Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Ricey3509

My registration details are in my account now for delivery on the 22nd

mfceiling

Tesla mightn't deliver brilliant customer service but I can tell you I had to drive from Dublin to Tyrone yesterday. I stopped at castlebellingham to get a quick charge and a coffee...painless.

Didn't feel too happy for the 2 cars queuing at the ESB charger behind the Mercedes EQC jeep.

15 minutes and I had my coffee, toilet break and was gone.

I'm currently leaving Tyrone shortly and it's great to know that I'll arrive in castlebellingham on around 20% and a quick splash and dash and I'll be gone.

No waiting, no queuing...nothing.

Petetheroadie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118624557#Comment_118624557

Were you in a blue Model 3 with Aero wheel caps removed?

mfceiling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118624648#Comment_118624648

Nope!! White M3P

PaulJoseph22

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118624083#Comment_118624083

Yeah my brother concurs, they don’t have customer service, it’s dire. They basically ignored the dire paint job on his car, the Ill fitting panels, the list is endless.

speedfreak

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118624919#Comment_118624919

Think yourself and Podge need to get a room

trackdaychamp

I don’t think that people are saying that you can’t have an alternative opinion but hanging around in another manufacturer’s forum to bang the same drum over and over is maybe not the best thing for yourself or others. Baldonnell is HUGE. Delivery delays are well known and have never been disputed by anybody on here including myself but to be fair there are people who snapped up cars from Inventory page on website in Jan or even Feb who will have their cars in March. We get that you’re annoyed about your €100. I’ll send you a refund myself if we can all just move onwards and upwards please. Last bit was a joke before you send me your IBAN. Criticism is fair enough but maybe focus on your own lovely new machine and enjoy it

PaulJoseph22

its not an appreciation forum and I think it’s against the rules of this forums to tell people what they can or can not post.

if you don’t like seeing how it really is for others, well take your own advice.

https://insideevs.com/news/535014/tesla-models-plaid-build-quality/amp/

podge1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118625221#Comment_118625221

Jez Tesla owners are starting get a bit of a holier than thou attitude don't want someone sullying up yer forum, don't know why yer taking it so personally. Delays are not well known based on what is consistently communicated from CS, but maybe now there starting to get more realistic (August delivery dates). Never slagged off owners here or the car (still think it's fabulous).

All I did this time was query if Tesla was only going to do 2/3 delivery slots this year, and then query some questionable figures mentioned based on what was delivered in UK and Ireland last year.

Ye could always just ignore me too 😉

I'll tell you what if your offering the money give it to charity and send us the receipt 🤑

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118623392#Comment_118623392

Cool. There’s was a white RWD with 19” in inventory for a few days there and gone now.

the 19” are fine. They have a big side wall profile. I’m on 21” and just as comfy as the 19” on our ICE.

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118624919#Comment_118624919

I think your brother is the only person that was dealt like this. Anyone else that had the paint issues got them resolved.

Something doesn’t sound right with your stories.

Gumbo

I think people who collected their cars during the pandemic forgot that they were in a pandemic.

Expecting one on one deliveries and to be treated like royalty etc

99% of cars collected were the base model cars . Let’s be honest here, we were not collecting mega money super cars.

Go take a look at Audi. Same issues Q4 eTrons being delayed left right and Centre. You can’t get a Kia eNiro until September, a Kia, who would have thought that just a few years back.

Some people had bad experiences because of the above, I know people who bought 130k BMW’s during lock down and there was just enough fuel to make it to the petrol station, no personal handover etc yet people complain a Tesla is not fully fueled up.

I don’t know. Sometimes I get treated better in my local Tesco Express than I do in large car dealerships but that’s life.

Get on with it.

eagerv

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118625804#Comment_118625804

Saw that one alright, but managed to bag one of the few with 18" wheels that popped up yesterday week.

My present ID.3 has 18" wheels with 55mm and is good on the broken and poor roads, the M3 has 45mm on same size wheels. I wouldn't like much less rubber on the country roads of south Wexford.

podge1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118625832#Comment_118625832

A lad who picked up in December shared his experience the waiting room was "interesting".

The difference is the other OEM's in the majority are communication the delays. I had an order for an EV in July and at least they came back and said they were not sure when I'd get it and refunded the deposit.

With Tesla it was 5 months of "we expecting to allocate you a vehicle soon". Can remember ever once told no you won't have a car outright around the deliveries. Was always after the fact "you were not allocated a car".

I went with Tesla in august as they said the delivery would be quick where as the other OEM said January (which ended up being accurate).

Your seem to be happy with your experience (but actually getting a car might have re-enforced that the opposite for me). What's wrong with giving both sides and letting people decide. I was on the fence order wise in August if there was a lad like me whining giving the other side might have saved me a lot of hassle.

But back to the main point I made how do you feel Tesla are at serving the market demand in Ireland compared to other countries.

innrain

anybody got the 2022.4.5? They fixed few things on the GUI side. Unfortunately no visible timer on music player. Only when you scroll through. I thought it is a bit punchier from still but this may be just an illusion. Also the app had an update this week. Now I have the charging stats for the last 31 day. Hopefully we'll get driving stats as well. I'm hoovering at 450 kWh per month.

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118626030#Comment_118626030

Very similar to me buying an eNiro in June last year for my father in law.

Salesman “yes it’s ready to go”

We collected the car on the 1st Oct!

Theres a thread on here about Audi doing the same at the moment.

madness.

It would turn you off buying new.

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118625994#Comment_118625994

The 45 and 55 are % figures. No mm figures.

what are the OEM widths of the tyres?

eagerv

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118626161#Comment_118626161

Yes you are correct, I think I may be a bit confused..😊

ID.3 Tyres. 215/55/18

M3 Tyres. 235/45/18.

The M3 with 18" I drove on a few bad bits around Cork was very comfy, far better than I expected. Road noise not bad either. Happy to have ordered same. The 19" I am sure would be grand as well..

dloob

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118626030#Comment_118626030

Sadly other brands seem to be just as bad right now.

If you look at some of the ID3 and ID4 threads you'll find some people who have had frequently changing delivery dates. Seems to be an issue with MG too.

Seen a few on Facebook as well who are getting pretty pissed at getting yet another new delivery date and getting their trade in value reduced.

I'll note that Tesla took 2K off my trade in when the initial one expired too. Tesla trade ins are valid for 60 days and my order was placed in October so it expired in December. I'd decided to go double EV at that point anyway and keep the BMW i3s and get rid of the Diesel elsewhere, but I was curious to see what they would come back with.

jhegarty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118626144#Comment_118626144

Noticed a bit improvement in autopilot. Far less jerky when breaking and it made two corners today that were always disconnects before.

JDilleen

Final invoice is in my account now. I'm assuming the next steps for me are:

1. Insure the car
2. Tax the car (the Motor Tax website doesn't recognise my Reg. and PIN (last 6 digits of VIN), how long does that take?)
3. Wait painstakingly until the 24th.

Anything I have missed?

podge1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118627308#Comment_118627308

2k jez that's rough the value of the car I sold went up from when I was initially looking to sell it last July.

podge1979

I see Tesla are biting the bullet and looking at lidar. FSD using radars and mainly camera's was a novel approach but I think the redundancy of Lidar is needed for actual auto pilot.

I'd say it's one of the main reasons regulators won't sign it off like they did for Daimler.

I know Elon said human drivers only need sight to drive....but human drivers have a lot of crashes 🤔.

innrain

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118627898#Comment_118627898

That is pretty much it. Motor tax would probably recognize the reg tomorrow. The insurance companies later on in a couple of days. Maybe they've got better since but we got odd quotes before the reg was on their system. I used cartell to find when the reg is in the public domain.

Ricey3509

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118628024#Comment_118628024

I was able to switch my insurance (online) yesterday - no charge with 123. Motor tax not recognising reg so that will probably take a couple of days.

dloob

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118628024#Comment_118628024

I was able to tax mine the day after the proof of registration document appeared in the account, so seems quick enough these days.

It's not showing up on cartell yet that seems a bit slower.

JDilleen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118629761#Comment_118629761

Unfortunately, no luck for me yet on the Motor Tax website. Proof of registration appeared on Saturday so maybe it could a day or two extra since it was the weekend?

Petetheroadie

I just got a March 14th Estimated delivery date from Tesla (via asking in the chat) 👍

(RWD, Blue, Black, Aeros)

JOL1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118630111#Comment_118630111

When did you place order. I am hopeful of something similar i ordered January 17th.

eagerv

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118630111#Comment_118630111

Which chat did you ask in? I am also a January order, have been told I have been matched with a car. (No VIN as yet)

In no immediate hurry, but I will be EVless as of tomorrow..😪