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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2012 and older / Re: taking stock of Zero motorcycle design flaws
« on: October 31, 2015, 01:27:44 AM »
So I tried very hard to take advantage of this offer. I own a 2010 S in excellent operating condition (I spent $1000 a year ago to have the factory replace the controller and motor brushes at about 3500 miles).
The trade-in credit is $5K toward a 2014 bike. Looks like my model fetches around $2500 here in the SF Bay area on Craigslist (people try to get more, but they stay listed until the price gets lowered toward $2500). So, at face value Zero is offering a premium of $2500 in order to take the old bike off the road.
Unfortunately, this $5K trade-in credit seems only to be in effect against the full MSRP (+ freight and dealer prep) - I have not been able to find a dealer willing to negotiate a lower price even though the 2014s are now 2 model years old with less attractive tires and breaks, and priced higher than the 2016s. So, the net price of the 2014 with program trade-in credit vs a 2016 selling my bike on Craigslist is about the same but I'd have a bike with considerably less value that the 2016.
I did find dealers with demo models (under 200 miles on the odometers) that were willing to deal on price, but Zero will not include these bikes in the program.
My conclusion - they don't really want for this program to work, its a PR effort. No problem with that, but I wasted time and effort following up on it. I'll probably buy at 2016 in a couple of years off Craigslist.
The trade-in credit is $5K toward a 2014 bike. Looks like my model fetches around $2500 here in the SF Bay area on Craigslist (people try to get more, but they stay listed until the price gets lowered toward $2500). So, at face value Zero is offering a premium of $2500 in order to take the old bike off the road.
Unfortunately, this $5K trade-in credit seems only to be in effect against the full MSRP (+ freight and dealer prep) - I have not been able to find a dealer willing to negotiate a lower price even though the 2014s are now 2 model years old with less attractive tires and breaks, and priced higher than the 2016s. So, the net price of the 2014 with program trade-in credit vs a 2016 selling my bike on Craigslist is about the same but I'd have a bike with considerably less value that the 2016.
I did find dealers with demo models (under 200 miles on the odometers) that were willing to deal on price, but Zero will not include these bikes in the program.
My conclusion - they don't really want for this program to work, its a PR effort. No problem with that, but I wasted time and effort following up on it. I'll probably buy at 2016 in a couple of years off Craigslist.