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Old 01-19-2015, 11:07 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by IamIan View Post
Sorry I forgot to include that in my previous post from the phone call.
They told me they offer 120 days.

Which is very little ... but it is junk yard parts.

Still $15k for a 270~310kw Model-S electric drive , is not a bad price ... but would be a significant gamble , coming from a Junk Yard.
OK, who would want a Tesla electric drive?
All of the Teslas on the road today would not still be under the factory warranty, right?
What is the return policy of the salvage yard on a battery shipped to Europe?
Does the buyer have to pay freight both ways?
Does the seller even have the capability to charge the battery or test the capacity of the battery?

Now if I had a Model S that had been "bricked" , say I bought it in an unclaimed storage container, nice and cheap and only needed a battery, it might be worth the risk, if I had some recourse, but remember the caveat
"no returns on electrical parts".

How can they warranty what they can not replace and probably can not repair?

The insurance companies tried to "character assasinate" the repair shops by getting an estimate to build a 1973 Chevrolet. The estimate was 18k. The car cost 3k new.

I worked at a dealership when Subarus first came to the US around 1973. The car cost $2395.

Two front drive axles
$750
Two front knuckles (where the bearings are located)
$1748

Thats more money for 4 parts than the price of the whole car.
I told them just take a new car and disassemble it and they would have every part you could ever need.
If they had done that they would still have some of those parts on the shelf
42 years later.

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mech