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Is there any information about the ESS?
Max Range?
SOC now?
Bricked?
Thx for the update. Looking fwd to a restoration thread. Keep us posted, Pete!Overall, we are pleased with this Roadster purchase and will be putting it back on the road soon.
We bid the car up to $25K even and won.
We received the dark blue Roadster with plentiful IL mud specimens in the cabin and caked on the outside. We were very pleased this one came without a bricked battery pack, showing 37 miles on the clock. This is very rare since the Roadsters stuck in title jail at the insurance auction lots for months do not get any charge maintenance, and usually always arrive bricked. We are able to recover most, sometimes requiring a battery pull.
We were able to bring the ESS pack back to 169 miles ideal range exceeding our expectations. With the aging Roadster population these days, we are usually seeing 150 or less after charge or recovery.
It always amazes us what ends up disappearing while in title processing jail. The charge cables can usually be found on Ebay. This car was also missing the rear carbon fiber spoiler ($1600), and the JVC faceplate, which may have been removed by the previous owner. We find auctioned Model S keys are usually missing since they make cool take home toys for auction lot employees kids, and previous owners like to keep at least one as a "souvenir". Disappointingly, insurance company funded estimating trips to the SC's often result in parts never making it back into the cars. A completely missing Model S premium sub woofer buried in the back of a passenger quarter quarter panel with all the interior body panels back in place is just one example.
The entire Roadster will have to be repainted. With hurricane territory auction lots overflowing, and temporary lots being setup with inexperienced subcontractors processing cars, additional paint and body damage is guaranteed. Although this one came from Chicago, an auction lot unaffected by recent weather events, the rest of the car looked like it had a towing chain dragged across the body panels including a cracked windshield which may not have been part of the collision damage.
Overall, we are pleased with this Roadster purchase and will be putting it back on the road soon. This one was a rare find. There was no structural or suspension damage. The car was most likely driven under another high profile vehicle since only the top CF skin items on the car suffered damage.
Roadsters are not known for emergency braking and the rear tire condition, which were down to the cords, one on the second layer of cords, most likely contributed to the braking failure. We also speculated the previous owner, once aware the car was totaled, may have taken this tuns & drives car to a nearby parking lot and practiced burnouts and drifting. It is hard to image someone driving actually driving a vehicle with rear tires this compromised on the road.
Pete
Any interest is parting out the Roadster door sills & other CF parts?
We intend to put this car back on the road so all the pieces, some of which will have to be replaced out of our stock, are needed.
Feel free to contact us. We do have some CF pieces in our inventory.
I just got rear ended over the weekend. I have a 2010 midnight blue and need a new rear bumper and trunk deck and potentially a new trunk tub. Please DM me if you have those parts