My favorite part
In order for inventory to remain low and prices high after the the chip-supply problems are resolved, the automakers will be bound up in a version of one of economists’ favorite games, “The Prisoners Dilemma,” forced to cooperate, Wakefield says.
Once that ends, the first company to sacrifice profits to gain market share will likely cause others to follow suit and they’ll be right back where they were before the pandemic.
i think the answer to the original question is “no, you’re doomed to pay MSRP++ forever. the market will never adjust, supply chains will be broken forever, and the wait time for a car will become similar to that from Soviet Russia…”
I have argued for that exact scenario before.
Did you read the Audi purchase thread?
no i didnt?
Try that
i mean i lived in the ussr. my dad waited in line for 7 years for a lada.
I just thought you read that thread & that’s where the idea came from.
In Soviet Russia, lease hacks you.
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That’s funny because one was being sarcastic and the other one - dead serious, while talking about the same thing 
I think the grand “no fail” plan is for US manufacturers and other legacy European and Japanese giants down the road to rely on US/EU and Japanese government subsidies and mandates to fund the hundreds of billions in new EV investments required in the next 10-20 years.
Germany won’t let Daimler, BMW and VW be left behind. The US won’t let GM and Ford fail to Chinese EV startups and Japan certainly won’t let Toyota, Honda and Nissan get left behind.
I ordered $5 of product and got a $1 digital coupon for delaying delivery …
So Aronchi’s dad goes to the Lada dealership and orders a Lada. The dealer says come back in 7 years. Dad asks, morning or afternoon? Dealer laughs and says what difference does it make? Dad says the Fridge is getting delivered in the morning …
you at least going to give Reagan credit for that one?
Means your dad was priviliged. For a lot of people even getting in this line would not be possible.
Apparently the “hack” to surviving impending Communism is to buy up conspicuously western opulence. And hope they won’t notice.
It was about the plumber, if memory serves.
Maybe his dad knew a broker.
If inflation shoots higher, lease hacking is the least of my worries.