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I'm sure much of the public is blind to this. The dealership will help with word of mouth advertising as well as drive by future customers.]]>May 2nd 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/tesla-opens-first-factory-store-in-los-angeles/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/tesla-opens-first-factory-store-in-los-angeles/
"how much?"
'north of $100,000'

"how many have u sold?"
'ugh... pre-sold a little more then VW manages to move R32s in a month... but we've only delivered 3 or so'

"oh... well... when could I expect to receive one if i placed a deposit?"
'ugh... I don't know'

"can i drive one?"
'well, we only have a few you see, and if you crash one then we'll just have shiny cement floors in here because we have a few production cars and some old mules/prototypes so no'

"you're crazy."
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I like Tesla a lot. I've been a huge fan for a long time. But I don't see how this style of Hollywood dealership will ever make any type of financial sense.

Eventually you'll have to either scale back the free lattes and the salaried staff or start pushing sales to pay for the lattes and staff. Either way will make you look like a sell-out.

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