Looking for advice on purchase of MY...
Looking at a 2023 Long Range MY at Carmax... Details of car below...
Link: https://www.carmax.com/car/24291512
- Miles: 5k miles (not sure how they got a 2023 with such low miles)
- Color: Grey with Black interior
- Wheels: 19" wheels
- AP Software: Unknown but I'm going to assume it has just regular AP since I saw 2 MY's on the Carmax lot today and both only had standard AP.
Price: $55,998
Trade in Offer: $55k (for my 2021 F150 with hybrid ecoboost, which is on the high side of KBB)
This car pretty much has everything that I would have ordered direct from Tesla and the only 2 unknowns on the car are whether it has the tow package and what level of AP. Obviously if it has both EAP or FSD and tow then the price becomes much more attractive... based on the pricing I've been seeing at Carmax it seems they aren't really concerned that much with EAP or FSD or even trim level between long range and performance...
- OR -
Go with a new or inventory similarly spec'd 2023 MY direct from Tesla which would be about $53,460?
I know I could technically just sell my car to Carmax at their appraised value but since I don't live near a Tesla this would complicate my pickup process so I'd prefer to just trade my current car to whoever I end up buying from... That being said, from what I am seeing on this board and elsewhere Tesla's trade in values are not anywhere near as good as Carmax. So even though the Carmax MY above seems to be a little expensive, I think the net cost to me might be pretty comparable between the two considering Tesla's trade value would likely be much less... plus at Carmax they can take care of transferring my license plates/etc and save me the hassle of doing it myself since I live in a state where they'd need to mail me the registration paperwork.
Any opinions or am I missing anything? Since the Carmax MY above is a 2023 with really low miles it would seem to be an ok deal?
It should also be noted that I'm a low mileage driver... easily less than 10k miles a year so the 5k miles on the Carmax car should be negligible over the long term...
Thanks in advance!
Looking at a 2023 Long Range MY at Carmax... Details of car below...
Link: https://www.carmax.com/car/24291512
- Miles: 5k miles (not sure how they got a 2023 with such low miles)
- Color: Grey with Black interior
- Wheels: 19" wheels
- AP Software: Unknown but I'm going to assume it has just regular AP since I saw 2 MY's on the Carmax lot today and both only had standard AP.
Price: $55,998
Trade in Offer: $55k (for my 2021 F150 with hybrid ecoboost, which is on the high side of KBB)
This car pretty much has everything that I would have ordered direct from Tesla and the only 2 unknowns on the car are whether it has the tow package and what level of AP. Obviously if it has both EAP or FSD and tow then the price becomes much more attractive... based on the pricing I've been seeing at Carmax it seems they aren't really concerned that much with EAP or FSD or even trim level between long range and performance...
- OR -
Go with a new or inventory similarly spec'd 2023 MY direct from Tesla which would be about $53,460?
I know I could technically just sell my car to Carmax at their appraised value but since I don't live near a Tesla this would complicate my pickup process so I'd prefer to just trade my current car to whoever I end up buying from... That being said, from what I am seeing on this board and elsewhere Tesla's trade in values are not anywhere near as good as Carmax. So even though the Carmax MY above seems to be a little expensive, I think the net cost to me might be pretty comparable between the two considering Tesla's trade value would likely be much less... plus at Carmax they can take care of transferring my license plates/etc and save me the hassle of doing it myself since I live in a state where they'd need to mail me the registration paperwork.
Any opinions or am I missing anything? Since the Carmax MY above is a 2023 with really low miles it would seem to be an ok deal?
It should also be noted that I'm a low mileage driver... easily less than 10k miles a year so the 5k miles on the Carmax car should be negligible over the long term...
Thanks in advance!