Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Dozz

Arrived this morning. V happy with it. 2 marks on the underside from a transporter somewhere along the line (not the delivery guy today though).
Have been driving around all day. Heading out the door again now. Best of luck everyone.

TitianGerm

Anyone know where Sam lives? Uninsured Tesla sitting in the yard.


Sam seriously log onto your online insurance account and move that change over date up just in case something did happen before the orginal change over happens.

Gumbo

Dozz wrote: »

Arrived this morning. V happy with it. 2 marks on the underside from a transporter somewhere along the line (not the delivery guy today though).
Have been driving around all day. Heading out the door again now. Best of luck everyone.

Lovely. Grey is my second favourite colour for the M3 after white.
Log the scrapes and damage to tesla with anything else. It’s only minor (as per your FB post) but still, it’s still an expensive car.

Geeyfds53573

Congrats guys all looks good I’m delighted for ye particularly given the issues - I got a Reg so car deffo coming - due the 10th might get it the 9th - will be keeping a close eye on things - now to see if the tax is ok...

J-W

Geeyfds53573 wrote: »

Congrats guys all looks good I’m delighted for ye particularly given the issues - I got a Reg so car deffo coming - due the 10th might get it the 9th - will be keeping a close eye on things - now to see if the tax is ok...

F**king delighted for ya buddy. Talk about last minute

Dozz

Geeyfds53573 wrote: »

Congrats guys all looks good I’m delighted for ye particularly given the issues - I got a Reg so car deffo coming - due the 10th might get it the 9th - will be keeping a close eye on things - now to see if the tax is ok...

Glad to hear that. Good stuff

Sam W

TitianGerm wrote: »

Anyone know where Sam lives? Uninsured Tesla sitting in the yard.


Sam seriously log onto your online insurance account and move that change over date up just in case something did happen before the orginal change over happens.

Haha I’m not going to post anything that would reveal my location.

Unfortunately our insurance company Zurich is so old fashioned that everything has to be done through the phone or by letter... I had to go through a ton of written complaints just so that they can switch the insurance to this Tesla for a month (and they charged me 120 euro for that...)

AndyBoBandy

Geeyfds53573 wrote: »

I got a Reg so car deffo coming

Never in doubt.

WayneEnterprise

Sam W

I’ve got a question with the phone key feature.

My phone is authenticated as a key. It is always connected to Bluetooth. This means, I should be able to walk to the car, pull the handle and the door should automatically unlock with my phone in the pocket.

In most places in my house, the Tesla app always says it is connected to my car. That leaves me wondering if it is possible for someone to just pull your handle and unlock the door while you are sleeping?

Now I did a bit of experiment myself, by leaving my phone at the front door, and at the back of the wall where the car is parked. In most cases it doesn’t allow me to open the door, but in some cases it does when it gets nearer but still not next to the door.

I don’t know if there is a set limit on how close the phone has to be. My bedroom is on the first floor directly outside my front yard, so it’s not far away from my car at all. That makes me worried a bit.

AndyBoBandy

^^^ yeah I used to have that concern too, so every night would turn off the Bluetooth on the phone.


Lasted about a week before I stopped doing it.

I find that if the phones been idle for a while, it won’t unlock the car (even when stood at the drivers door), so I have to take phone out of my pocket and unlock it (the phone), and then the car unlocks....

WayneEnterprise

Sam W wrote: »

I’ve got a question with the phone key feature.

My phone is authenticated as a key. It is always connected to Bluetooth. This means, I should be able to walk to the car, pull the handle and the door should automatically unlock with my phone in the pocket.

In most places in my house, the Tesla app always says it is connected to my car. That leaves me wondering if it is possible for someone to just pull your handle and unlock the door while you are sleeping?

Now I did a bit of experiment myself, by leaving my phone at the front door, and at the back of the wall where the car is parked. In most cases it doesn’t allow me to open the door, but in some cases it does when it gets nearer but still not next to the door.

I don’t know if there is a set limit on how close the phone has to be. My bedroom is on the first floor directly outside my front yard, so it’s not far away from my car at all. That makes me worried a bit.

No insurance and worried the car is always open. I’d say you had a sleepless night there Sam

But yeah, I was also thinking the same thing but the doors on mine only seem to open if I’m within about a metre of the car.

AndyBoBandy

slave1 wrote: »

A. Buy a faraday pouch and put your keys in it at night

B. Use PIN to drive

C No worries anymore

The keyfob is only an optional extra on the Model 3, so if guess a lot of folk don’t even have one.....

Also the model 3 fob goes to ‘sleep’ after a period of no movement, to protect against relay attacks..

Dozz

slave1 wrote: »

A. Buy a faraday pouch and put your keys in it at night

B. Use PIN to drive

C No worries anymore

Definitely gonna setup PIN to drive.
My kids were out playing in the car yesterday and I wasn't sure if the car was on or off at all....

Sam W

WayneEnterprise wrote: »

No insurance and worried the car is always open. I’d say you had a sleepless night there Sam

But yeah, I was also thinking the same thing but the doors on mine only seem to open if I’m within about a metre of the car.

Haha i had a good sleep. I have a dog who loves to watch over any neighbours walking past.

slave1 wrote: »

Use PIN to drive

Yeah I have PIN set up. Still have concerns as I could be lying in bed and playing with my phone while another person can just open the door. Petty thefts are still quite a thing.

I just went ahead and disabled the Bluetooth entry this morning. Gotta get a car key instead.

Did some more tests - I could leave my phone in my living room and unlock my doors, so not a safe enough option for me...

J-W

slave1 wrote: »

Then faraday pouch for sure, Amazon or AliExpress, wrap into a ball of aluminium foil as a temporary measure

RFID wallet

Sattwa06

Aph2016 wrote: »

Cheers, any sign of yours?

Eventually arrived about 6.30 pm last night. The driver was an extremely nice man called Ken. As I was the second car on his delivery, he carefully took it down off the transporter via the second trailer. There was about 200km in battery on it. Only had a brief chance to examine the outside in detail in daylight but it looks really good.
I emailed Natalie straight away with the delivery document and she activated the app straightaway.

Driving is excellent although regenerative braking takes a little getting used to. Interior finish looks really good and the screen is really responsive.
I am happy ...so far.

Best of luck to anyone taking delivery today, Ken said they were up the walls with deliveries today (Saturday).

Thanks to all for the advice and guidance to this point !

AndyBoBandy

Sattwa06 wrote: »

Driving is excellent although regenerative braking takes a little getting used to.

The regen strength will increase as the battery warms up as the car is driven.....

1 pedal driving is excellent... my brake pads are still new 23,000km later.....

Sam W

slave1 wrote: »

Then faraday pouch for sure, Amazon or AliExpress, wrap into a ball of aluminium foil as a temporary measure

Is it really necessary? It deactivated itself after 5 min of being idle according to the owner manual. So if you just leave it on the table, it shouldn’t send out any signal anyway? (I just don’t like the look of these pouches..)

5 min is ridiculously long though. Our other car Mercedes’s key will deactivate after 10 seconds...

redcup342

slave1 wrote: »

Then faraday pouch for sure, Amazon or AliExpress, wrap into a ball of aluminium foil as a temporary measure

Put it in a biscuit tin.

AndyBoBandy

redcup342 wrote: »

Put it in a biscuit tin.

Or just don’t have a keyfob!!!!

I’ve walked away and left the car unlocked before for hours on end (in Courtown) before returning and realising the car was unlocked (because the boot wasn’t closed properly!!) - an update means this won’t happen again as the app will notify me of doors/trunk/Frunk/windows being left open.....

Pin to a drive is the last line of defence!!

redcup342

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Or just don’t have a keyfob!!!!

I’ve walked away and left the car unlocked before for hours on end (in Courtown) before returning and realising the car was unlocked (because the boot wasn’t closed properly!!) - an update means this won’t happen again as the app will notify me of doors/trunk/Frunk/windows being left open.....

Pin to a drive is the last line of defence!!

Would be a nice feature if your Phone alerted you with a audible tone if this was the case :pac:

I don't have a key fob, only Phone + Card.

AndyBoBandy

redcup342 wrote: »

Would be a nice feature if your Phone alerted you with a audible tone if this was the case :pac:

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That update only came about a month after my Courtown incident......

I was talking about it with the OH, and that it should be a feature, and low and behold a month later it was a feature.

That’s why I love these cars so much!!

Sattwa06

Do the standard cars being delivered this weekend have the heated steering wheel ?

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Sattwa06 wrote: »

Do the standard cars being delivered this weekend have the heated steering wheel ?

The SR+ has the same part number as the LR and P models but it's not open yet. I'm assuming its gonna be part of the unlock with rear heated seats eventually.

Sam W

slave1 wrote: »

I tried this, tin still lets signal through, I went up to the car and the handles presented.
Aluminum foil is already in your house and works perfect once you ball up the key inside.
This is of course just a temporary measure, this is the faraday pouch I got, $3

My understanding is if the key has this built-in function of stopping broadcasting signals after 5 minutes, then you don’t need the faraday cage after 5 minutes? I’m just puzzled as to why they set the timer to 5 minutes instead of a few seconds like most other manufacturers...

WayneEnterprise

Sattwa06 wrote: »

Do the standard cars being delivered this weekend have the heated steering wheel ?

Long Range does. You have to pay for it as an upgrade for SR+. Guy who delivered my car told me yesterday.

AndyBoBandy

slave1 wrote: »

I thought the key fob is always active, else how does the car open when you walk up to it

The model 3 keyfob goes to sleep when it senses a period of no movement. So naturally if your holding it, it would detect that it’s in motion, and will thus wake up...

AndyBoBandy

WayneEnterprise wrote: »

Long Range does. You have to pay for it as an upgrade for SR+. Guy who delivered my car told me yesterday.

So the same as the rear heated seats...

I’ll be getting a new steering wheel in a few weeks, so would be interesting to see if they give me the newer wheel.....

Would be great if you could retrofit a wheel with heating onto the older cars...

Sam W

slave1 wrote: »

I thought the key fob is always active, else how does the car open when you walk up to it

As Andy said, it deactivates when there's no movement after certain time. Even if the key is right beside your car, if you leave it on the floor for 5 minutes, you shouldn't be able to open the door until you pick the key up.

I was simply moaning about the fact that they set the threshold to 5 minutes while most manufacturers set it to a few seconds. It means if a thief is onto you, they can in theory have sufficient time to lock on to your signal, amplify it and open your door right after you go home, lock your door and throw your key somewhere.