Tesla Model Y

Bus Boy · 10-01-2022 08:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118451357#Comment_118451357

That was my thinking Mad_maxx. Hopefully I/we won't regret it. PM me if you get a Test Drive before I do if you think of it.

youngblood · 10-01-2022 11:36PM

How 27 extra Kms make it long range is beyond me

27!

MightyMunster · 11-01-2022 01:33AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118450787#Comment_118450787

Is it getting into the cars that's the problem or the seating position once you're in? If it's the getting in you could program the seat "Easy Entry" position to be at the highest setting. It would always be in that position then for exit/entry.

Mad_maxx · 11-01-2022 09:07AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118453381#Comment_118453381

Putting kids in their child seats ,the stopping down

stevekavo · 14-01-2022 05:14PM

Any ideas when/if the 7 seater version will be available for Ireland?

unkel · 14-01-2022 05:28PM

Nobody knows but very unlikely it will be this year. They don't make 7 seaters in China. Perhaps once we get the cars from Berlin.

mobyduck · 15-01-2022 07:10PM

2019 M3LR owner here. Always thinking about the next car, but likely a year or so away. Model Y top of the list, but more recently had head turned a little by IONIQ5 and EV6 as they are both also hatchbacks and could be seen as cutprice Model Y alternatives.

Sat in IONIQ5 today and liked it - pretty spacious and as above, a hatchback with decent sized boot - but to get to equiv spec of Model Y (AWD, larger battery, upgraded interior etc) looking at price of €65K+, not far off Model Y prices - and car is still smaller than Model Y.

I also like being in the Tesla world with the non stop software updates so my head turning back to Model Y now.

Anyone else here having these types of conversations with themselves?

unkel · 15-01-2022 08:56PM

Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 are great cars. But you'd be off your head to spend €65k on one. My sister in law just got her Ioniq 5, €39k on the road. Nothing beats it at that price. Personally I wouldn't want to spend any more on one either.

sk8board · 16-01-2022 12:15AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118481518#Comment_118481518

Completely agree. Just saw nobby review an id4 gtx for €70k 😂

unkel · 16-01-2022 12:49AM

Saw that and a very similar review of that same car by fullychargedshow yesterday. They agree with us. Mad money for cars like that 😂

ELM327 · 17-01-2022 09:51AM

You can blame the lack of SEAI grant, and our VAT+VRT rates compared to most countries for that insane price

sk8board · 17-01-2022 04:10PM

True - but if you want a go, that’s the price. It’s truly awful value.

Mr Q · 18-01-2022 02:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118482591#Comment_118482591

You can buy a lower spec GTX delivered for 55k. AWD and for 2.4k more than the RWD equivalent some people might go for that version.

Not sure why VW then charge 72k for the higher spec one with the same power and battery. Hard to see many people spending 72k on a VW.

mobyduck · 18-01-2022 02:27PM

These comments on price of specced up lesser cars do make the Model Y look like better value - even if I can’t quite get myself to spending €70K on it.

slave1 · 18-01-2022 03:12PM

..and the ever expanding SuC network in Ireland, do not underestimate that, I had a 750km trip over the weekend with 4 flawless fast charges at the SuCs, no let downs, no throttling, no queuing

Mad_maxx · 18-01-2022 03:16PM

this guy really lashes the ride comfort

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQwxLkv2z4

unkel · 18-01-2022 03:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118494764#Comment_118494764

That's 3 months old. Everybody has since said the same. All widely reported in this thread. All based on reviews of the same 2 Dutch reg cars 😂

If just one of all those reviewers would have been a little bit more pro-active and switched the wheels to standard 19" ones and reported back on those. Instead they all ape each other about the stiff suspension and harsh ride. Except Quentin Wilson, refreshingly enough.

Mad_maxx · 18-01-2022 03:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118494775#Comment_118494775

so there all wrong and Quentin Wilson has it right ?

ELM327 · 18-01-2022 03:42PM

Yes, they are all singing from the same hymn sheet. The wrong sheet.

Mad_maxx · 18-01-2022 04:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118495006#Comment_118495006

You know this how ?

Tesla is generally well liked by motoring press

unkel · 18-01-2022 05:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118494996#Comment_118494996

No, of course they are all right in saying that the car they tested had a harsh ride. Because it obviously has. Quentin Wilson is a racing driver, he likes fast cars (that of course tend to have stiff suspensions) and he owns a Model 3 Performance. So he says the car is grand 😁

If I were the 99th reviewer of that exact same Dutch reg LHD Model Y (having seen dozens of the previous identical reviews), I would have been bold and got smaller wheels mounted just for the test, and then reviewed the car. Maybe some reviewer will still do this. The car might be very different then, who knows.

As is, these reviews will have surely put off many potential buyers in Britain and Ireland buying a Model Y. Possibly unnecessarily. Personally I would never buy a car without test driving it myself anyway, but I'm always surprised by the number of people who would.

slave1 · 18-01-2022 05:26PM

The Y is around years in the States, if it was as harsh a ride as those reviews it would be nowhere near as successful and Tesla would have made adjustments to the car by now

Mad_maxx · 18-01-2022 05:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118495624#Comment_118495624

Americans have much lower standards when it comes to cars ,always have

AndyBoBandy · 18-01-2022 06:08PM

"Personally I would never buy a car without test driving it myself anyway"

We ordered our Model 3 having never driven any EV before, ever.... and only drove an EV for the very first time about 2 weeks before collection date!!

and since then have only driven 1 other EV, a Model S 90D