Bought used 23 MYP but found CARFAX minor damage report. What to do?

If you bought it pre owned from Tesla it comes with a warranty. I’d just be checking whatever that damage was to see if it’s fixed. What is the minor damage?

Yeah CARFAX shows minor damage.

Does CARFAX provide more details? Is minor damage, like, wheel rash? Or rock chips?

It doesn’t specify, unfortunately. Advisors said they have zero insight. :(

Damn. That's rough. Sorry mate. Personally, I'd try to reject and get matched to something else. But I'm a fairly risk adverse person. Best of luck!

Thanks for the opinion, g. 😢

Your options are pretty clearly in front of you. Take the vehicle as is, or walk away and lose the deposit. Which is better for you?

I’m trying to get the delivery fee and deposit transferred to a cleaner VIN. Wonder how this clown show will pan out. Stay tuned 😭🤣

In future, don’t commit to a car without knowing its VIN first.

Fair point. Did NOT anticipate Tesla to sell damaged vehicles as clean VINs. Pretty shady stuff. Ran the CARFAX after the fact.

Walk away. Always calculate what your buyer would consider should ever decide to sell.

I wouldn’t care about the deposit. I would ditch the car unless I was certain of the extent of the damage, certain that it was really minor, and certain that I was going to hold the car for so long that the minor damage wouldn’t affect future resale value very much.

I think that’s the problem. It’s going to impact future resale so you have to figure out if that’s already accounted for in the price you are paying.

My mistake when I bought a preowned was not taking screenshots of the listing before it vanished.

Love this logic. Well said.

Wheel rash and rock chips aren’t typically considered minor damage as carfax gets their info from the collision shop that fixes and reports it in the database. Most likely a fender bender, check the panels for misalignment and if anything looks off make a service appointment to get it fixed.

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