Tesla trade-in request form

[thegruf]

car dealers mostly the same imo; take non-same brand car as p/ex and send to auction via intermediary, so to cover costs you have trade price (ex auction) less auction fees, less intermediary fees.
The one difference is that Tesla won't keep any of the p/ex cars as they have no forecourt to sell them, whereas most dealers will keep the better ones and get some more back that way.
The problem for Tesla as a manufacturer taking their own cars back is that they make 20-30% on a new sale so expectations are similar for a used sale, whereas a dealer typically works off tighter margins but with target related bonus.

One additional point is that dealers will also offer a great p/ex price (but not discount the new car), or offer a great discount on new so you dont care the p/ex price is mediocre.

As Tesla rightly don't discount new (except when they screw the market up completely with massive price changes themselves) their sales team's hands are tied.

It's not quite that simple but that is the gist of it.

 

[btetsola]

I posted my trade-in request yesterday and got the valuation through this morning. I'm quite surprised. They've offered me £20k for my 2015 BMW 435I Msport with 20,000miles. Autotrader's valuation was similar.

 

[Yev000]

Just got off the UK sales team phone number and they were not even aware trade ins were possible. I asked if it can be linked to my account and she said that it should be coming in the next week.

 

[EV Guy]

I’ve been offered 42% less for my car from Tesla than the Autotrader valuation

 

[-DB-]

I’ve been offered 42% less for my car from Tesla than the Autotrader valuation

Ouch! Thats way off.

 

[ediflyer]

Submitted my trade-in quote request on Monday, still no reply Anyone else had to wait that long? It all seemed to submit OK but of course as mentioned up thread there's no email confirmation or sign on the account that a request has been submitted!

 

[-DB-]

Submitted my trade-in quote request on Monday, still no reply Anyone else had to wait that long? It all seemed to submit OK but of course as mentioned up thread there's no email confirmation or sign on the account that a request has been submitted!

You should have gotten a confirmation and had a response by now. I’d redo the form.

 

[SM '15 P90D]

Currently trying to submit form for trade in value (UK) and can't get signed in to submit it for some reason. Anyone any ideas what might be wrong?

 

[jimbo_hippo]

My price for a trade in on a 2015 Merc B200 with only 31K miles on it, sat nav, loads of extras like auto park etc came in at £7,800.00 but to be fair to them, they did offer to give me a free sewing kit to sew my split sides back up after I'd read it.

I think I'll be selling it myself then. I get why it happens. They just pass it through and it's not their problem or their thing. But I called in at a garage 2 mins walk from Stockport SC who specialise in Germans and got £9,500.00 offered after a quick test drive and a tyre kick with no haggling. Since I only placed my Model 3 order beginning of this month, there's no panic but wanted to get a feel for how much of a Mickey-take the offer vis Tesla's website actually was.

 

[ediflyer]

I found the Tesla trade-in quote pretty rubbish but it does seem to vary by car make/model (I've seen a few folks get decent quotes). On the upside they also don't seem to make any deductions as long as it is running OK, looks fine at a glance and has an MOT.

My Tesla Tesla trade-in quote for my A5 in mid-May was £12,173.

At that point Parkers Guide prices were:
Franchised Dealer: £16,440
Independent Dealer: £15,830 [I could see examples on AutoTrader for £15,950 (47.9k) / £16,990 (40.8k)]
Private Good: £15,365
Private Poor: £13,415
Part Exchange: £14,295
Original Price: £37,185

By the time I sold in August I had the following prices:
Motorway.co.uk £12,643
Evans Halshaw £12,932
WeBuyAnyCar £12,725
Arnold Clark £13,614
WeWantAnyCar.com £12,584
Audi Approved £12,950 for excellent condition (£12,200 for good)

I sold to AC in the end - £220 off for two wheels with alloy scuffs and a couple of minor paint issues, overall I was pretty happy with that and thought their deductions were fair. Still £1,500 more than Tesla even though it was 3 months later when all the other prices had fallen, which just shows how poor an initial quote it was!

 

[Rooster6655]

Currently trying to submit form for trade in value (UK) and can't get signed in to submit it for some reason. Anyone any ideas what might be wrong?

Phone them up and they will send it within 48 hours, I got mine the next day.

Regarding the trade in prices, I initially thought they gave me a crap quote but having visited several 'buy any car places' that initially had their quotes £700 above Tesla in the end they all offered at best about £300 less than Tesla, they were also rather annoying at the end when I told them my trade in was better than their prices.

Their last words were Tesla will lower their trade in price when they see the car ie tyres, scratches, dents (all minor), I told them not and they kept trying to convince me to take the lower prices, I can see how they would be very convincing to the uninitiated!

If your car is in mint condition no dings/scratches perfect history etc then try the 'buy any car' places but if it has then expect about £1k to be knocked off. so if its low value thats a large percentage