Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

slave1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120587929#Comment_120587929

Tesla want to engineer physical failures out so going for screen controls to the last, shame, I like the stalk

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120589088#Comment_120589088

Physical controls for the drive modes under the screen beside the hazards button if they copy the MS.

Indicators have no back up I don’t think but they are buttons in the wheel of a stalk breaks in a car there’s no back up either.

Also, I drove a 530e so I never spec’d the indicators. Who needs them 🤣🤣

sk8board

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120589087#Comment_120589087

Agreed - No chance of a cybertruck in Ireland. Will it even meet the weight limits for our driving licence? saw the one they had at the lithium factory announcement this week and it looks massive

MightyMunster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120587929#Comment_120587929

What are capacitive buttons? Are they the ones everyone complains about on the VW electric cars? That sounds like a step backwards if they're like that

Redfox25

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120589102#Comment_120589102

Didn't use them in 4 yrs of 320d ownership either. Lol

burger1979

Evening all. Just looking for someones opinion on my recent driving range/usage. Drove from Castlebar to Navan today, total distance 217kms, % battery usage 51% (49% remaining), 28Kwh used, 131Wh/km used. Now temperatures up to high teens today, max speed along the route was 100kms, but driving wise was typically 80-100kms with slow downs when passing through towns etc. AC was on all of the drive 21 Deg C, 5 passengers, full boot.

What I am looing at, and forgive my simple maths, 28Kwh used = 49%, does that mean 56kwh useable for 98% of battery? But was there not a post/thread back at the start of the year saying usable battery capacity only 52.5kwH??

Or am I taking the figures given on the screen of the car completely wrong?

Foreign Sports

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120593158#Comment_120593158

It's a 57.5kWh battery usable in M3/MY RWD;

https://ev-database.org/car/1555/Tesla-Model-3

silver_sky

I did a trip yesterday myself range of speeds from 50km/h through a town up to 120km/h on the motorway. I did the speed limit or close to where traffic permitted. Managed 224km on 53% battery in a 2023 Model 3 RWD. Consumption for the trip was 129Wh/km. That comes to 422km for the full 100% which is not too far off the EPA rated range shown in the car.

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120595370#Comment_120595370

3 tests.

1. try another EV on the charger and see if the same results occur.
2. try your car on another AC charger and see if you get the same errors. An ecars SCP May work here to test.
3. Lower the charging amps to rule out an overcurrent issue

sk8board

https://twitter.com/troyteslike/status/1657766709694980097?s=46&t=2F_Xne4lt8RiOlMeQgrLRQ

m3 LR RWD

LasersGoPewPew

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120596328#Comment_120596328

The only reason I'd buy a LR is for the AWD, extra power and upgraded Audio. I think there's too much of a price difference between the M3 RWD and LR AWD at the moment. The LRAWD should be 3k cheaper, it would push more people to buy it. Wishful thinking I know.

eagerv

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120596660#Comment_120596660

Yes, the Performance seems great value at only €4K more; though the LR is still great value for the range, power and equipment at roughly the same price I paid for a RWD fourteen months ago...

sk8board

split the diff and let’s say it’s €46k for the LR, if range is the no.1 priority it would probably be the best value of any EV in terms of €/km, (€46k/475= €95/km).

I’m not aware of any new EV that’s under €100 per km of range (list price/real world range).

edit: some folks on the internet machine say this version will have more range than the AWD.

silver_sky

It seems that since I updated to 2023.12.5 the voice search has gotten quite bad. I noticed previously that it was especially good with tricky names for artists e.g. one with a polish name. However, now it's just throwing up nonsense. It seems to be OK with the voice commands.

Yurple

Hi all, does anybody have any experience trading in a car to buy a Tesla? The only videos I found were from the U.S. I have a 2015 BMW and wonder what kind of price they would quote.

I filled out the trade in form but just got 2 texts one to say I requested a test drive and one that asks me to fill out the trade in form...

AndyBoBandy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120598281#Comment_120598281

Forget about it..

Tesla will farm out your trade in to the industry, and will offer you the highest offer they in turn receive, so expect to be offered anywhere from 30% - 50% below market value for your car. Tesla only facilitate you selling your car to a 3rd party essentially.

So on a €2,000 car this might be fine, but on a €20k car maybe not ok...

Your best bet would be to try and sell privately, or if you are happy to take the hit, trade with Tesla for the convenience of turning up in your old car, hopping out and jumping into your new Tesla and driving home..

When ordering don't forget to use a referral code...

wassie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120595370#Comment_120595370

Are the circuit beakers on your distribution board tripping, or is it just cutting out on the Tesla side?.

I had been having the exact same issues - but my issues related to my circuit breakers. I was able to manage for a while by lowering the current down to <26A (as @Gumbo suggested above). I ended up replacing both the RCBO and MCB each and that solved my problem.

Next time you get a fault, log a service request in the App. Providing the warning is still active (check your notifications under Alerts on the dash), you can actually choose that warning as the issue. This way the Service Dept can get the date & time stamp of when the issue actually occured to faciliate remote diagnosis.

eagerv

What is your voltage showing when charging stopping? Mine occasionally stops around 12 to 1230 am but usually restarts again. I get a notification on app saying charging has stopped. Tesla seem to not like voltage fluctuations, must be a nearby factory or something in my area. I notified ESB who did a check and naturally said voltage was between normal limits.

Casati

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120598299#Comment_120598299

Tesla make a lot of money on trading on car to third party traders - this is generally why dealing with a trader directly will see you end up with a better deal. The same is true for selling any old car to a main dealer when buying a new car.

Tesla are retailing second hand Tesla's at high prices so potentially they might offer decent money if you are trading a used Tesla but are very impacted by their ability to do this its only one dealer in the country with v limited space/ resources to deal in used cars.

wotzgoingon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120599669#Comment_120599669

What are RCBO MCB?

They are the breakers in the fuse board controlling the charger. Like you said they are not tripping so the fault obviously isn't there and is some where else.

sk8board

a couple of zero mileage white on black m3 LR’s in inventory for €49750, base spec. It’s only €150 less than list, but quicker delivery I suppose.

eagerv

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120602179#Comment_120602179

I thought the list for base LR was €49746.

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120602326#Comment_120602326

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120602179#Comment_120602179

Standard price is €49,746. So no difference.

sk8board

Ah ok, so zero discount, just a quicker delivery (presumably).

theres a red 221 LR with alloys in the neighbouring village, which would’ve been €65k outside the grant, maybe €4-5k for the options and maybe another €4-5k of interest if it’s on finance, making it a €75k car.

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120602852#Comment_120602852

221 LR.

red was option.

19” wheels an option.

what other options make up the 4-5k?

€67k for a white on 19” wheels this time last year so add the red which is €2300 makes it a €69,300 car at that time.

now, that car is €54k new 😮

sk8board

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120602990#Comment_120602990

I was assuming the red and the alloys was €4-5k, making it €69.x as you say, and then the finance cost.

if range is your primary reason for the LR, as opposed to 0-100 times, that rwd LR (if it’s released here), will be about a €46k car

notahappycamper

To order a M3P now or wait for the refresh which seems to be due later this year?

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120603462#Comment_120603462

I’m holding onto my 2020 M3P until I see the refresh before deciding.

sk8board

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120603462#Comment_120603462

I wouldn’t rule out another price drop at all on the current model.

If there’s one flaw in Tesla’s model of not having a dealer network, it’s that excess inventory is visible to everyone.

compounding that, Tesla have very publicly said in their Q1 financial filings (which are governed by fiduciary duty etc etc), that they will value volume over margin - and you cant shift excess volume without price reductions.

With the mid April price drop barely denting inventory, I’d expect another one. Not sure I’d take delivery of an m3 until there’s clarity on the mid life refresh and its price point.

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120603521#Comment_120603521

True about any brand I suppose.

I wouldn’t be buying a golf today based on the hoards of inventory VW North Dublin have in the fields at Charlestown SC. Visible for all to see too.