Hi!
When this car was up for bid thru Insurance Auto Auction in Hawaii about 4-5 months ago, I inquired about it and spoke with the iaai manager who answered all my questions while he was at/in the car. It is indeed bricked. Will not take a charge at all. The previous owner sent them the charging cord, so they plugged it in correctly, per his instructions. They knew nothing about it, and assumed it was fine once plugged in. The dash still had a readout, but zero miles left on it. It will not accept a charge. The iaai manager told me it looked as though the owner hit a curb with the car, as one of the wheels were cracked. I then called and spoke with the tesla service manager in Hawaii, who told me this car has a salvage title from a previous accident here on the mainland (in oregon.) This is further backed by TEG's pic and the previous link. I did bid on the car but dropped out, as it went higher than I wanted to go. The high bidder went on to spend $25k on the car, plus buyer's fees and shipping back to CA. To ship it back to me all the way in NY, would have cost me 5-6k or so. Much more in total than I was willing to pay for a bricked roadster, with previous salvage history, and not knowing the extent of the previous damage, or being able to see any pic of such, until now. Had it been closer to me, I certainly would have gone and looked at it in person. But with the previous first accident history, and now a second accident with who knows the damage, and the $40k cost of a battery pack, I would not have spent that much on it. And you are right that this seller (on ebay, calls himself capitalonemotors, although he no association with capital one auto finance,) has had many salvaged roadsters over the last 5 years or so. He knows them very well indeed!
When this car was up for bid thru Insurance Auto Auction in Hawaii about 4-5 months ago, I inquired about it and spoke with the iaai manager who answered all my questions while he was at/in the car. It is indeed bricked. Will not take a charge at all. The previous owner sent them the charging cord, so they plugged it in correctly, per his instructions. They knew nothing about it, and assumed it was fine once plugged in. The dash still had a readout, but zero miles left on it. It will not accept a charge. The iaai manager told me it looked as though the owner hit a curb with the car, as one of the wheels were cracked. I then called and spoke with the tesla service manager in Hawaii, who told me this car has a salvage title from a previous accident here on the mainland (in oregon.) This is further backed by TEG's pic and the previous link. I did bid on the car but dropped out, as it went higher than I wanted to go. The high bidder went on to spend $25k on the car, plus buyer's fees and shipping back to CA. To ship it back to me all the way in NY, would have cost me 5-6k or so. Much more in total than I was willing to pay for a bricked roadster, with previous salvage history, and not knowing the extent of the previous damage, or being able to see any pic of such, until now. Had it been closer to me, I certainly would have gone and looked at it in person. But with the previous first accident history, and now a second accident with who knows the damage, and the $40k cost of a battery pack, I would not have spent that much on it. And you are right that this seller (on ebay, calls himself capitalonemotors, although he no association with capital one auto finance,) has had many salvaged roadsters over the last 5 years or so. He knows them very well indeed!
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