Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

eagerv

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120631890#Comment_120631890

Estimated delivery may not be too far out, it usually is the most plentiful colour being shipped..

AndyBoBandy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120631890#Comment_120631890

You'll be driving a 231 car. Pretty much guaranteed.

Is it your first EV? if so, get working on a home charger now.

Charlie 22

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120631970#Comment_120631970

If I get a 231 I'm getting the full grant but I find it hard to believe that they have so many cars here or nearly here. It seems they pop up ones in inventory that are not in the country yet.

First EV and first new car. I have free charging at work so that will keep me going for a while but yeah next item.

AndyBoBandy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120632995#Comment_120632995

When I ordered a few years ago, I was told by them that in every shipload of cars they always hold off assigning a certain percentage of them so as to put them straight into inventory… meaning more chance of snagging an impulse buyer if they know they could get the car fairly sharpish… (the Boards record was 5 days from order to collection) but as the boats get closer and if inventory sales are slow enough, they gradually start assigning those cars to existing orders… but most folk will see the inventory car in the same or similar spec to what they ordered and just end up buying them ones as they showed as available earlier…

When I ordered in January 2020 I was looking at April-May delivery (I think, as back then the cars came from Fremont), but I saw an inventory car in the exact spec I ordered so emailed them and they assigned it to me and I collected in mid March…

I still have a car on order from last year that I put on hold… and every delivery cycle they assign me a VIN (I just checked and I have a new VIN assigned (white RWD, 18” wheels and black interior)), and I won’t be taking it, so that will end up going down the line to whoever is next in the queue for that spec…

Some people in that situation would collect the car and then try to immediately sell it for a profit, like a guy on Done Deal who was doing it regularly apparently, but I believe he got burned in the recent price drop, which serves him right in my opinion.

creedp

Probably the same reason some dealers persist in pricing 3 Yr old M3s higher than a new car.

sprocket123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120633212#Comment_120633212

that makes absolutely no sense to me unless you want a car now!! but some of the pricing for 21/22 cars is nonsense.

MightyMunster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120631648#Comment_120631648

The Model 3 in white is nice, it's a sprakly sort of white so isn't the worst fo showing dirt etc..., I had a blue 3 before and preferred that and went for blue again for a Y (think dark colors are better on the Y)

sk8board

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120633212#Comment_120633212

Absolutely none of those cars are selling though. I’ve had some old ads saved since the Jan 13 price drop, and they’re almost all still there and active, especially since the drop to €40k - waiting for some naive buyer i guess

the private sellers are in a worse predicament as selling an expensive car privately versus from a garage has a smaller pool of buyers

creedp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120633998#Comment_120633998

Same here and agree price drops are a rarity. I'm not overly familiar with Donedeal so wondering is it straightforward to refresh adds to give impression its a new add rather than one sitting there for weeks/months

Jog501

Has anyone had loose wheel arch liner in the rear before? Is it a case of just glueing it back on or is it a bigger job? Don't want to end up with rust building up. Thanks

Red Silurian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120633143#Comment_120633143

like a guy on Done Deal who was doing it regularly apparently, but I believe he got burned in the recent price drop, which serves him right in my opinion.

He was doing the same as a used car dealer would do, just he was doing it to new cars. It's business and business can be good as well as bad. He probably didn't get burned too badly as his tax bill would be lower now, mind you if he wasn't registered for tax I don't feel too sorry for him

Gile_na_gile

2020 (Fremont 2019) SR+ having the ball joint / control arm problem fixed tomorrow, squeeking suspension on driver side like an old spring bed. Do the rangers typically replace both or just the problematic one, or do they just regrease it?

AndyBoBandy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120653041#Comment_120653041

When I got mine done they replaced both sides..I believe the general consensus is when replacing any suspension parts, they be done in pairs.

Mantis Toboggan

If your car gets broken into does the internal camera record?

innrain

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120653660#Comment_120653660

No. As far as I know the cabin camera feed is not saved on the disk.

eagerv

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120653660#Comment_120653660

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120654256#Comment_120654256

Probably something to do with the privacy rights of the thief...🙄

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120653660#Comment_120653660

No, but it would be a good suggestion to send through to them.

innrain

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120654300#Comment_120654300

I think it deals with the question of privacy in general. They will have to deal with false positives and what not if they will save anything for whatever reasons. If the car is broken into and Sentry is enabled you get that saved at least in theory.

mfceiling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120653041#Comment_120653041

Only did mine on the driver's side. Full replacement.

Mantis Toboggan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120654432#Comment_120654432

That's what I don't understand, if it's able to record them outside the car then why not inside? Don't see why privacy should be of concern if someone has stolen my private property.

wassie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120653041#Comment_120653041

I had both mine replaced. Squeeking back now after 6 months! A few cross country drives across extremely sh!tty roads over the last few weeks has not helped things.

Fingleberries

Beautiful sunny day today, trying to enjoy the bumper-to-bumper traffic using FSD only for the wipers to continually screech on the screen again and again.

Yay. Auto wipers.

AndyBoBandy

Bumper to bumper traffic is one of AutoPilots worst aspects for me,…. It’s just too jerky and not smooth enough.

eagerv

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120655539#Comment_120655539

I often use the autopilot on N roads, don't have much motorways for my normal driving. A few things I am not mad on.

1. Would prefer it didn't stay in the middle of the lane on single carriageway roads. On some cars you can offset to stay closer to the left line.
2. It has a habit of picking up turning lanes, normally when they are on a bend. Can give a bit of a fright if unexpected. At this stage I know where it will do it for my normal routes, but it takes a good pressure on wheel to correct.
3. It isn't as efficient as driving yourself, not enough to worry over, but a human will anticipate slow traffic ahead earlier and not accelerate and decelerate continuously in heavy traffic.

Gile_na_gile

Perhaps the grease used was poorly applied? Car should be able to withstand a bit of pressure. Can be done at home acc. YT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjraSWcE8rg

MightyMunster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120655539#Comment_120655539

I find it much better in the Y than my 2020 3 for some reason

LasersGoPewPew

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120657184#Comment_120657184

I had a Y recently and found autopilot to be intolerable for slow moving M50 traffic, nowhere near as good as the German or Swedish equivalent. One of the things that annoyed me was that Lane keep assist disengaged when changing lanes using indicators and I had to manually reingage every time, also the wipers were shocking, turning on randomly all the time even when there wasn't a droplet of rain or spec dirt on the windscreen. There was no rain when I rented it so can't comment on what the rain performance is like.

With every other manufacturer, using the indicators pauses Lane assist and reingages automatically when completing the lane change. Teslas driving assistance system is certainly behind the competition.

Another issue I had was when using Autopilot in slow moving traffic, if the car in front accelerated it would leave at least 20-30 meters before deciding to accelerate and keep up with the traffic. In the end I just got sick of AP and stopped using it.

I hope Musk gets some sense and reintroduces radar across all models again. According to a Munro video, HW4 will reintroduce radar capability but time will tell whether they actually fit it again.

ELM327

So having contacted my finance company and some of the we buy any car dealers, as well as tesla directly for a trade in value, theres 10-15k in the difference between my settlement value and the current value of the car. I was getting 26-33k offers. I guess I wont be moving on from Lady Grey for a while yet. Thats the impact of the price drop. There was 10-15k deducted from the model 3 range, and I can only imagine the impact on the first LR model Y delivered

MightyMunster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120657624#Comment_120657624

In heavy traffic if you reduce the distance it works better. Find my new Y much better than my previous 3 with radar was in heavy traffic.

AndyBoBandy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120658098#Comment_120658098

I find it doesn’t make a difference when ether set to 2 or 7 follow distance…

and didn’t the Vision update effectively turn the radar into a paper weight?