[cjm_2013]

So I had a model 3 SR+ for about 60 hours. I fell in love.

Then gave it back, because no one knows what's going to happen, and it was by far the most sensible option.

Found this on my drive yesterday 😆

 

[cah197]

If he was a true friend he would have swapped it for a Tesla Flyer:

 

[Tandy0]

For a minute there, I thought he'd left you a dog & a miniature Mr Blobby.

 

[Rei]

So I had a model 3 SR+ for about 60 hours. I fell in love.

You mean you bought it and then returned it under the 7 day/1000 mile return policy?

What happens to those cars? They are used and can't be sold as new again, can't reset the odometer. Auction? Pre-owned on Tesla web site?

 

[cah197]

You mean you bought it and then returned it under the 7 day/1000 mile return policy?

What happens to those cars? They are used and can't be sold as new again, can't reset the odometer. Auction? Pre-owned on Tesla web site?

Tesla will probably list them on their inventory site with the relevant mileage eventually.

 

[Rei]

I heard you can't buy another similar car from them after you reject one, at least for a while. You could always look for it on the used Tesla site in a few months and get your partner to buy it cheap!

 

[cjm_2013]

You mean you bought it and then returned it under the 7 day/1000 mile return policy?

What happens to those cars? They are used and can't be sold as new again, can't reset the odometer. Auction? Pre-owned on Tesla web site?

Yep - as I didn't take it for a test drive, I was able to return it under their 7 day policy. And I felt awful for doing so.

And I will admit took a lot of willpower. It's one hell of a car. The reviews aren't wrong.

 

[cjm_2013]

For a minute there, I thought he'd left you a dog & a miniature Mr Blobby.

LOL!

 

[Rei]

Yep - as I didn't take it for a test drive, I was able to return it under their 7 day policy. And I felt awful for doing so.

And I will admit took a lot of willpower. It's one hell of a car. The reviews aren't wrong.

That's an interesting point. Is the policy suspended now? I mean if you got near it then it's potentially contaminated...

 

[cjm_2013]

That's an interesting point. Is the policy suspended now? I mean if you got near it then it's potentially contaminated...

I had an email from the staff saying "they'd see what they could do".

I am half tempted to ask if they can hold onto it for 6 months, but I doubt it'll hang around for that long. There will be a model 3 drought shortly, post factory closure.

 

[Rei]

I had an email from the staff saying "they'd see what they could do".

I am half tempted to ask if they can hold onto it for 6 months, but I doubt it'll hang around for that long. There will be a model 3 drought shortly, post factory closure.

You should definitely consult with them because I hear they ban you from buying another one if you return it. So is it still at your property? Because I think legally you would need to insure it and pay road tax if it wasn't £0 until they take it back.

 

[mikegs]

I mean if you got near it then it's potentially contaminated...

Covid19 only survives on surfaces for a limited time. Once the car's been parked up for a few days it'll be 'clean' anyway.

 

[cjm_2013]

You should definitely consult with them because I hear they ban you from buying another one if you return it. So is it still at your property? Because I think legally you would need to insure it and pay road tax if it wasn't £0 until they take it back.

I had advance warning of the lockdown so we drove it back to Bristol on Monday afternoon.

 

[Rei]

Covid19 only survives on surfaces for a limited time. Once the car's been parked up for a few days it'll be 'clean' anyway.

I dunno, the CDC published a report saying that they found RNA on surfaces of a cruise ship two weeks after everyone left.

 

[mikegs]

I dunno, the CDC published a report saying that they found RNA on surfaces of a cruise ship two weeks after everyone left.

Yes, fragments, not viable virus. This is perfectly normal as the virus 'decomposes' apparently. It takes a whole virus to be able to infect.

 

[Tim Ostler]

...we drove it back to Bristol on Monday afternoon.

You have my sincere sympathies!

In all honesty any grown-up financial advisor would probably have advised me to do the same thing when I got mine 6 months ago. But I didn't, and I'd lose so much on selling it in the current climate that it looks like I'm stuck with it, come hell or high water..!

Ah well...

 

[Geoff_S]

They will have built the occasional return loss into their margin.

 

[cjm_2013]

You have my sincere sympathies!

In all honesty any grown-up financial advisor would probably have advised me to do the same thing when I got mine 6 months ago. But I didn't, and I'd lose so much on selling it in the current climate that it looks like I'm stuck with it, come hell or high water..!

Ah well...

What a car to be stuck with though, eh?