But Rich's "Dolores" still supercharges, despite Tesla not providing any
support or most parts sales. He was (eventually) able to purchase some lug nut
covers after initially being denied - though he had to get them from two or
more places because for some reason no Tesla shop stocks enough for a full set.
There was an instance where Tesla remotely disabled Supercharging and the
onboard map that shows where all the Supercharger locations are - but they did
it while the owners of the Model S were hundreds of miles from home on a family
vacation. The reason given was because the car came up listed as "salvaged"
despite having had a collision that only damaged replaceable parts, no
structural damage. Tesla did come around to saying they would inspect and
recertify the car, for (IIRC) $1500 and if it passed their inspection they
would re-enable all functions.
On Saturday, May 18, 2019, 12:53:33 PM MDT, Bruce Layne
<[email protected]> wrote:
It's interesting that Tesla maintains a record of all Tesla vehicles,
and once a car is scrapped, it's black listed in their records. There
is no factory support. The vehicles that were eligible for free
charging at Tesla Superchargers are barred from using the chargers, even
on a paying basis. You can only recharge the car at home so it's a
commuter car and is no longer practical for interstate use. Tesla won't
sell any spare parts to support scrapped or rebuilt Tesla vehicles, and
they won't help with any information. Tesla has adopted the software
rental model where the customer doesn't really own anything.
On 5/18/19 3:06 AM, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote:> Look up Rich Rebuilds
on YouTube. He built himself a really cheap Tesla Model S by buying one that
was in a flood and another that was rolled. Stripped the flooded one of nearly
everything, put the electrics and electronics from the rolled one into it, then
sold a bunch of leftover parts. Now he's fixing up a flood damaged Model X,
which has been built with a much higher degree of water resistance. Nearly
every electronics box on the Model S had been full of water. The battery had
water in it. The motors, inverters, and gearboxes were full of water. The Model
S, if it could be IP rated at all, would be at the lowest rating. See a clogged
storm drain making a pond at an intersection? Don't go through it to have
splashy fun with a Model S. Could get water into a motor and/or inverter.
>
> During the Model X teardown, Rich has been finding there isn't much needing
> replacing with the electronics due to much better sealing of the boxes and
> connectors have better gaskets. The charge regulator on the X, mounted inside
> behind the right rear wheel, was totally dry inside despite being almost
> completely submerged. The one on the S was full of water. Apparently Tesla
> has learned what IP65 means, which is what everything on an electric car that
> runs on electricity ought to be, especially the parts outside the cabin.
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