People put down deposits for every electric truck in development, leaving dealers in the lurch when they eventually cancel all but one - eviltoast
When an electric truck customer doesn't show up to pick up their order, dealer are left with a car that might be hard to sell to someone else.

People put down deposits for every electric truck in development, leaving dealers in the lurch when they eventually cancel all but one::When an electric truck customer doesn’t show up to pick up their order, dealer are left with a car that might be hard to sell to someone else.

  • kiddblur@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Underwater means that I owe more on the car than it’s worth. I bought it at $52K with a 15K downpayment, and at this point I owe $33K on it. Carvana estimates it’s worth $30K, so if I totaled it tomorrow, my insurance company would give me $30K, but then I’d be on the hook for the other $3,000. So gap insurance takes care of that. In fact, my gap policy says that if I total a car two years old or newer, they’ll pay it off and get me a brand new one as a replacement, and if it’s older than two years, they’ll get me one a year newer.

    So I’m paying $8/month for the peace of mind that I don’t have to worry about out owing money in the case of a crash.

    Obviously when I bought the car, I wasn’t expecting Tesla to drop the price so much and crater the used market