Florida man buys the cheapest Tesla Model S in the entire US and has to grit his teeth and investigate how 'screwed' he is

This Florida YouTuber bought the cheapest Tesla Model S he could find, which, as you can imagine, came with a long list of flaws.

Still, even though the car was far from perfect, it was in decent condition for a 12-year-old, 155,000-mile car.

There was only one major issue.

And unfortunately Tesla themselves may not be able to fix it.

The Model S is almost like an iPhone now

Apple has two ways to categorize older iPhones.

The countdown clock begins the moment an iPhone is pulled from apple.com.

After five years, the phone enters the Vintage category, which means you can get replacement parts and hardware repairs, as well as most software updates.

After two more years – so seven in total – the iPhone is now considered Obsolete.

In general, at this point, you can no longer get parts, and software updates are limited to rare, emergency security fixes.

That’s what’s happening to the Tesla Model S.

It was recently discontinued, which means that sooner or later it will be difficult to find replacement parts or get software support.

This is especially true for the older, pre-2021 update variant, which is what the car you see here is.

And it explains the incredibly low price.

This Florida YouTuber bought the cheapest Tesla Model S in the US, and it shows

A YouTuber who goes by Open Circuit bought a 2014 Tesla Model S 85 with over 155,000 miles on the clock.

He was looking for the cheapest Tesla Model S in the country, and he found it in Florida.

He only paid $7,600, but that’s easily explained by the long list of issues.

“Did I just get an insane deal on a luxury electric sedan or am I digging myself into an endless money pit?” he asked in a video.

A question that was quickly answered a few seconds later.

Aesthetically, the car was in generally decent cosmetic shape, though it did have some exterior dents, a missing front bumper splitter, and a faulty xenon headlight bulb.

The faulty xenon headlight bulb doesn’t sound like much, but it means you have to remove the wheel and fender liner to replace it.

The ride was rough, and while the panoramic sunroof still worked, it made a concerning ‘crunchy’ sound when operating.

There were obviously a million error messages on the screen, but the main problem was that this car cannot use Tesla Superchargers.

This is critical because re-enabling Supercharging typically requires direct intervention from Tesla, which brings us back to the problem we mentioned before.

Still, the YouTuber said he’s convinced he can fix everything – including the Supercharger – while staying under an all-in budget of $10,000.

If the math is mathing, that leaves no more than $2,400 for repairs, given the $7,600 purchase price.

The video was posted only days ago, so stay tuned for updates which, we suspect, may not be that rosy.