Dealers are clueless about Tesla

[GreenT]

So I sold my Tesla Model S last week.
Don't ask why.
To a "car dealer", and they are utterly clueless.
They told me the car would go to auction in a week.
Ok.
They asked me NOTHING about the state of the car.
Paid me.
Done.

"She" sits in their parking lot. Not plugged in. With the fob in a plastic lock box on the drivers side window.

I still have access to the app. And she's losing 20 miles a day. She'll be at 0 before the auction.

I feel like calling them and warning them ... but it's not my problem any more, right?

What would you do if you were in my shoes? Honk the horn? Turn on the A/C? \
????????

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

You can mock the ignorant or you can help educate them.

Your choice.

 

[ahkahn]

Lol.. Summon it out into the middle of the parking lot.

 

[PhatCat]

Take it for a joy ride?

 

[GreenT]

You can mock the ignorant or you can help educate them.

Your choice.

Before you attack me ... I did try to educate them ... their attitude was ... sell it ... who cares. Plus the man whom I told about the FOB being at the car didn't understand English.

 

[GreenT]

Lol.. Summon it out into the middle of the parking lot.

Wish I could. It's a 2013. Before Summon mode. All I can do is ...

 

[ahkahn]

Wish I could. It's a 2013. Before Summon mode. All I can do is ...

Awww man... well that takes the fun out of it. I would randomly honk the horn... that's about the extent of the potential fun.

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

So I sold my Tesla Model S last week.
Don't ask why.
To a "car dealer", and they are utterly clueless.
They told me the car would go to auction in a week.
Ok.
They asked me NOTHING about the state of the car.
Paid me.
Done.

"She" sits in their parking lot. Not plugged in. With the fob in a plastic lock box on the drivers side window.

I still have access to the app. And she's losing 20 miles a day. She'll be at 0 before the auction.

I feel like calling them and warning them ... but it's not my problem any more, right?

What would you do if you were in my shoes? Honk the horn? Turn on the A/C? \
????????

go and drive the car a bit with your app? or is it a locked parking lot

 

[GreenT]

It's a locked parking lot.
Exactly how would I drive it with the app on a 2013?
Tell me and I will!!!!!

 

[GreenT]

I would mention who the dealer is but I do not want anyone telling them nor them figuring this out!

Anyone know when / how the car gets removed from my account?

Is it on the (final) new owner to contact Tesla?

 

[azred]

So I sold my Tesla Model S last week.
Don't ask why.
To a "car dealer", and they are utterly clueless.
They told me the car would go to auction in a week.
Ok.
They asked me NOTHING about the state of the car.
Paid me.
Done.

"She" sits in their parking lot. Not plugged in. With the fob in a plastic lock box on the drivers side window.

I still have access to the app. And she's losing 20 miles a day. She'll be at 0 before the auction.

I feel like calling them and warning them ... but it's not my problem any more, right?

What would you do if you were in my shoes? Honk the horn? Turn on the A/C? \
????????

Even though you requested that no one ask why, your entire post deserves one big WHY. It’s not your car.

 

[powaking]

Honk the horn every so often.

 

[Alset4S]

So I sold my Tesla Model S last week.
Don't ask why.
To a "car dealer", and they are utterly clueless.
They told me the car would go to auction in a week.
Ok.
They asked me NOTHING about the state of the car.
Paid me.
Done.

"She" sits in their parking lot. Not plugged in. With the fob in a plastic lock box on the drivers side window.

I still have access to the app. And she's losing 20 miles a day. She'll be at 0 before the auction.

I feel like calling them and warning them ... but it's not my problem any more, right?

What would you do if you were in my shoes? Honk the horn? Turn on the A/C? \
????????

I have an issue with the title of your post. Just because the dealership you picked is uneducated about Tesla doesn't mean all are which is indicated by your use of plural.

 

[croman]

It's a locked parking lot.
Exactly how would I drive it with the app on a 2013?
Tell me and I will!!!!!

Can't you use the app to unlock and use keyless drive button to allow you to drive without a fob? The locked part of the lot is probably the bigger issue as well as your rapidly diminishing battery.

Plus the fact you don't own it anymore.

 

[GreenT]

Even though you requested that no one ask why, your entire post deserves one big WHY. It’s not your car.

You're asking why I sold it?
Subject of another post later.

What does the line "it's not your car" mean?

 

[Alset4S]

You're asking why I sold it?
Subject of another post later.

What does the line "it's not your car" mean?

What is it you don't understand. You sold the car. It's not yours. Remotely accessing the car is no different than accessing a computer that doesn't belong to you.

 

[Eclectic]

This same thing happened to me earlier this year, from the sale to a dealer to the auction to the failure to plug in as the car sat (and went to zero range) for about a month. I considered contacting the auctioneer to let them know but it wasn't my car anymore so I stopped paying attention to it, even though I was getting alerts on my app. I deleted the app and that was that.

 

[glide]

It’s not your car anymore. Why do you care?

You asked them to give you money for it, they did. That’s the end of it.

 

[SSedan]

If I can see a person running headlong into a problem i make a little more effort to save them the substantial amount of hassle. The battery goes dead it can ruin the 12volt. This could cause them a big problem, someone will care, you accessing the app is also contributing to the drain.

 

[StarLog]

I have same car, how much did you get for it?