...not sure why folks get worked up over this when Tesla tells you up front ...yah no merc would look like this CPO but than again a Merc is not a Tesla ...there is a market and price for everything these things will sell ...at close to 50% deprecation hit ...
People don't want to spend many tens of thousands of dollars and wind up with something that looks pretty awful. If Tesla doesn't want to make these cars look like nearly new, they'll be priced as the “fixer upper” project cars that they are. My understanding is that one commits to the blind purchase then is expected to accept regardless of cosmetic condition. The purchaser isn't given representative photos nor they see the car before the purchase. They don't even get an accurate description of the necessary repairs.
This car looks as if it has seen some abuse. How do you get large deep paint scratches on top of the outside mirrors?
Expecting the purchaser to blindly pay top dollar for a premium car with 20,000 miles then presenting them with something that needs body shop paint repair, to me, seems nuts. Consumers don't have the expertise to judge what's going to be necessary to return this finish to showroom condition.
Some people may not care about the rashed wheels or whopping big paint scratches. I'd care. I'd want to know before buying the car. I'd want it delivered clean, in good repair, inside and out. If there is a defect, cosmetic or otherwise, I'd want it carefully disclosed before purchase.
It seems to me that if Tesla cannot be bothered to do all this, they have no business selling used cars. Maybe they should form a used car division that only concerns itself with used Teslas, can make minor paint repairs, clean the cars, and accurately let people know exactly what it is that's being sold.
So why get worked up? Because these things are expensive. They are premium cars. They should look it.
