CPO Pricing variances

[kyalami]

So,

I am hopefully just a few hours away from putting a deposit on a CPO car. Just waiting for final proposal from the leasing company...
I have been pouring over the nice consolidated CPO spreadsheet for 4 days and know just which car I want...
However, I can't help but notice that cars with identical specs, mileage and options seem to vary in price by a wide amount....even within the same model year?

What gives?

 

[Gizmotoy]

Probably cosmetic condition differences.

 

[Cyclone]

Nobody has gone to Tesla HQ and said "Left hand, meet right hand."

 

[zer0cool]

In my analysis based on data from I think late last week, I saw something like a standard deviation of $6000 for S85 and P85... I have two hypotheses:
1. Testing: Tesla is testing the correct pricing... for example, the cheaper cars, like mid to upper 60's P85s were all sold within like 0-3 days of being on the site. Generally a dealership can accept used car sitting for 30 days or so, so the huge variation now is really them trying to find the optimal pricing for <30 day move while making the most amt of money. If this is true, then the people who bought the lower end pricing cars are lucky.
2. Condition differences: only Tesla knows who crazily someone drove the car, the battery's condition, etc; and also seats may be dirty, there may be more chips or dings on one vs the other. In that case, the cheapest cars are in the poorest condition.