sub, Passport. There are plenty of them in Virginia and even my hometown, and everyone buys the same way -- right on the website.

 

I wonder what the real hiccup is, what is harder in states that don't allow it vice states that do allow it (it == direct sales from the manufacturuer).

 

-matt

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com> wrote:

Didn’t you buy yours out of state? The laws don’t affect registering any particular car – just buying it.

 

The NADA is afraid that if Tesla’s model works, suddenly GM will start thinking that Rick Hendrick (as an example) is making a bunch of money from his dealerships that would fit nicely in the GM corporate pocket instead. So then GM brass says, “Let’s rescind all our franchise agreements and turn them all into corporate stores.”  They’ll be there for service and test drives, but you can just enter your order on GM’s website and the car shows up at your house a month or two later. Now all the dealer margins are helping corporate’s bottom line.

 

I doubt it would actually turn out that way, but I think they’re treating it as a “camel nose in the tent” problem.

 

 

 

From: Matt Boyd [mailto:ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 8:24 AM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Tesla Ban

 

What does it really mean, though? The law was an issue in Virginia when I bought mine, but I had no problem at all... Except that the car is darn expensive!

-matt

On Mar 12, 2014 7:46 AM, "John Ashburne" <jashburne [at] aol.com> wrote:

Yup, a powerful National Automobile Dealers Association protecting their interests.

John

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> On Mar 12, 2014, at 7:43 AM, RC Leander <rleander [at] mindspring.com> wrote:
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> Tesla's business model is to sell direct to consumers, many states have laws requiring that cars be sold through franchised dealers. The ruling in New Jersey simply confirms the current law in that state.  We have the same problem in North Carolina.
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:10:59 -0700
>> From: "Robert W. Garven Jr." <rgarven [at] gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Ferrari] Tesla Ban
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>> Why did they ban the sale of Teslas in NJ?
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