ocshellback
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Yep. I had a good offer with KBB instant cash offer. I showed up at the dealership with the offer and they said they couldn't do it that price and lowered the offer by enough that I went with Carvana I think. A waste of my time.
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Final Trade-In Offer 25% Less
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Propofoln
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I guess I should feel lucky that my 2015 85D is worth so little ($2800 Tesla offer) with 236k miles that I'll be keeping it and it's free Supercharging until the wheels come off.
You also need to factor in the sales tax credit if you trade- in to Tesla. So that $31K offer really equates to $33K off the price of your new vehicle. Along with no haggling and no people coming to your home... But still a huge difference from their first offer.
My experience this week. Was able to get 50% more than what Tesla offered
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Propofoln
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Tesla does NOT want a trade in. When will people realize this
Silicon Desert
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Well, I sold all of my previous 9 cars to private party. Never had them come to my house. I would meet them in front of the police department. All sales were no problem and I got a lot more money each time.
myoda
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Silicon Desert
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That would be nice, but it is the beginning of the quarter so I wouldn't get my hopes up until December.
I took my car to Carmax and a local KBB-affiliated dealer. Carmax said $39,000 and the local dealer honored the KBB quote of $40,650. After taking into account lost sales-tax savings, KBB is still over $6,000 better than Tesla.
The Tesla guy said today that if I re-ordered, they'd credit me the $250 that I gave up when I canceled the first order.
So what do you guys think I should do?
The Tesla guy said today that if I re-ordered, they'd credit me the $250 that I gave up when I canceled the first order.
So what do you guys think I should do?
I would wait a couple of weeks to see what incentives Tesla offers for this quarter
Evaluate how much emotional damage you will take if trade in for $2,350 less than what originally made you happy about at original order time
Evaluate how much emotional damage you will take if you go through the process to sell to a private party to get $43,000 or more.
Evaluate how much emotional damage you will take if you do NOT get the car.
If any of these scenarios presents little or no emotional damage, its probably the right one
Excellent questions.Evaluate how much emotional damage you will take if trade in for $2,350 less than what originally made you happy about at original order time
Evaluate how much emotional damage you will take if you go through the process to sell to a private party to get $43,000 or more.
Evaluate how much emotional damage you will take if you do NOT get the car.
If any of these scenarios presents little or no emotional damage, its probably the right one
I don't like selling to private parties, so I'd prefer the KBB/dealer route even if it's less money.
The other answers are little or no emotional damage.
I think in that case, waiting until you see something that pushes you to make a decision is probably ok.
Maybe you have gotten over the impulse of buying the car and can now think objectively hehe.
Maybe you have gotten over the impulse of buying the car and can now think objectively hehe.
Best advice ever. Before I retired, I had a rule to postpone decisions when I was emotional. Still applies!
Update: the first KBB dealer that I went to confirmed the KBB soft offer of $40,650. Based in part on that, I re-ordered a new MSLR. Turns out that my decision to cancel may have been serendipitous, since Tesla came back with a new trade-in offer of $37,100. This was with the same pictures of the same car.
Then, a week ago Tesla started their promotion allowing the transfer of free supercharging from old cars to new cars. So I signed up for that too.
Bottom line: good thing I canceled that first order!
Then, a week ago Tesla started their promotion allowing the transfer of free supercharging from old cars to new cars. So I signed up for that too.
Bottom line: good thing I canceled that first order!
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