Public transportation and taxi services are already a liberating force for the elderly and disabled.

Maybe nobody actually wants a driverless car?

They could reopen the stores as Starbucks cafes that also have game stations and sales.

Speaking of talent pipeline, any idea where the Gap to Apple retail thing came from?

I don’t think Elon and Steve spoke. An anecdote Elon shared- Larry (Google) who is Elon’s friend took him to meet Steve in a party. Elon was relative non-entity at the time, while Jobs a behemoth. Steve rudely brushed them off.

...local Dodge/Jeep dealer has lime green, orange, purple...

I have to disagree. If it wasn’t for the iPod and subsequent iPhone, Apple would not be around today. Period.

...if I was a dealership employee I’d be worried about not having a job if the law changed...

I say let the manufacturers try it out - kinda like the way an Apple store works.

The American method of car buying is to have hundreds of cars on the lot to choose from to take home RIGHT NOW.

The number of U.S. new-vehicle dealerships fell from 18,294 in 2018 to 18,195...

Chinese automaker Geely has taken such a hit to its traditional dealership model that it’s now turning to selling cars completely online.

...41 Pages of Honda Odysseys...

Another outstanding terrible choice would be Mercedes Typ 320 Cabriolet B.

I would strongly encourage you to not select a 1911 Graf & Stift 28/32 PS Double Phaeton.

Who knew dad was into spoken-word math sex.

Possibly your 3.14 siblings.

You clearly haven’t driven one.

This much is certain: I would absolutely use one of these as my daily driver, if I could find one in the US with less than a billion metric furlongs on the metric furlongometer.

London Electric Vehicle Company...factory in Coventry.