I'm glad Rivian is here. II'm not sure when they will open the service center, but I'm glad to see they are almost done. I'm looking to purchase an R2 since it will be affordable. Keep the vids coming.
In 2020 I purchased a Tesla Model 3 while living in Concord, New Hampshire. I dealt with the Boston Tesla Showroom for the purchase. I am not sure of why I had to buy the Model 3 in New York and drive to Mt. Kisco to pick it up. From NH to Mt. Kisco is a very lengthy drive. It came with temporary New York plates and registration. I am thinking that NH must be like CT and not allowed to sell Teslas.
If it angers car dealers then it’s probably consumer friendly and good for the citizens. Leave it to the government to screw their constituency and bow down to the slimiest SOBs around.
The switch from dealership model to consumer direct has been happening in the bicycle industry for the last 3-5 years and the shops that fail to adapt are the ones going out of business. Just like bike shops, car dealerships could absolutely adapt to this same switch. They'd mostly become a service center with limited stock for demos that the manufacturers pay them for.
The entire state is only about 25% larger than Los Angeles county so I think only one dealer option is pretty doable. But I still disagree with the state's regulations.
they go out of you backwards state still get their Tesla bypass you Anti Consumer Ancient laws to protect the Greedy Dealerships. CT is dealers will never get Tesla's at on their log so forget about it.
WHY YOU FIGHTING FOR a Multi-Billion Dollar Company (that stocks are worth nearly a Trillion dollars!) let them fight and use their own funds, Also Telsa T&C's are very Anti-Consumer Neither Dealerships nor Makers should have a Monopoly, BTW TELSA Refuses to allow Dealerships too sell their Cars how is that not Anti-Consumer and Anti-Competitive?
I live in Connecticut and back in 2020 I had to pick up my Model Y in Mount Kisco. In 2022 did the same for my wife’s Model Y. I worked in the automotive business for about 20 years, the last 10 years at new car dealerships. Approximately 2 or 3 years ago there was a push to introduce a Bill to allow direct to consumer sales of new vehicles in the State. Around that time I was talking to a friend that was working for Hoffman Auto Group. She told me that employees were getting emails from their employer, advising them to vote against the so-called “Tesla Bill” because if they allowed the bill to pass they could lose their jobs. As much as I would like to see more Tesla stores and service centers in the State, I believe it won’t happen anytime soon because of the Automotive Retailers Association and either corrupt or uniformed politicians. It is not about consumer choice but about keeping the monopoly and Politicians getting their donation and support from the Automotive Retailers Association.
Stellerships are a den of thieves. I have bought plenty of new vehicles, and have lots of horror stories. In 2022 bought a new Ram 3500 brought it home that night it left 4 large puddles of oil on the shop floor from the shocks. They tell me that's normal and the warranty won't cover it. The truck also downshifts two gears randomly at 70 mph and over revs the engine. They said let the engine blow warranty will cover it. I hate stellerships with a passion. Buying online can't be any worse, good for Tesla.
Yo Will isn't hypocrisy one of the pillars of America 😂 I can't believe the all American nonsense coming out these dealers no wonder their in the pockets of corrupt politicians. Election Day tomorrow! Make a video on voting for the right people in Connecticut who will actually pass a bill to "level the playing field".
Perfect! 44 seconds to show the world that FSD is real and viable, assuming you aren't a knucklehead and purposely operate FSD contrary to the terms and conditions agreed to by all FSD vehicle operators. With all the negative press Tesla gets about self-driving (FSD) most people think it doesn't work. But if you take the time to investigate and watch the RU-vid content made by FSD testers you quickly realize a couple of things. First, if you understand technology and what needs to happen to have a car stay in its lane unaided by the driver over the course of many miles, construction sites, etc you cannot but be amazed. Second, if we take it a step further and now ask the vehicle to navigate an intersection, watching traffic 360 degrees, edging out in preparation for making the left or right hand turn when traffic and pedestrians do not pose a threat, and then smoothly execute the turn and continue the route from point A to point B, your jaw should drop open. Yeah, there are still technical hardware and technical software issues to work on which cause things like phantom breaking, and not just for Tesla, but no one, and I mean no one else has the ability to have a car drive across country on all kinds of roads and in the city, as shown in this 44 second time lapse road trip of Texas to Connecticut. Yeah, some competitors can drive a highway that is precisely mapped, but Tesla doesn't require a road to be mapped to that extent, it just needs to know what roads to travel to get from point A to point B, and the roads need to be appropriately marked (center line, shoulder line, street signs) to eliminate confusion. Anyone who plays down the technical marvel of Tesla's FSD program either has never seen it or has no comprehension what it takes to program a vehicle and orchestrate its sensors to navigate any roadway in the world with little to no interventions by the driver. And we must always remember that every person who signs up for and is allowed to use FSD has agreed to all the safety requirements and driver responsibilities of the FSD program. You violate those terms at your own risk no differently than if you decide to use a table saw or other powerful piece of equipment with intentional disregard of the safe use practices. Nice job William!
~1800 miles one way - 36 hours (could've done it shorter but wasn't optimizing for time). I didn't keep track of disengagements, although I should go back and count. They were few and far in between. Biggest one was a small stretch of highway that the car couldn't do - construction + driving half in the breakdown lane, half in the right lane. For interventions, I intervened a lot on lane changes. The car was making safe decisions, it's just I didn't like what lane it was choosing to stay in.
