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I see. How do you plan on turning Carve customers into leads for the dealership, to drive traditional car sales?

(disclaimer: I work in automotive, and very closely with dealers)

Definitely been thinking about this when it comes to getting new dealerships to sign on with us.

One thing is leaving information about the car and the dealership in the vehicle + providing dealer contact info in case the person wants to reach out to the dealer. Do you have any other ideas?

Well this is, as far as I can tell, an intractable problem with automotive because of the nature of the whole market, from OEMs to dealerships & dealership groups to consumers.

Dealerships live and breathe leads. People renting cars definitely do not want to be sales leads for dealerships. So I think this may be a pothole along your way to the success I hope you achieve. :)

When I want to buy a car, I want to drive the car, or a car like, the one I'm interested in for an extended length of time before committing. A regular test drive is way too short and although sometimes they let you take it by yourself for longer, I feel like I'm imposing if I am not likely to buy it.

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