This is my first post and, having read a few CPO stories on these forums I thought I would post mine...and I’ve really enjoyed reading the tips and advice of others!
I’ve of course always dreamed of owning a Tesla. I test-drove my first Tesla, a Model S, in February of this year. Needless to say I was blown away. I wasn’t quite ready to buy new and knew nothing about the CPO possibilities. Playing around on the website I can across the Used section and was impressed to fine what I felt was a reasonably low mileage red 2014 85kw....so I pulled the trigger!
The online portion was painless...I wasn’t going to do a trade in and already had private financing ready to go...so the 6 steps were finished immediately. What I didn’t realize was the wait...I’m still waiting. I didn’t realize until I joined the forums that the wait time could be weeks or months! I figured I put the $1000 down, have essentially cash to pay for it in full...I just need the car! The sales adviser, Rainey has been very nice. The carfax was clean and the pictures sent look good as well. I made the purchase on May 16. I’m outside the Nashville area and the car is coming from Florida. As of May 24, he quoted me “7-12 more days”....here’s hoping. Of course this just builds my excitement but is also agonizing!
Others have mentioned questions to ask etc. Can anyone give some more good advice or things to check before I “sign on the dotted line!” Forgive my “newbieness”...I still am trying to figure out all the acronyms and abbreviations!
I’ve of course always dreamed of owning a Tesla. I test-drove my first Tesla, a Model S, in February of this year. Needless to say I was blown away. I wasn’t quite ready to buy new and knew nothing about the CPO possibilities. Playing around on the website I can across the Used section and was impressed to fine what I felt was a reasonably low mileage red 2014 85kw....so I pulled the trigger!
The online portion was painless...I wasn’t going to do a trade in and already had private financing ready to go...so the 6 steps were finished immediately. What I didn’t realize was the wait...I’m still waiting. I didn’t realize until I joined the forums that the wait time could be weeks or months! I figured I put the $1000 down, have essentially cash to pay for it in full...I just need the car! The sales adviser, Rainey has been very nice. The carfax was clean and the pictures sent look good as well. I made the purchase on May 16. I’m outside the Nashville area and the car is coming from Florida. As of May 24, he quoted me “7-12 more days”....here’s hoping. Of course this just builds my excitement but is also agonizing!
Others have mentioned questions to ask etc. Can anyone give some more good advice or things to check before I “sign on the dotted line!” Forgive my “newbieness”...I still am trying to figure out all the acronyms and abbreviations!
