LEAF wreck. Oh, the horror!

[EdmondLeaf]

Mark your calendar
Expected Sale Date: March/26/12
http://www.copart.com/c2/homeSearch...=SEARCH_RESULTS&omniBidBtn=BID_SEARCH_RESULTS

 

[EdmondLeaf]

$6100 Expected Sale Date: 03/26/12

 

[CWO4Mann]

$6100 Expected Sale Date: 03/26/12

I sure hope one of the tech guys from this forum gets the bid and dissects that Leaf down to the last erg. Wonder if it would help for forum supporters to pitch in and donate some money and/or elbow grease. I'm game for both

Dave

 

[caffeinekid]

It looks like the auction date has been moved up to Monday 3/12/2012 @ 1:00pm.

 

[EdmondLeaf]

Sold to highest bidder
$13.900 Indiana

 

[adric22]

Sold to highest bidder
$13.900 Indiana

Not a bad price. The question is, do they plan to part it out and sell the pieces, or try to repair it? If there were more of them on the road, parting it out would make more sense. But with so few on the road and all being under warranty, demand for replacement parts is probably pretty low.

 

[EdmondLeaf]

Wonder if winner is here. I heard about rebuild sold, if you know what you doing premium will be nice.

 

[harryjpowell]

Rebuild it with a 6.6kw charger!

 

[TonyWilliams]

Congrats to the winner. I was stuck at about $7000 as my max bid, and only actually bid $3550.

There will be more wrecks.

Tony

 

[DaveinOlyWA]

no worries... GM probably bought it to reverse engineer it

 

[EdmondLeaf]

current bid $7600 in OR,
http://www.copart.com/c2/individualLot.html?lotId=10559472&searchType=onSaleNow

 

[DaveinOlyWA]

i thought the car was already purchased?

 

[TonyWilliams]

i thought the car was already purchased?

Another car, blue this time. Keep wrecking them guys, I need a battery pack!

 

[Ingineer]

And I need a test bench setup! =)

Strange that there's 2 now wrecked around Portland. What are they doing up there?!?

-Phil

 

[TomT]

Rain, sleet, snow, ice and Ecopia tires??? :lol:

Strange that there's 2 now wrecked around Portland. What are they doing up there?!?

 

[camasleaf]

Rain, sleet, snow, ice and Ecopia tires??? :lol:

Strange that there's 2 now wrecked around Portland. What are they doing up there?!?

We call them California drivers :lol:

 

[DaveinOlyWA]

ah 5245 miles, wow that would really suck. i dont understand, this car does not seem to have that much damage. was the charger messed up?

 

[Ingineer]

ah 5245 miles, wow that would really suck. i dont understand, this car does not seem to have that much damage. was the charger messed up?

Why would the charger be messed up? The insurance company totalled it probably because right now the only place that can work on a Leaf is the Dealer (no aftermarket parts yet), so the costs are crazy-high.

-Phil

 

[JPWhite]

ah 5245 miles, wow that would really suck. i dont understand, this car does not seem to have that much damage. was the charger messed up?

Why would the charger be messed up? The insurance company totalled it probably because right now the only place that can work on a Leaf is the Dealer (no aftermarket parts yet), so the costs are crazy-high.

-Phil

Any competent auto body shop can fix the LEAF. But you are right about the parts, nearly all the parts come directly from the local dealer. Only 1 part in my repair was aftermarket, the estimate didn't indicate which one it was, but there was a count of 1

The headlight assembly is over $900.

 

[Ingineer]

Any competent auto body shop can fix the LEAF.

Repairing the Leaf requires the $10 kilobuck Consult III+ scantool. Most body shops will not have it, and will avoid the job.

-Phil