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Random Roadster Sightings

Discussion in 'Roadster 2008-2012' started by doug, Jun 24, 2008.

  1. drewski

    drewski Supporting Member

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  2. IslandRoadster

    IslandRoadster Red Roadster #609!

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    The Wayback Machine!!! Haven't seen that used for a while. Always wondered what it archives and what it doesn't.
     
  3. wycolo

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    Spotted at rest area in PNW:
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  4. drewski

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    That looks like the one @CM_007 just finished customizing?
     
  5. Tex EV

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    @wycolo wasn't this previously your car? Must've been awesome to see the after transformation in person!
     
  6. CM_007

    CM_007 Carl Medlock

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    It was his and I promised him I would make it whole again.
     
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  7. drewski

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    Aww, a reunion! Sounds bittersweet.
     
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  8. wycolo

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    So many cars, how can a guy keep track?? :rolleyes:
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  9. Bunnak

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    It is a random sighting...but probably not what you want to see.
     
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    Tesla SC in Torrance, California.
     

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    Roadster JdeMO Powered

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    Nice work Det. @Bunnak! IMHO, this provides evidence that Tesla has indeed been harvesting "trade in" cadavers for organs. Sad to see but also heartened to know they're hopefully keeping others on the road. Definitely don't agree with fully functional, drivable examples getting relegated to this fate so I'm going to myopically imagine they were each beyond help.
     
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  12. ra88it

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    I was given an offer on my roadster for 15k above private party, if I were to purchase a Y Performance before EOQ. I asked what they were going to do with the car, they advised that it was going to be used to bring a few of the cars that they have in the back, back on the road. One with my PEM and one with my ESS.... sounds like they're killing them off to me.

    Right before the 3.5/4.0 Q3 or 4 earnings push....citing covid for the delay.
     
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  13. im4uttx

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    That doesn't sound promising on the battery update timeline, if Tesla is buying running cars to replace PEM/battery on non-running cars. Since PEMs can be rebuilt, sounds like the extra $ is for the battery, but perhaps they don't have the expertise on rebuilding PEMs at this time either...

    Good/bad news though...take 1 car apart to put 2 back on the road...too bad to takes a running car off the road to get 2 on the road, but in the long run, it's fewer original roadsters on the road long term, so value should continue to rise...
     
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  14. ra88it

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    Understand that Tesla is not rebuilding PEMs, they're advising clients of options to have this done at aftermarket shops. 933 is in the process of such an endeavor after getting a new ESS @ a service center.
     
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    saw this beauty today in Arlington, Tx. Literally never thought i'd see one. Anybody know anything about it by looking at it? year? how he would have gotten it? price? etc?
     

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    @DeedWest probably knows all about it...
     
  17. TEG

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    I think it is Roadster #1277 ( 2011, non-sport )
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    The front bumper implies 2.5 body package (so 2010/2011 model.)
    The wheels imply base model (not sport).

    It looks like there is a custom blue sticker or object in front of the rearview mirror.

    Was there a "Jesus-Fish" on the back?
     
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  18. DeedWest

    DeedWest 2008 VP & 2011 2.5 Sport

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    Yes - that is indeed 1277. Looks like she’s back from a long stay in Arizona. @scotty2541 - you’ve been sighted.
     
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  19. bigroo42

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    by 1277 do you mean the 1277th roadster made? And i'm assuming scotty2541 is the owner. small world. ha! Sorry if i was creeping by your car, brother! It is sweet!
     
  20. DeedWest

    DeedWest 2008 VP & 2011 2.5 Sport

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    In the US, the VIN sequences don’t directly correlate with actual production numbers, but of the 1464 sequenced “normal” production cars (excluding Founders, Engineering, and Validation Prototypes), that one is 1277.
     

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