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Does delivery with a trade go smoothly?
I'm trading in a car that I've done performance upgrades on (forced induction, header-back, wheels, ECU tune, etc.) and I was planning on spending some of my time undoing all of it. Now I'm wondering if I should just take the easy stuff off (to sell as parts privately) and revert to stock, but just leave the complicated stuff (like the Supercharger).
One of my concerns was at trade-in time they'd nitpick the upgrades and say it'll be harder for them to sell, so they'd offer less.
I will be the first to report an issue with a trade-in. Before buying my TM3 I was leasing a 2017 Ford Explorer Sport. I had 8-9 months left on the lease but due to the low mileage I was not upside down. When I ordered my Tesla the sales person looked at the Ford and gave me a trade-in offer that was $700 more than what I owed on the lease. Fast-forward to 2 days before I was scheduled to pick up my new car; my trade-in was no longer listed on my account. A little digging my my sales person revealed that Tesla will not take leased Fords in trade. A call to Carmax confirmed that they too are not fans of buying leased Fords. Luckily I was able to get Ford to buy back my car for more than Tesla had originally promised to pay.
TLDR: Tesla will not accept leased Fords as trade-ins.
Did you ever find out why both Tesla and Carmax do not want to deal with leased Ford vehicles? Were they buying out the lease? Lease end fees, early termination fees?
Traded in my 2015 Q50 a week ago today. They sat in the car, wrote the mileage down from the dash and that was it. They never started or drove the car, it was INSANE! I saw someone post of photo of their pickup from the same showroom 3 days later and the car was still parked where I left it. I've never experienced anything like it all my car buying years (approx 15 cars). Delivery was fast and easy. She had me look the car over, express and concerns, showed me the basics, signed 7 sheets of paper and we were on our way. The entire process probably took about 45 mins.
They're not going to look at your trade-in with a fine toothed comb. They're essentially just sending them all to auction and only really care about things like the odometer reading, and whether there's any major damage they weren't previously aware of. Most of the critical information is already gleaned via the VIN.
I traded in a 2013 Camaro LE last week, @Daddywolf said the guy just got in the car updated the mileage from what i originally reported and off it went... that was the most insane car-buying experience ever.