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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 😆
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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?
 

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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.
 

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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!
 

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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.
 

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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...
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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...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...:unsure:
 

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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...:unsure:
What a car to be stuck with though, eh?
 
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