Yea dude I think you're 100% right on this. I've been there and done it, trading in is the easy route even if I take a bit of a hair cut, when you net out the time I would have spent haggling I come out ahead. No argument there.
I have no idea what you're talking about - this was directed at the CarMax's and Carvana's and other dealerships of the world. I never suggested that Tesla should over any amount whatsoever for any product.
My observation is that any automotive interest that takes in vehicles on trade in...
It made me think of developing a new platform, where instead of getting raped for trade-in value your car to some faceless company that's just going to turn around and resell your asset for a ton of markup, you could sell it to a true fan for maybe 1-2% above what you were going to get on...
Yeah, I almost want to set up a pop-up tent in front of the Tesla dealership With a sign that says, "I will buy your Cyber Truck." Or maybe, "I'll beat your trade-in by a hundred dollars, and I'll take you out to a great dinner," 😂
That was the problem. If I had to say there was any problem with it, it's the truck was wrapped already, so I was going to have to spend money to unwrap it and then re-wrap it. Still, what a deal, and it just slipped right through my fingers. It's literally my dream vehicle and I lost it because...
Bro it was brand f'n new. Maybe 1300 miles. He had it wrapped as a billboard for his company, and he would use it occasionally for parking lot events and stuff.
He sent me the Carvana screenshot and then the Tesla Website that showed them pricing out now at $80,000 So he figured it wasn't such...
I actually think they strip all of that out when you trade it in, but I'm not quite sure. I do tend to buy used vehicles just so I don't take the depreciation kick. So I know if I buy it private party, then FSD rolls with the vehicle, but I don't know if I buy it through Tesla, if they strip it...
Ideally, I would love a Cyber Beast, but at the very minimum, I will need a dual motor. I live in Merritt Island, Florida, but I will travel nationwide for the right one. My buddy just traded a dual motor Foundation Series with FSD in the other day, and they gave him only $61,000 for it. It...