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Put a Deposit on P100D
- Thread starter vexige
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The reason they gave me for not allowing a check drive was "in case something happened, they had no recourse". Which is a lie, since it's covered under my insurance which they already had. My guess is they know 99.9% will agree and sign without driving since in theory a new car will have nothing wrong with it. Which is not at all true, see e.g. "Lehto's Law" youtube channel for great videos on lemon law/consumer protection issues. If I remember right, unscrupulous dealers can take a car which has been severely damaged in transport or test drives, repair it, and since it's never been titled it won't show up as in an accident on a carfax. I took about 30+ minutes carefully going over every square inch of exposed body panel.
rafacq
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Its not a good feeling to put up a $2,500 deposit on a car you have not driven, let alone seen! But we do it. Interesting how we love these cars!
Also, good point on the whole panel vs fix a small scratch.
One thing - "apparently never been titled" I thought I heard somewhere after 1k miles they can't title it as new. Are you positive it's new inventory? If used might be worth a carfax check. PM me if you want a carfax code, I got a couple left I probably won't need.
One thing - "apparently never been titled" I thought I heard somewhere after 1k miles they can't title it as new. Are you positive it's new inventory? If used might be worth a carfax check. PM me if you want a carfax code, I got a couple left I probably won't need.
stanX
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One more thing, there is a difference between the amount I want to put down and the amount of the loan. Originally, I wanted to simply transfer that amount from my account to theirs. Now I'm thinking I will take the cashier's check. I better have it in my pocket then on their account.
Seven7
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AMPd
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That’s what I mean. They let you test drive a tesla, just not the one you’re buying.
Well, you were right on both counts, they won't let me drive it and I fell in love with the car. I could drive any car on their lot, but not mine...
I was walking towards my car after asking them do return my deposit, when was intercepted by the delivery manager, literally 10 feet away from it... He spent next hour or so with me going through every detail on the car, and letting me inspect it as long as I wanted, but not driving... The car is perfect cosmetically. This reminds me the old Jewish joke about groom/bride dancing at the orthodox wedding, lol. Needless to say, I surrendered. Will pick her up tomorrow. "Dog mode" nailed the deal -
PS Oh, and it still has the Ludicrous Mode on it, but something tells me it'll be removed
I was walking towards my car after asking them do return my deposit, when was intercepted by the delivery manager, literally 10 feet away from it... He spent next hour or so with me going through every detail on the car, and letting me inspect it as long as I wanted, but not driving... The car is perfect cosmetically. This reminds me the old Jewish joke about groom/bride dancing at the orthodox wedding, lol. Needless to say, I surrendered. Will pick her up tomorrow. "Dog mode" nailed the deal -
PS Oh, and it still has the Ludicrous Mode on it, but something tells me it'll be removed
You think they’d deliver the car with Ludicrous Mode and then remove it afterwards? How would this be done? By a software update?
This is an awesome machine! Will take me a bit to figure out the technology, but I love it already! Actually, I was told that Ludicrous and Ludicrous+ will stay in the car- I paid for them.
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