Tesla will resell that battery pack and scrap the car that’s why they can splurge to buy it back

Keeping the older Tesla and not paying out for a new one is one of the best decisions you could of made, what the car cost you and what it has had replaced already makes it a wise move to keep it .

I bet Rich Rebuilds could unlock that full battery for you.

I like your perspective on the older Tesla feeling more like a car than a brand new one.

Randy you're the best storyteller I have ever heard. You speak from the heart no bullshit. I have learned so much from this Tesla experience. Keep up the good work!!

Not an ‘umm’ or an ‘ah’ just a well spoken and enthusiastic story of his experience! Infectious! Credit to you fella, you’re talented 👍

Being a car guy it's neat when you find the previous owners and get thier story. With the condition of that car and the mileage you know someone cared for it. Same reason I took my time looking for months and just splurged on a 2014 535ix, one owner that still looks and smells new, plus has both key fobs. I've always been a Chevy, Ford, Jeep and Toyota owner but wanted something totally different but held out for the right luxury car that was taken care of it's whole life before me.

Car dealerships will do this…they will “try” to fix your car and all of its problems, meanwhile a guy in their sales department is sending you emails asking if you want to sell your car. That’s what happened with me and my Ford Focus RS. There were so many issues that were instigated by one of their lesser technicians. Took me over a year to diagnose all the problems myself, but finally got it back to perfect working condition. That’s the extent you’ll go to when you love a car.

Because of the buffer this car's battery will probably last twice the time the former battery has lasted.

The 2013 model actually had an unlimited mile warranty on the battery and the drive motor.

I am contemplating getting an older tesla just for the mileage deduction as well. 2024 new mileage deduction is up to $.67/mile. Even better than what you expected!.

Also remember he did have free supercharging for life, but when you trade them in Tesla will make you an offer and give you discounted supercharging or free supercharging on the new car for a period of time and then they turn off the free supercharging on the old car from what I understand. Makes me think that Tesla sales employees get a large commission by getting a old Tesla off the road that has free supercharging (Tesla hates free super charging), getting that turned off, and getting that person into a brand new Tesla versus just somebody coming in for a new Tesla. every Tesla that they get off the road that has free supercharging is a win/goal for Tesla

This is why I say delayed EV adoption is just a math problem. Until people realize what you just said 24:03 (260 miles = $10), only those who get this math will try EVs.

I like this idea of keeping this and fixing things up. Tesla owners are probably leary about working on anything and you may save people some money by watching you work on your own.

I have a Model S from 2016 and had the opportunity to sell it for a new Tesla but i kept it. It still is driving like i got it 7 years ago. Keep the 2013 Model S. They don't make them like this anymore 😎👍

That's a beautiful old Model S! You have a real gem there, don't ever trade it back in to Tesla! Most of it is as repairable as any other car, and Rock Auto carries more and more parts for it every day. They even have heater blower motors from your choice of three manufacturers AND a 'Blower Motor Control Module / Resistor' which might be exactly what you need. It's only $22! BTW, The EPAS error is because you have no auto-pilot. 'DAS' is 'driver assistance system', and it sounds like you don't really want that anyways (I agree!) Some KFC would be tasty, though! :) And I am SO jealous of that new battery!

Best car purchase yet. I wouldn't buy a new one when this one has a new battery and motor for $7,800. Makes me question the logic of those expensive new trucks you keep buying!

Your blower switch mod reminds me of what I did on an old Ford truck. The wiring harness fried, so I added switches to control the turn signals, and ran a new line back to the brake lights. It was all cobbled together. 😂

You became my favorite car KZfaqr. Good work men..

Tesla has no problem offering you $1000 more than you paid because they're making $30,000 on the new Tesla you're buying.

Beautiful - nowadays unique - silver color, not available anymore.

Yeah alot of people in service lie to make money

I'm hooked on this series so far. Great content!

The sum of it's parts is > than buying the whole car.

Just subscribed, great video. Looking forward to ongoing videos as you complete yhe upgrades. 🙂

The error code active aero just is correlated to the radiator flaps, dont worry about it

I wonder if the original owner had taken the car to a compentent 3-rd party shop they could have diagnosed and fixed the front suspension issue reasonably? The PTC heater would have been a drag however. You found/lucked into an amazing deal.

Good morning Randy. The 2013 Tesla Model S P85. Finding out the modes of the problems from putting the car in service mode.

Loving the story time! Especially from original owner to you and pricing everything in between

😲 That's so shady!

I just bought a Model 3 four months ago. I don't know why I'm jealous of your 2013 Model S. :) I agree with you. I also feel that this Model S will take care of you for a long time. Great vlog. Thank you, sir.

A great video RandyI,m not surprised by the antics of Tesla looks like they got more than their pound of flesh from the previous owner. Keep the great video,s coming.

Being at one with the car really hits home. I have two older manual transmission cars in the garage and drive them with a smile on my face every time. Meanwhile, I needed to replace a 2008 sedan that is our big and 'practical' car and by chance a friend's dad was giving up his 2020 E450 wagon lease. Had to buy it. But oh my gosh all the electronics and high-tech is insane. First order of business when the title comes through is to turn off every nanny feature possible. Time will tell if I feel engaged with the car or that it's just over the top.

I’ve been watching your videos since the Uber days. Great series of videos on Tesla cars that are definitely worth buying used.

In my opinion, what makes keeping this Tesla a smart move is that you can enjoy it for a while, take care of the maintenance/small breakdowns it has yourself (generating content and money for the channel), and when it breaks down "serious" to sell it in copart or similar without losing too much money since most of the depreciation has already been borne by its previous owner... You know that one of the most expensive problems, which is the battery, is practically new, and for the rest you can surely fix things yourself, while as you say, if you buy a new Tesla, apart from having a lot of electronic toys that They take away your driving experience - and they can be prone to failure generating more expenses - you will have to deal with an extra cost in interest from a possible loan in addition to the initial depreciation, which is much higher in a new vehicle...

Randy, you got the hookup on this tesla!

The transmission type torque transfer unit gets the oil and filter change every 100k miles.

Having this Tesla model car is the equivalent of owning an iPhone 6 plus with 64gb, it’s still usable as vintage and cost less to operate 😆 That’s great on the battery and motor being replaced, Randy!💯

Good vid and great pushback on the negatives floating around on tesla's.

Keep it randy... great work on this channel

I’m wondering if the previous owner took the car back to the same dealer that replaced the battery for the sway links. Sounds like they were trying to recoup their loss on the battery.

I think the style of the car looks better than the newer ones

Seems Tesla wanted to recoup that 3k they lost on that battery upgrade. I would keep that old one as well.

My 2012 MS85 had its battery replaced 2nd time due to main contactor failure (cells were fine both times). 3rd battery was the same "90kwh" that you got (as per sticker visible in passenger wheel well). Also on sticker is "350 volts" instead of 400v. Car is on 2nd motor and currently has 110k miles.

"A parts cannon is not the proper solution..." Proceeds to aim the parts cannon based on one broad error code. I jest and am really enjoying the series! I hope the parts cannon works for you this time. 😀

Great video😀🔥

Love your videos. Can t wait for more : ) ....

I'm rocking one of the new Mustang Mach E's and I love it from a charging stand point... you'll also love the fact that you can let it sit and charge and then warm up with departure times so it can sit in a closed garage and be warmed up or cooled when you're ready to get in it. I'm not sure we'll ever go back to only owning ICE vehicles.

Are you sure it doesn't have adaptive cruise control? My 2014 eventually got it via update.

Randy you're the man the right thing to do is to keep this car I enjoy it

Request. Can the Toyota and that little japanese car be improved with better springs and maybe isolation underneath the carpet, to drop noise level. Are there aftermarket products to improve the ride quality on a long drive?

Sounds like you scored on that Tesla…fantastic maintenance history, indestructible door handles, new motor and a new larger battery. You can’t loose on that car…with the entry price I can understand your wanting to keep an EV in the fleet. I wonder why Tesla offered you more on trade than what they offered the original owner?

Hey, I just watched your video. If you bring the car to California, I can get that battery software lock off your tesla 😎 I no longer take my tesla to a service center they lie about everything to get money out of your pockets.

Hey Ho~! This writer understands the 'real car feel' you have with the old Tesla. And he has circa 05 decades of driving to his log books. Hence, my EV is the 2019 NIRO BEV which retains the feeling of control of the car with its environment. And yes, you made the correct choice to stay with the P85. Kyle Connor of "Out of Spec" channel commented-"The P85 is the Tesla for the car enthusiast, the new Tesla is more main stream.'

Super interesting and exciting video. Love it when you get Lucky!

Randy, Great Content and I agree I find it really interesting to see how long this Vehicle will last It’s Greener than buying a New one because the carbon footprint in building it is already done. It’s a Nice looking car and look forward to seeing you work on something left field like a Tesla, Bravo Sir 🇺🇸👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I’m just curious to see how DIY friendly the car can be to work on. These videos have me thinking, should I get a cheap used Tesla.

This is a great video.

I saw your video with Mike and the road trip yesterday. That led to seeking out this video . This video led to me subscribing. Keep up the good work.

See if you have power into the blower motor fuse module. See if you have power out of the module. There may be a resistor on the resister module circuit board.

Hey randy, love the content on your channel. been watching your videos on the tesla. It made me think, I don't know if you know this but hertz the rental car company is dumping 20,000 tesla models from there fleet. so my guess(and I could be wrong) is that used tesla models will be going down a little in value/ price once they hit the market. so it could be a good time for buying used tesla models. Seems like you got a very good deal since all of the stuff that was replaced!!!

Love the Tesla content

That's a nice car, I'm dying to by 16-18 p90d or p100d, love those year models.

I’m not a big EV fan however, I dig the content. So I’m all for it 🤝🏼

you speak so passionately about this car

I absolutely respect your decision on not trading in the tesla, It definitely still has some life and could go for more in the future. It will keep going for many more miles without a problem, just some regular maintenance and its as good as a new one😄

Uhhhh that’s interesting. Supercharging also got ripped out. But yeah this is uh the best case 🤔. But yeah…keep up the great content randy! I hope your happy MWM bought a cybertruck!

I’m glad you like the Tesla but the more I know about them the more I don’t want one.

So they tried to charge him for the larger battery, which would have had the additional capacity locked out? Or they locked the additional capacity out because they came down on the price?

I don’t think it’s the PTC-heater. I think the output (probably high side switch for the blower motor is broken in the ECU. If you know someone that can service electronics they might be able to fix the ECU. I don’t know how this error code works but since heater works only have difficulties regulating the heat in the car with full blower motor speed. Too much air going through. It will start cooling the cab when heat is too high.

So I agree that this particular scenario is good considering the engine was replaced and the battery only having 20,000 miles on it no doubt that thing will last and be a great car for the channel. I will say their are issues with the new ones and you're better off with what you currently have lots of battery issues on the new models theres even a recall for it now. Got a great deal overall though Randy. If anything its cool to see that a tesla can be that reliable with such minor maintenance costs.

That cold was bad in south Colorado last week.

Randy, does it have lifetime free Supercharging?

90kwh? You got the steal of the decade! The only big expense left is air suspension and ac system, really. And all things considered those things are very reasonable expenses.

There are wheels EVO 1+ that are reduces the drag close to 2%.(There is a new ev tire that will increse your range by 7% (starts with sai, and ends with lun). You can get from 9% to 10% range improvement. I have them on my Bolt.

Smart idea Randy to keep the Tesla

Smart move to hang on to the old one , its a cool car .

You stole that Telsa Randy. Enjoy your ride 😎😎👍👍

Great video! Question- how do you take the car out of service mode? Are there prompts? Just curious-

I injected grease (red something) into the upper link. Noises when away (noise started at 90k km)

The Tesla dealer, wanted the $3k back, which the owner had got them to swallow for the P90 replacement battery.

You have MCU2 now as MCU 1 would not have LTE connectivity and was limited to 4G

Enjoying the ongoing saga of the high mile S!

What happened with the free super charging you mentioned in first video

you should have never said on your last Indianapolis trip that Monkey Wrench Mike`s videos sucked. You should apologies to him and your viewers weather you ment it or not

The trip with the tesla an the prius was awesome

hope you keep this tesla its a good one. such a bummer tesla lied to him.

I took my beloved 04 Honda Pilot with 100k for service (all fluids) a few months ago and they said my transmission was faulty and i needed to replace it at a cost of $3500 which i declined! I noticed it jumped when i shifted and when changing gears so i ended up replacing all the motor and trans mounts with brand new honda parts i found online and the engine and trans jumping went away. i spent like 300 bucks on parts! Dealers unfortunately are a rip off some are good but many just want to replaced whole assembly they don’t want to just replace the part they want to do everything because it’s easier and makes them more money!

Auto Auction Rebuilds - Hi Randy ! Well , You got new motor in it , new battery-pack ! So , just sort these few issues with heating and suspension = and keep that car = especially , that You can run for very little cost . And as You going around a lot , that car is perfect to safe some money ! Regards !

"Active Aero" refers to the front right and left grille shutters. The plaid does not have active aero. I believe this car is MCU2 because it has service mode. MCU1 doesn't have service mode. As for the PTC heater replacement, its not terrible to replace... Just a lot of screws and bolts. Check Tesla service manuals and it gives you the exact steps to take. Also be careful as the PTC heater is a high voltage component. You might, just might have to do a software reinstall once the new heater is installed. You can push a software reinstall through service mode. Also, keep an eye on the rear drive unit. That is the most common failure point on the P85. It's awesome it has a 90kwh battery! The battery like you said is softer locked to a 85 which is actually good because when you charge the car to 100%, the battery is really at 93%ish percent! Great content here, I love this car. Winston

Tesla tried to get the balance of the battery replacement when he needed the links replaced. That's what that was all about.

Agree. About keeping the Tesla S. The Nanny computers do compete with the driving experience to the detriment of all. Do get new tires before taking that trip which could involve snow and ice. That car will pay for itself.

Watched the original video for this car. Did I miss it? Does this car still have the Unlimited Super charging?

Love your vids, love the late 80's and 90's cars, mostly naturally asp and you can do most of the work on them yourself, and fill you with excitement when the loud rumbling exhaust wakes up the neighborhood,,, priceless

You should look into unlocking the battery I'm sure someone out there is going to know how to make that happen.

Were you able to get the free supercharging for life turned on for your car?

How long does it take to charge ?

Right there folks. Listen to people who HAVE Teslas, not people who HATE Teslas.

I saw in another video that consumer was told the extra battery capacity will be released over time as the battery degrades. So charging to 100% still not a good idea. If that is true who knows.

did u get the super charger problem fix yet ?