This week's EV bargain that I'm not buying

I've had this base white m3 ad saved since Jan/Feb when they were looking for a premium for immediate delivery, something like €48.9k.

its now a 232 zero mile car and not a 231, so I’m guessing it’s new and unregistered??

As a private ad, (with a tonne of tesla ad ‘guff’), this isn’t selling until it’s €40k at very very most.

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/tesla/model-3/used-2023-231-tesla-model-3-new-232-dublin-fpa-202209169829448

Even some of Tesla’s overpriced inventory cars are better value and you get some sort of delivery day experience

Definitely the same car, Parked on the same dull day in the same spot :)

He paid 52k for the car last September, I have texts with him refusing to budge from then. He really needs to cut his losses but he's very stubborn.

It's a model 3.

v interesting to hear it’s a real car anyway.

however, the car he’s selling has plates on it for sure, and can only be either 222 or 231 if he delayed collection.

As for the zero miles, assuming that’s still true, why decide to not even drive the car after taking delivery.

honestly, it’s bizarre. The only choice is to bite the bullet on the depreciation, or else keep it and drive it.

Most tesla drivers don’t seem to care, probably because the depreciation loss isn’t crystallised until the time comes to sell.

Remember the tesla CEO told the markets in 2019 that Tesla’s were ‘appreciating assets due to their self driving abilities’?

my sister has a €65k 212 M3 LR (no grant aid) on the 4.5% tesla/AIB finance, so she’ll be all in for about €69/70k once paid off over a 5 year plan.

that same no-option car is sold new for €49k today and hers has 80,000km and worth maybe €35k as a trade in. For now, she doesn’t seem to care less tbh :)

He was selling a white M3 before Christmas so he would have bought it for 53k. I know because I was selling a white M3 at the same time and we were both undercutting each other on price! I won! Or lost depending on how you look at it!

Whether this is the same car I'm not sure. I can't see the USS on the bumpers whereas the 2022 definitely had USS. Nut maybe they're there and the photo doesn't pick them up?

Agree she doesn’t care, until resale time.

that said, really what’s happening here that depreciation is now a thing again, especially for tesla with their lack of secondary dealer market.

its not much difference to what would’ve happened 6-8 years ago if she had a 2 year old €65k Audi a6 with 80,000km, albeit the price of the Audi wouldn’t randomly drop €15k.

being an early adopter always comes at a price. It’s the nature of the beast.

The e-Golf was overpriced compared to its ICE versions and selling in very small numbers prior to the €5K price drop. VW also needed to clear the decks to make way for the ID.3. e-Golf production then dragged on longer on a MK7.5 platform longer than anticipated due to several delays in launching the ID.3. Despite the €5K price cut, e-Golf residuals have held up really well considering it’s limited range.

I know it was not well received previously but the only way to mitigate the impact of the price drop is to keep buying Tesla, at least the cost of change won't be prohibitive

Been watching M3s for several weeks and used stock is moving but very slow. Have people got hit with depreciation so bad they are clinging onto a price? New M3 can be got for 42, and typical done deal used with 2020 plus minus a year with medium to high miles is 36-37k, making new one a no brainier.