I was perusing Carmax and spotted this 2022 Model S Plaid with just 3K miles on it, fully loaded in red with a white interior, the Arachnid wheels, and FSD. If I were to buy it brand new I'd be looking at $160K; this is $132K. In the current car-buying climate, that sounds like a pretty good price considering Carmax prices tend to be inflated to begin with.
My main concern is that someone decided to dump the car because they were tired of problems, but I figure that Carmax offers a 30-day return policy and whatever lingering problems remains I'd notice during those 30 days. The other concern I have is that it looks like the front hood doesn't sit flush. Could it be that when they took the photos they hood wasn't fully latched in? If not, I imagine that's something Tesla would address as a warranty item if it really was a fit-and-finish issue?
Any other gotchas folks think I should look out for? I know there's some questions about whether FSD is transferrable, but it looks like in this case it should be since it's still on the car. And before anyone thinks about pulling this out from under me, I've already reserved it
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My main concern is that someone decided to dump the car because they were tired of problems, but I figure that Carmax offers a 30-day return policy and whatever lingering problems remains I'd notice during those 30 days. The other concern I have is that it looks like the front hood doesn't sit flush. Could it be that when they took the photos they hood wasn't fully latched in? If not, I imagine that's something Tesla would address as a warranty item if it really was a fit-and-finish issue?
Any other gotchas folks think I should look out for? I know there's some questions about whether FSD is transferrable, but it looks like in this case it should be since it's still on the car. And before anyone thinks about pulling this out from under me, I've already reserved it
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