# Tesla number 6 wrecked
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [July 29, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334 "2008-07-29T06:17:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/1 "2008-07-29T06:17:04Z")
[http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/worlds-first-fo.html](http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/worlds-first-fo.html)
> Just hours after taking delivery of his brand new electric supercar, the unnamed owner of Tesla #6 has found himself back at the Menlo Park dealership awaiting news from his insurance company. [Dane Golden reports](http://www.hey.com/2008/07/25/worlds-first-tesla-crash-in-san-francisco/) that his friend Alex Volkov stumbled upon the first crash of a privately owned Tesla. At 6PM on Friday afternoon, the Jet Black beauty found itself unceremoniously wedged in front of an early ‘90s Camry and beneath a 2000s C-Class at the corner of Geary Boulevard and Gough Street in San Francisco.
> Volkov, who came upon the carbon fiber carbon-friendly wreck ten minutes after it occurred, told [Wired.com](http://Wired.com) that the crash scene was sedate with only one police car blocking traffic. “No action, no drama – everyone was very mellow,” Volkov said. “Nobody was blaming anybody. The people involved in the crash were just giving their testimony for police officers.” Volkov and bloggers speculated that the car was being driven by a Tesla engineer since it had no license plates. However, Darryl Siry, Tesla’s Vice President of Marketing, told [Wired.com](http://Wired.com) that #6 ([shown here in happier times](http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/tesla-roadster/1175-early-production-models-3.html#post9546)) had been delivered to a customer’s home shortly before the accident. “It was a Tesla customer who got into that accident. We’re aware of it because we service our vehicles,” he said, though he declined to name the customer (who he did identify as male) so as to protect his identity.
> Autopia is working on obtaining an official copy of the police report from the San Francisco Police Department. Until then, we’ll bring you some good old-fashioned he-said, she-said and post-crash photos.
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> According to Volkov, eyewitnesses to the crash told him the Roadster had gone “unnoticed” because of its low profile and [silent powertrain](http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/04/that-blissfully.html). “There was extensive recording, switching between police officers to compare notes – writing, writing, writing, more than I've seen in an average accident, especially because they couldn't believe the statements. They were trying to establish the fact of the car's unnoticeability.”
> Though he arrived well after the crash, Volkov speculated the accident was the fault of the Tesla’s driver because eyewitnesses told him the Tesla’s driver was trying to “go bumper to bumper between the cars,” a theory supported by the damage to the Tesla’s right front and rear corners. The car “probably would still be ok if the first one didn't suddenly stop in rush hour traffic,” which Volkov estimated was moving between 25 and 30 miles per hour. Volkov did not speak with any of the drivers involved.
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> Siry said that the customer was rear-ended, a theory that makes sense considering the angle of the crash and that the [airbags](http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/01/feds-exempt-tes.html) didn’t deploy. “He didn’t crash into someone,” he said. “The rear-ending caused him to go under the car in front of him – my guess is that’s why the airbags didn’t deploy.”
> Right now the car is at the dealership with a positive prognosis. “We have the car now. I think it’s repairable,” Siry said. “I haven’t seen it personally, let’s wait until the insurance company takes a look at it.” He doubted it would be totaled because so much of the car’s value lies in its batteries. “It’s a very unique car, it’s sad that it happened,” he said.
> This is the fourth Tesla to be damaged. The [first two](http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/01/the-horror-the.html) were crash tests sacrificed in the name of federal crashworthiness certification, while former Tesla CEO Mark Eberhard’s car was [damaged by a technician](http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/06/18/so-where-is-martin-eberhards-tesla-roadster-anyway-heres-the/) during delivery. According to Siry, between 8 and 10 of the $109,000 [electric cars](http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.08/tesla.html) have been delivered. Let’s hope none of them meet the same fate as this one.
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### Author:  [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/2 "2008-07-29T06:25:37Z")
wow
good thing there is only like 2 or 3 that can drive out of 10
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/3 "2008-07-29T06:29:06Z")
Let the counting begin…
That fucking sucks.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/4 "2008-07-29T06:49:33Z")
Maybe a relay stuck and he couldn’t stop.:biglaugh:
Crashing that car must suck.
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### Author:  [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/5 "2008-07-29T06:52:33Z")
Sounds like the guy may have been driving like a cock. Oh well…
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### Author:  [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/6 "2008-07-29T07:03:29Z")
look at pic #2 closer dude has on white cowboy boots … must be the owner …and im sure they took the plate off
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/7 "2008-07-29T09:01:23Z")
> Siry said that the customer was rear-ended, a theory that makes sense considering the angle of the crash and that the airbags didn’t deploy. “He didn’t crash into someone,” he said. “The rear-ending caused him to go under the car in front of him – my guess is that’s why the airbags didn’t deploy.”
Looks like he may have been hit first.
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### Author:  [@RLB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RLB)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/8 "2008-07-29T09:34:24Z")
Damn that sucks.
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/9 "2008-07-29T10:06:50Z")
Says he was probably rear ended.
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### Author:  [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/10 "2008-07-29T10:27:38Z")
The benz’s ass is off the ground. If the Tesla was rear ended first and pushed into the Mercedes, the back of it would be destroyed.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/11 "2008-07-29T10:47:12Z")
Judging by the length of the shadows, the white boots, the city bus, the way the tree is leaning and that multi-bulb light post it’s obvious the Tesla driver was at fault.
Internet accident reconstruction know it alls FTMFW!
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### Author:  [@Johnnyv412](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnyv412)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/12 "2008-07-29T11:42:49Z")
poor car
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/13 "2008-07-29T11:43:39Z")
is there any kind of voltage risk when these things crash?
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### Author:  [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/14 "2008-07-29T11:51:06Z")
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/15 "2008-07-29T11:53:17Z")
ahhh i wish these cars were easier to get. they are sooo awesome.
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### Author:  [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/16 "2008-07-29T11:55:07Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> Judging by the length of the shadows, the white boots, the city bus, the way the tree is leaning and that multi-bulb light post it’s obvious the Tesla driver was at fault.
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> Internet accident reconstruction know it alls FTMFW!
no the light post would need to have 6 lights to reconstruct this correctly … i think it was the red hemi
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### Author:  [@vt1992s10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vt1992s10)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/17 "2008-07-29T12:04:20Z")
We had a tesla at work testing yesturday 🙂
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### Author:  [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/18 "2008-07-29T12:08:07Z")
no skid marks.
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/19 "2008-07-29T12:30:46Z")
> [@Anonymity](#):
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> no skid marks.
electric car.
duh.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-number-6-wrecked/52334/20 "2008-07-29T13:43:55Z")
MPG?
J/k
but how long do these things last on battery power?
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