Today's Roadster Orphan

[DeedWest]

Gebraucht Cabriolet Tesla other THE VERY LAST EVER BUILT TESLA ROADSTER (VIN 2500!) 200 km für 1390000 CHF kaufen auf carforyou.ch
Final Roadster, VIN 2500 for sale. 200 km. Asking price 1.5 Million USD... View attachment 566678

My eye hasn’t stopped twitching for two hours now...

must...sell...internal...organs...

 

[CAR3NUT]

WOW, this is amazing, some lucky owner will have a iconic piece of history for sure..........
My bank told me I'm a little short on funds..........

 

[thefortunes]

Standard Mode is the best practice for a month. 90% of bricked Roadsters are due to charger failure during Storage Mode. It’s better to have 20-30 days to discover your charger has failed (if it fails with the car at 83% SOC), than 10 days or less (if charger fails at 40% SOC).

Also, HUGE important factor is to ensure it has a dedicated 240V charger. 110V does not cool the battery unless the battery reaches a very high temperature, and is the least reliable charger (for long term use) out there.

This is accurate, but if you knew that car wouldn't be driven for a month I would consider inhibiting the APS (or, better yet, pulling the disconnect plug).

 

[DeedWest]

This is accurate, but if you knew that car wouldn't be driven for a month I would consider inhibiting the APS (or, better yet, pulling the disconnect plug).

Great advice as well - inhibiting APS is also a great way to let the car sleep at ambient temperature, without losing miles every day. I do this to mine in the summertime to avoid the coolant pump running and creating more heat in the ESS

 

[Gremlin]

I suspect #2500 will be destined for a museum and will be the benchmark for Roadster perfection that all others will be judged from. Good luck to the sellers! Asking price = $1,479,156 USD.

For that money I'd buy the Lotus EVijia better looking, probably better range etc. Lost their minds.

 

[Roadster]

Giving this one the full Orphan thread treatment as it deserves to be memorialized.

2012 Roadster Sport - Final Four #2500
VIN: SFZRE2B31C3002500
Mileage: 124 mi / 200 km
Price: $1,479,156 USD / CHF 1’390’000
Alpine White Roadster Sport Final Four European Special Edition #4 of 4 for sale by private seller in Switzerland. Black forged rims, clear CF top, xenons, soft top, sport suspension, CF ext pkg, extremely rare OEM rear CF diffuser, CF int pkg, Exec Black / White Rally One int, infotainment pkg, signed ESS cover, factory delivery prep wrappings on steering wheel and center console. This is the last original Roadster produced. More details here.

From the seller...

"VIN 2500

We offer the unique opportunity to buy the very last Tesla Roadster ever built, VIN 2500. It is not only the very last Roadster which came out of the factory, it was also prepared and conditioned in a very special way. This car comes in an unique sparkling white, a special white & black interior trim, full Carbon package inside, unique Carbon diffusor, the VIN 2500 badging, white ornaments on the rims and Signatures of the Tesla Team from back in the days on the battery. VIN 2500 was never registered, stored on tire pillows on marble floor and has only ca. 200km original mileage from the factory. The original coverage on the steering wheel, hand brakes, etc. is still on. Of course the battery was kept on ideal level and the overall car serviced. Imagine you missed like everybody the chance for a Ferrari 250 GTO before the prices really took off, now you have it with this very special collectors car from the most valuable car manufactorer (SIC) in the world."

 

[Roadster]

Well... that didn't last long. I tried to contact the seller for more info and photos and got this screen Any bets Elon bought it?

 

[DeedWest]

Giving this one the full Orphan thread treatment as it deserves to be memorialized.

2012 Roadster Sport - Final Four #2500
VIN: SFZRE2B31C3002500
Mileage: 124 mi / 200 km
Price: $1,479,156 USD / CHF 1’390’000
Alpine White Roadster Sport Final Four European Special Edition #4 of 4 for sale by private seller in Switzerland. Black forged rims, clear CF top, xenons, soft top, sport suspension, CF ext pkg, extremely rare OEM rear CF diffuser, CF int pkg, Exec Black / White Rally One int, infotainment pkg, signed ESS cover, factory delivery prep wrappings on steering wheel and center console. This is the last original Roadster produced. More details here.

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From the seller...

"VIN 2500

We offer the unique opportunity to buy the very last Tesla Roadster ever built, VIN 2500. It is not only the very last Roadster which came out of the factory, it was also prepared and conditioned in a very special way. This car comes in an unique sparkling white, a special white & black interior trim, full Carbon package inside, unique Carbon diffusor, the VIN 2500 badging, white ornaments on the rims and Signatures of the Tesla Team from back in the days on the battery. VIN 2500 was never registered, stored on tire pillows on marble floor and has only ca. 200km original mileage from the factory. The original coverage on the steering wheel, hand brakes, etc. is still on. Of course the battery was kept on ideal level and the overall car serviced. Imagine you missed like everybody the chance for a Ferrari 250 GTO before the prices really took off, now you have it with this very special collectors car from the most valuable car manufactorer (SIC) in the world."

To add some more historical info as we memorialize #2500, the paint is a one-off special edition titled “Morning Frost White” which was evidently an Aston Martin paint code. Of the 9 worldwide Final Edition vehicles, 7 were Atomic Red, 1 in Ion Blue, and this car in Morning Frost White. This is one of approx. 8 vehicles worldwide that received the OEM Clear Carbon diffuser.

 

[drewski]

124 miles!!!

 

[SmartElectric]

200 km ... wondering what the battery pack health is like ... car presumably has been trickle charging for 8 years...

 

[Bunnak]

Someone will buy it for $1 million...guaranteed. No joke.

 

[ra88it]

Someone will buy it for $1 million...guaranteed. No joke.

I’d be willing to bet it likely went for asking, if not more. Especially after the Jay Leno episode.

All decent examples are commanding decent money and selling within a few days.
Heck, even not perfect examples are selling for insane money: bring a trailer blue 1.5 @ over 50k$ usd.

 

[drader]

still for sale here:

https://www.autoscout24.ch/it/d/tes...=1094&vehtyp=10&make=391&model=1094&vehtyp=10

 

[Roadster]

2011 Roadster Sport
VIN: SFZRE3B17B3000771
Mileage: 41,010 mi / 66,000 km
Price: $102,902 USD / $144,000 AUD
Fusion Red 2.5 Sport for sale in New South Wales, AU. Black forged rims, clear CF top + bag, clear CF front lip + spoiler, soft top, CF sills, Premium(?) Black int, infotainment pkg. @pd_australia's car mentioned here and here.

 

[pd_australia]

2011 Roadster Sport
VIN: SFZRE3B17B3000771
Mileage: 41,010 mi / 66,000 km
Price: $102,902 USD / $144,000 AUD
Fusion Red 2.5 Sport for sale in New South Wales, AU. Black forged rims, clear CF top + bag, clear CF front lip + spoiler, soft top, CF sills, Premium(?) Black int, infotainment pkg. @pd_australia's car mentioned here and here.

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I think this is an old add from previous owner as I am not selling!

 

[Roadster]

2012 Tesla Roadster
VIN: N/A (@TEG can you help out)
Mileage: 12,427 mi / 20,000 km
Price: $70,959 USD / $550,000 HKD
Brilliant Yellow 2.5 Base for sale by Chun Yu Motors Co. Ltd. in Chai Wan, Hong Kong. Painted yellow cast rims, xenons(?), soft top, Premium Black / Yellow Rally One int, aftermarket Parrot Asteroid 2x DIN unit.

 

[IslandRoadster]

2012 Tesla Roadster
VIN: N/A (@TEG can you help out)
Mileage: 12,427 mi / 20,000 km
Price: $70,959 USD / $550,000 HKD
Brilliant Yellow 2.5 Base for sale by Chun Yu Motors Co. Ltd. in Chai Wan, Hong Kong. Painted yellow cast rims, xenons(?), soft top, Premium Black / Yellow Rally One int, aftermarket Parrot Asteroid 2x DIN unit.

Hmmm. Don't know how I feel about those painted rims.....

 

[TEG]

I don't know the VIN. If it is a 2012 model then it would be a SFZRE VIN > 938...
I was hoping the EV918 plate might mean VIN #918, but that would be a 2011.

Something odd - those are the older style forged wheels more like what would be found on a 2008-2010.

I never got good at tracking down VINs on China / HK Roadsters.

 

[TEG]

By the way, Yellow HK Roadster:
Tesla, Roadster, Kowloon, Hong Kong
and:
( From Sonny Chen's blog entry ):
https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/media-upload/DSC_1621.jpg
Which looks to me like it might be the very same car:

Would be good to check the MFG date on that. My guess is it might not be a 2012...

 

[Bunnak]

So rare to see a brilliant yellow for sale. Too bad it's not
left-hand drive.