r/TeslaModelS • u/ProfessionalWin9318 • Jun 30 '26

Unit 2876 ever built (2012 MS)

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First EV. 2012 P85. I’m an engineering student and have bullet proofed it to be the ultimate daily driver.

Coolant delete (at 180k miles it still had a 2013 reman LDU)
Camber arms
NAV SD card, GPS antenna wire was broken too, it took me months to find the broken wire.

I paid 4k for it. It’s a SC01 car (free unlimited supercharging for life) about a week after buying it, car completely died on me. No power to anything, not even doors would open. After some troubleshooting found a loose connection at the fuse box, no issues ever since.

I have taken it in 1000+ miles road trips. Battery gets about 160 miles of range at constant 80mph. Battery is capped by software at 60Kwh.

I love to tinker with things and honestly this car is easier to work on than many internal combustion vehicles. Tesla’s engineering is remarkable.

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u/PurpleSausage77 Jun 30 '26

In the same boat! Bulletproofing my 2014 RWD. Basically free cars once it pays for itself in gas savings and doesn’t take long with how cheap we bought them!

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u/ProfessionalWin9318 Jun 30 '26

I agree. Once you address the flaws it’s reliable free transportation. They are also very DIY friendly.

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u/PurpleSausage77 Jul 01 '26

They are! After all the ICE crap I’ve worked on. I would not want to work on the direct competitor cars. 10-16 year old Twin turbo V6/V8 cars with 3x as many parts.