The time has come to move on.
I'm sure some of the regulars from here will be happy to see me go for my openly voiced, mostly negative, opinions on many aspects related to Tesla. Glad I can make your day a little brighter
In all seriousness I don't dislike everything about these cars, I am going to miss autopilot with all the party tricks and the smooth quiet hard acceleration. I do plan to keep an eye on Tesla and I'll be happy to jump back in the future if they get their act together and more things change.
Now, a very short backstory about my car. It's a 2016 facelift red multi coat 75D, with 49k miles on it and 2 more years of Tesla pre-owned warranty remaining (I got it in December 2019 with 43k miles so the warranty is good for 50k miles on top of that). It has the PUP option and that's about it. No sunroof, no cold pkg, no high fidelity sounds pkg. I have to consider myself lucky as it really is in great shape, no squeaks, no rattles, it is uncorked (4.2s 0-60 acceleration). No accidents, no chips in the windshield, some minor chips on the front bumper. No ppf.
Edit: some more relevant info: no free supercharging, yes free unlimited connectivity (I don't know if it transfers). The EMMC daughterboard recall was done at Tesla (they replaced the part a few months ago). MCU1, I did not pay for the upgrade.
You'll notice that I did not list private sale in the poll. For now, I do not want to do that (I don't want to deal with strangers, low-ballers, back and forth, potential scammers, etc)
I'm prepared to not get the absolute top value but I would like some opinions on what other options I may have.
I haven't got quotes from the mentioned places yet but I will, so we'll know where we stand. For now the only offer I'm waiting for is from the dealer where I'm planning to purchase a new car. I should get their offer very soon. This would be the easiest way to trade it in as it will also help offset the tax on the new car. For the other dealers to make sense, I would need to get at least $2-3k more than the dealer to cover the tax deduction difference.
So I guess the main question here is, if any one of the mentioned dealers from the poll stand out as the obvious choice or I should just get quotes from all and go with the one where I get most value. Any other options besides these? Should I avoid any of these in particular?
I'm sure some of the regulars from here will be happy to see me go for my openly voiced, mostly negative, opinions on many aspects related to Tesla. Glad I can make your day a little brighter
In all seriousness I don't dislike everything about these cars, I am going to miss autopilot with all the party tricks and the smooth quiet hard acceleration. I do plan to keep an eye on Tesla and I'll be happy to jump back in the future if they get their act together and more things change.
Now, a very short backstory about my car. It's a 2016 facelift red multi coat 75D, with 49k miles on it and 2 more years of Tesla pre-owned warranty remaining (I got it in December 2019 with 43k miles so the warranty is good for 50k miles on top of that). It has the PUP option and that's about it. No sunroof, no cold pkg, no high fidelity sounds pkg. I have to consider myself lucky as it really is in great shape, no squeaks, no rattles, it is uncorked (4.2s 0-60 acceleration). No accidents, no chips in the windshield, some minor chips on the front bumper. No ppf.
Edit: some more relevant info: no free supercharging, yes free unlimited connectivity (I don't know if it transfers). The EMMC daughterboard recall was done at Tesla (they replaced the part a few months ago). MCU1, I did not pay for the upgrade.
You'll notice that I did not list private sale in the poll. For now, I do not want to do that (I don't want to deal with strangers, low-ballers, back and forth, potential scammers, etc)
I'm prepared to not get the absolute top value but I would like some opinions on what other options I may have.
I haven't got quotes from the mentioned places yet but I will, so we'll know where we stand. For now the only offer I'm waiting for is from the dealer where I'm planning to purchase a new car. I should get their offer very soon. This would be the easiest way to trade it in as it will also help offset the tax on the new car. For the other dealers to make sense, I would need to get at least $2-3k more than the dealer to cover the tax deduction difference.
So I guess the main question here is, if any one of the mentioned dealers from the poll stand out as the obvious choice or I should just get quotes from all and go with the one where I get most value. Any other options besides these? Should I avoid any of these in particular?
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