Electricious
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The quick answer to this thread is no. You want to pay used prices but get new-quality? haha. thats funny.
I beg to differ. The CPO program is now worse than the time of the the well publicized post about someone buying a CPO car and receiving the car in dismal condition. The current policy allows Tesla to sell cars that basically pass inspection and little else.
What is this about paying "used prices?" These are not heavily discounted cars considering how some cars are delivered in such poor shape people have refused deliveries recently. Some of the Tesla CPO cars are sold for 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond. I doubt most people paying upwards of $60K for a used car (certified or not) are not looking to buy a car with unreasonable interior and exterior damage.
Don't think many people give two bits whether they call it "CPO," "Used," or whatever they want to call it but expect a car in reasonable condition compared to what you can expect from a CPO Kia or CPO Hyundai. Surely expecting to be treated as well as a Kia or Hyundai customer is not an unreasonable request at the current prices
It's interesting you are so amused by this. You know what is really funny? People who make up excuses for horrible policies that treat customers poorly.
Tesla can and should do better. In the meantime if anyone is buying a Tesla CPO, make sure that you personally look over the car and are happy with the condition of the car before you pay. It seems some of the cars are in great shape while others are in horrible shape requiring repainting of entire body panels.
Know what you are buying before you pay and the only way to do that is a personal inspection of the vehicle.
While Tesla makes the best cars on earth and we would not consider buying anything else, they sometimes don't come out with the best policies and this is an instance where I hope they do the right thing and offer a better and predictable experience for customers that is reasonable.
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