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From my experience, if the frame of the vehicle is functionally damaged then the car often totaled anyway. Maybe that is not true for expensive cars like the Mo
by Ottolay 6y ago
From my experience, if the frame of the vehicle is functionally damaged then the car often totaled anyway. Maybe that is not true for expensive cars like the Model Y.
- londons_explore 6y agoStripping a car for parts will frequently earn you a lot of money. It isn't unreasonable to just disassemble the entire car and sell all the parts on the 2nd hand parts market and earn enough to buy a new similar car.
- HumblyTossed 6y agoAre you allowed to sell a Tesla for parts?
- gibolt 6y agoWhy not? However, anything related to the battery/charging swapped out on the recipient Tesla may disable Supercharging.
- netcan 6y agoTesla parts are actually really valuable. A lot of people want their engines (and batteries) for hot rod projects, and there are very few around. They can't be bought new, and the used price is probably higher than new would be. I heard some irrational sounding numbers a few years back. Maybe prices have come down, now that more Teslas have had the opportunity to be totalled and sold for parts.
- giancarlostoro 6y agoMakes you wonder if buying a Tesla to scrap for parts would be worthwhile at all.
- netcan 6y agoThat's the point... worth is situational. If you have a project car that really wants a tesla engine.. the car wants what the car wants. I wouldn't be surprised if some number of Teslas have been bought new to scrap.
- pdelbarba 6y agoJFC we really need to turn this societal acceptance of "you don't own the hardware" around. It's always been legal to sell parts off your car. Do not buy anything that attempts to prevent you from owning what you bought through any sort of user agreement.
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- giancarlostoro 6y agoMy understanding is you can't go to a junkyard and bring a Tesla back to life, cause they own the software. Course wonder if someone determined enough could make it work at minimal like a normal car (no self-driving). Reversing the firmware is probably a bit of effort though (I don't think reversing anything is ever truly impossible).
- bjt 6y agoIt's not easy, but you can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAMczraBIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAMczraBIM
- ogre_codes 6y agoScrapping totaled out Teslas is a common way to do aftermarket electric conversions.
- hwillis 6y agoIt is certainly true for 50-60k cars (the Y's price). You likely wouldn't even consider keeping a car with frame damage until well over double that.
- zip1234 6y agoI've had a car repaired that had frame damage. It was a 1980s car though. Probably a lot harder to do with modern cars.
- jacquesm 6y agoI've done that sort of work on a late model Daihatsu. You will need access to a frame pulling setup if the damage is extensive enough, you'll need the exact measurements from the manufacturer, a lot of time and very good measuring and metalworking skills but it can definitely be done. Fabricating new structural members from plain automotive sheet steel is a study in patience. The car I did this to was totaled in Belgium, bought for the scrap value and repaired on a very small budget. It is still driving the streets of Bucharest today. The MOT inspectors could not find proof that the car had been worked on, which I took as a badge of honor until they went off on a tangent that therefore it must be a stolen re-id'd car. Then I showed them the step-by-step pictures and it was all good. Fun job!
- gnopgnip 6y agoTotaled cars are still resold for salvage, and many of them end up back on the road
- brianwawok 6y agoLess common for Tesla I think, as they won't let you supercharged a salvaged title.