Because 99% of consumer products don’t have profit margins measured in the hundreds or thousands of dollars (depending on the car). There’s not enough ‘juice’ to make it worthwhile for manufacturers to sell directly when we’re talking, like, $10 in profit. Amazon, Walmart, and Bestbuy all work because of volume. They…

Pretty much guaranteed. Basic economic theory says so to boot. Sure, there’s a lot of chicken littles running around saying the sky will fall without dealerships but we really shouldn’t pay attention to them. Ask tech manufacturers and they’ll tell you they experienced the exact same scenario. Do you see TV prices…

Not that I’m a huge fan of this industry, but I think the furniture business might be the model manufactures could follow.  Have a few in a small strip mall store, put one on order, get it in 6-8 weeks.  

Ford sets TWO prices, not one. One is MSRP, which is a hypothetical price they set for dealer benefit and no other real reason. There’s no reason to think MSRP has any relevance in a post-dealership world.  In fact, we know for certain that MSRP will result in lower volumes (because: Basic Economic Theory), so to…

No I’m not. You’re conflating Urban Areas with Urbanized Areas.

Ok, if I’m right, do I get to be smug?

I’m not sure where you got that definition, but it’s flat out wrong. A MSA is a place with a core area of at least 50,000 people living in it. A micropolitan area is a place with a core area of between 10,000 and 50,000 people. That’s according to the US Census and the Office of Management and Budget. You can read the…

No, I replied to the exact comment I meant. And it’s completely on point too. If you’re not seeing the relevance, that’s and interpretation error on your part, not mine.

Uhhh.... no. Right numbers, wrong inference. That’s what happens when you lump and compare units that you can’t really compare.

Many Americans don’t realize 80% of their own population lives in urban and suburban areas. That “open road” really only applies to like 1/5th of the country’s population.

Yay!  Mine made the list :)

Congratulations! The single stupidest hot take I’ve read in 3 years! And we’ve gone through a pandemic with utter morons that should have failed middle school science. That’s quite an accomplishment.

Yes, but when we’re talking about the national scale, individual states doesn’t tell you much. Even if the entire population of Montana universally decided at the exact same minute that mask mandates weren’t relevant to anything and traveled all around the country, you’re talking a hair of 1 million people. The…

Nope! I live in WV. Wrong guess.

I KNOW, RIGHT??!??!?!!

I don’t really think there’s a large group of people out there who have been waiting for this official guidance to feel its safe to resume their driving habits.

That’s the problem - we think there are only 2 solutions. Solution 1: sway them to your side. Solution 2: Cuck it all and move to the next generation.

This is almost inconceivably naïve.

Likely the number one question people are asking is, “Is the possibility of me catching a deadly virus I can spread to my loved ones low enough now I can travel?”

Vats says that “asking people what they know about the definitions and histories of CRT is often a very good way of pointing them to the gaps in their own thinking.”