Hi all --
For a slew of reasons having to do with a change commute / job, I am interested in selling my Model S (from 2013) and I am familiar with the listings for example in the forum here.
But my question is whether any of you have come across a relatively easy way to sell a Model S without having to do a private party sale and all the time it takes?
My car is an early VIN, like xxx085xx so it doesn't have many of the features of the new models so I imagine there won't be as much interest in it, so I'm thinking of whether to take it to a car dealer and try to trade it in before it loses much more of its value ahead of the Model 3. Like to an Audi or BMW dealer and trade it for a cheaper used regular car - do these dealers buy Teslas? Or other car-buying services (such as the Shift car buying service), but many seem to not want to touch a Tesla vehicle because it seems to be "specialty".
Am I wrong to want to sell it this way? I have never sold a car before, and I have just observed that it takes a bunch of time to have people visit you and see it, test drive, get documents in order, handle the actual payment / lien / trust details, etc. And I don't have a lot of time during the week, or don't want to blow a bunch of weekends doing this.
Any advice appreciated, thanks!
For a slew of reasons having to do with a change commute / job, I am interested in selling my Model S (from 2013) and I am familiar with the listings for example in the forum here.
But my question is whether any of you have come across a relatively easy way to sell a Model S without having to do a private party sale and all the time it takes?
My car is an early VIN, like xxx085xx so it doesn't have many of the features of the new models so I imagine there won't be as much interest in it, so I'm thinking of whether to take it to a car dealer and try to trade it in before it loses much more of its value ahead of the Model 3. Like to an Audi or BMW dealer and trade it for a cheaper used regular car - do these dealers buy Teslas? Or other car-buying services (such as the Shift car buying service), but many seem to not want to touch a Tesla vehicle because it seems to be "specialty".
Am I wrong to want to sell it this way? I have never sold a car before, and I have just observed that it takes a bunch of time to have people visit you and see it, test drive, get documents in order, handle the actual payment / lien / trust details, etc. And I don't have a lot of time during the week, or don't want to blow a bunch of weekends doing this.
Any advice appreciated, thanks!