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Gruber shows a new $2M “bid” on the three “zero-mile” Chinese Roadsters; the “deadline” for “bidding” has been extended to “midnight” (no time zone given…) June 2nd, 2023. Meanwhile, in regular-land: #552 (5YJRE1A19A1000522) listed on Gruber in Santa Barbara, CA, asking $135k. Twilight Blue...

If it seems too good to be true… it’s probably a [listing error or scam]. Photos and description of the Electric Blue one, (supposedly #68) are lifted from the sale of #203 on BaT in 2020: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2008-tesla-roadster-4/ Thunder Grey says in its description it’s sig100...

Oh, come on: PA to SR is 50 miles - you can have AAA tow it there and back for free if you can’t be bothered to drive! (Way to perpetuate the stereotype of the soft, spoiled, entitled Californian. 😝) The distance and drive time are less of an issue than Tesla not adequately provisioning their...

#721 on BaT: 6k-Mile 2010 Tesla Roadster 2.0 Sport 5YJRE1A32A1000721 Radiant Red over Tan 53-kWh Battery Pack (CAC: 152.96) Color-matched Hard Top & Soft Top Clean CarFax Last seen here in Nov 2020 asking $59,999

Small update after speaking with Daniel, the new Service Advisor at the San Rafael SC (who is, by the by, a super awesome and helpful guy). Tl;dr: San Rafael is now the only first-party NorCal Tesla Service Center with a Roadster technician. They’re a bit overwhelmed/under-resourced, but still...

@TEG My bad! #691, not #651. (I tried! Even downloaded Copart’s highest-res photos - still, even with those, it was pretty hard to read; see below. Squinting at it now, it’s definitely, probably, maybe 691.)

Don’t know the story (fire AND flood damage), but #651 (5YJRE1A1XA1000651) popped up three days ago on Copart in Florida: https://www.copart.com/lot/61960422/2010-tesla-roadster-fl-punta-gorda-south

Google Maps says the San Rafael service center has been permanently closed. :-(

It’s coming together! I definitely jumped the gun a bit by starting the conversation in April(!), but I’ve heard from a ton of Roadster owners - more than I suspected were still active in CA - over the last few months, and I’m excited. It’s time now to get a bit more precise of a headcount and...

Congratulations to you @chrisro - and to the whole community that stands to benefit from your work. I can’t imagine a more welcome third-party contribution to the future of these cars! Can you go into some more detail on your packs? - How many do you expect to make, and what will the...

First owned by Michael Balzary - better known as Flea, the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Not sure that added much to the selling price, but it’s a unique provenance. Other than that, mostly unremarkable: non-R80, moderate CAC (142.81), moderate mileage (20k mi), 3 owners, minor scuffs...

Extrapolating from the Plug In America survey data, should be around 150 ideal miles in standard; 175-200 in range mode. Not bad!

Lots of fun anecdotes in this, but the lede was a *bit* buried: MEDLOCK AND SONS OPENING A SECOND LOCATION IN SF BAY AREA! Excited for Carl and his family! (also, selfishly!) (Carl, I’m sure you’ve had a fair bit of this already, but if there’s anything I can do to help you get open - having...

Well, that was quick! - The Takeover will now have a special showcase area just for Roadsters! They've made a google form for those who are interested in participating, so they can allocate space accordingly: Original Tesla Roadster Showcase Note that separate registration for TOCT will still...

Had the idea this morning and emailed the event organizers with an outline of the above. They’re already advertising the presence of “Original Roadsters” as a main attraction, so I’m sure if there’s a good number of us there, they’ll find a way to feature us - especially if we have a good handle...

Starting a thread to gauge interest in a group drive to TOCT in San Luis Obispo in early August. I know a bunch of Roadster owners are planning to attend - and there’s probably many more in a drivable radius who may not be aware of the event! Plan would be for Bay Area roadsters to meet up in...

A useful thread from 2015 on pump replacement: Replacing ESS coolant pump in a Roadster 1.5 (Bosch pump# 0 392 022 002)

An embarrassment of interesting roadsters have been popping up at auction! Sounds like SFZRE2B31A3000436 will auctioned at Bonhams’ Les Grandes Marques du Monde in Paris on Feb 3rd. If that’s not an immediately familiar vin, it’s the orange Tag Heuer car which 7-time F1 champion Michael...

You can get them most anywhere - on eBay and at auto parts stores, for example - since they were used by Opel, Vauxhall… heck, even GM. HOWEVER! A bit of caution is warranted in doing so, as there are (according to SKF) quite a few counterfeits of their bearings in circulation...

Might save some time to ship a bearing assembly (or 4) to Jack ASAP for him to get specs from and build yours; that way Carl could do a quicker turnaround. The SKF VKBA 3651 (Opel/Vauxhall/Roadster bearing assembly with ABS sensor) is pretty easy to find and not terribly expensive; $100-150...

Talked to Kyle on the phone last month to offer my '08; sounds like he's got a few options, but is ideally looking for someone in the Illinois, Michigan, or Indiana area to save on transport costs. He may have found someone in the interim - how's the search going, @Car_Museum?

Would love to know what difference it makes in range and 0-60 time - when are you having them done? Is Jack repacking the old bearing, or fabricating a whole new one?

[Reposting for visibility, from an email sent to Roadster Owners earlier today] We are restocking all our Roadster parts after the fire. There are a few Roadster items that we were fortunate to collect over the years which helped us service your vehicles that are not off-the-shelf...

Yes; 6 in the 2017 fire, 28 in the latest, if we assume all the “Fire” cars in that registry are from the Gruber fires and not other incidents. The 10 cars now known to have burned that weren’t already suspected are 139, 141, 231, 556, 781, 853, 985, 1048, 1311, and 1448. Their registry also...

Feels like this community could use some cheering up. At a certain point in my career, I read my industry’s equivalent of this forum every. single. day. Eventually, I realized it wasn’t necessary to keep on top of every single happening: I’d more or less seen everything, and if anything truly...

As one data point, Tesla currently has approximately 500 Service Centers - some of which have been operating for over a decade without any major incidents. If you want a strong EV aftermarket, with right-to-repair and any degree of choice when it comes to who works on your vehicles, public...

Tires are still inflated; clearly it worked as intended! (Tragic though your loss may be, it’s mildly reassuring for those of us with less vibrant get-ups: if Lightning Green doesn’t get someone to look up from their phone, I can’t imagine what would have.) Best wishes, @drewski! Take it easy...

Sounds like it’s possible you may still be able to ask them to keep your old pack, and/or palletize it to ship to Carl at his expense - worth asking!

Narrator: A building occupied by my company that specifically repairs rare, expensive, highly combustible, delicate, complex vehicles burns with a bunch of my customers’ rare vehicles inside. Now, should I install sprinklers in my next building? Take the number of customers, A, multiply by the...

1. Search for "Tesla roadster" Of note: Carl Medlock (CM_007 on here, AESolutions on BAT) sold US221 with a CAC of 149, 43k miles, hard and soft tops, and a rebuilt PEM on Bring a Trailer in August 2019 for 40k. He's a pretty sharp guy, and he set the reserve price on that auction. There's...

How many are "on the road" is becoming a complex question. Broadly speaking, the more they appreciate, the more sense it makes to fix and restore bricked and wrecked roadsters. Spare parts aren't infinitely valuable - eventually they're worth manufacturing, however complex they may be. As...

...looks like 20.37V? And above that, 29.34V.

While those abandoned sheets were almost certainly burned up, I don't think many of the corresponding roadsters were in that building, though some may have been. These are most likely dead sheets; some other sheets in that same enclosure were marked with "zero volts" and "dead brick 2". In...

I don’t want the following to sound like a guess at what was going on at Gruber - it isn’t. However, I’m a pessimist - and faced with a suspicious fire like this, I can’t help but imagine a worst-case scenario: a Ponzi Scheme. Hypothetically, if an unscrupulous business were to set out to make...

For those keeping score at home, Roadsters confirmed lost (source) US27 Glacier Blue (Gruber, YouTube comment) US227 Twilight Blue (Owner, TMC) - was outside in gjeebs video US393 Arctic White (TEG, TMC) US423 Sterling Silver (TEG, TMC) US464 Black (TEG, TMC) US516 Electric Blue (DeedWest, TMC)...

VIN 1222 (5YJRE1A10B1001222, 2011 Roadster 2.5, Electric Blue with Black/Gray/Yellow Leather interior) listed on Gruber Motors in Ocean Ridge, FL. 13,723 miles, 189mi range @ 85% Includes hard top and convertible soft top, factory premium infotainment system with backup camera, CAN JR. Asking...

VIN 306 (5YJRE11BX81000306, 2008 Roadster 1.5, Obsidian Black with Black/Red Diamond Quilted Leather Interior) listed on eBay in La Jolla, CA. Buy It Now price of 149,999.99 139,999.99 54,490 miles, three owners (WA 2009-2015, WA 2015-2017, CA 2017-2021), clean title, no accidents. Includes...

The recent loss of a large number of Roadsters has caused many of us to reflect on the value of our Roadsters. I suspect we might all have different answers to some fundamental questions: Will the average Roadster continue to appreciate in value? At what point should a damaged roadster be...

I was just quoting Gruber in his video; he may have been speaking loosely. Do you happen to know who rebuilt it? Were the replacement panels 100% prepreg, or a composite sandwich (as with the originals)? Was there a weight difference? Who has those molds now?

Yes; 1124 was rebuilt with a visible carbon overlay on the body panels after being totaled. (It was originally "Maroon" according to Gruber's video.)

By my rough count, there were 26, maybe 28 cars visible onsite in the Gjeebs video filmed several days before the fire: 4 or 5 Glacier Blue (27, 540, ???, ???, ?) 4 Twilight Blue (227, 545, 581, ???) 4 Arctic White (393, ???, ???, ???) 3 or 4 “Black” (464, ???, ???, ?) 3 Thunder Gray (1157...

@Zak Congrats! Which SC did the install? Can you go into more detail on the “getting the right parts to the right place” delays?

Ok, so far: Roadsters confirmed lost (source): 27 (Gruber, YouTube comment) 227 (Owner, TMC) 393 (TEG, TMC) 464 (TEG, TMC) 516 Electric Blue (DeedWest, TMC) 540 Glacier Blue (DeedWest, TMC) 545 Twilight Blue (Owner, TMC) 581 Twilight Blue (TEG) 1125 (TEG) 1157 Thunder Gray (DeedWest, TMC) 1196...

Does anyone know which VINs were lost in the most recent fire at Gruber? Pete said he’d reached out to all those whose cars had burned, as well as those with cars onsite; don’t know if he’s reached out to PEM owners or those with other components on-site - I’m assuming each burnt-up PEMs will...

Yes, it’s the PPF. (It’s noted in the “Known Flaws” section and discussed by the owner in the comments.)

Sounds like we should all team up and strip it down to a bare carcass - er, chassis! 🤣 Dibs on the car cover! We would have to outbid iamsuperchris, though - and from the way he’s been bidding, looks like he’s hellbent on adding another to his stable. (Between this and #861, man's clearly a...

VIN 1172 (5YJRE1A10B1001172, 2011 Tesla Roadster 2.5, Jet Black w/ Dark Gray Interior) listed on Cars and Bids in San Mateo, CA. 46951 Miles, two owners, clean title, Gruber-rebuilt PEM and 12v relocation, factory 10-way adjustable suspension. Includes j1772, 220v and 110v chargers, exposed...

Question for those who have undergone 3.0 upgrades (2021 and earlier): did it only include battery, PEM, and firmware modifications, or did it also include the retrofit aero kit and rolling resistance improvements described in the initial 3.0 announcement? Were either of the latter ever...

Oops: make that two/three owners: original owner from 2009-2021, then sold and registered in July 2021, then listed for auction in August 2021, and presumably bought by current selling dealer. Carfax here.

VIN 304 (5YJRE11B681000304, 2008 Roadster w/ July 2021 R80 upgrade, Twilight Blue over gray leather) listed for auction on Cars and Bids by dealer in Florida. One owner, 12,936 miles, auction ending 9/14/21. https://carsandbids.com/auctions/35nZeJoZ/2008-tesla-roadster