Look where it ended up

That’s wild. Do you think it’s really there? Must be a glitch in the matrix or are you getting other data such as SOC, climate or perhaps vehicle speed?

Just remote it from the app so someone else can use it???

My guy it’s like over 1000km from Tehran lol. Many salvaged vehicles end up in Georgia and Armenia

Yeah why not say it's on Mt Eibrus or something? lol But hey, Iran is in the news... so I'm gonna say Tehran.

Can you talk on the outer speaker?

Just a short 16 hour drive away from Tehran😅 This is like saying you’re just a short drive away from NYC from St. Petersburg.

Not exactly " a few hours"

I did the same when my MYP was totalled. It got shipped to Ukraine where someone bought it. Got into my new Tesla one morning almost a year later and all of my settings were completely jacked up, the new owner had logged into all his music apps, Slavic music started blaring when I entered the vehicle, the seat started crushing me against the steering wheel, etc. It was a very weird morning. Long story short, it's nice to get some closure to see where your car ended up, but I'd relenquish ownership and delete it from your app asap.

It's most likely really there. European mechanics are some wizards and there's a hot market for used damaged Teslas.

You’re going to need the really upgraded version of “summon”

It's almost just as far from Ukraine as it is Tehran but Ukraine isn't the viral conflict anymore. Posting what people wanna see lol

I debated leaving our recently written off m3 in the app but then I found the local graveyard for cars waiting for scrappers and just deleted it. I don’t think it’s going anywhere any time soon.

Basically every other car in Georgia is electric and many of them are Teslas. The US is so far behind you don't realize what demand EVs have. Also in places like Georgia and Armenia when there are problems, you fix them. In the states it's insurance and liability and tens of thousands of dollars of work. In Georgia some dude bangs on it with a hammer for $3 and it works. They love salvaged cars.

Can u enable sentry and take a screenshot?

Everything is Tehran if you zoom out far enough on google earth

That’s a short drive if you use FSD!

Yeah, it's an 18-20 hour drive not including charging. "Just a few hours" as if it's New York to DC.

Even non damaged ice cars. I traded in a 2008 bmw back in 2020 for another bmw. My original one went to action and best I can find it sold to someone and was exported to Ukraine. I’m sure it’s still driving around there so long it was not taken out by the war. Or maybe it was just parted out.

Crazy life, closer to Mosul where ISIS used to be than Tehran

Still kinda wild seeing your car show up so relatively close to the hottest war zone we’ve seen since at least 2003.

Please try this. Maybe you'll scare some people into thinking the car is haunted or sentient

Shhhhhh, Special Ops is using it to track where the missiles need to go!

It’s Elbrus, the mountain Prometheus was chained to for giving us all fire

Life revolves around Tehran

No, I Can schedule the service appointment tho

I'm just a dumb American things look closer over there

That thing was up to center consul in saltwater. I don't know what voodoo they're gonna do but it seems like its running

When they initially got it turned back on I had somebody request to transfer the key. I declined. I wanted to see it. Maybe one day I'll cross paths with it and set up the key card and give it a kiss

They can pretty much replace the entire car as long as that one chip relaying back to your phone says it's "Online".

You mean your knees got some closure as they were pushed against the steering column? 😂.

I know most of the features are bricked the application, but I wonder if I can mess with it using the API

I wish I could see mine but it got ruined by a flood

You never know It took them over a year to get it working again Then it popped back up

🤣🤣🤣

It’s Not even in the Same Country as teheran?!

Gimme my car back! Ill pay the shipping!

Yeah and Texas is only a few hours from Oregon lol. My guy your car is in a whole different country.

"Come to me" 3 weeks later a very confused and hungry Azerbaijani rolls up.

Only a couple hour flight from North Korea too

a friend of mine's also ended up in Ukraine, with a very unique paint job that the new owner apparntely loved!

Mine went to Egypt after a total loss. I also forgot to remove it and one day they subscribed to the premium data thing on my account. That’s how I found out where it was. I honked the horn a few times and lowered the windows and removed it lol

I thought they just ripped the parts out of it and scraped it It's cool it can have a second life

I’ve been in the same scenario. My old model Y went to the Ukraine. You still have some limited access since you were the original driver, but you can’t do anything at all. Seeing where the vehicle is is pretty much it. It would be nice if you could see the sentry cams or something like that but, nope.

I didn't notice that my card was still connected to supercharging network however, there are no superchargers anywhere near there so it's not a huge concern

It's probably a good thing you can't change the lock sound to a random MP3 from the app.

LOL okay i’m gonna keep my tesla in my app and not remove it

If only you could turn on Summon mode… 😂

Summon it back 😆

Hey! You experienced the forced Slav squat!

Just blast this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPPT7TcFmAk *warning strobe effect is off the charts*

SUMMON the VEHICLE. I DARE YOU.

This happened to me once when I got in the Tesla the car thought I was her. I’m 6’2’ she’s 5 feet. At the time I was new to Tesla and I wasn’t sure how to stop myself from being crushed. lol

Someone has my model S with track pack ceramic brakes in Georgia. How they’re driving it I don’t know. One man’s trash is another’s treasure indeed.

I hope the new head of Iran is driving it. Easy pickings if he is!

Car is in Georgia *** not hours away from Tehran. Two totally different situations.

> now it’s just a few hours from Tehran. What a weird way to phrase that. "a few hours from Tehran" means "in Armenia, 1000 kilometers from Tehran." This is like if your car was in Edinburgh, Scotland and you described it as "a few hours from Paris."

> Car is in Georgia *** not hours away from Tehran. Armenia.

Same happened to me, only the car was driven to Germany from Ukraine at a very high rate of speed and then the next day started the fight for control of the settings on the cars. They changed the profile name to "please remove this car from you profile" so I did.

The wrong Georgia?

Wait for the upgraded Summon: Tesla Exorcism!

How on earth is this a positve?  The total disregard for privacy and sloppiness alone would be enough to put off ever wanting to buy a tesla.

Why would you decline? Its not your car anymore.

At least You have to work at tesla to spy on people against their will through cameras still disgusting and creepy though.

Disgusting and creepy? Do you think people are trying to masturbate to tesla side door cameras? What a weirdo. Just natural curiosity at where the car went and what the repair process might look like over there.

I never said it was a positive. The used market for Teslas is very undermanaged and I agree there should me more privacy for buyers of used vehicle

cuz ima lurk

They’re probably American and they’re trying lol.

Yea this looks like it’s in Armenia

One thing is that region really knows how to hack car tech. I’ve seen some crazy things they’ve done that every one says is impossible. If anyone could bring back a bricked and damaged Tesla, they could.

Could be worse. Son of wife's coworker got a gig to drive a purchased used Tesla cross country to the new owner. Thes seller (or someone) neglected to do the paperwork. He got 4 hours drive away, then it wouldn't supercharge. Phoned up, offered to give new credit card "but you're not the registered owner, we can't accept that." he needed to fax the bill of sale, new registration (but was driving on temporary license permit) etc. and they would get around to doing the paperwork. Plus release from the used car dealer, who at the time was not familiar with Tesla procedures, probably hadn't followed up with original owner, who at least had removed his credit card. No other chargers, especially in the more remote areas of the TransCanada Highway. In the end, they sent it by flatbed.

This is pretty cool that the cars can end up with a second life in a part of the world where they don’t mind repairing them. It makes me sad that this would probably never happen with my Model 3 because there’s not many countries in the world that use RHD cars. Although it makes me wonder if there would be the willingness for people in areas of the world where repairs of cars from other countries to convert them to LHD. I know the firewall has the holes for both LHD and RHD. I have no idea if the software side of things is as easy as getting into some service level menu and changing the country the vehicle is in, or if there’s an option to select LHD or RHD.

A lot of totalled Teslas end up in Ukraine Seems like they've figured out how to fix the cars cheaply

Hence why there's a lot of information on fixing teslas on YouTube but in a different language. Love it

So they’re still using your account in that vehicle… I’d change my password if I were you.

Wanting to secretly watch people through cameras on their personal vehicles is creepy. and to think tesla and Musk have access and no doubt store this data is also dystopian and terrifying.

LOL love that.

No, the car is still linked to his account, just as you can have your wife make an account and you add your car to her's.  So both can drive and control the car.   When you get rid of your tesla, Either you or Tesla service center should have it removed from your account.   It's really just a simple procedure.  Basically like throwing your old car keys away once you junked it.  (But the keys still have power over the car remotely)

Activate FSD and take the new owner for a ride around town.

Yeah and sell it to clueless Europeans asaccident-free cars

If people wanted EV’s, they would drive them.  Most people in America don’t want it. They voted with their wallets. Car companies lost billions assuming the demand you are referring to existed

While you are correct, I think if the infrastructure was more available for people then more people would want an EV. I don’t know anyone that enjoys going to a gas station and paying the currently high gas prices. I’m willing to bet if charging stations were as convenient as gas stations are, then there would be more EVs.

Mine ended up in Romania. Interesting

Those things it's quite common in eastern Europe, middle asia and etc. Even germans buy US exported cars and repaired in eastern Europe. It's normal practice. For example in portals like autoplius.lt you can find very much US exported cars, even with vin codes provided. Just select filter: first registration country USA and you will see how massive is this thing. Those cars from US are great with low mileage. It's cheaper to buy, much easier to buy, because you can select of many different crashed/deffective cars. For example I already bought my 3rd car from NA. First was from Ontario, 2nd was from Montreal(Canada) and now again bought MSP from Torronto. Simple answer why we are buying from US, not from Germany... MSP 2022+ in Germany costs from 69k EUR!!! Sonfor example, after importing you can build something similar for around 30-40k eur. There are plenty of repair shops which can switch those cars from American regions to European. And fun part about buying car from NA is that you often get good car with service history, without strange scams. Buying in Germany is total black box, except if you buy 2-3years car from autohaus or car for abnormal price. So that's why people are doing this. Also it's easy to check how much costs to import car from US. There are many platform in the internet where you can check price. For car basically it's 3k usd (shipping + US taxes) and ~30% import fees.

they even figured out how to charge for free on SuC in new teslas which is stealing and I disapprove.

You’re in Armenia!

So… how do you stop it from crushing you?

As someone whose driven hybrids and electrics my entire adult life up until now, that’s not the only reason. My reason for buying a muscle car now is because they’re going extinct and I want to hear and feel the horsies at least once lol it was a bad idea though because now I really don’t want to lose it

„Just a few hours from Tehran“… not so sure about that! 😂

It's probably going to become someone's lifeline to power their home when the blackouts hit

that's hilarious what a great story

Your gonna see it on the news with 6 bearded screaming Iranians in it and a missile launcher zip tied to the roof.

https://alsettevs.com/why-are-so-many-used-teslas-ending-up-in-wartime-ukraine/#:~:text=This%20policy%20change%20opened%20the,market%20for%20these%20imported%20Teslas. This article is pretty interesting

What a reason to be a jerk. /s You presumably got paid out for it. Pretty wild to still claim ownership of it.

A short feisty Slavic man indeed

Arguably, that Georgia has way better food.

Nah, it’s easy to check it through a vin. All of them were sold as totals on the auction

I can tell you - we even can replace battery elements out here. And Tesla is one of the cheapest cars to fix here.

Thanks :) I just randomly typed a spot I had squinted at on the map. I enjoy your correction and detail :)

You’re welcome! I live to leave comments with facts no one gives a crap about

I would rather be able to fill up my car in sub 5 minutes with 400 miles than need to wait 30 minutes for 280 miles I love my Tesla, but charging is by far the worst aspect of ownership and is the main advantage gas cars have

As a daily driver, there’s nothing better than waking up to a full battery every day. But yes, for longer roadtrips, that is exactly my point. The infrastructure has to improve. Faster chargers and more availability.

You’re implying it’s a small detour for a quick drive-through?

Yeah, a small detour would be fine. Personally, I wouldn't travel more than 7000 miles off my trip for some khachapuri.

Turn back my bro

Well I like 'em. Please subscribe me to you email list lol

It looks like it's near my hometown Artashat in Armenia. A lot of old Tesla's there and a lot of damaged cars from US. They don't have to pay import taxes on EV's so more EV's end Chinese EV's there than in Europe especially old model 3's and Chinese.

My Cybertruck also ended up in Ukraine last year.

True but even the fastest charge is 6x slower than gas. There are limits on how fast you can charge a battery. Infrastructure isn’t the issue. The issue is: 1) USA is huge, most people take trips to the beach that are 4-500 miles. This is just inconvenient with an EV. My family owns Tesla and ICE. 90% of beach trips are ICE.  2) US gas is cheap. Unless you have home charging, which many don’t, charging an EV is about as expensive as gas 3) US loves bit cars. A model Y, or even an X is too small for many families. I just got a new Chevy Equinox and it is so much roomier 4) Insurance is much more expensive The EV community assume that EV’s are a magic bullet, and that adoptions slow growth is “just an infrastructure problem”. It’s not. ICE has legit uses. EV make a ton of sense in tiny countries like Georgia where it’s smaller than many US states.

All your arguments break down when you look at China. Also gigantic. Huge EV adoption. Also new BYD tech, means faster to fill with electricity than gas for same range coming out now.

Because China heavily subsidizes EV. Labor is dirt cheap. And the type of consumer is completely different If US wanted EV en masse, we would have them. Many consumers simply don’t want it.  I literally own both and there are many times I am happy I have an ICE

Your argument is “consumers don’t know what they want, I know what they want better than they do” GM, Ford, Stellantis lost billions thinking the same thing. EV’s have been sitting at around 10% adoption since 2023. Stalling recently after subsidies disappeared Your argument for china only further proves my point that many people don’t want it unless heavily subsidized

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I'm joking obviously I'm not gonna go hook up the fucking key I'm not claiming ownership. I'm just lurking.

Armenia ?

My argument is most Americans are ignorant and stupid and seriously have no clue what they actually need. Driving an EV in the rain can electrocute you! A hummer is more environmentally friendly than a Prius! EVs just explode into fireballs all the time and gas cars never do! The deplorables are half the country and the ignorant are much more than even that. Have a PHEV is great for larger countries but when the almighty dollar and marketing rules everything you just get F550s to take the kids to school.

What country was it originally purchased!?

Not salvaged, but my dad sold a Tesla model X, ended up at auction and got shipped from Texas to Oklahoma, I still had access to the app back then, for shits in giggles when it was at auction I was ramping up the heat to drain the battery, I killed it a couple of times until someone bought it 😭, I left an AirTag tho to track the Tesla when we got it I forgot to take it out when we got rid of it, and sometimes I check where the Tesla is

Savage

Greatest one in the world, baby

Not in Eastern Europe but as a part Slavic American who loves russian music I feel like a rare species haha. Too much of our community is still obsessed with legacy auto and BMW/merc

It really concerns me that if I buy a used Tesla, I can't, as the new owner, remove the old owner.

“Actually Actually Smart Summon”

Again, if infrastructure was improved and more available like having a charging station next to beach parking, I would bet more people would take their EVs to the beach. Come back to your car and you just get rolling again. This is about availability of chargers. The US isn’t there yet thus is why it makes more sense to take you ICE vehicle if you don’t want to stop and charge. Regarding your second point about US gas being cheap…in which world? Gas right now is over $3/gallon on average. Charging at home even on a standard 120v outlet is way cheaper than gas. Most energy companies charge .07-.11 cents per kWh. Depending on the amount of driving, that can easily be less than $40/month on the higher end; where an ICE vehicle can spend that at 1 trip to the gas station. Most EV owners that have the ability to install a 220/240v outlet will do it because it’s not hard to do and charge in off-peak hours. This completely blows your gas = energy idea out of the water. 3rd point, I agree with the Model Y and X can feel small. But seeing on average families aren’t bigger than 4 people, it can fit them without a problem. There are bigger EVs like the F150 lightning or Lucid EV trucks if people really wanted/needed more space.

Does summon work ?

But you are still claiming ownership by declining their request to transfer... and I see your edit now about you fighting with the new owner over settings. Just give it up, it's creepy to be lurking like that. Let the new owner enjoy their car in peace, they bought it. Last thing they wanna be doing is going to Tesla to dispute ownership with you. Be a good dude. Besides, the new owner knows exactly who you are, email address, possibly even saved locations...

And had someone done it to you, you’d be on here crying your eyes out asking for help. Bad karma for you.

Car has been bought at an auction and was imported by a fellow Armenian haha. Please remove the car from your app as they may want to link it to their account, it is much easier when the car is not linked compared to when you have to mail Tesla all kinds of info for them to do it for you.

closer to russia than tehran! Elbrus is the tallest peak in Europe (russia)

My 2018 model S ended up there too...

I’m confused, is OP saying they’re leaving their old car on their profile and changing settings on the cars new owner? Why would you not just delete it ?

fine.

Wait... what's the story here, OP??

My wife's BIL has a business doing exactly this in Ukraine. The funny thing is, he had previously been really sarcastic about us having a Tesla - but a year later, both he and his wife were driving Teslas and he had already started the business importing scrapped Teslas from North America, fixing them up and selling them. Because so many North American EVs were sold in Ukraine before the manufacturers had established an official presence, the country is supporting both North American and European charging standards.

Some years ago in Russia, some people had managed to create their own versions of the Tesla's servers and were using their own SIMS and software patches to make cars connect to their servers instead of the real servers. This allowed them to enable features, like Autopilot and to sell/use cars that had been stolen.

Wonderful that people accept the world will mess around with each other. Wonder if you can change languages as well???

What nonsense is standard form of measurement? Did you mean the one used only in the US?