Thinking of Purchasing CPO S85... Can You Please Help Me Decipher This Pic?

[TerMcg]

Hello everyone.

I'm close to pulling the trigger on a 2015 S85 but I am trying to understand the damage that is shown here in this pic (sent to me by the Tesla Used Inventory website).

Can anyone tell me what area of the car this is from and is this something that I should make a due bill for or should I be expected to pay for this myself?

 

[TerMcg]

 

[PHX2IAD]

Front bumper infront of the air dam.

 

[TerMcg]

Aha! Thanks so much!!

 

[NoirMS]

Hello everyone.

I'm close to pulling the trigger on a 2015 S85 but I am trying to understand the damage that is shown here in this pic (sent to me by the Tesla Used Inventory website).

Can anyone tell me what area of the car this is from and is this something that I should make a due bill for or should I be expected to pay for this myself?

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I was told when purchasing my CPO that Tesla won't repair cosmetic damage...up to buyer.

 

[kaidou]

depends on how cheap that car is. To me, it is a minor damage.

 

[TerMcg]

Ok Tesla gurus... can y'all help me figure out where this damage is located?

 

[TerMcg]

Ok Tesla gurus... can y'all help me figure out where this damage is located?

 

[TerMcg]

And then there's one more after that, which I cannot figure out

 

[Zishan]

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This is certainly the passenger side of the front bumper, you can see the right fog light.

And then there's one more after that, which I cannot figure out

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This is the rear bumper, you can see the license plate frame. Likely some bumper scuffs.

 

[TerMcg]

Thanks for the swift replies. Y'all are really good at figuring this stuff out.

 

[TerMcg]

This is certainly the passenger side of the front bumper, you can see the right fog light.




This is the rear bumper, you can see the license plate frame. Likely some bumper scuffs.

For that rear bumper, does that long horizontal blemish look like the paint is peeling? That's what it seems like to me but I can't be sure.

I wish I could get a higher rez photo.

 

[Zishan]

How many miles on the car? The bumper looks dirty to me with some light scuffing. Doubt there would be paint peeling, but I'm just speculating.

This is the only damage I see....looks really minimal, but again, it's really hard to determine with crappy pics of a dirty car (really Tesla, you send pictures to prospective buyers of a filthy car!?!).

 

[TerMcg]

How many miles on the car? The bumper looks dirty to me with some light scuffing. Doubt there would be paint peeling, but I'm just speculating.

This is the only damage I see....looks really minimal, but again, it's really hard to determine with crappy pics of a dirty car (really Tesla, you send pictures to prospective buyers of a filthy car!?!).

Thank you SO MUCH for replying and trying to help me with this. This blemish is the one that I can't figure out. When I zoom in, it looks like paint-cracking but the rez is so low that I can't really tell.

 

[Zishan]

Looks like dirt accumulating to me. I don't own a Model S (yet), so maybe someone with can chime in if their cars get dirty like that.

 

[TerMcg]

Thank you again for responding.

Sorry that I didn't answer your earlier question. It has around 48K miles on it. 85 kWh Model S 5YJSA1H11FFP79041 | Tesla

 

[AMPd]

Looks like dirt accumulating to me. I don't own a Model S (yet), so maybe someone with can chime in if their cars get dirty like that.

Yes it’s dirt accumulation
Mine has that too when I let it get that dirty.

 

[AMPd]

Thank you again for responding.

Sorry that I didn't answer your earlier question. It has around 48K miles on it. 85 kWh Model S 5YJSA1H11FFP79041 | Tesla

All of that damage is minor and to be expected on a car with 48k miles.

I say go for it!

 

[rafacq]

When I asked to get photos of my S85D I was surprised to see fairly decent resolution pictures of a nicely detailed car! It did not look like the many other photos I had seen! My car is in San Diego, I wonder if they use a different company than Manheim. Picking it up tomorrow at 12:30pm. Can’t wait to meet my dream car.

 

[TerMcg]

When I asked to get photos of my S85D I was surprised to see fairly decent resolution pictures of a nicely detailed car! It did not look like the many other photos I had seen! My car is in San Diego, I wonder if they use a different company than Manheim. Picking it up tomorrow at 12:30pm. Can’t wait to meet my dream car.

That is so awesome!!

I'm really happy for you. I hope everything goes amazingly well and you have an incredibly rewarding delivery experience!!!