What Slave1 got next

Black_Knight

slave1 wrote: »

VRT now back open, appointment done for early July

How does a VRT appeal go? I've hear a few here mention that they bookmark/screenshot cheap versions of their car to challenge their valuation?

slave1

Forgot to say, I fitted the boot liner from Rhino UK, they are good quality but not an exact fit e.g. they cover the left hand side well, also they block out all the lights. I rarely use the lights so am keeping as I can have a lot of dirty golf shoes and wheels in the boot so much easier to just take out and wipe a liner than alternative of boot carpet getting wet/dirty.

Puddle lights arrived today, I'll fit them later on and throw up a photo.

CCS upgrade Ranger booked for next week...

ELM327

slave1 wrote: »

Forgot to say, I fitted the boot liner from Rhino UK, they are good quality but not an exact fit e.g. they cover the left hand side well, also they block out all the lights. I rarely use the lights so am keeping as I can have a lot of dirty golf shoes and wheels in the boot so much easier to just take out and wipe a liner than alternative of boot carpet getting wet/dirty.

Puddle lights arrived today, I'll fit them later on and throw up a photo.

CCS upgrade Ranger booked for next week...

Unkel, take note

unkel

ELM327 wrote: »

Unkel, take note

Haha, I'd like to know how much that visit costs, I presume about EUR475 incl VAT?

Not for me though. I plan to take the car on UK / continental European trips, where the supercharger network has plenty of cover. This is completely free for me to use and also the fastest possible way to charge the car

And for the occasional holiday in Ireland or very long trip with the family on board (who wouldn't like waiting for an hour or so occasionally at a slow 23kW AC charger), I will borrow a CHAdeMO adapter from a friend

slave1

Been €500 for a while now

How much does a CCS Combo 2 service retrofit cost?
CCS Combo 2 retrofit service will cost €500, including the cost of a CCS Combo 2 adapter (€170 when purchased separately).

Going for it as I will be keeping this car for a number of years so it's simply a matter of time so may as well get it done now.
eCars slowly eliminating the 22kW chargers back to 2kW also a minor factor

unkel

slave1 wrote: »

eCars slowly eliminating the 22kW chargers back to 2kW also a minor factor

Yeah, that wasn't happening when I made my decision not have CCS fitted I do a lot of medium distance travelling on my own, the range of the car is 300-400km and if that's short, there are the 23kW chargers everywhere and outside of Dublin they are rarely (both) in use. And I don't mind a wee wait of an hour or so when I'm on my own, usually plenty to do, catch up on emails, read boards, etc.

I'll keep an eye on cheap CHAdeMO adapters too, but they usually go for over GBP200, which is more than I want to spend on one.

AndyBoBandy

unkel wrote: »

I'll keep an eye on cheap CHAdeMO adapters too, but they usually go for over GBP200, which is more than I want to spend on one.

Chademo adaptor will still limit you to eCars 'fast' 50kWh units only won't it? Whereas a CCS would open you up to more (mainly Ionity).

ELM327

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Chademo adaptor will still limit you to eCars 'fast' 50kWh units only won't it? Whereas a CCS would open you up to more (mainly Ionity).

Yup, but would be cheaper for occasional use.
1 hour at a chademo 50kW station would generally get me ~43-47kWh to the car, enough for 200km or so, which would get me home/ when combined with 300km initial range.

unkel

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Chademo adaptor will still limit you to eCars 'fast' 50kWh units only won't it? Whereas a CCS would open you up to more (mainly Ionity).

Yeah about about 46-47kW on CHAdeMO and CCS DC charging, I'd barely call that fast charging - it is only twice as fast as on slow AC

The only places in Ireland where you could charge faster than that are the Tesla Superchargers and Ionity CCS

I'm not going to spend €500 for a few times a half an hour gain per year (on CCS vs AC)

And I am of course hoping that Ireland will get more Superchargers. Two very near me (Enfield and Sandyford) have been on the cards for this year and I have free unlimited supercharging for life

ELM327

unkel wrote: »

Yeah about about 46-47kW on CHAdeMO and CCS DC charging, I'd barely call that fast charging - it is only twice as fast as on slow AC

The only places in Ireland where you could charge faster than that are the Tesla Superchargers and Ionity CCS

I'm not going to spend €500 for a few times a half an hour gain per year (on CCS vs AC)

And I am of course hoping that Ireland will get more Superchargers. Two very near me (Enfield and Sandyford) have been on the cards for this year and I have free unlimited supercharging for life

Enfield has been "this year" for 4

unkel

Yeah I know. Sandyford would be a lot handier for me anyway.

rounders

Sorry to derail the forum a small bit but interested in yer opinion of this;
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-leaf-ev-sv-cold-pk-40kw/24471234

Thought 26k sounded cheap given it's only a year old and 8,500 KM but given the 60KW pack is out now would you expect prices to be cheaper?

unkel

rounders wrote: »

Sorry to derail the forum a small bit but interested in yer opinion of this;
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-leaf-ev-sv-cold-pk-40kw/24471234

Thought 26k sounded cheap given it's only a year old and 8,500 KM but given the 60KW pack is out now would you expect prices to be cheaper?

I don't think Slave1 would trade his Tesla back in for a Leaf

And as for your question, that's a 40kWh Leaf and way overpriced. What makes you think it's a 60kWh pack?

ELM327

rounders wrote: »

Sorry to derail the forum a small bit but interested in yer opinion of this;
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-leaf-ev-sv-cold-pk-40kw/24471234

Thought 26k sounded cheap given it's only a year old and 8,500 KM but given the 60KW pack is out now would you expect prices to be cheaper?

There's a main chat thread.


However that car has been reduced 2k already and given it's "1 year old" in about a week I'd expect another reduction. If you're dead set on a leaf, the L62 is a much better car.



But seriously, get something else!

rounders

unkel wrote: »

I don't think Slave1 would trade his Tesla back in for a Leaf

And as for your question, that's a 40kWh Leaf and way overpriced. What makes you think it's a 60kWh pack?

ELM327 wrote: »

There's a main chat thread.


However that car has been reduced 2k already and given it's "1 year old" in about a week I'd expect another reduction. If you're dead set on a leaf, the L62 is a much better car.



But seriously, get something else!

Sorry tried to find the other trend but couldn't remember what it was called. Even looked at where Unkel has posted cause I've seen him post in the other thread a few times but couldn't see it

Summary though, too expensive and stay away from Leaf cause they aren't innovating quick enough?

Black_Knight

rounders wrote: »

Sorry tried to find the other trend but couldn't remember what it was called. Even looked at where Unkel has posted cause I've seen him post in the other thread a few times but couldn't see it

Summary though, too expensive and stay away from Leaf cause they aren't innovating quick enough?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057470095&page=218

Kramer

rounders wrote: »

Sorry to derail the forum a small bit but interested in yer opinion of this;

Lack of new standard - CCS charging (outdated & slow charging on Leaf), no active battery cooling, rapidgate.....

Get an Ioniq - far better car. There's one going in the for sale classifieds here (mine :pac:).

slave1

Anyhow....puddle light, cheap thing that the young one wanted to get done.
In other news the better half and young one camped last night in the S, resounding success, loads of room and AC on all night

unkel

I usually find nearly any modification to a car tacky, but I have to say I like that Any linky?

And tell us more about the camping, you stuck a double (air?) mattress in the back with the seat down (front seats moved forwards?), switched camp mode on and that was it?

slave1

unkel wrote: »

I usually find nearly any modification to a car tacky, but I have to say I like that Any linky?

And tell us more about the camping, you stuck a double (air?) mattress in the back with the seat down (front seats moved forwards?), switched camp mode on and that was it?

Linky, I went for the 4300K White Yellow option.

No mattress, just a double duvet as the base, camp mode on, that was it

slave1

CCS upgrade done by Ranger today, 35minutes I'd say, just a new communication device fitted under rear seat and some software reflashing and he was done.
Very nice chap, had a good chat.
As my frunk opening is dodgy he will fit a new actuator in a few weeks with another Ranger call.
Some water collecting at the sunroof so he will tackle that too.
Both covered under warranty.
I'll throw up some photos later (in work now...

unkel

Nice work. CCS was EUR475?

Have had a look at CHAdeMO adapters on eBay, but they sell usually for over GBP250. Why the hell would someone spend that sort of money when they can get the far superior CCS upgrade from Tesla itself (so with warranty) for not an awful lot more than that?

markpb

unkel wrote: »

Nice work. CCS was EUR475?

Have had a look at CHAdeMO adapters on eBay, but they sell usually for over GBP250. Why the hell would someone spend that sort of money when they can get the far superior CCS upgrade from Tesla itself (so with warranty) for not an awful lot more than that?

Isn't Chademo a lot more available than CCS in parts of the UK?

slave1

unkel wrote: »

Nice work. CCS was EUR475?

Have had a look at CHAdeMO adapters on eBay, but they sell usually for over GBP250. Why the hell would someone spend that sort of money when they can get the far superior CCS upgrade from Tesla itself (so with warranty) for not an awful lot more than that?

markpb wrote: »

Isn't Chademo a lot more available than CCS in parts of the UK?

CCS now €500

CHAdeMO was originally a lot more penetrated in UK in the early days (think Leaf being the first car to market) and as Tesla did not have a Supercharger network there was literally no way to fast charge a Tesla so they developed the CHAdeMO adapter years before the CCS one (and in line with the Model 3 adoption of CCS in EU).

Tesla EU Superchargers V3 are highly likely to be solo CCS cables I've read so all Tesla's will need CCS upgrade at some stage, newer model S and X are pre-configured for CCS so no upgrade required.

AndyBoBandy

slave1 wrote: »

I've read so all Tesla's will need CCS upgrade at some stage

Thats a bit of a kick in the teeth for those that bought early models and have free supercharging for life... (yeah, only if you pay €500 for the CCS upgrade).

Or would these folk expect the CCS upgrade for free so as to continue to have what they bought (free supercharging for life).

Or do Tesla keep 20% of Superchargers at a location at V2 to accommodate the non CCS cars?

slave1

They'll only need an upgrade to use V3 Superchargers (assuming I read correctly), existing superchargers will be fine.
I could be totally wrong in my interpretation

AndyBoBandy

Ah, so existing superchargers will stay as they are, and V3 ones will be for new locations only? and then perhaps eventually replace teh V2's when they stop getting used (or when they know there's no more non CCS Tesla's out there)

ELM327

They won't remove V2 superchargers.
V3 is the next ones but they are still putting in V2s aswell.
Can't imagine anyone not paying for the CCS upgrade tbh.

AndyBoBandy

ELM327 wrote: »

Can't imagine anyone not paying for the CCS upgrade tbh.

Oh, I'm sure we can think of one....:rolleyes:

slave1

In fairness there is still the option to use the ESB Fast Chargers 43 DC option on the triple headers.
They are Type 2 so should power up a Tesla Model S?

ELM327

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Oh, I'm sure we can think of one....:rolleyes:

Yes but he's almost as much of an oddball/cheapskate as I am :D:D

slave1 wrote: »

In fairness there is still the option to use the ESB Fast Chargers 43 DC option on the triple headers.
They are Type 2 so should power up a Tesla Model S?

Yes, you will get 12kW /17kW / 23kW depending on the car.

slave1

Ah Jazuz, so you are limited by the on-board charger, fek that.
May as well hook up to a 22 AC charger in that case.

In other news, this rubber jack support pad arrived today, fits perfectly, cost me $4.32 delivered

unkel

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Oh, I'm sure we can think of one....:rolleyes:

Nice dig. Good for you if you have plenty of cash to throw around. I don't and I have to be careful in how I spend my money.

AndyBoBandy

unkel wrote: »

Nice dig. Good for you if you have plenty of cash to throw around. I don't and I have to be careful in how I spend my money.

Not a dig in any way unkel. Just a bit of lighthearted humour.

I plan on doing as little DC charging as I possibly can over the life of the car!! (Especially after reading the owners manual today).

If CCS was an optional extra when we purchased, we’d have most likely not gone for it such was the budget we were working to....

I’ll use up the free supercharger km’s and not DC charge again unless absolutely necessary.

slave1

Promised photos..

Tesla Van (he's getting a converted P100 in the next week or so)


The module that requires fitting, smack bang in the centre of the back seats


Adaptor, much neater than the CHAdeMo trailing adapter IMHO, very solid in the charge port


Will be interesting to see the charge speed on the 50s and if I'm really stuck the Ionity 350s nearby, but at present I've no need for DC charging, all my commuting and driving all covered by AC

slave1

Oh, I had to reboot the HUD when starting up the car for the first time after the upgrade as it was blank, scary minute or so, luckily I'd seen it done before so no biggie

AndyBoBandy

So you still have to use that adaptor when using CCS?

I thought they gave you a full CCS socket that was flush and built in, like on the 3

slave1

Yes, have to use the adaptor. The area of the charge port on the S is very compact, just about enough for a type 2 plug and that’s it so not a hope of a CCS port being fitted...you can see from the photo the bottom part of the adaptor is sitting proud of the actual bodywork of the car.

slave1

This guy arrived today, very good quality and wanted it as the S key fob is hard to get onto a traditional sized key ring I found, paid $10.38 for it

Gumbo

slave1 wrote: »

This guy arrived today, very good quality and wanted it as the S key fob is hard to get onto a traditional sized key ring I found, paid $10.38 for it

I have the same one. Bought on eBay for €12 and delivered from German. No hook though so just on my key ring which cuts out the bulk.

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/402266439060

Any details on the sunroof water collection and where to check?
Might be no harm for those of us with no warranty checking those spots

Smck1983

You should get 45-47 on the triple heads and ionity you will get same speeds as supercharger or even faster. I hit 128kW on ionity in 5 year old S.

slave1 wrote: »

Promised photos..

Tesla Van (he's getting a converted P100 in the next week or so)


The module that requires fitting, smack bang in the centre of the back seats


Adaptor, much neater than the CHAdeMo trailing adapter IMHO, very solid in the charge port


Will be interesting to see the charge speed on the 50s and if I'm really stuck the Ionity 350s nearby, but at present I've no need for DC charging, all my commuting and driving all covered by AC

slave1

Gumbo wrote: »

Any details on the sunroof water collection and where to check?
Might be no harm for those of us with no warranty checking those spots

Here it is, there are two draining holes but they appear to be taped up on mine, no idea why but the Ranger said he was not going to mess with the tape until he had a little cable to clear the channels in case they are blocked.
He's coming back to fix my frunk release so I'm grand just to empty any water that collects in the meantime...

slave1

Oh, and here's the Rhino boot liner as mentioned in previous post week or so ago...

unkel

Looks very similar to mine, although yours looks slightly better quality. I got this one:

Linky


I'm afraid it's not holding up well though. Not helped by our hair shedding dog who likes to go to the beach and by the fact that I use the hatchback a lot for transporting stuff (with the seats down)

slave1

Mine is just so I can dump stuff into the boot and not have to worry about the car fabric, paid over a ton sterling for mine but as you can see even though it says custom fit it does not wrap around the wells at any stage.

unkel

I take it you don't have a dog? If you ever get one, I got this dog guard custom fit for the Model S, well made, fits perfectly - just slides into the back seat top slots so can be removed or fitted in a few seconds. Not cheap either at GBP130

Linky

Gumbo

slave1 wrote: »

Here it is, there are two draining holes but they appear to be taped up on mine, no idea why but the Ranger said he was not going to mess with the tape until he had a little cable to clear the channels in case they are blocked.
He's coming back to fix my frunk release so I'm grand just to empty any water that collects in the meantime...

Cheers, I'll keep an eye on mine.
I'll actually check them in the morning as its in Sandyford Service Centre at 9.15am for its 100k km Service.

slave1

So going back to the low power front USB ports, this guy arrived today and I can confirm delivers a Quick charge through it's Quick Charge port, also bring a lot more USB power options given it has 4 ports in total.
Paid $3.18 for it.
Plan on having plenty of power options given the amount of devices these days so I'll post further as purchases arrive and get installed...

unkel

Yes, the USB ports give ridiculously low power, they are not suitable for charging any modern device. But grand for plugging in sticks with music, etc. The cigarette lighter is the only one with decent amperage. Mine is on permanently now, which is handy so it will keep charging your phone when you're back in the house or at the shops, etc.

slave1

So got my first fast charge (CCS) yesterday in a ridiculously difficult short cable on an EasyGo charger.
Duration 39minutes, 26 kWh charge, max power was 45.2kW.
Was stopping for grub and it was FOC so no complaints