Isn't this mostly just about the price on a new Plaid dropping nearly $40k over that period so any used Plaid resale price has to reflect that drop? The OP just bought at a bad time, when pandemic related supply chain issues had driven up demand and prices along with it. Nothing you can do about it, sucks that it happened, but it is likely just an anomaly. If you bought a new Plaid today at $90k there is little chance you'd see similar depreciation.
On the flip side I got a used 2018 P3D w/fsd in January 2020 for $46k. In June of 2022 a stop sign runner totaled my car in an accident. Fortunately for me, since I wasn't getting a dime from the party at fault (no license, insurance, reported income, or legal status in the country), I was paying for full coverage on the car and USAA wrote me a check for $58k because that was the market value of a 4 year old P3D w/fsd at the time. So I made $12k on a car I drove for 2 years. It was an anomaly. I wouldn't expect that to happen with my current car and I certianly don't talk about "Tesla Appreciation" as if that is the norm.
On the flip side I got a used 2018 P3D w/fsd in January 2020 for $46k. In June of 2022 a stop sign runner totaled my car in an accident. Fortunately for me, since I wasn't getting a dime from the party at fault (no license, insurance, reported income, or legal status in the country), I was paying for full coverage on the car and USAA wrote me a check for $58k because that was the market value of a 4 year old P3D w/fsd at the time. So I made $12k on a car I drove for 2 years. It was an anomaly. I wouldn't expect that to happen with my current car and I certianly don't talk about "Tesla Appreciation" as if that is the norm.