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How to determine if used MX from Tesla site has MCU2?
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lonnielevi
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You'd probably be good with any VIN of 90,000 or higher. I purchased a 2017 MX 100D earlier this year. Back then, they were posting real photos. I was able to tell that it had the dashcam functionality, so I knew it already had the FSD computer. And I could tell it was tuned to an FM station from the pictures and since there was no FM for the retrofit back then, I knew it didn't have MCU2.
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lonnielevi
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Check for the driver door sticker photo and it will have the build month and date in the top left. For instance, the example I gave you was built 06/18 and would therefore have MCU2.
On EV-CPO.com you can go to the "Column Selector" and add the "Factory Build Date" column. This won't tell you for sure a car has MCU2, but any build date after March 2018 should have MCU2.
Or you can go to any car detail page and in your browser select "View Source" then search for the "FactoryGatedDate" field which should tell you the build date.
whoa, didn't even know about column selector, that's pretty cool, thanks!
Where did you get this link?
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https://sc.pathmazing.com/tesla/details/@/5YJXCAE43JF106596The domain in this link is "sc.pathamazing.com" which isn't associated with Tesla and seems to be a man-in-the-middle exploit by a web development firm in Cambodia. I would highly recommend NOT using that link.
The official link to used car photos on Tesla's site is as follow (just replace the VIN):
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https://backwebs.homenetinc.com/tesla/details/@/5YJXCAE43JF106596/lonnielevi
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@EV-CPO
It's the official way Tesla links to their used inventory photos. I've purchased 2 used Model X's and both times they sent me that link, albeit with a different VIN each time.
But I see what you are saying. Your link would be safer.
Oh and thank you for your site! I used it both times to find the exact Model X's we wanted!
It's the official way Tesla links to their used inventory photos. I've purchased 2 used Model X's and both times they sent me that link, albeit with a different VIN each time.
But I see what you are saying. Your link would be safer.
Oh and thank you for your site! I used it both times to find the exact Model X's we wanted!
Tesla sent you those links directly?
It's still a man-in-the-middle gateway to the homenetinc.com domain which has been the source of the used car photos for a couple years now. I still assert something fishy is going on there.
HomeNet Automotive (Home - HomeNet Automotive) handles all the photography of the Tesla used cars.
edit: If you go to this link:
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https://sc.pathmazing.com
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lonnielevi
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Yes, Tesla sent that link to me.
Saw the "Hello, World" too, but just took out the 'sc' and found this...
Pursuit of The Extraordinary
They are a legit business.
Saw the "Hello, World" too, but just took out the 'sc' and found this...
Pursuit of The Extraordinary
They are a legit business.
lonnielevi
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I'm not saying it's not a legit business, but the "sc.pathmazing.com" subdomain is hosted separately from the main company website, and seems to be a rouge, hacked version of the original source.
Digging into this deeper, if you know anything about HTML source, just look at the source of each page.
HomeNet Automotive:
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view-source:https://backwebs.homenetinc.com/tesla/details/@/5YJXCAE43JF106596/Pathmazing:
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view-source:https://sc.pathmazing.com/tesla/details/@/5YJXCAE43JF106596Clearly the pathmazing link is a hacked, butchered up version of the homenetinc.com source page, and missing a significant amount of code and tracking. The pathmazing source even has some hacked code at the bottom from stackoverflow.
I'm not sure what's going on, but I can bet that it's not "official" and someone is using/replacing that link for some nefarious reason(s).
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lonnielevi
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lonnielevi
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Oh. Wow. You may be right. I'm not sure what's going on either. Definitely some sketchy stuff. I may actually email Tesla about it.
I see that they do mention Tesla as a client, I don't see how their products (Pursuit of The Extraordinary) fit into any of Tesla's current requirements.
If it is official, then blow me over, that's some really strange way to publish official photos to the public. And Tesla is known for "Not Invented Here" syndrome. I'm not sure they needed to hire Pathmazing to add a simple site to host photos already hosted on their HomeNet Automotive provider site. I still think it's weird.
If it is official, then blow me over, that's some really strange way to publish official photos to the public. And Tesla is known for "Not Invented Here" syndrome. I'm not sure they needed to hire Pathmazing to add a simple site to host photos already hosted on their HomeNet Automotive provider site. I still think it's weird.
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lonnielevi
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Just chatted with Tesla, and they are going to forward the link to their security team. Not sure if anything will come of it, but I did my due diligence. Lol.
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It does appear that the Pathmazing link is archiving the photos which are no longer available on HomeNetinc.com.
weird, I thought I got it working for a while, but now it just says "Build Date null" for all the cars, did I break something?
Try it now after refreshing the webpage. You may have to add back the column on the column selector.
