<story><title>Tesla Strikes Deal To Keep Dealerships In New York</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/28/tesla-strikes-deal-to-keep-dealerships-in-new-york/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Aqueous</author><text>Just goes to show you - it&amp;#x27;s sometimes better to ask for forgiveness than permission.&lt;p&gt;Imagine if Tesla hadn&amp;#x27;t opened stores in these locations - they would be indefinitely, unconditionally barred from doing so unless they had flouted the auto dealer rules and went forward with the stores regardless. Now they have a foothold. When you realize that the stakeholders (in this case, New York State Politicians) have a political interest in you flouting their rules then the rules just don&amp;#x27;t seem that rul-y anymore.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s also what&amp;#x27;s going to get their foot in Texas, as well.&lt;p&gt;Elon Musk is one smart dude.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla Strikes Deal To Keep Dealerships In New York</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/28/tesla-strikes-deal-to-keep-dealerships-in-new-york/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rtfeldman</author><text>Certainly no one should expect this status quo to last for long. The dealers will keep lobbying to kick Tesla out, and Tesla will keep lobbying to lift this restriction.&lt;p&gt;In that light, this is an interesting long-term strategic move on Musk&amp;#x27;s part. It arms him with a &amp;quot;we&amp;#x27;ve been selling in this state for X years with Y thousand satisfied customers, so how can this be so problematic that it needs restriction?&amp;quot; argument for his lobbying efforts a few years down the line.</text></comment>