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Originally Posted by JST
Only on the wholesale side. The retail residuals are pretty easy to see.
Honestly, this is a problem from a "Tesla isn't playing like the rest of the industry is" standpoint more than anything. Can you easily trade a Tesla in on another brand of car? Eh, probably not. Would you want to? I doubt many Tesla owners are that concerned.
There is some fuckery going on at Tesla about their CPO program, which weirdly ebbs and flows I think in part to drive demand to new cars at strategic times. But while that's personally frustrating (all I want is a 2014 P85, goddamnit), it's not the end of the world.
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But to many, the idea that they can't just trade in their 3 year old Tesla at the BMW dealer - at least without taking a financial - bath is problematic. Most people who can afford a new Model S are not really inclined to sell their car via private sale.