I'm a current owner of a early 2016 90D (link in the for sale section) and am buying an inventory 100D.
I wanted to look at trading in in case I can't get a good private sale price.
My Tesla Owner Advisor told me that Tesla would honor a CarMax appraisal, so I got one today. Then, when I talked to the Tesla Delivery Specialist after finishing with CarMax, she said in no uncertain terms that Tesla does NOT honor CarMax appraisals.
I was very surprised. I called the OA, and he looked into it. An hour later, he called me back to apologize and say that he was wrong. What he said was that, while Tesla may have accepted CarMax appraisals in the past, they stopped as CarMax was appraising too high, and Tesla was losing money on the trade-in deal when they could not sell the car with the desired markup. Of course, CarMax was perfectly willing to write me a check for 66K on the spot today, so they must have been confident in the accuracy of their appraisal.
What experiences have others here had with CarMax appraisals and Tesla trade-ins?
I wanted to look at trading in in case I can't get a good private sale price.
My Tesla Owner Advisor told me that Tesla would honor a CarMax appraisal, so I got one today. Then, when I talked to the Tesla Delivery Specialist after finishing with CarMax, she said in no uncertain terms that Tesla does NOT honor CarMax appraisals.
I was very surprised. I called the OA, and he looked into it. An hour later, he called me back to apologize and say that he was wrong. What he said was that, while Tesla may have accepted CarMax appraisals in the past, they stopped as CarMax was appraising too high, and Tesla was losing money on the trade-in deal when they could not sell the car with the desired markup. Of course, CarMax was perfectly willing to write me a check for 66K on the spot today, so they must have been confident in the accuracy of their appraisal.
What experiences have others here had with CarMax appraisals and Tesla trade-ins?