Received text today to select collection day and time. Collecting 4th Sept from Glasgow. M3LR blue/black ordered 10th July. Direct purchase.
Disappointed with the Tesla trade-in valuation. Online estimates over £3k more, though I realise the final value will be less but should still be substantially more.
Same here. I can get £4K more selling elsewhere!
I had the same issue, Tesla’s trade-in valuation was crap, so I sold through motorway.co.uk who got me £5k more. It was a really simple process, definitely glad I did it rather than accepting Tesla’s pitiful valuation.
It's crazy the prices just now, I'm 19 months into a PCP which would normally be an absolute no go for changing without a big loss. But i'm looking at about a £2k profit so i'd be mad to not change right now.
Hahah same story as you all, and I'm quite happy to share figures for people wanting to know.
Golf R MK 7.5 2018 reg, 3 years into a 4 year PCP, purchased new. Lapiz blue and Pretoria wheels, so a desired spec.
Was itching to upgrade to a Model 3 and thought, eh, just one more year. That's until someone on reddit pointed at the fact that Golf R's were currently going for £25-28k on the used market... safe to say, I went and test drove a model 3 pretty sharp-ish, knowing the market wouldn't stay this inflated for long.
After the test drive, wanted to place an order. Spoke to the advisor (as he was quite a petrol head) and he knew before doing the Tesla valuation that I should sell privately as I'd get more and advised
not to go with the Tesla trade in. Tesla offered me £22k, privately I bagged £25k within an hour (as my car had around ~£1500 worth of damage, I maybe could have pushed £26k). PCP was just under £18k, so they settled the finance with VW Finance and paid me the rest, pocketed £7k in equity out of the transaction. Absolutely mind blown that the market was so mental that I was able to do that. Didn't take the keys until they'd paid me and VW Finance and sent through confirmation.
All in, that Golf R cost me around £3k to put 20k amazingly fun miles on it, as I got a damn good deal on it when I bought it.
Funny thing is, I bought it through CarWow three years ago and they had just released a new selling thing called Wizzle the weekend I decided to sell. Painless and managed to get £3k more selling privately. Sure there is a bit more paper work and hassle, but it was well worth it for pocketing an extra £3k.
Godsmacked, defo not expecting to be able to do that with the Model 3, as I'd expect the insane used market to have settled down by then for the Model 3. I mean, the M3 has currently
appreciated in value, so no way that is going to last.