Comment on 'They Want To Be The Gatekeepers': Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers From Buying EVs
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoUnderstand your cars and your customers.
We went to try a Volt back in 2018 for my mother and the director just sent us on a road test, never explaining the regenerative braking and after we were done he said “I forgot to show you the engine!” and proceeded to show my mother, a lady who doesn’t know how to change an air filter, the engine bay as if she cared about it.
Went to Mercedes to try the small 250 models, went for a drive in the B250 and GLA250, salesman never even mentioned the power or any of the specs, just talked about the comfort and safety and how practical AWD would be with her living pretty far out of town.
She ended up with a GLA even though from a financial perspective the Volt would have been much more logical (she now has an EV for this reason).
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
The Volt is a great car. Could’ve been even better, but still great.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Coming from a Jetta (part of the buyback program) she didn’t like how it drove but she now owns an i3S REX (and a Leaf she needs to sell) which is kind of the posh version of the Volt
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Interesting, i actually do like how it drives for the most part. I know that was a point of contention within GM though.