What to look for on cheap model 3?
What to look for on cheap model 3?
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OldGermanHeaps

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209 months

Anyone got a link to a good buyers guide for a cheap older model 3?

NDA

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256 months

This chap is very good

https://youtu.be/CuvoxVLF9kM

Gone fishing

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155 months

OldGermanHeaps said:
Anyone got a link to a good buyers guide for a cheap older model 3?
You’ve posted in the wrong sub forum, but this guide gives lots of detail

https://ev-inventory.com/guide/tesla-model-3-buyer...

The simple answer though is the earliest US built ones with the silver window trim don’t have heat pumps and aren’t well built

The ones after that are better, although some say the battery is prone to failure on the Long range

Then you have changes in 2022 which improved things again, like Rzyen screen, but then they dropped parking sensors. You also stand a chance of some Tesla warranty.unless you know what you’re looking at I’d start here.

And all will need suspension work at some point

A later standard range with LFP battery is nearly always a better buy than an earlier Long range for the same money as you’ll get more updates and other changes and possibly get one with some warranty