Yes, there is other information I have but don’t wish to post. I could send them a letter I suppose but may take @Kuhz ’s advice and try one of those forums. The Tesla community is pretty tight. I give myself a 50/50 chance of bumping into the former owner online one way or another.
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Bought a model 3 at auction and repaired it [2019]
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Yes, there is other information I have but don’t wish to post. I could send them a letter I suppose but may take @Kuhz ’s advice and try one of those forums. The Tesla community is pretty tight. I give myself a 50/50 chance of bumping into the former owner online one way or another.
seanr
Member
I think that's where the HomeLink transponder is mounted if your vehicle is equipped with it.
Thanks you. That makes sense.
Here are some updated pictures of the car.
Challenges roughly fall into three categories:
1. Body damage - mostly front.
2. SRS seat belt and air bag replacement/repair - involved taking apart most of the seats/seatbelts/air bags and dash.
3. Title and registration in California
Of these three, the last will probably end up being the most painful.
Funny, you can literally see an imprint of another vehicles license plate embedded into the rear bumper cover. Between the cheeseburger, fries, ketchup splatter pattern and rear bumper cover, it is like being CSI of an Tesla accident....
CharleyBC
Active Member
We got rear-ended a few years ago in our Prius. Afterwards I could literally read the plate number of the car behind us imprinted in the dust on the rear bumper.
Seat belts, air bags, SRS control module all repaired and returned to the vehicle, and new dash in place.
got my new headlight, crash bar, and front end carrier installed. Almost ready to drive....
got my new headlight, crash bar, and front end carrier installed. Almost ready to drive....
seanr
Member
Took it for a quick spin in the neighborhood today.
summon appears to be working too.
summon appears to be working too.
jkoya
NA2 NSX
jebinc
Well-Known Member
jebinc
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boriszima
Member
you mean Tesla might not release updates to this VIN?
now windshield and paint. Great work, what’s the end goal to use this car or to sell it?
Not sure what you mean. They don’t have to sign off on anything, unless I want them to do work on the high voltage system, in which case I would have to pay for an inspection first. Their policy is to disable supercharging, but I haven’t tested that yet....
The end game is to use the car as my primary commuter and replace my aging 06 Prius. Someday I’ll sell it, but it will be hard to part with this one as it has self-driving, which is a nice feature that I probably wouldn’t choose to buy. Only thing it doesn’t have that I would have wanted is dual motor. Maybe for the next rebuild....
CharleyBC
Active Member
Nice! It’s really starting to look like a car again. I kinda like the three-tone look, or at least keeping the bumper black.
