This thread started off well - the OP seemed to recognise that people on this forum hold pretty strong opinions about the value of used Teslas, and actually invited honest opinions from the masses. But then, as soon as the opinion doesn't match the convictions he obviously already held, goes on the defensive and accuses everyone of not understanding basic financial concepts and not being "reasonable".
So, which is it, OP? Did you actually want an honest opinion or just came to have your unrealistic expectations confirmed, with a bit of free advertising on the side? As the poster above said, at the end of the day, your car is worth precisely what someone is willing to pay for it.
Well, actually, I was the one who said that at the end of the day, the car is worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
I DO want an honest opinion, but that's all I want. The problem I've seen with people here, A LOT, is that people pitch their opinions, but try to undermine the worth of the car as much as possible. Show me ONE ad here for a car that doesn't have at least ONE comment that turned into an argument. Someone saying "oh, your car isn't worth anything, blah blah."
There's a huge difference in "personal biased opinion" and "constructive criticism." And every time someone wants to sell their car, and see what their vehicle is worth, there's always someone with their elitist opinion, claiming THEY know best about what the car is worth, and belittling the opinion of everyone else. It's not helpful. How about instead, if we see a car that is worth a lot less than someone claims, we either DON'T post, or just say briefly that to YOU it's not worth that much.
There's no need for this "oh, you will never sell at this price" mumbo jumbo.
I KNOW, Believe, I KNOW my car is not Above $60. $50, if I get really lucky. And mid to high $40's is pushing it. I didn't come here, and opened this thread, saying "I want $65k for my car, what do you guys think."
The thing is I come from a financial background, and I've been very successful because of it. And the concepts a lot of you have about depreciation, especially of a specific market that is "up and coming", and only has 3 years or so, of history, are not based on much other than personal opinion and bias, and there isn't a single person on here that I would say is an authority is speaking about this specific market.
As much as I appreciate everyone's opinions here, as soon as it turns into an attitude-filled diatribe, that's when it's just annoying, unwelcome, and disrespectful.
It's as simple as:
"I THINK your car is worth this much because of
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Of my own experience, which is now about almost 3 years of Tesla research, Share holding, stock trading, and market research, I have pretty good idea of the worth of my car. And it's very close to what everyone is replied with. But then someone comes along saying that the car is worth only $30k because of miles and lack of options, ...that's just a roll of the eyes, right there.
Think of when the Ford Pintos came out. And whatever other car came out at the same time, that was much better than.
5 years later, you could take a Pinto with 100 miles on it, and the other car with 60,000 miles and the latter would be worth 400-400% more because the Pinto was a piece of crap, regardless of how "low mileage, high options" the Pinto may be, in comaprison to the other car.
The point is, a high value target is a high value target, and remains so, until something else overwhelms it. And that is not the case with Tesla Motors,at this moment.