> But it is not yet clear that the disruption of the auto industry will lead to the shuttering of dealerships the way digital sales of music and books led to the death of record stores and bookstors.

This is a completely unfair comparison. Book and music stores were everything dealers were not. They had marked and easy to understand prices. They were knowledgable and interested in spreading knowledge about their product. And they were very low pressure. They just couldn't compete on price.

Dealerships can go burn in a fire as far as I'm concerned. They hustle you with information asymmetry and use high pressure sales tactics. And they provide no value for information or knowledge. They exist solely to skim as much money as possible from a sales transaction that they provide no value to.