Bought mine from Des Plaines Hertz in Chicago, Feb 26th. 2022 LR AWD with 58.5k, cost $24.2k before taxes and registration. I went for the LR AWD so that I could buy acceleration boost later. When talking with the sales person, they told me about the 4k credit but did not note that there is an AGI limit of $75k, so unfortunately I will not be able to claim it. They were not doing POS credit at that time.
I was going to pay cash but it had not transferred to my checking account in time, so I did a loan and called my insurance (All State) to add the car. All State emailed me the insurance card, but Hertz would not let me leave with the car because the effective date was the following business day and All State could not change that.
During the test drive I received a warning about low coolant. For my walk around I did notice some chips in the hood, and a few very small PDR'able dents. No floor mats were installed, but carpet and interior looked good, function checked all of the electronics too. All of the wheels are curbed to an almost embarrassing level, and there were no aero covers. One tire was mismatched, but all had decent looking tread. My plan is to get some nice summer wheels and make these winter wheels with Nokians or similar.
I took it directly to the Tesla dealer for an inspection, but they would not look at it as it was not in my name. I left it there and took an Uber home. I followed the instructions earlier in this thread as well as said the car was awaiting service, and the very helpful Tesla rep had it transferred in about 20 minutes. One problem, they transferred the wrong VIN to my Tesla account, LOL. I called them back and they corrected it again and in about 20 minutes it was in my account.
Later during the inspection, Tesla found:
-Cooling leak, 3 o-rings: $1000 (wow, they even listed the o-rings as $0.18 on the order). I had them do this because I didn't know where the leak was or how to purge/burp the lines, and had a 70 mile drive home from Chicago, which is the nearest service center.
-Passenger front drive shaft had a torn boot: $1250 (did myself for $110 from Rock-auto).
-Broken front aero and rear control arm aero: replaced myself with aluminum set from amazon, bought control arm aero used on ebay.
After I got it home and washed, I found the chips on the front end are really really bad. The paint was also incredibly scratched, like it went through a touch carwash every day of its 2 year life. I took a stab cutting, polishing, and waxing but will need to do it again in the fall. Also found they used the wrong screws for rear license plate and dented the tailgate.
All told, I've spent about $3500 on repairs/upgrades, including a 35% ceramic tint. Also I tested the degradation and it seems high at 13%, however it was about 55°F in my garage when I did the test, so maybe a bit cold? I'll try again in late summer.
So far I love this car. I made fun of my Dad for buying a Hertz used Ram, but he liked it so I thought I'd try. I'm a little disappointed in the condition of the exterior and abuse the car endured. I think I could have got a similar deal from Tesla used if you figure the cost of repaired paint. Coming from a 2007 Silverado that was getting rusty. Done about 450 miles, charging from RV/welder plug in my garage at 32 amps (6/2 romex on 50A breaker with Menards outlet) checked temp of outlet and barely above ambient.
Sorry for the long post, hope this helps fellow Tesla newbs.