Until not so long ago, the cars that people wanted to buy were Ferraris, Bugatti or Lamborghini, and although this trend has not changed, a new competitor has entered the market, with the Tesla. Its great attraction is the cutting-edge technology with which it is integrated, which is making this brand increasingly popular and in demand.
But as expected, all this innovation and advances come with a high price and if someone wants to buy a Tesla they will have to shell out a high amount that not everyone can afford. This is the case of an 18-year-old American boy named Winston, who With the intention of creating the cheapest Tesla in the US, he bought a destroyed model of the brand.
According to this young man paid $15,000 at Geico insurance company auctionand after getting it, he took the damaged car to his garage and He spent three months working tirelessly to restore it to its former glory. As we said, his goal was to create the cheapest Tesla Model 3 in the United States and he documented his journey on the YouTube channel Wham Baam Teslacam.
Apart from the 15,000 dollars to get this Tesla, according to what he says, He invested another $9,000 in the purchase of new materials and parts that this car needed, in addition to the $1,000 he had to pay in taxes, which in total, the sum of the costs to recover and bring this 2018 Model 3 back to lifeit cost about $25,000. Currently this model can be found starting at $52,000, so we can say that the investment has been profitable.
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But during the renovation process, Winston did not expect to find this from the previous owner, and the reason why this Model 3 had come into his hands. This is because during the arrangements, This young man decided to connect a USB to recover data from the computer built into the car and discovered why the Tesla had ended up in the scrapyard.
According to him, what he saw were The shocking images showed the moment when the car collided with another motorist, causing its total accident. After managing to give a new life to this car, Winston now aspires to work for the company and has already sent his resume, demonstrating that with determination and perseverance you can take advantage of things that others have already given up as lost.
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