My Tesla Used Inventory Buying Experience

[dmsims]

Run, run as fast as you can .........

[EddieSteadyGo]

Dave Hedgehog said:

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Now if I believed the press the iPace was supposed to be fun and also very fast. Yet i found it utterly boring and it felt so slow compared to my a45 or the base model 3....

The i-pace is fun, and more than fast enough to keep up with an A45, up to around 80 mph at least. I suspect you had the car in eco mode.

[MuscleSaloon]

Who would have thought it - committing to buy a used vehicle unseen goes pear shaped !

However much sellers and buyers of vehicles want it to be it is not, never has, nor ever will be like going to Tesco for some groceries.

[SWoll]

If you're buying a 10 year old car from a back street dealer than I totally agree.

Buying a 3 year old car in this way from the manufacturers official used network should be pain free and the kind of issues the OP has faced are unacceptable.

[oop north]

EddieSteadyGo said:

The i-pace is fun, and more than fast enough to keep up with an A45, up to around 80 mph at least. I suspect you had the car in eco mode.

IPace is 0.8s faster to 60 than base model 3 so something was wrong.

[Olas]

Goods not as described. Full refund.

[Dave Hedgehog]

EddieSteadyGo said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

<snip>
Now if I believed the press the iPace was supposed to be fun and also very fast. Yet i found it utterly boring and it felt so slow compared to my a45 or the base model 3....

The i-pace is fun, and more than fast enough to keep up with an A45, up to around 80 mph at least. I suspect you had the car in eco mode.

Nope, a great distance cruiser but very soft suspensioned, and dull to drive IMO

The avg jag buyer may thing it’s sporty but then the avg jag buyer is 80 lol

[T-195]

Dave Hedgehog said:

The avg jag buyer may thing it’s sporty but then the avg jag buyer is 80 lol

At least Jag have buyers lol.

[EddieSteadyGo]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Nope, a great distance cruiser but very soft suspensioned, and dull to drive IMO

The avg jag buyer may thing it’s sporty but then the avg jag buyer is 80 lol

You said it was slow. Slower than A45 and a standard Model 3. It isn't. So don't be surprised if people question matters related to your opinion when you don't get the factual parts right first.

[Pooh]

T-195 said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

The avg jag buyer may thing it’s sporty but then the avg jag buyer is 80 lol

At least Jag have buyers lol.

Tesla have more.

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/08/tesla-outsold...

[Jasper3.0]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Nope, a great distance cruiser but very soft suspensioned, and dull to drive IMO

The avg jag buyer may thing it’s sporty but then the avg jag buyer is 80 lol

I’m not 80 how dare you young man........

I think you must have had the ipace in eco! There is a recall for the transition from regen to steels. Mine did the dodgy transition once.

[oop north]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Nope, a great distance cruiser but very soft suspensioned, and dull to drive IMO

The avg jag buyer may thing it’s sporty but then the avg jag buyer is 80 lol

We 80-year olds have learned that rock hard crashy (aka rubbish) suspension is for young oiks not gentlemen

[Heres Johnny]

Bit late to this thread, but it’s a well known issue regarding Teslas used sales approach. There are two things at play here, the first is Tesla don’t have a traditional certified pre owned or approved used standard, they mechanically inspect and that’s about it. The second is the photo approach only, now if you’re not going to refurb a car, a physical inspection becomes much more important because of these issues.

Their pricing approach is lucky dip too, with cars listed high and then just drop the price daily with no great sense of market value, it’s not uncommon to have higher spec cars listed for less than lower spec ones.

Did you just use the Tesla website? Tesla-info.com gives you the history amongst other things and you see patterns like this where it looks like the car was sold, then a week or so relisted, it’s not uncommon and I’d be suspicious on this one if buying

[anonymous-user]

oop north said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

Nope, a great distance cruiser but very soft suspensioned, and dull to drive IMO

The avg jag buyer may thing it’s sporty but then the avg jag buyer is 80 lol

We 80-year olds have learned that rock hard crashy (aka rubbish) suspension is for young oiks not gentlemen

And Jaguar owners have learned that you can have a good ride and great handling too, something that’s eluded the Germans so far.

I’m starting to think that Dave Hedgehog is actually a hedgehog............

[T-195]

Pooh said:

T-195 said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

The avg jag buyer may thing it’s sporty but then the avg jag buyer is 80 lol

At least Jag have buyers lol.

Tesla have more.

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/08/tesla-outsold...

Not in the UK they don't.

[T-195]

REALIST123 said:

oop north said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

Nope, a great distance cruiser but very soft suspensioned, and dull to drive IMO

The avg jag buyer may thing it’s sporty but then the avg jag buyer is 80 lol

We 80-year olds have learned that rock hard crashy (aka rubbish) suspension is for young oiks not gentlemen

And Jaguar owners have learned that you can have a good ride and great handling too, something that’s eluded the Germans so far.

I’m starting to think that Dave Hedgehog is actually a hedgehog............

Yes, a dull repmobile with a rockhard suspension, that looks like a Hatchback but isn't.

Where do I sign?

[jjwilde]

T-195 said:

Not in the UK they don't.

What? Tesla don't have UK buyers? Do you know the Model3 numbers?

[Pooh]

T-195 said:

Pooh said:

T-195 said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

The avg jag buyer may thing it’s sporty but then the avg jag buyer is 80 lol

At least Jag have buyers lol.

Tesla have more.

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/08/tesla-outsold...

Not in the UK they don't.

You didn't specify UK sales and global sales are far more important.

[jjwilde]

Pooh said:

You didn't specify UK sales and global sales are far more important.

We don't know the Model3 sales yet, and with the 0% BIK I'm assuming they are going to get big fast. Jag has no charging network making it a nightmare for long journeys as shown by numerous youtubers.

[ntiz]

Here we go again with the Tesla war!

This experience perfectly shows how I find Tesla. Quite disappointing and difficult to deal with but then go to great lengths to make it up to you.

Ultimately I find it leaves a bad taste having to strong arm them to do things that should have been right in the first place.

Does anyone else find having to book service appointments with the app really rubbish? It has taken me 4 days to sort out getting some work done that could have been done in 10 mins over the phone. But the service centres don’t take incoming calls of any kind anymore.

Bloody stupid.