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The "Auto Dealer Lobby" in Texas has been saying this would happen for a while: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2016/05/20/texas-aut...

I assumed it was just the usual political grandstanding to keep Tesla out. Here we have an example of this happening.

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That's not quite the same. The dealers there are talking about regular maintenance and repair, not post-accident body work. Tesla already allows third parties to do body work, and in fact won't do it themselves. Getting dealers involved wouldn't help in any case, since the problem is getting parts from the manufacturer.

And what's funny is I've been to a lot of dealers that refuse to touch body work too. They might say they do but they end up passing it off to a local company behind the scenes.

My experience as well. I tend to praise Toyota as Tesla Lite, but I've had one Toyota dealer just refer me to a body shop (although another did take over some work themselves).

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