That is a lovely story. Now compare service intervals of a Lightening and a ICE F150 rather than a Ford to a Tesla. Almost all “Scheduled Maintenance” for a lightning are inspections. Which involve no sellable consumables and could likely be executed by the owner in a few minutes.

I’ll tell you I am shocked, just shocked, that dealerships don’t want to change. I could never have predicted.

This is all a matter of culture, and culture is set by the leadership.

My new Ford, the Fluids are (per the manual) good to 150,000 miles. Oil changes when the on-board monitoring says so, which is about 10k miles. Coolant to 250,000. A Tesla has more scheduled maintenance.   And yes, you are supposed to flush the coolant on a Tesla.  They also eat tires in 25-30k miles instead of 40-50.

An additional factor might be that most EV’s need a lot less maintenance than a ICE vehicle.  Dealers need that 125$ per hour to change that cabin air filter

I bought my Mach E from a smaller family owned Ford dealer located in Versailles, KY which is a much smaller farming town outside Lexington. They had about 5 on the lot and my GT had been there for 3 months. They were super helpful even though I probably knew more than them, but they knew I didnt need much help with…

It’s not so much that they know more about ICE cars than EVs, it’s that with ICE cars the typical salesperson BS has been distilled for decades. They’re still learning what they can lie about, and how, with EVs.

Nothing new.  I’ve walked into dealerships and had salesmen say “How do you know so much about all our cars?!”.  Car guys gonna car guy I guess...

I read an article recently about a dealers convention from an attendee. None of this is accidental.  Dealers are typically very right of center and are vehemently opposed to EV sales from a political standpoint.  They also fear the inevitable reduction in service visits (no oil to change or fluids to flush).   They…

Yea but with fords thats not where they get ya.. fords have transmission issues or drivetrain issues where they stick you for $2k a pop. They’re not interested in the nickle and dime stuff anymore because the Kia’s and Hyundais schooled them on that.

Whew, yet another sigh of relief that these fearless dealers stand in the breach, protecting us from those predatory manufacturers.

Franchise dealerships are a relic of the past and need to go away. All they do at this point is add another layer of business between you and your purchase of a car that adds on extra cost to the car. If I could save 1k dollars by buying directly from Ford, for example, I would do it in a heartbeat. 

That’s how I got my Clarity. We have one, we hate it, so here’s $7K on the hood to make it go away. (Houston)

Car dealers love whatever cars turn the fastest and make them the most gross. They really don’t care what models they sell, only that they have access to inventory that turns fast.

‘Initially, Richards was hoping to buy an F-150 Lightning, but the truck was back-ordered. The salesperson could only get him an expensive trim that came with a high dealer markup. That markup added “insult to injury,” Richards said. He ended up buying a Tesla Model Y.’

Back in 2020 we went into our local Honda dealership (where our family has bought 6 cars over the years) to look at a Clarity plug in hybrid. Our “usual” salesperson wasn’t in. When I asked the one helping us if they had one, he replied something to the effect of, “No, and I hope we never get one again. They sat in…

And dealers wonder why everyone hates them.

Business owners are often their own worst enemy.

Dealers will sell whatever makes them the most money that day.

Also, In breaking news, water wet, sun rises in the east.