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Is Toyota really looking to do direct sales

Discussion in 'General Tacoma Talk' started by Greg-tacoma, Jun 29, 2024.

  1. Jun 29, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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    A few, mainly added skids. I like leaving the suspension alone. I drive forest service dirt roafs in the desert west extremely extremely too fast. Toyota nailed this suspension going 65 across desert terrain. Changing it is dumb unless you have a specific need like crawling or mud.

    Omg... Toyota doesn't pay the dealer anything ever... that is absolutely hilarious... that's a one way money transaction..... all money flows to corporate..

    Lol. Each dealer is responsible for building thier shops. Corporate makes that hard. You are thinking about this ass backwards. We need 10x more dealers for competition..


    Free market enterprise.
     
  2. Jun 29, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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    Wow, I must have done a terrible job writing my post because I never said Toyota pays the dealer. I said if the dealers were gone Toyota could make more money by taking over the dealers role in the car market. Why wouldn't Toyota want that for themselves? As for more dealers equalling lower cost, well that might be true to a point. But, in real life dealers are granted territories otherwise the competition would kill them all. I'm also 110% in favor of the free market, but it has to be free. Laws that prevent manufacturers from selling direct to consumers are the exact opposite of free market. If direct to consumer is better let the market decide, not a bunch of bought and paid for politicians at the state capital.
     
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    A few, mainly added skids. I like leaving the suspension alone. I drive forest service dirt roafs in the desert west extremely extremely too fast. Toyota nailed this suspension going 65 across desert terrain. Changing it is dumb unless you have a specific need like crawling or mud.

    My bad, after rereading your post. I see what you meant. My apologies
     
  4. Jun 29, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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    So Toyota would float all the real estate, inventory and personnel cost on their books. As it is now, they park it in a free port of entry and dont pay taxes until they sell it. They would lose that tax dodge.

    Also, direct to consumer on autos is illegal in Texas. State law forbids it other than online and picked up at a service center.
     
  5. Jun 29, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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    Imagine like the only reason for a business model existing is because car dealers lobby governments to make it illegal for you to buy from the manufacturer without them serving as a gouging middleman.
     
  6. Jun 30, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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    It's the American way unfortunately. 40 something states have laws against selling autos direct to consumer. Toyota has no interest in going direct. Why would they?

    People always say they are getting gouged, but I read on here that people are putting deposits to hold a vehicle in multiple dealerships. The cure is simple, just dont buy a Toyota Tacoma, when they arent selling Papa Toyota will have a meeting with dealers and the practice will stop. The problem is people want what they want when they want it.
     
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    Interesting thought. This would perhaps be a deincentive to dealers to refuse to do warranty work or tell the customer to pay full price up front and then argue with the main office/manufacturer for the money afterwards.
     
  8. Jun 30, 2024 at 10:45 AM
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    Last sentence. Bingo. If enough people did something otherwise when they don't like the status quo, perhaps something would change.

    Think of it similar to "sin taxes" on tobacco, alcohol, and the like. People will complain mightily but continue to pay it.
     
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    People whined when the NFL aired some games on pay-per-view ( Peacock ) yet Peacock took in like 200+ million on those games.
    The NFL became very popular in the 60's and beyond as it was like the VW, EveryMansGame, and it was aired on standard networks for free.

    Mark my words you heard it hear first, within 5 years the Super Bowl will be Pay-Per-View at $100 a pop.
    And people will pay it, well...., those with disposable income will. The lower middle and downward classes won't be able to afford it.
     
  10. Jun 30, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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    I already had Peacock as part of my cable so it changed nothing for me. Though I see what you are getting at of course.

    Or those middle on down might drop $10-20 to attend a showing at a bar, club, or something. Similar to a few friends and myself with the pro wrestling PPV events when we were in college, we'd take turns hosting/buying but the host only had to pay for the event. Food and G rated beverages were provided by everyone else..that way if someone didn't have the capability to host they didn't miss out.

    Hell I'm old enough to recall when the NFL got blacked out sometimes on regular TV as a lifelong New England Patriots fan :)
     

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