Currently have '22 MS LR refresh (not refreshed refresh) with about 2K miles (3K KMs) on it. Got it for $147K CAD after tax and spent $5-6K for PPF, ceramic, winter tires, etc etc.
I'm about to do a cross country move and have been offered $144K CAD for the car, so call it a $8-9K loss, less whatever depreciation would've been for 3 months/2K miles. The car is in perfect condition and I really don't have any complaints specific to my car.
Curious for opinions: sell the car and order a new one at my new destination with the new lights? or keep existing one and ship it cross country (company will reimburse most of the cost). Or put differently, how much of a loss would you take on your current car to get a car with the new lights?
Couple of thoughts brewing:
+ Perks of new lights (though I'm still really unclear on the benefit of these in the city, plus if anyone outside of these forums/Tesla addicts would really even notice)
+ Perhaps other perks by the time I take delivery (doubt it on this one, if our resident insider @B-lon took off his hold, suggests the near-time updates are likely not material); car is also a Nov 2021 build so hopefully has the future airbag horn(?)
+ 3K less KMs?
+/- 20% chance Tesla will allow retrofits of the lights at a cost of like $5K
- An order now could mean 4-5 months wait time (Tesla website has EDD at July 2022)
- Canada continues to threaten with a luxury car tax, which would be a major 10% cost increase blow if I don't get the new car before its implemented.
- Financing costs has increased (I got 6 years at 2.65% vs. now it is 3.65%; equates to another $5K over 6 years)
- Tesla lottery of another car worth of potential panel gaps/misalignments/rattles that I have been lucky so far to avoid
I'm about to do a cross country move and have been offered $144K CAD for the car, so call it a $8-9K loss, less whatever depreciation would've been for 3 months/2K miles. The car is in perfect condition and I really don't have any complaints specific to my car.
Curious for opinions: sell the car and order a new one at my new destination with the new lights? or keep existing one and ship it cross country (company will reimburse most of the cost). Or put differently, how much of a loss would you take on your current car to get a car with the new lights?
Couple of thoughts brewing:
+ Perks of new lights (though I'm still really unclear on the benefit of these in the city, plus if anyone outside of these forums/Tesla addicts would really even notice)
+ Perhaps other perks by the time I take delivery (doubt it on this one, if our resident insider @B-lon took off his hold, suggests the near-time updates are likely not material); car is also a Nov 2021 build so hopefully has the future airbag horn(?)
+ 3K less KMs?
+/- 20% chance Tesla will allow retrofits of the lights at a cost of like $5K
- An order now could mean 4-5 months wait time (Tesla website has EDD at July 2022)
- Canada continues to threaten with a luxury car tax, which would be a major 10% cost increase blow if I don't get the new car before its implemented.
- Financing costs has increased (I got 6 years at 2.65% vs. now it is 3.65%; equates to another $5K over 6 years)
- Tesla lottery of another car worth of potential panel gaps/misalignments/rattles that I have been lucky so far to avoid