Just got my new trade in offer for my M3, last month it was $33,300. Now they offer $30,400 my odometer only went up ~1,000 miles.
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Just got my new trade in offer for my M3, last month it was $33,300. Now they offer $30,400 my odometer only went up ~1,000 miles.
That's not encouraging. I my SR+ offer will expiry by end of this month. I have zero idea of delivery schedule or VIN or MVPA since mid July. if they knock mine back by a few thousand dollars I will not be happy since the original offer was already extremely lowballed due to the $13000 incentives in my province.
Exactly.
I know cars will depreciate over time and I expected to get a slightly lower offer after 30 days but $2,900?!
Check Carvana too, as I just had a GREAT experience with them and I got over $37K for my SR+ without AP.
Completed my order for Model Y today. My trade-in offer from Tesla is $34,600 for a Blue LR RWD with 47,000 miles and aftermarket Tesline wheels. It was higher than vroom's $34,500 (initially $34,000 but they increased it 2 days after the original offer) or Carvana's $31581. In addition, by having Tesla take it as a trade-in I save $2595 in sales tax (7.5% x 34600) since I only pay sales tax on the difference between sale price and trade-in allowance. Tesla's trade-in offer was good until Sept 12th. The other offers were only good for a couple days.
Mine is 2018 Blue LR RWD with EAP and 19" wheels, no aftermarket accessories, 27,000 miles. I get 30,400 from them?!
At this point I feel like they see I already completed my delivery steps with loan etc, they're trying to lowball me with my trade in and think I will just take it.
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I was curious and did a search. There appears to be a bit of speculation as to what that means. But I found this article - Elon Musk ordered Tesla engineers to stop doing a critical brake test on Model 3s and the quotes from Tesla seem to me to indicate it simply means the vehicle is done, including any repair, and "out of the gate".
The employee Business Insider spoke with said the factory-gate distinction is important. They said it means the company most likely reached its goal by finishing cars that had already been through the production line the previous week but were held back for rework, then readying them for factory gating.
Arnold disputed that notion, saying Tesla has been consistent in how it reports its numbers.
He said: "A small number of cars are built during a week but factory-gated the following week, just as a small number of cars built the prior week may not be factory-gated until the following week. Both of those points are true for this last week of production, just as it is true every week. We are reporting our production numbers the same way as we always have."
Arnold disputed that notion, saying Tesla has been consistent in how it reports its numbers.
He said: "A small number of cars are built during a week but factory-gated the following week, just as a small number of cars built the prior week may not be factory-gated until the following week. Both of those points are true for this last week of production, just as it is true every week. We are reporting our production numbers the same way as we always have."
sick offer! That is several thousands more than my 2019 SR+ Blue, 18's + FSD only 18000 miles that Tesla offered me. In Quebec they play low ball because of the huge $13000 incentives and they know you save a huge portion of the 15% sales tax on trade-in.
Thanks, I still don't really get it and understand if it's a bad thing or what. They just called and said I can pick it up this Saturday, fingers crossed!
In the Tesla Model S Forum I found a posting that said that "Factory Gated" means that the car has finished production and is ready for transport.
“Factory Gated” - Post COVID production restart
This article is FUD. Most OEMs die the brake roll test so they don’t have to test drive to confirm setup. During the time the article written Tesla was test driving all Model 3s. The brake roll test was a simulation that was redundant. www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/2018-tesla-model-3-brake-roll-test/
What about the sudden acceleration issues Toyota had? Hope they’re fully resolved.
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It's not ideal, but pretty much anywhere you can walk into a dealership and walk out with a car the same day. They still have over 2 weeks to get that settled. Plenty of time, IMO. Even for the few states that require insurance on that specific VIN.
