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Today's Roadster Orphan

Discussion in 'Roadster 2008-2012' started by Roadster, Jan 14, 2017.

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  1. unixphone

    unixphone Member

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    hahahaha i dont trust bestbuy as well.
    Ummm maybe i can order the double din conversion and drive to motorwekz.(6 hours driving) i wonder how much will this cost.

    I do want to leave it the way it is. But, it annoys me to see an aftermarket camera. And, the rear camera is not working...
     
  2. im4uttx

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    Now that you're on the hook, search the forum for various things...there are a LOT of good threads for work done on our cars...in the 10ish years since release, you can bet someone here has had similar thoughts as you... :)
     
  3. slcasner

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    I have a 1.5 with the KD-NX5000 JVC. If you have a older Apple device with the 30-pin connector, plugging in to the 30-pin cable works for both playing music and charging the device. When the audio input selection is set to iPod you have some control of the device from the JVC, but the UI is generally less convenient that just going to the device itself. You can also select the External Audio input on the JVC to just use the analog pins in the 30-pin connector.

    If you want to connect a newer Apple device with a lightning connector you can get the 30-pin to lightning adapter. However that won't allow charging because the 30-pin connector uses the 12V Firewire charging convention while the new devices use 5V USB charging. You can get a CableJive dockStubz adapter which is a short 30-pin-F to 30-pin-M adapter that converts the voltage for charging. I have been using that with the Apple 30-pin to lightning cable for several years.
     
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  4. Sbax

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    Congrats! I see your taillights are the US style instead of the Canadian style, were they already like this or did you have to have them retrofitted to import? What about the speedometer, was it in km/h or mph? I know some people have had to go through an instrument cluster swap to import. Was this a car that started in Canada or one that was originally in the US and then made its way to Canada and is now returning?
     
  5. unixphone

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    So, you are using two adapters. One to convert power and second one to convert to lighting for your iPhone. Interesting... this sounds like a good solution. Thank you for the trick.

    It was made in the US and exported to Canada for the original buyer. I imported it back to US because i think 84k cad is reasonable. (Meter and everything is km) I didnt need to provide anything but a letter from tesla. The manufacture needs to issue a letter(email is okay) stating the car also meets USA standard.
     

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    No, it's still on their site listed for sale though.
     
  7. unixphone

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    went to DMV and registered the car successfully. I did the "right" thing and put 64k usd purchase price. over 6k sales (ouch) When the lady notice the purchase price, she suddenly got super curious. why this car is so expensive and why imported one from Canada...

    The dmv experience was not bad but interesting. When I fill out the form, I put km. During the inspection, the digital meter showed on miles! It is odd, it was km in Canada. Of course, the physical speed display of course is on km. The inspector started asking me bunch of Tesla questions as well. I have never seen this model.

    since the dealer personally know the previous owner. I asked the him to message the previous owner to solve the rear camera mystery.
    So, the original owner "upgraded" the single din to another single din (fold out screen) with rear camera display. It stopped working. The previous owner swapped it back and never used the rear camera.

    I am thinking I should take this opportunity to buy a double din conversion kit from Medlock&son. ($1,550) Then, get a double din stereo that supports bluetooth and ask them to fix the rear camera function. hehehe maybe they can help me install the ohms v3 as well. Executive Motorwerkz is 350 miles away. (about 6 hours) Do you guys think it is practical for me to drive there?

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    The dealer gave me a new regular EV charger and an adapter. I assume I can use that adapter for my road trip? The Tesla adapter says 70 AMP. What kind of charging speed should I expect?
     
  8. hcsharp

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    I assume they gave you a J1772 charger and adapter (Tesla's J1772 adapter was marked "70 AMP"). You can use the adapter at most common J1772 stations but they are generally not very powerful. Most are 30A. Some of them don't work with a Roadster such as the new NRG stations, most ChargePro, and very old EVLink models made by Schneider Electric. Tesla Wall Chargers such as the Destination Charging Network usually provide faster charging using a CAN SR adapter. How long is your road trip?
     
  9. unixphone

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    6 hours away. maybe it is not the best idea. I was thinking when covid situation gets better, i can spend a week in LA and get some korean food hahahah.

    Okay sounds like the best way to do road trip is is use PlugShare app and filter J1772. Hopefully there are hotels or shopping malls offer power outlet or J1772.
     
  10. hanknum

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    Where are you located... San Jose area? I don't know about Executive Motorwerkz, but I would think there are reputable places in any large city. It would definitely be a trek and you would learn a bunch on the whole charging thing... I could help between San Luis Obispo and the San Fernando Valley. But, again I can't imagine that you can't find something closer.
     
  11. dhrivnak

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    In theory the JVC supports Bluetooth but mine went out early and I replaced with a second Bluetooth that died after 6 months and tried a third that died after 6 weeks. So I gave up.
     
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    I've been lucky with pretty solid Bluetooth with 667 . . . that is, until I recently upgraded my phone (from Pixel 2 to Pixel 4). I've only driven 667 a couple of times since, but the JVC refuses to auto-reconnect / remember the phone and I had to re-pair each time I started the car.

    I think she's angry that she's more the garage queen these days . . .
     
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    RHD Lightning Green 2.5 Sport for sale by LIBERALA in Iruma, Saitama Japan. Silver forged rims, soft top, CF ext pkg, CF int pkg, Exec Black / Black int, infotainment pkg.

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    I think that one might be sold. I was looking at it on a Japanese export website but it disappeared a few days ago
     
  15. unixphone

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    i did look into importing one from Asia. They are selling roadster so cheap and in mint condition. Obviously we need to wait another 15 years to import them. I was thinking purchase 1 in 2030 and pay for a storage fee with power outlet. Then, import it 2035.
     
  16. unixphone

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    Here is my situation.
    110v garage
    Have a EV cable supports up to 16A
    Have a tesla adapter supports up to 70A
    Plan to get model 3 or Y next year

    Purpose: charge faster and reduce risk
    Thinking: install 220v outlet

    Since i plan to get model 3 or Y, i would love to install 220 and tesla wall connector. Is there any roadster charging adapter for that?
     

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  17. X.l.r.8

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    I’m really sorry to be the one to point this out but there is a lot of information available using the search function, this will help reduce the dilution of useful information in these threads.
     
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  18. Bunnak

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    Or you can look up topics such as "new owner", "new roadster owner" etc and post your questions there. That's what I did when I got my roadster 2 years ago. I didn't post here (which is for "roadster orphan"). Your roadster is no longer an orphan...so again congrats and welcome!
     
  19. unixphone

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    Yea you guys are right. I just realized im getting off topic in many ways. People following this thread are trying to find a roadster. My bad.
     
  20. drewski

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    also, the post you quoted has the solution in it ;)
     

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