Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Sam W

innrain wrote: »

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

Yeah unfortunately they are quite busy these days with all the new deliveries and small snags from the new deliveries.

My error message stayed on my dashboard for more than a week. Then the day before my scheduled appointment, someone triggered the alarm on my car (trying to fit a tyre) and the error message just went away...

I sent it in anyway and they did check the car and told me there's some issues with the antenna.

cannco253

https://insideevs.com/news/515920/smashing-tesla-model3-screen-driving/

only in America !

wassie

That is some craic alright. Although if you did the same thing here I doubt you would get away with a repair bill for ~€1250 (US$1500) from Sandyford.

AndyBoBandy

He says its the 2021 version, yet it has chrome all over it......

redcup342

cannco253 wrote: »

https://insideevs.com/news/515920/smashing-tesla-model3-screen-driving/

only in America !

Yeah ...... what an idiot.. could have just reset the car while driving for the same effect.

Long story short, everything still works.

AndyBoBandy

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....

The car was delivered today with 43 km on the clock as it was driven from Sandyford. All seems perfect and the mud guards were already fitted and floor mats present.

Paint seems good quality and the only issue is slight misalignment of the boot lid front left side. Not going to do anything about that unless something else crops up. Just about ready to take "Antares" out for the first time.

Got insured with my existing insurers chill/zurich but not cheap and took a while to chase it. For cars with full self driving there is apparently a 5k excess. I'll see what the cert says exactly when it arrives next week and will update on the insurance forum.

AndyBoBandy

sh81722 wrote: »

The car was delivered today with 43 km on the clock as it was driven from Sandyford. All seems perfect and the mud guards were already fitted and floor mats present.

Paint seems good quality and the only issue is slight misalignment of the boot lid front left side. Not going to do anything about that unless something else crops up. Just about ready to take "Antares" out for the first time.

Got insured with my existing insurers chill/zurich but not cheap and took a while to chase it. For cars with full self driving there is apparently a 5k excess. I'll see what the cert says exactly when it arrives next week and will update on the insurance forum.

Well Wear..

You didn't buy FSD when you ordered the car did you?

The trick is to not order it when ordering the car, and then you don't pay VRT on that additional €7,500. And to only order it after you take delivery of the car (all cars come with the hardware, so when you order it, it's just a software unlock that's pinged to the car).

bambam

sh81722 wrote: »

The car was delivered today with 43 km on the clock as it was driven from Sandyford. All seems perfect and the mud guards were already fitted and floor mats present.

Paint seems good quality and the only issue is slight misalignment of the boot lid front left side. Not going to do anything about that unless something else crops up. Just about ready to take "Antares" out for the first time.

Got insured with my existing insurers chill/zurich but not cheap and took a while to chase it. For cars with full self driving there is apparently a 5k excess. I'll see what the cert says exactly when it arrives next week and will update on the insurance forum.

5K excess? that is mental. FSD is basically Adaptive cruise control and lane keep assist.

A huge excess for level 2 autonomous driving, gotta love the irish insurance sector...

Sam W

I'm with Zurich and I had to write a complaint letter to them to get them to insure my new Tesla. The final price was fair though. Full NCB protection for me and my partner who only got her licence last December, and it only costed me 470 euro. The excess is pretty standard - 250 euro - although I don't have FSD. I don't see why having FSD would give you a significantly higher excess though.

Just plain autopilot on on this, basically similar system to to any number of lane keeping assistants on the market. The folk at chill were all talking about "car driving itself" so I'm hoping for that it's a storm in the teacup. Especially as some other companies actually give you a small discount if your Tesla has "autopilot".

The first trip is now successfully done and it's a fine machine LG batteries and all. We covered 317 km and used about 62% of the battery. About half of this was at 120, the roads were wet and temperatures hovered around 15 degrees so a good result I think.

First impressions of this Tesla virgin are: Ride quite firm at low speeds but also supple and controlled over bumps at speed. It has a nice steering feel (I settled for standard mode) and the drivetrain is amazingly refined and drama-free even on wet. The wave of torque is seemingly endless. I did a couple of launches with an inlaw who's into Ducatis and got the Tesla giggle from him. My wife also drove the car for the first time and commented on that she got used to it after first 2 minutes and now agrees that it's the best decision ever to get the car. The seats I find a bit warm after a while but with a good comfort apart from the driver's lumbar support which feels kind of odd: two separate air chambers I think? The voice commands work pretty well even for bloody foreigners like myself with thick accents. Auto wipers are pretty hopeless and I don't think I'll be using Autopilot a lot: OK, I'm saying it: Nissan ProPilot works more consistenly on a dual carriageway compared to AP. The adaptive cruise worked remarkably well though.

Oh yeah, a special mention for the speakers that are very good and you can enjoy them in a largely noise free environment at any speed. Look forward for more trips soon!

innrain

Sam W wrote: »

I'm with Zurich and I had to write a complaint letter to them to get them to insure my new Tesla. The final price was fair though. Full NCB protection for me and my partner who only got her licence last December, and it only costed me 470 euro. The excess is pretty standard - 250 euro - although I don't have FSD. I don't see why having FSD would give you a significantly higher excess though.

My experience with Tesla and insurance: Patience.

Any other dealarships I dealt with before, gave me the reg plate in the day of pick-up. So rush to insure, parking permits, tax all the lot. Tesla sent me the reg more than a week in advance of the delivery day. So I had the time sort out all these. However, the whatever database the insurers use was not updated for more than 5 days. I literally got the logbook from Shannon but they were saying the reg plate is not recognized. Just a reason to treat the car as an "exotic" breed and charge accordingly. So I waited and once cartell recognized the reg I went online and sorted it out at "decent" premium. It is very possible in the time it took for them to analyze the complaint the database updated and they could offer the insurance.

sk8board

Sam W wrote: »

I don't see why having FSD would give you a significantly higher excess though.

From an insurance perspective, the FSD tech is still too new for Irish roads - there’s no way to quantify which roads each manufacturers FSD software will support, or where any disengagement spots might exist on each stretch of road. It’s simply a huge unknown and has a risk rating applied accordingly.
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In other words, a high excess moves the responsibility to the driver, which I think is only fair as they are the one choosing which Irish road to engage FSD on

Sam W

innrain wrote: »

My experience with Tesla and insurance: Patience.

Any other dealarships I dealt with before, gave me the reg plate in the day of pick-up. So rush to insure, parking permits, tax all the lot. Tesla sent me the reg more than a week in advance of the delivery day. So I had the time sort out all these. However, the whatever database the insurers use was not updated for more than 5 days. I literally got the logbook from Shannon but they were saying the reg plate is not recognized. Just a reason to treat the car as an "exotic" breed and charge accordingly. So I waited and once cartell recognized the reg I went online and sorted it out at "decent" premium. It is very possible in the time it took for them to analyze the complaint the database updated and they could offer the insurance.

My issue with Zurich is that they claim they don't insure Teslas outright. They only do insure them if you have a broker or if you complain to them and their underwriter will have to review the case.

When I asked about insuring a Tesla, it was 3 months before I got the car. They told me in writing that I have to find someone else (and forfeit 11 months' of NCB with my old car).

I just complained to them and their underwriter came back and said they could insure my Tesla for 1 month for 120 euro, which I accepted. They didn't need my car reg for that.

My initial plan was to switch to someone cheaper at the renewal, before I found out their renewal is the cheapest...

Sam W

sk8board wrote: »

From an insurance perspective, the FSD tech is still too new for Irish roads - there’s no way to quantify which roads each manufacturers FSD software will support, or where any disengagement spots might exist on each stretch of road. It’s simply a huge unknown and has a risk rating applied accordingly.
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In other words, a high excess moves the responsibility to the driver, which I think is only fair as they are the one choosing which Irish road to engage FSD on

Not sure about others but I did asked around 10 major insurances/brokers and I don't remember being asked by any of them whether my car is capable of FSD.

mouthful

Sam W wrote: »

Not sure about others but I did asked around 10 major insurances/brokers and I don't remember being asked by any of them whether my car is capable of FSD.

I have FSD and it made absolutely no difference to my insurance costs.

jusmeig

Anyone have to had the windscreen repaired/replaced?
Just noticed a decent chip, with 2 cracks coming out from it.

Sam W

jusmeig wrote: »

Anyone have to had the windscreen repaired/replaced?
Just noticed a decent chip, with 2 cracks coming out from it.

I had a crack last year with my old car and my insurer Zurich just took care of it. I think I just contacted Autoglass and they came to my home to get the windscreen replaced. They then make the claim with Zurich, so I don’t have to contact Zurich at all.

There is an excess of 30 euro to replace the windscreen, and no excess if it can be repaired without replacing it.

jusmeig

Sam W wrote: »

I had a crack last year with my old car and my insurer Zurich just took care of it. I think I just contacted Autoglass and they came to my home to get the windscreen replaced. They then make the claim with Zurich, so I don’t have to contact Zurich at all.

There is an excess of 30 euro to replace the windscreen, and no excess if it can be repaired without replacing it.

I've read that autopilot needs to be recalibrated after this, do you know if autoglass did this also?

Sam W

jusmeig wrote: »

I've read that autopilot needs to be recalibrated after this, do you know if autoglass did this also?

I wasn’t driving a Tesla at the time.

If you have a 2020 or 2021 model 3, you can recalibrate sensors by yourself. There is a calibration button under the services menu.

jusmeig

Sam W wrote: »

I wasn’t driving a Tesla at the time.

If you have a 2020 or 2021 model 3, you can recalibrate sensors by yourself. There is a calibration button under the services menu.

Nice1 I'll call the insurance so.

Gumbo

jusmeig wrote: »

I've read that autopilot needs to be recalibrated after this, do you know if autoglass did this also?

Usually AG will arrange for the glass to be done in the SC and get the camera calibration done at the same time there.

jusmeig

Gumbo wrote: »

Usually AG will arrange for the glass to be done in the SC and get the camera calibration done at the same time there.

Yup waiting on a callback from AG, they need to check with supplier so im assuming its gonna happen as u say

LasersGoPewPew

Lads, I have been bitten by the Tesla bug. I test drove the Model 3 long-range a few days ago. I was blown away by the performance and handling. I NEED one in my life but unfortunately I'm not in a position to buy one just yet. Why is it that Tesla doesn't offer PCP in Ireland, yet seems to be offered in every other European country?

wassie

I'm afraid I cant answer your question - maybe tweet Elon, although pretty sure he will have no idea what PCP is.

But yes...you do need one to make your life complete.

Neworder79

LasersGoPewPew wrote: »

Lads, I have been bitten by the Tesla bug. I test drove the Model 3 long-range a few days ago. I was blown away by the performance and handling. I NEED one in my life but unfortunately I'm not in a position to buy one just yet. Why is it that Tesla doesn't offer PCP in Ireland, yet seems to be offered in every other European country?

Looked into PCP with a Dublin garage on a second hand M3, it cost more than a new Tesla hire purchase...

innrain

Returned yesterday from a trip to Kerry in M3LR similar to one I posted last year with the Kona
this year used Dublin-Birdhill-Killarney going there and for return Killarney-Ballacolla-Dublin.

I could have gone either of the legs with a full charge but found with the kids it is easier to split. The hotel had chargers 2/3 working 3pahse. Couldn't get really fast charging speeds @SuC as both times arrived there at around 50%. On the return leg I forgot to set the charging limit @ 90% and by the time I chatted with Tesla rangers and ate something the car was fully charged. Wife wanted the traditional Kildare Village stop and even though it was for "only" 40 mins battery was back @90% so we arrived home @78% which is pretty nuts. So not really thinking where to charge but charging when having a chance was more than good enough. The drive better than Kona, quieter although on rough tarmac @120+km/h could be quite loud. Found it better on ACC than autopilot as my passengers were bit stressed every time I had to engage and disengage autopilot. Anyway ACC is good enough as it keeps me more engaged in the driving.
Driving stats

I can't believe it took only 15.2 kWh/100km as compared with 17 with the Kona last year. Really impressed. Total cost 20ish.

slave1

In this weather all EV start excelling in kWh/100kms, hotter the better, Tesla batteries like the heat, I charged at Ballacolla yesterday and even though outside temp was 24 the battery pack went into preconditioning mode. Fans on the Model S don't kick in to cool the battery until 45 degrees I think

Sam W

So I finally got all the car wash kit delivered from Amazon.

30-metre garden hose - 15 quids
Foam gun - 21 quids
5L snow foam - 14 quids
Mitt x 2 - 9 quids
Drying towel x 2 - 8 quids
1L Shampoo x 2 - 13 quids
Meguiar’s bucket and grit guard x 2 - 33 quids

Total 113 quids or 130 eur and I’m expecting to be able to have at least 40-50 washes for our 2 cars.

Kramer

Sam W wrote: »

So I finally got all the car wash kit delivered from Amazon.

Total 113 quids or 130 eur and I’m expecting to be able to have at least 40-50 washes for our 2 cars.

Great stuff.

Mrs. Kramer did ours yesterday........power washed it & all, so she did.



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I'd recommend some quick detailer - helps dry it off, prevents water spots & affords some extra protection.
Makes quite a difference in my experience & makes it easier clean next time etc.

Sam W

Yeah I kinda understand once you are into this whole thing, you will find more and more liquids that your car would love

We went to Halfords last weekend and jeez there were so many different liquids.