Posts by Pete Gruber

Our website features a free “Tesla Roadster Matchmaking” section, where sellers can list their Roadsters for sale, without auction deadline pressure, eliminating no reserve risks, ability to talk to the sellers directly, and best of all, access to knowledgeable Roadster experts, available to coach prospective buyers who have lots of questions. This Gruber Motor Company…

These are some of the rarest Tesla Roadster colors: Brilliant Yellow Insane Green (only 1 production car in the US) Lightning Green, only 33, and made only in 2011. The middle insane green Roadster is the last Signature 100 (VIN 100). It is the first Roadster with external carbon fiber treatment, also paraded in front…

When Tesla Roadsters come in every month, they are usually dead, batteries need CPR, and we bring them back to life.  After a successful recovery, the smart customer resolves deferred maintenance by having the other major drive train component rebuilt, the Power Electronics Module (PEM). Such was the case with this Sterling Silver Roadster. The…

This is one of the rarest Roadster colors, applied the first time to Founders VIN 5 Roadster, allocated for Elon’s brother, Kimbal Musk.  This brilliant yellow Tesla Roadster came later, but is still one of very few that received this factory color. This Roadster is exceptionally well preserved, with just under 5000 miles on the…

We get many Roadsters in every month for a variety of reasons ranging from dead battery packs, to PEM rebuilds, electronic problems, and while they are here, customers elect to have a number of other upgrades and improvements done to their cars. This one came in for a pro-active PEM upgrade and rebuild, and a…

This one of a kind Tesla Roadster (VIN 1262), was commissioned by the owner with unique upgrades so special, Franz Von Holzhausen was personally involved along with his team of designers at Tesla. The customer’s design criteria was to recreate, in the Roadster, the look and feel of the old english MG, and Triumphs, which…

Radiant Roadsters are the most popular color.  This customer wanted a couple of things: 1 – A TESLA side decal 2 – The decal should match the prominent seat highlight color As most things Roadster, these side decals have been out of production for some time.  We have successfully recreated a number of hard to…

This 2008 Roadster spent most of its life in NY state. We bought this Roadster and brought it out here to Arizona.   The NY owner wanted to sell it, because he does not drive it much anymore, and he has a reservation on the new Roadster. He felt it was time to let someone…