So after emailing the CPO advisors about several cars over the 2 weeks prior, I discovered that they are not very responsive and way understaffed. It was hit or miss with photos and quality of photos. There were about 5 instances where I emailed to get photos and never heard back because the car was sold in the interim 3 or 4 days.Thanks for posting.
Does Tesla give you the Carfax report before you put the deposit?
How do you get the quote of the repair from the body shop?
Do you get any picture of the car before you put your deposit?
Thaks
I watched the CPO's carefully using the ev-cpo website and saw numerous posts on the forums about rejecting CPO's and either rolling the $2500 deposit into another car or getting a refund.
Now to actually answer your questions - (1) no I did not get a carfax on any cars either before or after placing a deposit; (2) the CPO advisor was very responsive after I placed my deposit and he sent me a dropbox link to photos, which were surprisingly good quality photos; (3) I called a Tesla certified body shop in my area and asked if they could ballpark me an estimate based on photos and they said maybe so I emailed the photos and got an estimate
Hopefully this answers your questions. The CPO process is hit or miss, and there are tons of cars coming off lease so I can't imagine it getting any better without Tesla hiring more people.
I posted this elsewhere, but I ended up responding to a private party post about a P85D, got all the documents and photos from the guy, had a phone call with the guy and asked for some specific follow up photos. Do I miss having the CPO warranty, and was I a little concerned about the private party sale, yes, but I had a great experience with an awesome straight forward guy. Plus he bought the car as a CPO and it still has approx 3 years and 22k miles on it, which is plenty.
I still have my 85D listed below in my signature, but soon I will add my P85D t my signature line as well.