• CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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      17 days ago

      No other major manufacturers sell directly to customers so no. Dealerships don’t care as long as you’re buying something. Many cars they take as trade wind up going straight to auction.

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      17 days ago

      What is that trade-in? You give your old car to get a discount for a new? How does it work? Why does it work? I do I understood this completely wrong?

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        16 days ago

        That’s exactly how it works, and the dealer usually gives you a decent deal on the trade in, to make a sale.

        It saves a huge amount of hassle for the buyer.

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      No. Dealerships might have said “we have too many EVs right now” to you if you came in with your Nissan Leaf when there was an over-supply. But the idea that the entire manufacturer is blanket not accepting their own car, that new.