Abandoned Model S at Huebner Oaks San Antonio, TX Supercharger

Saw this at the San Antonio I-10 Supercharger and it just about made me cry... Almost the exact car I have on order except it isn't a Plaid. Story is that it was abandoned somewhere and they had a wreaker bring it over to charge but couldn't unplug since they didn't have a key. Tesla Power technicians had to cut off the charging cable and contacted the owner registered to the VIN. Owner said to have it towed to the nearest service center. Got to be more to this story...

The damage to the passenger rear wheel and rim looked bad.

The dirt was so thick that some of the Tesla owners charging there decided to draw on it...

 

[Martin VanB]

My guess... international spy. Was being chased by the opposing agents, but running low on battery. Stopped for charging and a shootout.

During the gun fight, someone lobbed a grenade. The explosion threw a large amount of soil into the air, which covered the car.

Ultimately, the spy was captured and hauled away in a van with no windows and fake plates. Fortunately spies are very wealthy, because now he owes many thousands in idle fees... which he will gladly pay if he survives the waterboarding.

Hopefully, even under truth serum, he doesn't give up the location of the next gigafactory to the GM torturers.

This 100%!

 

[AMPd]

My guess... international spy. Was being chased by the opposing agents, but running low on battery. Stopped for charging and a shootout.

During the gun fight, someone lobbed a grenade. The explosion threw a large amount of soil into the air, which covered the car.

Ultimately, the spy was captured and hauled away in a van with no windows and fake plates. Fortunately spies are very wealthy, because now he owes many thousands in idle fees... which he will gladly pay if he survives the waterboarding.

Hopefully, even under truth serum, he doesn't give up the location of the next gigafactory to the GM torturers.

This is real? I saw this movie, I thought it was bulls***!

-Christofah Moltisanti

 

[thesmokingman]

That is strange for the US. If this was Dubai, it'd be pretty normal with the amount of abandoned cars there like litter.


It's kind of surprising though no tried to claim the abandoned car, that is from the registered owner who clearly doesn't give a five about it.

 

[Sanderpman12]

Yeah someone should stay posted on this mystery

 

[Mdsbrain]

Anyone catch the VIN? That would allow loads of internet digging for clues.

 

[Watts 4 Me]

Correct. Also it show an indication that the poster is interested in the thread. EG.... not a dead thread...

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All you have to do is press the red Watch button on top of the tread and it will subscribe you.

 

[Gadget-X]

True, but OP may not know that others are following and looking for more info....

 

[Alex Philips]

Anyone catch the VIN? That would allow loads of internet digging for clues.

You know, I look at the VIN but didn't take a picture... it was in the 430,XXX range...

 

[Alex Philips]

I’ll make a guess. Car was stolen somehow, without the fob (maybe a hack like using one of those 2-way amplifiers seen in Europe that relay the fob signal over an extended distance or it was just left unlocked close enough to a fob).

Car will continue driving without a fob once started.

Pulled in to get a charge.

Car has to be put into park to charge, which meant it couldn’t be driven again without the fob.

If they closed the doors, it would lock. Sat there long enough to discharge completely…

Not that far fetched…

Or it was the martians from that Berlin rave ;-)

Very plausible, but I was also at that Supercharger on Saturday on my way into San Antonio and it wasn't there. Got there either on Sunday or Monday early...

 

[Alex Philips]

My guess... international spy. Was being chased by the opposing agents, but running low on battery. Stopped for charging and a shootout.

During the gun fight, someone lobbed a grenade. The explosion threw a large amount of soil into the air, which covered the car.

Ultimately, the spy was captured and hauled away in a van with no windows and fake plates. Fortunately spies are very wealthy, because now he owes many thousands in idle fees... which he will gladly pay if he survives the waterboarding.

Hopefully, even under truth serum, he doesn't give up the location of the next gigafactory to the GM torturers.

Hahahaha, that is awesome! I'm going with it!

 

[Alex Philips]

I did a bit more digging and got on the Facebook Tesla Owners of San Antonio Texas group and found some where some other people were posting about it. Looks like it was being driven by a prisoner and was impounded!

License: RKD 5390
VIN: 5YJSA1E50MF430523

 

[AMPd]

I did a bit more digging and got on the Facebook Tesla Owners of San Antonio Texas group and found some where some other people were posting about it. Looks like it was being driven by a prisoner and was impounded!

License: RKD 5390
VIN: 5YJSA1E50MF430523

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Roof over their head, 3 meals a day…. And now they also get Tesla’s?

Time to go to prison!

 

[dbldwn02]

Russian Oligarch. Tesla disabled vehicle after he was sanctioned. He went and bought another one.

 

[NewbyMaybe]

Prisoner ordered Tesla online, delivered to spot near prison. Took him a while to dig a tunnel to it.

 

[David.85D]

Prisoner ordered Tesla online, delivered to spot near prison. Took him a while to dig a tunnel to it.

Whole new use case for “smart summon”.

 

[ltbco]

I’m sure he or she doesn’t even care about the car to leave it like that.

 

[bobby g]

My guess... international spy. Was being chased by the opposing agents, but running low on battery. Stopped for charging and a shootout.

During the gun fight, someone lobbed a grenade. The explosion threw a large amount of soil into the air, which covered the car.

Ultimately, the spy was captured and hauled away in a van with no windows and fake plates. Fortunately spies are very wealthy, because now he owes many thousands in idle fees... which he will gladly pay if he survives the waterboarding.

Hopefully, even under truth serum, he doesn't give up the location of the next gigafactory to the GM torturers.

Crap, like Dune, have to wait for another movie to finish it

 

[Tress]

This doesn't pass the sniff test...Tesla can remotely unlock and disengage the charger port lock. There is no reason Tesla would cut the cable like that. I am guessing it was someone else that cut the cable...

 

[AMPd]

This doesn't pass the sniff test...Tesla can remotely unlock and disengage the charger port lock. There is no reason Tesla would cut the cable like that. I am guessing it was someone else that cut the cable...

Unless there was a malfunction with the port or mothership to car connection.

 

[Alex Philips]

This doesn't pass the sniff test...Tesla can remotely unlock and disengage the charger port lock. There is no reason Tesla would cut the cable like that. I am guessing it was someone else that cut the cable...

I didn't sniff him, but the Tesla Power technician claims he cut it off and replaced the cable on the supercharger with a new one. Could be other reasons why they did this vs. the remote unlock. For all we know, the car is bricked and the supercharge didn't work.