Adam Ruins Everything - The Real Reason Car Dealerships Are the Worst

[Music] okay you can't ruin cars the car like represents freedom mm how can they represent freedom when you have no choice and where you buy them why is it that if you want a new car you have to go to one of these awful dealerships doesn't that suck yes I hate angling I hate driving from one dealership to the next dealership I hate dealing with this guy hey so why do we buy cars this way like why does every dealership only sell one brand of car what if every business worked like that welcome to Peterman Clancey serving all your Tom Clancy needs ID like The Hunt for Red October oh okay well I can offer you a ten chapter package for $20 a month for 36 months and would you like to add page strengthening why can't you just go to a car store and buy whatever brand of car you want for a fixed price Toyota Camrys sedans aisle six right next to the Accords and why can't you buy a car online hmm never mind he's cheaper on Amazon Add to Cart why isn't that how we buy cars because that would be crazy I mean can you imagine such a world oh boy man this guy he sure is funny no that would be great why can't I do that oh because these guys got a law passed to stop you come on oh no no no no no no no please please don't talk about this dealerships aren't owned by the car makers they're separate businesses and since the 30s dealership associations have pressured every state into passing franchise laws that give them a virtual monopoly over new car sales that is a beautiful anti-competitive law senator we are gonna make so much money off of this these laws actually make it illegal to sell new cars unless you're a car dealership and if you want to become a dealer too bad it's also illegal to open a new dealership in another dealers territory it's not actually that old ago but you get the idea and the law also makes it nearly impossible for car makers to shut down dealerships even when they suck which means they end up getting passed from father to son like family dynasties this top financing great job sign push those little seats okay since they have no competition and no oversight car dealers are free to force you to haggle and treat you like crap so it's a lane law let's change it that'll be tough twenty percent of state sales tax revenue comes from car dealerships which means Craig's and his buddies pretty much run the show and all these middlemen do is cost you money I knew it it's estimated that if car manufacturers could sell to consumers directly every car would be eighteen hundred dollars cheaper that'll be eighteen hundred dollars to replace these guys yeah but because of dealer franchise laws you can't avoid them if you want a new car you have no choice but it's the only way to get around I need a car yeah so does everyone isn't it kind of weird that a product marketed as the epitome of freedom is totally mandatory hell your government-issued ID is a driver's license

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Length: 3min 28sec (208 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 08 2015

Reddit Comments

[u/ergzay]

When I bought my pre-owned Honda, I was talking to the dealer guy and was telling him about Tesla and was mentioning how much I disliked dealerships. He was agreeing with me and told me he couldn't wait for Tesla to come and get rid of dealerships. He was pretty new at the dealership though so maybe he wasn't indoctrinated like the rest of them. His higher-up was much more of your standard car-salesman type.

This was in Michigan btw.

[u/your_other_friend]

A lot of people talk about buying a Tesla cause it's electric, environmentally friendly, technologically superior, cool, etc. It's some of those things for me, but also that I'm not feeling ripped off by some slimy salesman looking out for their paycheque.

[u/ahal]

At our local Subaru dealer the salesman opened with "We don't haggle. The price you see is the best price we'll give you." Needless to say, we walked out with a Subaru.

You know it's gotten bad when honesty becomes a sales shtick and it works.

[u/Randomd0g]

So if those are the laws then how exactly IS tesla able to sell online?

[u/Jolysh]

Dealerships do allow those that know what they are doing to get much better deals. This American Life had an episode on the dealerships and what goes on. Crazy to see the tactics these sales guys use to get you into one of their cars.

[u/[deleted]]

Finally someone made a video. Now i can spam this video in my linkedin so all other dealerships can see this shit. Thank you tesla for changing the auto game.

[u/Amp90d]

I watched this episode awhile ago, It amazes me how corrupt everything is. When I bought my tesla it was pretty straight forward, no haggling or hassling. Much better experience than my previous car buying experiences.

[u/[deleted]]

John Oliver should take a crack at this one.

[u/martianinahumansbody]

Cost of car + profit of car for manufacturer + taxes = price, sounds good to me.

I don't need another company layer on top of it, that adds an extra cost. Especially when I need to haggle their profits down, so you know we both hate each other in the end.