Half Dollar Bill
Traveller, teacher, poet, accountant, innkeeper
Well, that's not entirely true. At 25k miles per year that will only be a two year period. You can tack the extended warranty onto that for another couple thousand and get to the 4 year period.And you are guaranteed not to spend a dime for repairs for 4 years.
The new Tesla costs an ADDITIONAL $24k, not $24k. It's possible that additional amount prices him out of a new vehicle, which is why he's looking at CPO.
There's also a $2,500 rebate on new electric vehicle purchases in CA. in addition to the $7,500 fed credit.