Originally Posted by woj

It's not as foolish as it may initially sound... a car is a pretty expensive purchase, so customers need a place to go if there are any problems... so with this business model, you buy from a dealer, if there is a problem you go back to the same dealer to fix any issues...

not 100% sure how tesla handles it, but I think with tesla on the other hand, you buy online or in some show room, car gets delivered to your driveway... something goes wrong and then what? you are kinda fucked...

not saying that I agree with the law, but there is some [though pretty limited] merit to it...