QOTD: What Automotive-Related Policy Would You Like the Next Congress to Pursue?
The midterm elections were yesterday, and I'm thinking about politics. You probably are, too.
Like it or not, politics affects the automotive industry. While it's still a bit unclear how the House and Senate will shake out, consider this an opportunity. If you could ask any politician who just got elected or reelected about the auto industry, what questions would you ask them about policy? What requests would you have for them?
What policies would you keep and what would you change?
This can extend down to the state and local levels, too.
For the sake of civility and our moderator's sanity, please avoid partisan mudslinging. We're asking for civil, intellectual discussion of policies that affect the automotive industry -- fuel-economy regs, dealer-franchise laws, EV requirements, et cetera.
Ad hominem attacks and insults will not be tolerated. Oh, and stick to cars, please. There are other places to discuss, say, abortion or education.
That warning now clear, proceed. What say you, B and B?
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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Right to repair is a must.
Dial CAFE back to a reasonable level or eliminate it altogether as it has ridiculously distorted the auto market and made things worse by killing the large car market and boosting the truck market.
Strong privacy protections WRT data collected by automotive electronics.
Allow private citizens to import vehicles without complying with US safety or emissions regulations if they were manufactured during past 5 years. Import limit of 1 vehicle per person in a 5 year period.
Abolish corporate fleet MPG averages and abolish all incentives for Hybrid and EV vehicles. Period. Let the owners of these pay for their own damn way!
Stop dealerships from charging ridiculous DOC fees. I've seen them up to $800 now. And they don't tell you till the deal is done. If not stopping them at least make them clearly post an "out the door" price