The $6500 Model S?

"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib) 03/01/2018 at 13:08 • Filed to: None

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Impressive as hell, but considering the voltage involved how safe is a Tesla that’s been pieced together by an amateur (however skilled)?

LOREM IPSUM > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/01/2018 at 13:22

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I’d consider buying and driving it at that price, but I wouldn’t invest the time or energy to follow in his footsteps.

Chariotoflove > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/01/2018 at 13:32

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At the end of the video is a link to another Tuber’s video calling this guy an idiot and telling people to not buy flooded Teslas. That guy’s video ends with the statement that you should not buy a salvage Tesla, but if you do and can’t fix it, sell it to him because he needs it. This is why I hate Youtubers.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/01/2018 at 13:38

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If assembled from real Tesla parts it should be just as safe as a factory car. The assembly is the part where you are likely to kill yourself if you don’t know what you are doing.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 03/01/2018 at 14:01

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Okay, but how would you know if everything went back together the right way? And the condition of the parts used for the reassembly? Too many what ifs for me.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Chariotoflove 03/01/2018 at 14:02

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Seems like there’s some money to be made buying salvage cars and parting them out. Not sure who’s buying the parts but somebody is.

Chariotoflove > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/01/2018 at 14:14

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When I was wondering if I wanted to pay full price to replace my gouged wheels, I discovered a brisk market on eBay and elsewhere for reconditioned ones. I’d bet those customers are DIYers and folks who want to bring their part to their shop. Certainly not dealer shops or insurance shops.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/01/2018 at 14:14

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Your average person probably shouldn’t buy one. That said if there was good documentation on the build process I might consider it. Of course I have personally helped build 2 electric cars myself and know what I am looking at with this stuff to be able to determine the quality of the build.

Alfalfa > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/01/2018 at 14:26

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Considering the hazardous and flammable chemicals involved as well as many explosions involved how safe is a ICE car that’s been pieced together by an amateur (however skilled)?

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Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Alfalfa 03/01/2018 at 15:07

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Accidents still happen but after many decades of ICE cars on the road I’d say they’re a known entity. Electrics are relatively new, and the Tesla in particular has a 375v battery pack which adds a new danger that didn’t exist before. Like a potential thermal runaway of the Li-Ion battery if it’s shorted by a breach.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/01/2018 at 15:11

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some peoples hobbies are stamp collecting others are masturbating. I LOL’d

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 03/01/2018 at 15:11

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Proper documentation is a necessity, but who knows if the builder has your level of knowledge & experience? These things haven’t been out long enough for a large knowledge bank to exist yet. I’d say we’re still pretty early in the learning curve.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/01/2018 at 15:13

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I take that as a hint to the buyer to thoroughly disinfect the car before driving.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/01/2018 at 15:21

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Proper documentation would have to include high resolution images for the entire build process. If it is all Tesla parts a build should be just plug and play but you always want to be sure they didn’t do anything sketchy.

Alfalfa > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 03/01/2018 at 16:28

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I don’t know. It still seems like “this is new and I don’t get it, that’s scary.”

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Alfalfa 03/02/2018 at 11:18

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It’s that whole learning curve thing.