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A few months ago I came to a realization, after speaking to some technologists outside the automotive industry, and have been planning to write an article about it. But time and a personal concern that it might not be taken the right way has pushed me to hold off ....and to put it in the forums where I think some better discussion may occur.
We are rich and bitchy car dealers!
And that's a GREAT thing.
As of 2013 I think it can arguably be stated that car dealers have the best technology solutions of any industry out there aside from something like those in the stock market trading world or defense contracting. We're catered to by niche technologists who solely focus on dealers' needs. And these technologists are getting smarter and better all the time.
This has happened because car dealers have money to spend and very little patience for complex solutions. The choice to move that money to the vendor they see as the easiest and most daily-problem-solving has sparked an amazing evolution that truly benefits the entire industry....consumers included.
Other industries don't have the capital to finance the kind of technological power that exists solely for car dealers and OEMs. They're also willing to deal with 5 billion pop-ups and monotonous tabs with 3,000 reports all saying contradicting information simply because they have not propagated a revolving door culture (I hope you're catching all of my double meanings in the term "revolving door").
Despite what you may think of a certain vendor, or what a certain vendor might think about you, we should all look at ourselves and say thank you for everything we've accomplished as an industry. It is really cool when you shed the daily grind and think about things on the whole :thumbup:
I'm glad to be a part of it! ...as both the bitcher and the builder.
We are rich and bitchy car dealers!
And that's a GREAT thing.
As of 2013 I think it can arguably be stated that car dealers have the best technology solutions of any industry out there aside from something like those in the stock market trading world or defense contracting. We're catered to by niche technologists who solely focus on dealers' needs. And these technologists are getting smarter and better all the time.
This has happened because car dealers have money to spend and very little patience for complex solutions. The choice to move that money to the vendor they see as the easiest and most daily-problem-solving has sparked an amazing evolution that truly benefits the entire industry....consumers included.
Other industries don't have the capital to finance the kind of technological power that exists solely for car dealers and OEMs. They're also willing to deal with 5 billion pop-ups and monotonous tabs with 3,000 reports all saying contradicting information simply because they have not propagated a revolving door culture (I hope you're catching all of my double meanings in the term "revolving door").
Despite what you may think of a certain vendor, or what a certain vendor might think about you, we should all look at ourselves and say thank you for everything we've accomplished as an industry. It is really cool when you shed the daily grind and think about things on the whole :thumbup:
I'm glad to be a part of it! ...as both the bitcher and the builder.
