Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

ferg01

Spot on - thanks both.

Sam W

I’m looking to buy some car wash kit with the prime day deal. Anyone has any suggestion what I should buy as a minimum? There are so many different liquids that I got completely confused.

And any must-have accessories? like foam guns, sponge, buckets and microfibres cloth?

slave1

Sam W wrote: »

I’m looking to buy some car wash kit with the prime day deal. Anyone has any suggestion what I should buy as a minimum? There are so many different liquids that I got completely confused.

And any must-have accessories? like foam guns, sponge, buckets and microfibres cloth?

Good advice here....https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1602

Gumbo

Sam W wrote: »

I’m looking to buy some car wash kit with the prime day deal. Anyone has any suggestion what I should buy as a minimum? There are so many different liquids that I got completely confused.

And any must-have accessories? like foam guns, sponge, buckets and microfibres cloth?

What’s your current set up?

I’ll assume you have a power washer.

Snow foam Lance.
Snow foam.

Bucket and shampoo.

Wash mitts (lambs wool, not sponges).

Drying towels.

Do you want to wax/polish or just spray on seal?
Do you want to decontaminate too such as tar remover and iron X etc?

Gumbo

Autoglym have good offers in the prime day sale so you won’t go too far wrong with them.

I have their rapid detailer, window cleaner amongst a few others.

Other than that there’s other products I use buy from reflect Autocare in blanch or wash me or OCD detailing.

Sam W

Thanks everyone!

Gumbo wrote: »

What’s your current set up?

I’ll assume you have a power washer.

Snow foam Lance.
Snow foam.

Bucket and shampoo.

Wash mitts (lambs wool, not sponges).

Drying towels.

Do you want to wax/polish or just spray on seal?
Do you want to decontaminate too such as tar remover and iron X etc?

I have absolutely nothing at the moment :P Never bothered doing car wash myself as I used to have just 1 car and I just drop it in a shopping centre to get it washed.

I'm only doing it now as we now have 2 new cars and there's a construction site just beside us, bringing way too much dust every day.

I just want the basic wash when they become too dusty after a week or two. I may still bring them in for the wax/polish etc.

Gumbo

Sam W wrote: »

Thanks everyone!



I have absolutely nothing at the moment :P Never bothered doing car wash myself as I used to have just 1 car and I just drop it in a shopping centre to get it washed.

I'm only doing it now as we now have 2 new cars and there's a construction site just beside us, bringing way too much dust every day.

I just want the basic wash when they become too dusty after a week or two. I may still bring them in for the wax/polish etc.

Ok so.
Construction site and dust /debris.

You need this removed BEFORE you start rubbing the paint switch the wash mitt etc.

Me personally I’d hose it down, the. Use snow foam to loosen the dust so it falls down. Then hose again.

After that you can use the mitt and shampoo to wash.

Then use the drying towel and a spray on quick detailer which will help dry it easier and leave a layer of gloss and protection which in turn helps stop dust sticking in the first place

Sam W

That’s very helpful. Thanks!

redcup342

Just did a drive in my M3 2020 SR+ from Gizycko in Northern Poland to Dusseldorf on the weekend (1400km)

Have to say between the SC Network and the Rapid Chargers it went pretty smooth.

Stopped off in Gdansk and Szczecin on Friday and Saturday night to break up the trip.

If you are going to Poland at some point Maingau now has roaming with Greenway, works without any issues (Also ordered a Greenway card but didnt use it as Maingau is cheaper)

Also, one thing that would be a nice benefit is having a charger thats capable of three phase, the charger that comes with the M3 can only do single, which means you are stuck with 230V 16amps max, did me fine for an overnight charge on a wall socket but the extra bump would be nice.

In Poland most underground car parks will have a few Three Phase points.

Does anyone have recommendations for a charger, I found this one from EV Kings, has a tesla button for locking/unlocking the charging port:

https://www.evchargeking.com/en/e-tap-11kw-mobile-charger-for-tesla

AndyBoBandy

redcup342 wrote: »

Also, one thing that would be a nice benefit is having a charger thats capable of three phase, the charger that comes with the M3 can only do single, which means you are stuck with 230V 16amps max, did me fine for an overnight charge on a wall socket but the extra bump would be nice.

You can get 7.4kW phase from the UMC if you use a 32A commando plug with it..... so at least you can matter your home charging rate...

AndyBoBandy

redcup342 wrote: »

Does anyone have recommendations for a charger, I found this one from EV Kings, has a tesla button for locking/unlocking the charging port:

https://www.evchargeking.com/en/e-tap-11kw-mobile-charger-for-tesla

The official Tesla one (11kW) is €649

https://shop.tesla.com/en_ie/product/corded-mobile-connector

redcup342

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

You can get 7.4kW phase from the UMC if you use a 32A commando plug with it..... so at least you can matter your home charging rate...

I haven't seen single phase 32A anywhere on the continent so far in a Public Car park or Hotel, only three phase 16A.

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

The official Tesla one (11kW) is €649

https://shop.tesla.com/en_ie/product/corded-mobile-connector

I popped into Teslaparts in Posnan and he said Tesla don't sell the 16A three phase anymore, he recons Tesla thought it was eating into their fixed box sales as many people were just going for a three phase socket install rather than getting a charging box.

He was selling repaired ones for around 400 euros though (Apparently one phase can fail on them) , 90 day warranty tho so didn't go for it.

AndyBoBandy

redcup342 wrote: »

I popped into Teslaparts in Posnan and he said Tesla don't sell the 16A three phase anymore, he recons Tesla thought it was eating into their fixed box sales as many people were just going for a three phase socket install rather than getting a charging box.

That doesn't make sense as the home charger is €530, and the corded mobile connector is €649... so you'd think they'd rather sell them as opposed to the Wall Connector

innrain

That reminded me. Probably I'd never use it but just out of curiosity. The tail end of the granny charger supplied (the 3 pin side) seems interchangeable. How is that secured?

AndyBoBandy

innrain wrote: »

That reminded me. Probably I'd never use it but just out of curiosity. The tail end of the granny charger supplied (the 3 pin side) seems interchangeable. How is that secured?

Probably just a good snug fit...

I've yet to use mine, though I did have a look at it when we got the car....

redcup342

innrain wrote: »

That reminded me. Probably I'd never use it but just out of curiosity. The tail end of the granny charger supplied (the 3 pin side) seems interchangeable. How is that secured?

Just with pressure, you can unplug it from the mobile charger and replace it with a 16 amp or 32 amp commando plug.

AndyBoBandy

redcup342 wrote: »

Just with pressure, you can unplug it from the mobile charger and replace it with a 16 amp or 32 amp commando plug.

The parts that fit together are an interference fit, and as they are plastic/hard rubber, when firmly pressed in place, they lock against each other, and it'd be enough to hold the weight of teh UMC & some of its cable... It's a fairly beefy connection between the UMC and its various plug adaptors.

Delivery of our car is happening this week. Just had the last drive on the L40 to deliver it to the new owners.

What are the chances the LR will be delivered with mudguards and floor mats? Bought the paint protection film kit anyway and wondering if I should order those other items as well?

AndyBoBandy

sh81722 wrote: »

Delivery of our car is happening this week. Just had the last drive on the L40 to deliver it to the new owners.

What are the chances the LR will be delivered with mudguards and floor mats? Bought the paint protection film kit anyway and wondering if I should order those other items as well?

LR comes with floor mats.

all Model 3's now come with mud guards.... now whether they are installed, or in teh boot is another question.....

they come in 2 parts, the mud guard and the bigger splash guard... DO NOT INSTALL the splash guard.... it scrapes teh ground almost constantly and will drive you mad....

bambam

Also, it comes with a USB key for sentry mode, so no need to purchase it yourself. But you could add another USB key if you wanted some Hi Res flac music files.

spotify streaming is pretty low quality, but the TuneIn internet radio stations are ok (KCRW, 8Radio)

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

LR comes with floor mats.

all Model 3's now come with mud guards.... now whether they are installed, or in teh boot is another question.....

they come in 2 parts, the mud guard and the bigger splash guard... DO NOT INSTALL the splash guard.... it scrapes teh ground almost constantly and will drive you mad....

AndyBoBandy

bambam wrote: »

Also, it comes with a USB key for sentry mode, so no need to purchase it yourself. But you could add another USB key if you wanted some Hi Res flac music files.

The Tesla supplied flash drive should be fine for folks to begin with, but long term, I'd be looking for a high endurance micro SD card, or even a SSD.

The Dashcam feature in the Model 3 is fairly crap. if you save a single event, you end up with about 40 individual files (around 10 from each camera), and when all added up, each event could be 5-6 GB!! Same with Sentry mode events.. it saves a lot of files, so the amount of writes & rewrites is huge..... and I couldn't see any flash drive lasting very long in that scenario...

The sentry mode events can rack up fairly quickly depending on where you park.... (busy carpark for a few hours?, you can expect 20-30 Sentry mode events, we parked for 6 days at the Shannon at a boat rental place and I came back to something like 175 sentry events).

I've a 128GB sd card, and usually every few weeks I get a warning that it's getting full (when you save dashcam footage, it won't be overwritten, and I believe its the same with Sentry Mode events).

I also carry a 32GB flash drive as a 'spare' just in case the main one I use randomly stopped working, which it does from time to time (its the car not the card!!).

I'm almost at the point where I'm considering installing a 3rd party dashcam in the car such is the crappyness of the cars own version... (the player is fairly sh1t as well).

now I do also have a 128GB flash drive plugged in which contains my iTunes library, but lately have been listening to Spotify a lot, and particularly the daily playlists it creates for me based on playlists I previously played (classic rock/80's), and I have to say its very good.

innrain

So after 28 days of having the car I got in to drive the kids to school and a warning pops up saying ecal emergency not available. I ignore it and moved on. A minute later an error saying that the same ecalll needs servicing. Noticed that the road visualization disappeared although getting closed to objects would trigger it. At school realized the reverse camera does not work. Fortunately a power off and restart solved the issue. When the car came back online it had an update notification 2021.4.18.2 which seems quite small. Bit scary TBH. I mean would my father try the soft reset and hard resets as a solution to such a glitch? The next appointment available is on 29th. Hmm

EVBS

Hi All. Got my model 3 paint corrected and a ceramic coating yesterday. It's well worth it if its in your budget. Car looks way better than new. Took delivery in March

Here's a few photos (hopefully!)

imgur.com/a/ZLmMHH3

Edit: I'm not allowed post links or pics

JPA

mfceiling wrote: »

Nobody charging there except me. It's a 2020 long range performance model 3.

Maybe it's the maximum amount I could have taken on. Not great if I'm going to be relying on public charging. Considering I'm moving further away from there and the nearest charging points are 22kw ones. I'll be sitting there to Christmas!!

A 50 kw charger can only deliver 50 kw an hour. So you maxed it out for 45 minutes.

Going forward or on journeys you could seek out high powered chargers, ionity etc.

As for having the car with no home charge point, you'll go mad!

AndyBoBandy

innrain wrote: »

So after 28 days of having the car I got in to drive the kids to school and a warning pops up saying ecal emergency not available. I mean would my father try the soft reset and hard resets as a solution to such a glitch? The next appointment available is on 29th. Hmm

Very common error in the early days of ownership.

Soft reset will fix it. press both scroll wheels for a few seconds until teh screen goes blank (you'll lose all audio/visual for a few minutes, but rest assured, things like indicators will still work when the screen is rebooting...)

AndyBoBandy

EVBS wrote: »

Hi All. Got my model 3 paint corrected and a ceramic coating yesterday. It's well worth it if its in your budget. Car looks way better than new. Took delivery in March

Here's a few photos (hopefully!)

imgur.com/a/ZLmMHH3

Edit: I'm not allowed post links or pics

Here you go...

https://imgur.com/a/ZLmMHH3

innrain

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Very common error in the early days of ownership.

Soft reset will fix it. press both scroll wheels for a few seconds until teh screen goes blank (you'll lose all audio/visual for a few minutes, but rest assured, things like indicators will still work when the screen is rebooting...)

I've tried the soft reset but didn't sorted. Only the power off. Still

AndyBoBandy

innrain wrote: »

I've tried the soft reset but didn't sorted. Only the power off. Still

make the appointment, and they'll diagnose the car, and decide if a visit to Sandyford is needed, or if they simply need to push an OTA update to the car.

Sam W

innrain wrote: »

I've tried the soft reset but didn't sorted. Only the power off. Still

I got an SOS needs servicing message recently. I just scheduled a service right away. Better safe than sorry.

innrain

Sam W wrote: »

I got an SOS needs servicing message recently. I just scheduled a service right away. Better safe than sorry.

Thanks I'll go ahead and do that but right away is the end of next week.