Car Inspection and Lease Buy-out Questions

[Skipdd]

Have searched forum and have not found info, so am posting in new thread.

I am in the last 6 months of my MS 100D lease and am strongly considering buying it out. Reasons why are (1) comfort of current seats vs new style in Y or S, and (2) pano roof. Reason #1 is 2x more important than #1. Also I have free supercharging but that is a distant 3rd. I have a bad back -3 degenerative disks. Car has ~50k miles and buyout is $65k.

I was interested in seeing if it was possible to have the car inspected outside of Tesla for things like health of batteries, amount of read/write cycles left on eMMC, and whatever else would make sense. So far I’ve not found anyone able to do this. I contacted one firm and they said it wasn’t a service they performed (firm does do Tesla sanctioned work, albeit limited). Maybe my idea doesn’t make sense? Would appreciate owner opinions.

I also considered turning in the car and buying newer CPO with next gen seats and pano roof, if price was appreciably lower than buyout, but a cursory review suggests there might not be enough of a difference for it to be worthwhile. And I’d have the same issue + needing to inspect body with a finetooth comb.

If my idea makes sense and/or you are aware of people/firms who would do this I’d appreciate the info. If you don’t want to put firm info directly in reply, pls PM me.

Thanks very much.

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[CapeOne]

$65k buyout number is high when you consider that you can get 2017 MS 100Ds with fewer miles, sunroof, FSD and 4/50 limited warranty for less. I think you'd be better off turning the car and buying something else. I wonder if Tesla negotiates on lease buyout numbers?

 

[brkaus]

Health of battery is pretty much indicated by your range trend from what I have read.

eMMC replacement is $1500 from Tesla. I’d assume it’s going to need replacing within the time you own the car.

I’m not sure what someone would charge, but I feel like it’s a waste because there would be no guarantee.

if your concerned, factor in the cost of an aftermarket warranty or just consider the eMMC will die.

I do think the price is high. I’d see if they would negotiate. Find comparable cars and make an offer. Remember a preowned from Tesla would have a warranty.

In general, used car prices have been dropping with Covid.

 

[Chaserr]

I think you'd be better off turning the car and buying something else

You might be able to turn it in and buy it back from Tesla for less with a used warranty if you keep an eye out for the VIN. Teslas use car listings use the VIN in the link like this 2018 Model S | Tesla so I think you could just type your own VIN there and wait until it works, then buy.

 

[Skipdd]

Thanks for all the comments. Food for thought. Not expecting to negotiate, based on past experience. Idea of turning in and buying back is interesting albeit a bit nerve wracking.