Hello, new member here currently shopping for my very first Tesla. Had a chance to rent one from Hertz (they gave me a performance) and had a blast.
My budget is around $40k and looking to get the most "car" for the money so I've been looking around FB marketplace trying to price out the various one owner M3LR years for lowish (30k) mile samples. Would prefer to pay cash to avoid sales tax and all the other fees the dealers tack on.
Car 1: 2019 M3 LR AWD $33k
Car 2: 2020 M3 LR AWD $35.8k (from Tesla used site so add sales tax, lets say $39k OTD)
Car 3: 2021 M3 LR AWD $37-39k w/ Atom CPU - I think this has the 350+ mile battery?
Car 4: 2022 M3 LR - Might take a minor miracle to get this one at $40k, is it worth slightly stretching?
For the sake of argument, let's say these are equally specced cars: Is there sufficient justification to spend the extra $6k on the 2021-2022 models? Do you think there's a sweet spot between this price range? Which of these cars would you pick?
Also had a few questions:
- Does the newer heat pump perform worse in very hot weather? It gets super hot (110f+) where I live. I'm not too worried about heating performance but would prefer the strongest AC possible.
- Which year did Tesla switch to dual pane glass? The quietest interior possible is a big plus!
- Probably a silly question but would it be better to just wait out the new M3 at this point?
Thanks!
My budget is around $40k and looking to get the most "car" for the money so I've been looking around FB marketplace trying to price out the various one owner M3LR years for lowish (30k) mile samples. Would prefer to pay cash to avoid sales tax and all the other fees the dealers tack on.
Car 1: 2019 M3 LR AWD $33k
Car 2: 2020 M3 LR AWD $35.8k (from Tesla used site so add sales tax, lets say $39k OTD)
Car 3: 2021 M3 LR AWD $37-39k w/ Atom CPU - I think this has the 350+ mile battery?
Car 4: 2022 M3 LR - Might take a minor miracle to get this one at $40k, is it worth slightly stretching?
For the sake of argument, let's say these are equally specced cars: Is there sufficient justification to spend the extra $6k on the 2021-2022 models? Do you think there's a sweet spot between this price range? Which of these cars would you pick?
Also had a few questions:
- Does the newer heat pump perform worse in very hot weather? It gets super hot (110f+) where I live. I'm not too worried about heating performance but would prefer the strongest AC possible.
- Which year did Tesla switch to dual pane glass? The quietest interior possible is a big plus!
- Probably a silly question but would it be better to just wait out the new M3 at this point?
Thanks!