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Jayskywalker21
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After about 10-15k miles wouldn't we know it's probably a lemon? Also eh I think the pricing at this moment especially with Tesla being lower is because people are actually thinking exactly what you are. The pricing isn't low enough that's why a lot of used Teslas are just sitting. Some dealers are pricing to sell and others aren't ready to cut their losses. A thorough test drive on a used should give you all the answers you need. I don't think there's right or wrong on this I was really just asking the question though
Jayskywalker21
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That's probably an old listing OR the person isn't trying to cut their losses. A quick search will debunk that high of a price though if you're willing to ship or travel to a car
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n2mb_racing
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Yeah, maybe the owner is driving it around. Sure, it's listed for sale....That's probably an old listing OR the person isn't trying to cut their losses. A quick search will debunk that high of a price though if you're willing to ship or travel to a car
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2 of the firms I called didn't want to take it because I hadn't opted out of binding arbitration. The 3rd did. I won't make the mistake again of not sending in my opt out within the first 30 days.
Jayskywalker21
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That car in particular isn't even in their inventory on the website. It's for sure a super old listing that's never been removed from Autotrader but even in the search I sent there's 11 cars under 80,000.
The ORIGINAL owner would know it's a lemon but they most likely are cutting their losses rather than suing while the third party dealer may not have a clue.
If you buy used, make sure to only buy from the original owner directly and have them show you then entire service history in the app plus PDF copies of each visit. You can't see past 10 visits, so if there are more than that, I'd probably pass unless the last 10 visits you can see are not due to ongoing or a plethora of issues.
Jayskywalker21
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Thanks for the incite, I have been buying all my cars used and not buying from original owners usually I just get a PPI and ask for paperwork if dealer has it. I haven't had any issues maybe I'm due for a bad vehicle lol
I don’t have the data on the historical yearly transition shut down length, so I couldn’t say if it’s typically more or less than the 3-ish weeks we’ve seen so far here in January. It is significantly later than last year, but there are certainly other possible reasons for that.
There may also be other reasons why they seemingly haven’t built and/or released Plaid at same time as LR.
They may also have reasons they’ve driven down US inventory further than last year.
I am, however, asserting that a significant change in Plaid is one plausible situation that would drive these strategies. Not probable though, and perhaps not smart if Tesla doesn’t want customers waiting on model year changes going forward.
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Because Tesla does not hold updates for model year changes (most of the time), so we are stuck speculating.
There are great deals on 2021 MS Plaids in the $60s. Some high mileage cars are dipping into the $50s.
cptnslo
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Where? I’m nationwide searching on cargugurus and this is the ONLY one with a 5 at the beginning, it also has wood interior trim that someone swapped in
n2mb_racing
Active Member
What site are you searching on? I am looking on cars.com. There are some high 60s, but seems like you need to get to $70k for anything reasonable.
When I search for all 2021 MSPs within 500 miles of the Bay Area, 18 come up. The lowest priced one is $68K with 51K miles. The prices go up from there up to $95K for one that has 26K miles.
Based on every single one of these 18 Plaids, buying new is no brainer by comparison.
So please share some links of Plaids in the high 50s? If it's just one or two, they're outliers and there's something wrong with them.
Strange that the Bay Area has inventory when selecting "all deliverable" which goes out quite a distance has just 4 MSPs with no LRs and and S's at all for 2024. You'd think that with low inventory, new '24 inventory would trickle into Bay Area locations first as the transportation costs are low and the incomes are high.
lbowroom
Plaid, white on black, CF, 8/27/21, Track Pack
There was a CF shortage in 2021. Tesla offered many new plaid buyers the option to get wood trim to expedite delivery.
There was a CF shortage in 2021. Tesla offered many new plaid buyers the option to get wood trim to expedite delivery.
I prefer the wood far more than the carbon fiber. My favorite wood trim of all time was the Obeche Gloss in my 2015 P85D:
Check your orders. I was just assigned a 2024 vin and asked to accept no USS
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
Can you inquire via SA, or Chat, as to what features you have besides horn in center?
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