[kaisen]

DARISC-

You made one great point: That you'll treat a car salesperson with the same courtesy and respect that you treat anyone else from whom you're purchasing something. Good for you.

The rest of your points.....

If you want ONLY the best price and don't care about how you're treated, you're in luck. You'll be successful. But you can have BOTH. It just takes a little work, if you're interested.

If dealers offered no value add whatsoever, then they wouldn't be in prime locations with clean new multi-million dollar buildings. They wouldn't have comfortable lounges. They wouldn't have free shuttles or loaner cars. They wouldn't have millions of dollars of inventory for you to choose from -- they'd just go dealer-trade for the one you want. The wouldn't go to bat for you when it came to warranty coverage. They wouldn't invest in the latest tools or diagnostics, or send their their technicians to training. They wouldn't offer free car washes for owners. They wouldn't have service hours until midnight, or Saturdays. They wouldn't invest in training their salespeople on product or best-practices. They wouldn't offer test drives. They wouldn't handle registration and titling your new car -- you go to the DMV. They wouldn't offer financing -- you go to your bank. They wouldn't have return policies. They wouldn't inspect or warrant their used cars.They wouldn't have salespeople that could advise you of the best vehicles (or options, packages, incentives, financing, etc)to suit your particular needs.

Nope. They'd be internet portals that delivered the car you chose directly to your door. I'd kinda like that.

MOST people, 90% of the public, would NOT do well in the long run with this option. They need guidance navigating their options to make a good decision. They need a place to service their cars after the sale. They'd rather touch, smell, test, and feel the car they will be buying. They just want to be treated well.