I honestly didn't think that could happen to a ship of that size. I guess I just assumed those ships ignored the waves.

Exactly. Defintiely don't hose it down. But you can use a dustpan and broom, then some wet Swiffer pads lol, Ugliest yet most useful vehicle I've ever owned.

Musk's argument that a franchise dealer won't be enthusiastic enough about selling the Tesla is bunk. I'm sure he would only allow stand alone stores if it came to that, and a dealer would be crazy to spend the money to open a location then let it rot. I could see if the Tesla was parked next to another luxury car in…

Hartford has a bunch of vacant buildings. I'm sure the parking lots generate more revenue than the empty buildings - for their owners at least.

More expense and complexity added because the automakers design cars we can't see out of.

Ford and Chrysler tried factory owned stores years ago. They got run out of town by the franchise dealers and quickly sold out. I doubt existing manufacturers have much interest in running factory stores competing against the existing dealers. There is no point to excluding Tesla from selling directly. Given the…

Keep in mind, this is the state where you aren't allowed to pump your own gas. All the gas stations have attendants that pump it for you.

That's the whole point of this. Tesla CAN'T own the dealership, it has to be a separate business that buys the cars from Tesla wholesale and then sell them to customers at retail. The auto dealers in New Jersey are pissed that Tesla was selling direct to the consumer instead of through an existing dealer.