Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Petetheroadie · 29-01-2022 07:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118550938#Comment_118550938

Jan 20th

podge1979 · 29-01-2022 07:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551007#Comment_118551007

Given it took 6 months (3 delivery quarters) for me to get allocated, I wouldn't hold out too much hope for allocation after 9 days.

But who knows with the randomness of Telsa.

Petetheroadie · 29-01-2022 07:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551033#Comment_118551033

Yeah, my expectations are low! :-)

When I ordered, the website was saying March Delivery (and still does for that configuration) - let's see!

podge1979 · 29-01-2022 07:40PM

Yeah see what happens, in the end I'm happy with my premium plus ioniq 5 got a VIN the day of my order and the car 5 weeks later.

Only thing I'm still p*ssed off with is those Tesla p***ks still have 100 euro of my hard earned cash.

wotzgoingon · 29-01-2022 08:05PM

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Nice figures they get to keep. €100 for each person that pulls out. That's 100k with only 1000 people. Very easy to hit 1000 and more worldwide.

podge1979 · 29-01-2022 08:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551184#Comment_118551184

Yep great screw the customer business model. If I've convinced just one person not to buy one to that'll do for me 😂.

jordan191 · 29-01-2022 09:11PM

Hope you enjoy your ioniq 5, maybe for your own sanity you should stop bitchin about the car you didn't buy and enjoy the one you did

MightyMunster · 29-01-2022 09:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551084#Comment_118551084

I see are saying 2023 for the higher spec EV6, hard to believe there's such little demand for the Ioniq that they're available straight away. Got a text from Tesla offering me a Model 3 in March last week so hopefully all orders from last year will be fulfilled this quarter.

podge1979 · 29-01-2022 10:05PM

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Did you not see the ship that docked in cork, biggest car carrier ever in Ireland 500 odd Hyundai/Kia ev in December and another ship the same size in January. There nearly more ev's from Hyundai in one month than M3's in the last 3 years.

I luckily kept in touch with the dealer when I was looking at M3 or Ioniq 5 last August. I went with M3 because the "delivery" team said I'd get a car quickly.

Hyundai guy was honest and said Jan, I gave him a bell around November to see if there were any cancellations and I got one, someone wanted premium rather than premium plus so I snapped up the premium plus.

Also have a read of the text they are doing the same thing again checking if people still want to their order (likes of me for instance).

Don't count your chickens till you have a VIN in your source 😉

Your text along the lines of below without the 2022 reg

PSX_20220129_211348.jpg

rob808 · 29-01-2022 10:21PM

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The ioniq 5 are selling fast you be waiting few months for one similar to EV6 and model 3 there great cars no matter which one you pick.

podge1979 · 29-01-2022 10:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551460#Comment_118551460

Not bitching about the car, fabulous car I'm bitching about the company and their treatment of people.... I wasn't aware this thread was a dictatorship and you could only say good things about Tesla.

People should be aware not to put any credence on the dates they put on the website. Ireland and UK dates are the same but Tesla don't service the Irish market. I pulled the stats on UK and Ireland last year. Ireland should be getting at least 60% more allocation to be comparable with the UK.

Waiting times in Ireland 7 months in my case waiting time in UK 5/6 weeks.

At least other OEMs are trying to be someway realistic on the potential delivery dates and also possible to get a deposit back

jordan191 · 29-01-2022 11:09PM

Not at all buddy, fire away, take your anger out iif you need to it just gets a bit boring after a while, maybe you should get your own podcast comedy gold, as I said just enjoy your new car life's too short

podge1979 · 29-01-2022 11:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551996#Comment_118551996

Is indeed, but as I said also might give people realistic expectations. If there was a p***k like me ranting like this 6 months ago on this thread might have made things a bit easier in my "Tesla experience" 😜

To quote a Tesla rep

"Our customers are our advertisers" 🤣

dloob · 30-01-2022 12:43AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118551695#Comment_118551695

I remember that text. I said yes to December delivery.

At least I’ve a VIN in the source now.

podge1979 · 30-01-2022 01:09AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118552439#Comment_118552439

Congrats, at least the long termers are getting a bit of movement 😉

I'm eagerly awaiting the January Simi motorstat report to see how "unpopular" the Ioniq 5 is. We can check the march report to see for yet another year the stagnant supply of Tesla's to the Irish market 🤗

trackdaychamp · 30-01-2022 04:17PM

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Congrats Dloob on getting your vin allocated. What date did you order? Just trying to figure out where I stand on my Sept 17th order. Thanks in advance

Petetheroadie · 30-01-2022 04:23PM

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What did you order ?

dloob · 30-01-2022 04:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118555012#Comment_118555012

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118555040#Comment_118555040

It was around the first week in October, estimated delivery at the time was November.

Its a red RWD, black interior, aero wheels.

Obviously the estimated delivery has changed a few times

The vin showed up in the source after the renewal of the expired finance agreement was approved. That was about two weeks ago.

The finance had only been expired for a few days but I’d heard of some vins starting to show up in the source for people. So I gave Tesla delivery a poke to get the finance renewed and get the account complete again in case that would delay things as it didn’t look like they were in a hurry to come to me about it. At least it was approved in literally 5 minutes upon submitting the updated form. They also asked for some SEAI details and once the account page updated there was a vin. Decodes as a 2022 model year, 60kwh lfp, newer motor unit.

It could be on Grande California which is due in zeebruge in just under a week, then it will need to hitch a lift here, so maybe I’ll get some official confirmation of a date in the next week or so.

podge1979 · 30-01-2022 06:20PM

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Jayus you should have had something by now.... What spec did you order might be worth giving CS a rattle.

trackdaychamp · 30-01-2022 11:02PM

RWD white 18 inch aero wheels plus tow hitch. I reckon the hitch is what’s catching me so I’ve asked delivery team to note that I’ll take a car without hitch or upgrade to Performance even if that avoids another 3 month wait. The problem is that no one person there can nail it down. I’m sure they’ll ask me to keep an eye on inventory page but unless I know what day they all go up then that doesn’t help me much

podge1979 · 31-01-2022 02:21AM

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Your going from a LR to then if your Jumping to a performance. You should have a better chance then. There were a good few that popped into inventory around delivery in Dec. Again I'm know someone who ordered I think a red performance and waited from before June to December. But whites, blacks and Grey's were in inventory but think only 1 with tow hitch. Can't you get an after market one.

No grant on LR and performance so even bigger price jump.

JDilleen · 31-01-2022 11:40AM

Tesla called me two weeks ago just confirming AIB had approved finance (VIN was assigned straight away) and said they'd be in contact in the next couple of weeks for a mid-to-late February delivery. For current owners, how long before your delivery date did you get notified? Hoping to hear soon :)

Onearmedbandit · 31-01-2022 01:26PM

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Speaking as someone who went through the process recently I agree with your points made. The uncertainty over the lead time between initial order to delivery is painful and not reflective of a premium brand. Those on this thread who have ordered should be clear of this when they are ordering (or before they do). A agent may say "I would expect its the end of this quarter for delivery" - the reality is they have no way of being anyway certain of that. If you are ok with waiting up to 6-7 months for your order than podge's views are irrelevant. If you are not then they are very relevant. I wouldn't consider it "bitching" either.

In my case the long wait time caused a good bit of uncertainty regarding what to do with my trade in which happily didn't result in a loss but in another market it could have. It also caused hassle with other items such as a the EV charger grant and I was almost booked in to fly abroad when I got a weeks warning of a delivery date. All these things can be rectified by Tesla if they operated in a more logical fulfillment manner and gave people more certainty (for example first come first served by market). Overall their volume levels clearly need to increase to meet the ROI demand.

Don't get me wrong - I was glad I waited, car is brilliant and the after care so far has been very good. The ordering process would make you think again about buying another. If I was to get to that stage the chances are I would get a car in stock so I didn't have to wait around.

innrain · 31-01-2022 02:13PM

Without defending them I think the long wait times are across the whole industry at the moment. A couple of months ago I was able to get I custom order in 6 weeks (ordered in April delivered in May) which is the shortest time I waited for a new car. In 2019 I bought the Kona from the dealer's floor and still waited 7 weeks. My car was registered in March and I got it in April. In 2018 with VW, I waited 9 months with a 2k deposit paid for the car after which I pulled because they were unable to tell me when the car will be in Ireland. They offered me at least 10 times to switch to diesel which is why you don't hear complaints. You're going there with something in mind and they push you towards what they have minimizing the wait. Being a very small niche (RHD) market doesn't help. And if you don't believe me here is a famous quote from few months ago:

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117324615#Comment_117324615

podge1979 · 31-01-2022 04:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118559119#Comment_118559119

Aye we were in it from around the same time glad it worked out for you, well worked out for me too in the end, we both have our arses in an EV ( both getting nicely warmed by heated seats too).

But Tesla need to reflect delivery timings to reflect not only the chip crisis (which is affecting them now). The delivery estimates are the same for the UK and Ireland which is in no way realistic especially after Brexit when even more RHD go to UK because of additional logistics needed now for Ireland.

I had the same with VW and and ID4 mid last year but at least they came back and said it will be severely delayed now and gave me my deposit back.

Tesla model is suck it up and we'll let you know whenever. I was advised 6 week for delivery and turned into 7 months and no return of deposit.

It's ok for them now as the hype will sell car but premium needs premium service. Not once in the whole debacle did they reach out bar the text mentioned above.

Was weeks and months waiting, I'd contact and the next days something would happen (eg. Finance application, finance approval).

All the time same generic responses, your order is being processed we will reach out soon..... *£&@ off!