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Thanks for the Lotus Evora Conversion link! It seems like he did most of the work required to replace the pack in a first gen Roadster and remove the PEM. I'll try to find out and I'll post what I learn.

Thanks for the replies! I learned something about myself and the market. I'm a practical person and factors that mean nothing to me are clearly very important to a substantial portion of the market for older classic cars.

Elon said that they won't sell enough to move the needle on their mission. So they are planning on pretty limited production. You could make the same incorrect argument about the M3P. So do you believe that it's impossible for you to ever make a good suggestion to Elon or...

Sandy seems to think my price estimates are realistic. Well Mitch these are all good thoughts however I have no direct connection to Elon. Maybe your thoughts on sending him copies is the best approach. Good luck and let me know if you are successful. Sandy Sent: Saturday, August 7, 2021...

@miimura Thanks! I think a sawzall or a bandsaw might work. Depends on if the cells are touching. @X.l.r.8 "I think a M3P motor would be a much better option. Built in inverter.." Would that be easier to control than the OEM motor? How difficult to mount? The most fun would obviously be...

Question asked and answered on this Gruber video live now! David Jones Do you know if new 3.0 battery pack has new PEM or just a new board for the original PEM? We get different answers from Tesla.

@X.l.r.8 Thanks again! So my idea to ditch the PEM isn't crazy? My goal is to get an inexpensive reliable Tesla Roadster. The 10 year old PEM are not reliable, unless you think reliably bricking the pack is a feature. Without the PEM CCS charging should be doable?

Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for. You don't believe that putting a modern pack in a bricked Roadster can improve it? The 3.0 pack improves it. The PEM's are clearly a weak link. Thanks @Mark77a and @X.l.r.8 (again)!

I just started a thread about 1st gen Roadster prices here: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/impact-of-2nd-gen-roadster-on-1st-gen-prices.235041/

I'm interested in opinions on Impact of 2nd gen Roadster on 1st gen prices. I was looking at adds here: https://grubermotors.com/product-category/vehicles-for-sale/roadster-teslas-for-sale/ and asking prices are up to 150k without the 3.0 upgrade. IMO that's insane! If you add 30k for the...

https://grubermotors.com/product-category/vehicles-for-sale/roadster-teslas-for-sale/ At least one from Norway is listed now.

Thank you very much! Just to clarify I have ZERO intention of trying to use the original Roadster BMS. I hope to be able to use the BMS that comes with the MY pack. Thanks again 🙏 :)!

I'll give you the benefit of my doubts and assume that you are trying ro be helpful, but if so your attempt failed. I'm hoping for a brief list of the major technical hurdles involved. I have 3 friends who I think could solve the problems but before presenting this to them I'd like to know...

I'd like to buy a first gen Roadster. Plan A is to get a bricked Roadster buy used 4680 structural pack from a wrecked MY, when they become available, then either wait for someone (Jason Hugh's for example) to develop something to control the Tesla BMS or purchase a third party BMS and get an...

I'd go with the used M3 IF you can convince Tesla to include FSD, definitely better resale!

I've been considering buying a salvage M3 or MY. supercharging ia a requirement IMO because without it you won't get SW updates. I think that Tesla uses blown air bags to trigger turning off SW which is why (I think) flooded cars don't have it turned off. The grubermotors youtube channel...

But one of my goals is to get a good deal on FSD. I didn't know any of this until I posted the questions. Quite a long time ago I "lived" on the investor forums until they were ruined by the combination of trolls and really awful moderation, confusing free speech with the right to yell fire in...

I thought that the monroney only applied to new cars! It's very common for people to purchase FSD as an upgrade. How would you feel about it if you bought a used Tesla with a sef of expensive performance wheels and when you took the car in for service Tesla removed the rims? "we meant to...

Thank you very much for the help ♥️. So if I purchase at an auction where I can inspect the car and it does have keys (some of the cars come with keys), if I turn on the car I can tell if the car has FSD? How?

Hi, I’m planning to buy a M3 or MY at a dealer auction. How can I find out if a particular car has FSD? Can I use the vin number to check? Bonus question: If I doesn't come with a Keys how do I get some?

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I hopefully that they add phase change themal mass, probably in an insulated box that your can preheat when you are connected to power I read a post by someone with an oil heater who heated it before leaving for work and it kept his car warm for his whole drive to work. It much more efficient...

Excellent post, but you made one mistake above. The first sentence is correct but the remaining sentences aren’t. Options that expire sooner have great chance of expiring ITM so they hit one dollar of delta at a lower sp than options with a later expiration date. You can easily see this year...

I just read Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation: How Silicon Valley Will Make Oil, Nuclear, Natural Gas, Coal, Electric Utilities and Conventional Cars Obsolete by 2030 by Tony Seba. I think it’s a better strategy to short companies that have most or all of their assets in high cost...

If you agree with this petition I'd appreciate any advice or help obtaining more signatures? Sign Petition: SEC and Judge Alison Nathan Please Treat Elon Musk fairly! Also advice on when and how to deliver it?

If you agree with this petition I'd appreciate any advice or help obtaining more signatures? Sign Petition: SEC and Judge Alison Nathan Please Treat Elon Musk fairly! Also advice on when and how to deliver it?

I think that Rob does a good analysis on today’s podcast: Tesla Daily: Tesla News & Analysis by Rob Maurer on Apple Podcasts

I think that this means that they might be getting close to migrating the MS-MX to 2170’s. Doing that will increase the,pack sizes by at least seven percent and decrease their pack costs by at least 40-50 percent.

I did receive a reply: My reply (no response):

I currently have 72 J19 $380’s that are deeply red, mostly purchased when the SP was about $350. I added about six more (all in) a few days ago. I’m planning to move some of them to something like October or November $350’s just before the October numbers and again just before the Novelmber...

If you email Tesla IR with a list of questions they should get back to you? I just sent them the following: If anyone else wants to chime in I’d appreciate the support. I’ll post it if I get a reply.

Tesla has figured out how to produce affordable batteries. BMW has focused on minimizing the amount batteries required, probably because they believe that producing affordable batteries is impossible. Obviously BMW and the rest of the automobile industry have made strategic blunders!

Yes! Some information about battery pack technology: Luna Cycle Announces Wire Bonded Ebike Battery Packs The M3 teardown: My opinion is that Tesla blundered with the M3 pack problems. And they still have a lot to learn about automobile production. But overall they’v focused on battery...

And so far ahead of Mercedes that they believe that the semi violates the laws of physics (you couldn’t make those things up :D:)). Competition?! What competition? There initial statements were very clear the 30-50 percent reduction estimates were due to the Gigafactory, not cell...

With j19’s I probably buy options that are close to the money so that I’m not paying for intrinsic value but the delta will increase rapidly and to minimize the risk. With J20’s I’d get something like $350’s. Note: The SP does not need to go over the strike price to make a huge profit on...

The problem is that we have a “moron” (to quote rex tillerson) in charge. tRump plan :(?! That’s the definition of an oxymoron.

I believe that they always intended to eventually go to 24-7 at Fremont. The reason that they waited was that Gigafactory production was the bottleneck. So I think that means that they have the Grohmann line installed.

By Q4, if not in Q3 they’ll start selling SR Packs and non-premium interiors.

Why DITM now with the SP being extremely undervalued?

That could be correct but for now the quarterly production numbers are pretty much irrelevant. For now it’s all about the production rate.

I'd be more concerned about @Tenable's April and May calls.

IMO right now those patterns are only useful to demonstrate what's possible. IMO right now everything depends on the M3 production numbers.

By Monday IMO it will be all about model 3 production numbers regardless!

Yikes! I'm a little concerned about our June and Septembers (mostly bought when the SP was about $296).

Which might happen in early April or May.

Or sell only MS-MX outside the USA.

That’s a sure fire method to not have any leverage when the SP goes ballistic.

They clearly stated that they don’t plan to get from 5k to 10k by adding production lines.

Will that be like a shareholders meeting or just a vote?

Dual rate M3 springs, $335 per set. Softer ride (proven on this video) plus (claimed) better handling Published on Feb 14, 2018The Model 3 has got a bit of a bad reputation for having a rough ride. I’ve had mixed feelings about it personally. In this video, I show the before and after...