Of course not. As they have with their other CPO cars, they will revise their prices down when they are not able to sell used cars for almost the cost of a new car.
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Of course not. As they have with their other CPO cars, they will revise their prices down when they are not able to sell used cars for almost the cost of a new car.
Electric Joe
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Not everyone qualifies for the federal $7,500 credit, so for some people that's not to be considered. So that car is discounted by $12500. I'd gladly trade 7000 miles for $12500 in my pocket.
The old formula was $1/mile discount and $1000/month of age since production and that was on new cars. CPO really should be more due to the loss of some of the original factory warranty window with the CPO warranty.
You can offer a lower price on a CPO and see how it goes.
has anyone successfully negotiated a price lower than what tesla lists on their site for a CPO? i thought the pricing was as is?
I've yet to hear of anyone negating the price down directly as it is pretty much against their policy.
The best you can do is to work with someone at a gallery, give them your option and color preferences and a budget and they will do their best to find what you are looking for. They also have access to inventory that is not on the Web site.
If all else fails, let time do the negotiating for you. Based on the trim level and options, every Model S depreciates around $1,200 to $2,000 a month for the first year. 2014 P85Ds are already nearly $20K is discounts with CPO or inventory + rebates so you can already find pretty reasonable deals.
Errantpixel
Member
Those that have purchased CPO cars already, what was your experience timeline/delivery wise so far? I'm being quoted a February window for a CPO listed and reserved last week, wondering if thats at all normal.
SmartElectric
Active Member
Out CPO was three weeks from purchase to delivery. Communication from Tesla was brief and seldom till delivery day. Delivery was done last week of a quarter along with 100 other deliveries that week. Very busy, but Tesla did everything to make us happy.
I placed a deposit on December 10 and was quoted 2-3 weeks to prep the vehicle and a week to ship from east coast to west coast. I was looking at a late December early January pickup. My DS called me last week to schedule pickup for today, so all in its taken 3 weeks.
Errantpixel
Member
So it sounds like they're pretty conservative with initial dates and not the best communicators overall -- will keep that in mind. This is a local car (Fremont), no transportation -- so probably just a backup at the SC or with the DS's themselves. Still seems long. 
While that might be true and there is always someone who can afford $80k car and not owe $7500 to Uncle Sam , but those are edge cases (IMHO)
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I ordered on 12/18 and was told early Jan including shipping from CA->GA. Have not heard any updates on the car since I ordered 10 days ago. Here is something that I don't understand, why is Tesla listing CPO cars that are not ready yet? Every other CPO program I have dealt with lists cars that are ready to go and have gone through all the inspections etc. The only thing they might need is a wash after sitting on the lots or going for test drives. It would seem to me that this is not a great customer experience to have to wait 3-4 weeks for a CPO car.
Andrew
dhanson865
Well-Known Member
The car might be basically ready but if it is being shipped from CA to GA the shipping is your big hold up. Everybody and their uncle is shipping things right now and there aren't enough trucks available to ship everything at the same time.
I don't think shipping is the reason for the delay as I believe they will require me to pay for shipping once the car is ready and I have not been asked for this.
How long are other waiting for CPO cars that don't require shipping?
Andrew
Errantpixel
Member
For a shipped car, cross-country, I don't think a two week ETA is out of the question. Quoting over a month for a local car (at the factory no less) however, seems somewhat absurd. My guess is that the Delivery Specialists are just about as in the dark as we are, information wise, and are hedging based on data from the service centers. Still, not an awesome experience so far, hoping that changes.
it's not shipping as i was dealing with a CPO 2 weeks ago and the service rep stated that a lot of the CPO's are listed on the website PRIOR to being inspected/parts swapped/repaired so once a deposit is made the turnaround to "inspect and fix" is usually 3 weeks +. if nothing has to be done then it can be delivered sooner.
the 85kw 2013 i was looking at had to have almost everything replaced so they quoted 3-4 weeks.
the 85kw 2013 i was looking at had to have almost everything replaced so they quoted 3-4 weeks.
Errantpixel
Member
That's the disconnect then. Anyone familiar with other mfg CPO process (or just used buying in general) would think the car is "ready" when the intent to sell/purchase is done, not waiting for someone to put money down on it before inspection/reconditioning. Interesting approach to inventory management.
SmartElectric
Active Member
In our experience, we bought a used Mercedes and waited a few weeks for reconditioning. We traded that Mercedes for a CPO Tesla and waited 3 weeks. But Tesla did far more to recondition as they replaced brakes, tires, charging connector and rear lights!
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
CPO cars are really not a priority for Tesla right now.
They are putting all resources toward New deliveries to meet the YE15 target of 50,000.
As a stock holder and owner I fully support their priorities ... used cars can wait till 2016.
They are putting all resources toward New deliveries to meet the YE15 target of 50,000.
As a stock holder and owner I fully support their priorities ... used cars can wait till 2016.
sub
Active Member
Seems like it's the most efficient way for Tesla to offer CPO's right now, that may add to the discount they can give. It would take a lot of man hours to prep all those cars as soon as they are ready then wait who knows how long to sell. That could lead to more prep time ( at least external cleaning).
Xpress
Member
It might well be shipping. It does take time to schedule a transport to deliver to your exact location. The ones I've dealt with in the past can take weeks depending on the time of year and the routing. They work on their own schedule and dealer usually has very little control over timing.
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