Pictures of used cars removed

[Halldawg]

Before on the Tesla site you could see actual pictures of the car you are looking to buy. Now just stock pictures. They are making it harder and harder to buy a used car from them. No test drive, no pictures.

 

[wizznick]

Googling the VIN will sometimes link to a site with pictures.

 

[Halldawg]

Googling the VIN will sometimes link to a site with pictures.

I have found that works sometimes. Still think it sucks to not be able to see the pictures of the car you are looking to maybe purchase.

 

[DoctorVenkman]

It's blatant anti-consumer behavior that shouldn't be tolerated, yet clearly they are successfully selling thousands of used vehicles, so there must be some lemmings out there willing to buy a used car sight unseen.

 

[Bnnfn2]

This probably isn't super useful, but the photos technically are still available via their Used Inventory API. Here's an example:
https://inventory-assets.tesla.com/...on/image/dce79961-62bb-4c8b-9513-6516cc8927dd

I might make a site that'll let you search for these photos by VIN, if people would find it useful. We'll see

 

[Halldawg]

This probably isn't super useful, but the photos technically are still available via their Used Inventory API. Here's an example:
https://inventory-assets.tesla.com/...on/image/dce79961-62bb-4c8b-9513-6516cc8927dd

I might make a site that'll let you search for these photos by VIN, if people would find it useful. We'll see

That would be awesome!

 

[HyperionMark]

This probably isn't super useful, but the photos technically are still available via their Used Inventory API. Here's an example:
https://inventory-assets.tesla.com/...on/image/dce79961-62bb-4c8b-9513-6516cc8927dd

I might make a site that'll let you search for these photos by VIN, if people would find it useful. We'll see

Only some cars have pictures available that way. A lot don't.

 

[Bnnfn2]

Only some cars have pictures available that way. A lot don't.

Was looking around a bit today and it looks like 12 out of the 21 Model 3s in my area have pictures available through the API.

Looks like there is also specific dates for warranty expiration, reasons for being in inventory, etc. Kind of interesting to look through:

"WarrantyVehicleExpDate": "2021-08-29T00:00:00Z",
"FactoryGatedDate": "2017-03-12T00:01:57",
"OriginalDeliveryDate": "2017-06-29T00:00:00",
"OriginalInCustomerGarageDate": "2017-06-29T00:00:00",
"TitleReceivedOwnershipTransferDate": "2020-08-18T07:00:00Z",
"HasDamagePhotos": false,
"AddToInventoryReason": "TRADEIN",
"IsDemoVehicle": false,