Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

sk8board

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118577684#Comment_118577684

Only 2 of the 39 are private, and the rest are in the €48-52k range for any of the early 2020 models.

It’s absolutely bizarre - who is buying these 2020’s and do they know the wait for the newer better version is only a few months, for the same money, or if you grab one from inventory it’s even quicker??

AndyBoBandy

There are probably buyers out there with a complete lack of knowledge.

There's probably still a perception out there that Tesla's are 70k-80k cars, so when Mick goes down to his local garage to trade up his 2016 tdi, and suddenly sees a Tesla on the forecourt for 48-50k and goes over to have a look, then Swiss Toni appears...

.. and the deal is done.

Then Mick goes home in his new Tesla and googles Tesla.

speedfreak

Yea one of the neighbours just picked up a 192. Wonder how much he paid for it..

mfceiling

Lewis motors have a lovely blue 2020 performance gone up for sale!!

sk8board

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118585788#Comment_118585788

€66k.

Assuming it’s Just under 2 years old, and it was about €80k new (it says it has FSD, not that that matters any more), it’s probably not too bad a deal

podge1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118585220#Comment_118585220

How's that attitude problem working out for you. Do you work for Tesla or something? I've no gripe with the model 3 great car its Tesla's way of working that's the issue.

I don't know what your on about kid my car is nice and toasty every morning I hop in.

Also be a dear and send on the article your quoting instead of screen grabbing certain parts and ignoring the rest.

unabashed_goldfish

White rwd with sports wheel in inventory now.

unabashed_goldfish

Actually, four up there now. Hoping I'll be able to nab a grey one if it appears.

JDilleen

Was in the pop up store in Mahon this morning, was told this shipment in February is the biggest they've had yet at 600~ cars.

Met a lovely owner outside and was chatting to him for ages. I did not know that the car automatically lowers the volume of your media when you open the door and I thought I must have watched every YouTube video possible. 😅

Ricey3509

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118586511#Comment_118586511

grey there now

unabashed_goldfish

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118586681#Comment_118586681

Thanks! Must have missed it, seems to be gone now 🙁 Reminds me of trying to book a PCR test after Christmas

dahughes23

Spoiled for choice:

trackdaychamp

did I miss any RWD with tow hitch today? Was out for the day. I just snapped up the last white RWD there as a hedge against me not getting allocated my white RWD with tow hitch in Q1. Strange buying experience but I’m confident it’ll be worth the patience. I test drove a lovely ev6 today in yacht blue in gt line spec. It would defo be my 2nd choice but BMS is not there yet vs Tesla and I see multiple reports of coldgating where people can’t hit the headline charging speeds despite long motorway drive before and navigating to charger. I’m sure it’ll be sorted out by recalls but still

dahughes23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118587548#Comment_118587548

Don't think any of the inventory cars in the last 24hours have had the tow hitch.

Love the styling of the EV6, but I would be a bit nervous buying a car that hasn't been proven yet. Although the warranty is excellent compared to Tesla.

mobyduck

Hey folks, I’m in a 192 M3. Not sure what warranty covers or not. 2 small issues - “leather” coming away from base of steering wheel, and the coat hook on roof behind driver seat is broken - these type of items covered? Am I even still in warranty for these type of items? Cheers!

trackdaychamp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118587639#Comment_118587639

Defo contact service centre by email or the app on your phone with photos of both items. Assume they will handle it. If not then post or join Facebook group for Tesla Owners Ireland. If you are not getting the desired result then John Casey or another moderator on that group might lobby on your behalf. Hope this helps

digiman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118585996#Comment_118585996

That car was €65.5k or so when it was bought plus whatever FSD was at the time. The one I bought was just a few numbers on the reg plate away from that one, and the exact same spec other than FSD. I sold mine a year ago for €58,250, it didn't have FSD though. It's unreal how much cars have gone up, the gov taking away the €5k grant on these as well would have pushed up the second hand price even more. I probably should have kept my own, I definitely miss it at times!!

Buzwaldo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118587087#Comment_118587087

Were these the new ones with the bigger battery and slightly slower 0-60?

JOL1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118587969#Comment_118587969

Still available. here is the tech spec link

https://www.tesla.com/en_IE/m3/order/LRW3232_74141c483e20c587160f9728092144c2?postal=D02&coord=53.3338,-6.2488&titleStatus=new&redirect=no#overview

trackdaychamp

if buying from inventory, does anybody know roughly how long to expect till delivery\collection? I’m presuming the inventory cars are on the same boat from China as the boardsies above who’ve been given dates of Feb 25th?

dahughes23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118587969#Comment_118587969

Correct. Roughly 100kg heavier, 0.5 seconds slower to 60 but about 7kwh more pack capacity on these new RWD's

dahughes23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118588505#Comment_118588505

I would expect pickup at the end of February if its on-board Grande California / Hyperion Ray. Pickup dates I have seen are 18th to 25th February at NVD in Baldonnel

mobyduck

Yup the 5K grant disappearing (on top of general Tesla price increases) has certainly helped LR and P model residuals.

I bought a year old (192 reg) LR with FSD in late 2020 for just over 50K. Wonder if I would lose much on it if sold it privately.

While I look enviously at later M3s with the wireless charging, power trunk, external speaker etc etc I think I’ll stick with this one to see if FSD amounts to anything in Ireland over coming years … I wouldn’t pay for it myself but kinda got it for free at that price and would lose it if sold the car.

slave1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118587594#Comment_118587594

Grey one available right now with tow hitch

trackdaychamp

grey RWD in there now which is very recent…

I have 2 white RWD’s ordered now. The inventory one has no hitch and my Sept order which might get a vin in next few weeks has a hitch.

thanks Slave1, the 2nd grey one in inventory from last night has a hitch but is LR so I’ll stick with my RWD options. I’m happy now I have more certainty for Q1 delivery

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118581876#Comment_118581876

No, is the short and sweet answer.

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118582570#Comment_118582570

Just don’t forget if claying, to decontaminate first. De-iron, fallout remover, tar etc

Be mindful that claying can mark the paint that only a machine polish can remove so plenty of lube 🤣

wassie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118589294#Comment_118589294

You may already be aware that charging rate varies depending on various factors including temp & state of charge and even the charger itself.

Peak charging rates charge rates will only happen for small parts of the charge curve, if at all. I would frequently not get close on motorway trips even though conditions seem right.

Don't be disappointed when charging is lower than what you expect from DC fast charging. It's all designed to protect battery longevity at the end of the day.

trackdaychamp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118589372#Comment_118589372

Yep I totally understand. State of charge and battery temperature are huge factors. This will be our second Tesla and we’ve been a 2 EV household for nearly 4 years. I wrote earlier though that Kia ev6 with its 800v architecture although that is amazing, suffers from coldgating so in multiple reviews online it can’t get close to its headline figure outside of summer plus there are some HVAC recalls. Bjorn was trying to find solutions to ev6 BMS problems at high speed chargers by turning off HVAC for cabin so BMS had full use of the heating and cooling. Preconditioning in Tesla seems to be super effective when navigating to supercharger plus now I believe it does this when navigating to non Tesla high speed chargers like ionity. App and infotainment on M3 are top class in my opinion after owning and running 3 other EVs long term

trackdaychamp

Have people bought any products or accessories for puncture repair? Any good quality items people can recommend or might have had to use recently? No spare tyre that I’m aware of so just phoning Tesla roadside means I wouldn’t mind having another quicker solution if the tyre isn’t catastrophically damaged. What are the best compressors and maybe foam plug/repair kits…