Tesla Announces Plan to Sell Vehicles at Neighborhood Yard Sales

Six states — Arizona, Utah, Texas, Michigan, Connecticut and West Virginia — ban Tesla from selling directly to the customer without a dealer’s involvement. 

But the Palo Alto-based EV maker might have found a way around the ban.  At a press conference yesterday, Tesla announced it will begin selling its Model S sedan and bat-winged Model X SUV at neighborhood garage sales in the six states that prohibit direct sales.

“We think buyers will love the convenience of being able to buy a new Model X and some used bedsheets at the same time,” said beaming Tesla spokesman Rob “Bob” Beekerman.

Not surprisingly, the country’s largest dealership association denounced the plan.  “It’s un-American and bad for consumers.  Who’s going to sell them undercoating and an extended warranty?” barked NAACTBRRVFDOA spokesman Ferman Dwales.  But Twyla Blark, whose garage sale was the first to offer a Model S for sale, disagreed.  “It was great.  Lots of people stopped to look at it, and I ended up selling everything, including my late husband’s prosthetic nose.”