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Tesla Is Officially Selling A Used Model 3 With Serious Paint Issues
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Toppatop55
~Life Is Good~
You should sell it to them since they claim you can get near new price. Be their perception changes after that.
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
My question here is, was the car delivered like this new or did it get damaged by the first owner and traded in?
it’s a poor showing on the used market either way and if they expect to move it they should really consider throwing a bigger discount at.
it’s a poor showing on the used market either way and if they expect to move it they should really consider throwing a bigger discount at.
Toppatop55
~Life Is Good~
@ MP3Mike...you rated my comment (post 19) dislike but never voiced your opposition. Must be one of empty vessel fanboys.
I feel ya, i got 2 down votes by some guy with no explanation or post. apparently he disagrees? /shrug
If someone will buy it why not sell it?
At a traditional used dealer, that car would be resprayed and sold without disclosing the damage. Manufacturer's rust warranties cover perforation, not surface rust. As long as they're disclosing the damage and not trying to hide it, I don't see the issue. People can decide if they want to buy it or not. If the price is too high, it'll sit.
Toppatop55
~Life Is Good~
I feel like a broken record. Theres nothing wrong with selling a used car with rust. BUT it diminishes their prestige by doing so. Not to mention it diminishes the prestige of all of our cars to put that rust bucket on display on their website. We realists actually agree with you fan boys, we think. that Tesla is too good to showcase a car in that condition. if I knew nothing about Tesla and saw that on their website, I would surmise that the cars are all rust prone battery powered rust buckets (lol).
Tesla should have more pride in the vehicles they represent for sale. It’s that simple.
Premium car brands typically only sell "certified" used vehicles, AKA not cars in this type of shape. Sure it will sell, but that's when you go to CARMAX to find something like this - not the OEM. Tesla should auction it and let the buyer sell it on a used car lot.
It's a USED car being sold as a USED car with all damage clearly shown. Is the price a little much? sure but i have no idea how people correlate this to prestige. Are we saying no high end cars ever look bad? Tesla makes cars but also facilitates the sale of cars. They are selling a car that runs but has visual damage. Not that big of a deal.
There are lots of things you can poke Tesla about .. this isn't one of them.
There are lots of things you can poke Tesla about .. this isn't one of them.
Search threads for sandblasted rocker panels. It's what happens in some northern climes, Canada, Finland, etc., where there's lots of sand or salt or road grit that gets blasted at the rockers during the winter months.
It's due to the aero design. Most cars, are slab sided. Very vertical behind the front tires, to prevent road dirt from flying up from the front tires hitting the rockers. The Model 3 is undercut for aero, exposing the rockers to that dirt.
No paint job can survive that amount of intense sandblasting. They should have offered people in northern climes a set of mudflaps, like they do now. Or they should have PPF'd that part. The mudflaps are cheap, maybe unsightly, but sandblasted rockers are even more unsightly.
you are conflating now things used to be done with how they should be done. Tesla has rolled without dealships and has worked out thus far. I’d say rolling without auctioneers taking 20-30 percent of what the car sales for and skipping two middle mans seems almost reasonable.
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
It’s worked because they were at best a niche automaker until the Model 3 was released for mass consumption. Going forward.....well...they really need to catch up when it comes to sales support as contact is touch and go with advisors either ghosting or contacting diligently (as they well should, we’re not buying popsicles here.)
$52,000 Canadian. That's $37,500 USD.
Get a grip. They're selling used car with some defects. They're disclosing them. If you don't want it, don't buy it.
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
Has the $CAD really fallen that much? Yeesh...
Haven’t seen the listing but at that price there’s no way it comes with FSD (but if it does, then it’s in range for the condition)
Yes. I know. I'm from Canada, and I know what I paid for a new 2019 AWD (roughly $65k before taxes). The car in discussion already has 70,000+km and rust that will only get much worse if it's that present already. I think I addressed the "don't want it, don't buy it" point. I just don't like that Tesla is the type of company perfectly fine selling a car in this condition at this price just because they know it will sell. It's a bit disappointing.
Rothgarr
Active Member
If anything, seeing those photos makes me happy that i put have flaps on mine to prevent that.
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