u/Botsworth1985

We’ve got a massive parasite attached to the state’s jugular that's costing us a fortune, the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association (IADA).

For decades, these guys have used the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act to hold a monopoly on how you buy a car. Why do we have to play "find the hidden fee" for HOURS just to buy a vehicle? Because the law literally mandates it. This is not at all FOR THE PEOPLE!

Dealerships add roughly 6-10% to the cost of a car just by existing. The IADA has been frantically suing to stop direct-to-consumer sales (like Rivian and Lucid). They literally tried to sue the Secretary of State because they were scared of competition. Imagine being so bad at your job you have to sue the government to make it illegal for people to buy from someone else.

JB is out here turning Illinois into the EV capital of the Midwest, but the Dealer Lobby still makes it as hard as possible for Illinoisans to actually buy the cars we even build in our own backyard.

We don't need market adjustments or more document fees, we need a Direct-To-Consumer freedom to buy cars.

If we can buy a literal house on our phones, there is zero reason we should be legally forced to sit in a cubicle for four hours while a "finance manager" tries to upsell scam us on unnecessary shit like a $900 nitrogen tire fill and undercoatings. Stop letting dealers waste our lives!

Amend the Illinois Vehicle Code to allow any manufacturer to sell directly to us!

It's time to protect us consumers, not the damn shady car dealers. Use the Consumer Fraud Act to incinerate all this shit.

Stop with the middlemen, no more markups, just pure Land of Lincoln efficiency please!