Bob Z.

I agree - put it in the Marketplace here as well as 6speedonline.com. There are always people looking and if you have a good history on the car, are up to date on the maintenance and have taken care of it cosmetically you will get more than the trade, even after considering the tax savings when trading. Besides, what do you to lose?! Post a link to your ad when you get it up.

ryandarr1979

To be clear, I will not trade my car to Tesla, and I’ll provide the same answer to you that I provided Tesla. I won’t give a company that lowballed me that offensively, my business. Why not sell private party? Maybe I will. I don’t want to get hit with 6.25% sales tax on a $100k+ car if I don’t have to but given Tesla is offering me $30k+ less on a trade than others, I won’t be buying a car from them.

c615586

Ok. Then why start an entire thread about this? There are a bunch of well meaning folks on here offering you ideas.

Angry about trade in offer, no Tesla for you. Ever. Got it. Thanks.

ryandarr1979

I may put it up for private party. It’s well maintained, and has been garaged since new. To clarify, I wasn’t really looking for advice on how to sell my car or where to sell it. I sold cars as a profession for 5 years (00-05) and have sold many many cars private party. I posted mainly to vent about being lowballed by Tesla. My previous 911 (‘18 Carrera 4S Coupe 7MT), I traded in a year old for $115k and the dealer sold it for $125k, and this GTS is a nicer car than that was.

SeeForce

Ok. I'll give you $76M.

ryandarr1979

Well, I never asked for advice, despite well-meaning people insisting on giving it, and I guess you’re saying that we’re only allowed to post asking for advice. No, you’re right. I’ll let you guys get back to your regularly scheduled programming on whether or not to order deviated stitching on your 992.

ryandarr1979

Well, hell, for that price, I’ll take two.

Bryan Simmons

That’s what you get for trying to trade a Porsche in for a Tesla?!?!?!? Gross.

ddodds

Why do people get so emotional when given low ball offers? If you don't like the deal negotiate a better one or move on. When I negotiate with a dealer, I always start with a low ball offer. Dealer usually scoffs a bit at first and if we don't progress, I move on to the next one. Plenty of Porsche dealers out there that would love to buy your car. If you want top $, sell privately. I'm not a big fan of paying sales tax either but sometimes that's the cost of doing business. Here in beautiful taxifornia I pay 9.5%. Ouch!

Jack F

No one wants to take another car in on trade. The market is quite saturated. Dealer lots are FULL? One Audi in town has 349 cars. New! That’s likely 15M in inventory. Not a horrible time to buy. 10% off MSRP should be a given. Porsche might take 20% on a highly optioned car.

NiteJav

Manheim data for 2018 GTS (recent data from May) is showing GTS cars trading hands in the high 90's low 100's. Let alone a 2019.

Spyerx

Dealers won’t offer Mannheim mrr. They have to hedge the downside and auction volume is very low right now. Offer is in line with a non marque dealer.

Do this. Call a few Porsche dealers and ask them what they’d offer. Got to a local dealer or 2. Check carvanna. That will give you a range. Private party is more. But. Drama and work.

Ira Blumberg

In the past, Tesla has been willing to match or beat Carmax and similar corporate buyers. You might want to see if you can get a decent offer from one of them and then take it back to Tesla.

I certainly feel your pain. I tried trading my low mileage (8K) 2017 C4GTS for a Tesla S about 9 months ago and Tesla offered me $85K which was at least $15k too low. My local Carmax insulted me even worse so I still have my GTS and in hindsight I'm happy about it.

SH2

I assume you’re referring the the dealer in Dedham, MA. You could act as the “middle man” and work out a price with Prime Porsche down the street with an out right purchase of your vehicle then arrange your trade with Tesla with Prime purchasing your GTS from them.

ryandarr1979

If I wanted to wholesale the car, yes, but at that point, I’m lower than even trade in value. At that point, I’d just sell private party. There are less than 10 2019 Carrera GTS in the whole country posted on cars.com and only 3 manual transmission cars. Autotrader has more posted, like 25, but less than 10 manuals. It’s not like there are a ton of these cars on lots, and no, dealers actually aren’t swimming in cars. Porsche dealers across the country do not have a massive inventory. If anything, inventories are running low, not high, since factories were closed for an extended time. If I decide to trade towards a non-Porsche, I may see if Norwell will sell on consignment but right now, I’m leaning toward trading for a Spyder or just keeping my GTS.