wiztecy
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Appears Tesla is coming back saying that you can't buy individual sheets. This is interesting, shouldn't a car manufacturer supply parts for the car they manufacture? I'm curious if a wholesale repair shop can order a sheet.
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Appears Tesla is coming back saying that you can't buy individual sheets. This is interesting, shouldn't a car manufacturer supply parts for the car they manufacture? I'm curious if a wholesale repair shop can order a sheet.
Appears Tesla is coming back saying that you can't buy individual sheets. This is interesting, shouldn't a car manufacturer supply parts for the car they manufacture? I'm curious if a wholesale repair shop can order a sheet.
I'm sure they can fulfill this by selling you a new battery. Likely not have to sell individual subassemblies.I was always under the impression that an auto manufacturer was legally bound to provide you the exact parts or equivalent aftermarket parts matching or exceeding original OEM specs.
Through a service manager contact. If we want to inquire further about it we can get in touch with the Tesla Regional Manager, Anthony Well. Possibly if we all get together and voice our opinions we may get somewhere. But I think it would have to be pretty organized.Wiztecy, where is this information from? Did you call Tesla?
I could understand them not selling a single brick, but being able to buy a single sheet has long been a selling point of the Roadster.Appears Tesla is coming back saying that you can't buy individual sheets. This is interesting, shouldn't a car manufacturer supply parts for the car they manufacture? I'm curious if a wholesale repair shop can order a sheet.
So here's more info. Tesla does not want to sell parts nor support any vehicle that's been declared salvaged/totaled. That means there's no way to buy parts for these and to officially get them back on the Road. There is some clause Tesla has had for 3+ years back and it was just verified it still stands.
If you had a sheet go bad and your car is not salvaged. You could pull the pack and then have Telsa put the sheet in. Not verified but it appears true. I also believe that if you find a shop that's an authorized Tesla Parts wholesaler that the parts can be purchased by them and they can put the part in.
I think that clause really sucks and I'm disappointed. So it just makes me feel that many of these Roadsters that are very repairable are going to have a slow death.
Most likely why they didn't want to repair or open up Roadster #783 to be back on the road again.
Looks like we need really put our heads together and make our own support network.
Might be worth contacting this shop to see whether they might be interested:
http://www.emotorwerks.com/
I'm confused, you're working on this car, or are you talking about the other Roadster you bought? And when you say you're replacing the sheet with a custom battery, do you mean you're replacing the whole pack?
I'm confused, you're working on this car, or are you talking about the other Roadster you bought? And when you say you're replacing the sheet with a custom battery, do you mean you're replacing the whole pack?
I'm now back in #970, a 2.5 Sport that was a previous service loaner. White's a rare color so I picked twilight blue as my wife liked the color from a another loaner
I had while #783 was being serviced.
Awesome that you decided to stay with the Roadster family!Nice. Congratulations!