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Tesla Roadster "found" in shipping container on TV show "Storage Hunters"

Discussion in 'Roadster 2008-2012' started by FalconNinetyD, Feb 15, 2012.

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  1. vfx

    vfx Well-Known Member

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    Did not watch.

    Someone did not pay rent for several months and lost the contents that included a $150,000 car?


    It should come up for sale soon if it's real. Or they just rented it for the show.
     
  2. TEG

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    My money would be on "rented it for the show"...
     
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    I thought you meant that. But isn't it a reality show?

    :wink:


    Someone could call the rental company. They would be proud to talk up the show.
     
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    Found the episode on Bit Torrent, and it is so obviously scripted it's almost unwatchable...
     
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    There are plenty of tv shows that claim to be real and then fake everything.

    One local show claimed to present the truth about various unexplained phenomena, but you could hear the producers bragging during their wrap party about how they rented a "big foot" costume and grabbed a cheap video camera to fake their "real" video of a Northwest Yeti.

    I almost wish there were some sort of "truth in advertising" law that could be used to keep television honest, but I'm sure something like that would backfire.

    I just wonder what the point is of "Storage Hunters." Do they expect to dupe the viewing audience into bidding $30,000 site-unseen for abandoned storage lockers? ... because they might get a sports car? In Washington State, there is actually a law against storing more than $5,000 worth of stuff in a rented storage space, so Storage Hunters would have to be particularly faked around here.
     
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    DrTaras R254->R725->S->X->M3->M3P-->R2020?

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    Hey, hey... I resemble that remark! :rolleyes:
     
  8. vfx

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    Not beyond the realm...
     
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    There was an incident about 20 years ago where a guy bought the contents of a Public Storage unit in which he found a dead body in a freezer. It turned out that the new wife skipped paying the rent on the unit thinking it was her husband's ex wife's junk. Of course, it was the ex wife in the freezer and hubby went to jail.

    Probably the most common causes of the contents of units being sold is because the renter moved, did not leave a corrected address, and got behind on his rent. Most storage places will send notice before they put the contents up for sale (they probably have to by law).
     
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    #30 frequencydip, Feb 19, 2012
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    Forget original post different color seats..


    how would someone just lose a Telsa. Maybe it got caught up in paper work for importing or exporting..
     
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    Amazing the crap they pull for ratings.
     
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    He had linked a site that provided a very similar Roadster for use to production studios.
     
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    If they get ratings, that means people watch it. Amazing that anyone watches this....
     
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    Well, the same could be said about Top Gear -- it's entertainment. Sometimes though, it's hard to distinguish where the truth ends and entertainment begins.
     
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    We have like 300 channels...if I have nothing to do but watch cable TV, I'm pretty certain that I can find something better than Storage Hunters.
     
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    I rented a red Tesla from Hertz for the Model X reveal. Carbon Fiber top. There's photos of it in the thread about the pre-X dinner.
     
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    Hertz rents Tesla's? What does that rent for?
     
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    Those Hertz Roadsters have been in the LA store for rodent repairs more than once.
     
  19. DrTaras

    DrTaras R254->R725->S->X->M3->M3P-->R2020?

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    Please do tell. Though I am interested in the cost/day, I'm also interested to know if they provided you any additional details about how to charge, a manual, a waiver in case it ran out of juice, any special 800#, etc.
     
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    #40 TEG, Feb 20, 2012
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    I was fishing around on Google maps trying to find the exact location where they "filmed" this show, and came across something else interesting in the area:

    http://kpaccoldstorage.com/
    Solar System Power 1.5 MW
    CO2 Reduction 690 ton/year (1.52 MLB)
    150KPAC.jpg

    That is a fairly massive PV solar install to run a cold storage facility for shipments staged through San Pedro harbor.
    I imagine a lot of frozen fish goes through there.

    California Green Designs completes largest commercial solar installation in LA
    California Green Designs Completes Largest Commercial Solar Installation in Los Angeles | PRLog
    11495852-kpac-solar-installation.jpg

    (You can see stacks of storage containers in the background which I think is the edge of the setting for the show.)
     

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