Tesla’s Troubles Mount: Shuttered Showrooms and Sinking Shares

Re:Tesla’s Troubles Mount: Shuttered Showrooms and Sinking S... by almost_usual on Thursday March 07, 2019 @12:39PM (#19330110)

Maybe a younger generation who buys everything online and hasn't purchased a new vehicle before? I personally enjoy negotiating and driving prices lower, I'm also never in a rush to buy a vehicle. I can see the appeal of buying online though.

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Re:Tesla’s Troubles Mount: Shuttered Showrooms and Sinking S... by Pharmakon on Thursday March 07, 2019 @02:06PM (#19331073)

How big is the market for a pretty expensive first car? I’d guess that most luxury sedans are purchased by relatively older people.

On an unrelated note, does anyone know why this article fell off the front page so quickly? Did I do something wrong?

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Re:Tesla’s Troubles Mount: Shuttered Showrooms and Sinking S... by mithr on Thursday March 07, 2019 @03:55PM (#19332299)

You know, I wonder if the upcoming IPOs (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/style/uber-ipo-san-franci...) had any impact on this decision. It seems like there might actually be quite a few people potentially in the market for an expensive first car pretty soon.

Tesla has done a pretty good job positioning itself as the car to buy even if you've never really wanted to own one before, imo -- assuming you can afford one.

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Re:Tesla’s Troubles Mount: Shuttered Showrooms and Sinking S... by bryanlarsen on Thursday March 07, 2019 @02:46PM (#19331515)

This was well discussed a week ago when the news first broke: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19275985

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Re:Tesla’s Troubles Mount: Shuttered Showrooms and Sinking S... by metalgearsolid on Thursday March 07, 2019 @03:59PM (#19332364)

When you negotiate at a dealership the dealership is deciding how small of a margin they're willing to take. Removing the dealerships means removing this added margin that you're negotiating against.

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