Tesla Model 3 thread - V2.0

kev22185 · 09-05-2019 10:14am #1

The other thread was closed for good reason. The percentage of Tesla Model 3 posts diminished the closer we got to actually being able to order the car.

Configuration tool opens up next week or the week after by all accounts. I'd be interested to see what people go for and then get the opinions of people who actually own the car post delivery...

Current SR+ (base) European pricing

Norway €37,520
Switzerland €42,319
France €42,600
Germany €44,500
Uk €45,193
Luxemburg €46,200
Austria €47,500
Netherlands €47,800
Belgium €47,800
Italy €48,500
Portugal €48,900
Finland €49,200
Sweden €49,288
Denmark €49,413

Creamy Goodness · 09-05-2019 10:21am

Interested in this car but don’t follow as much as you all would. Where do we know that configurator opens next/following week

Sabre Man · 09-05-2019 10:27am

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Interested in this car but don’t follow as much as you all would. Where do we know that configurator opens next/following week

When it opens it will be on tesla.com.

unkel · 09-05-2019 10:43am

kev22185 wrote: »

I'd be interested to see what people go for

Cancelled my reservation when we got a dog (Model 3 is a saloon), but if I went for one, it would be either the base model or the SR+, both have Autopilot as standard. I would tick no option boxes.

Best mate (on the continent) got the LR AWD two months ago in midnight silver metallic (dark grey), haven't gone over to him to take it for a drive yet. Home charging would be a very expensive setup for him, he sometimes has work charging and where he is is the highest density supercharger and CCS charger network in the world (costing barely any more per kWh than home charging)

Creamy Goodness · 09-05-2019 10:47am

Sabre Man wrote: »

When it opens it will be on tesla.com.

Really, I thought it would have been Volkswagen.ie :pac:

probably my poorly worded English but how do we know the configurator will be live on the Irish site in the next two weeks?

slave1 · 09-05-2019 10:51am

..because folk who called into the Sandyford Tesla showroom have been told so

Creamy Goodness · 09-05-2019 10:52am

slave1 wrote: »

..because folk who called into the Sandyford Tesla showroom have been told so

Thanks.

ted1 · 09-05-2019 11:08am

kev22185 wrote: »

The other thread was closed for good reason. The percentage of Tesla Model 3 posts diminished the closer we got to actually being able to order the car.

Configuration tool opens up next week or the week after by all accounts. I'd be interested to see what people go for and then get the opinions of people who actually own the car post delivery...

Current SR+ (base) European pricing

Norway €37,520
Switzerland €42,319
France €42,600
Germany €44,500
Uk €45,193
Luxemburg €46,200
Austria €47,500
Netherlands €47,800
Belgium €47,800
Italy €48,500
Portugal €48,900
Finland €49,200
Sweden €49,288
Denmark €49,413

Is that cash price or pre grants etc

zilog_jones · 09-05-2019 11:16am

Has there been confirmation of when RHD cars will actually be delivered to Ireland? Are there any RHD examples out there yet?

kev22185 · 09-05-2019 11:33am

ted1 wrote: »

Is that cash price or pre grants etc

Prices include tax, Grants and delivery fee (950e or so)

zilog_jones wrote: »

Has there been confirmation of when RHD cars will actually be delivered to Ireland? Are there any RHD examples out there yet?

UK Configurator went live 1st May, deliveries in June. Would expect a similar time frame for Irish cars. Live mid May, delivery late June.

ELM327 · 09-05-2019 11:34am

ted1 wrote: »

Is that cash price or pre grants etc

Those are all "on the road" prices

zilog_jones wrote: »

Has there been confirmation of when RHD cars will actually be delivered to Ireland? Are there any RHD examples out there yet?

No

dingledosser · 09-05-2019 12:15pm

I'm a reservation holder since last summer. As much as I'd love the AWD LR, it's gonna be just too expensive for me, so I'll go for the SR+, standard wheels, black interior and (hopefully) red paint. My biggest disappointment about the SR+ is the lack of streaming, so I'm hoping they offer that as a subscription service later, as rumoured.

zilog_jones · 09-05-2019 2:40pm

Streaming?

jusmeig · 09-05-2019 2:50pm

Reservation holder since 2016, Ioniq owner since 2018.

All depends on trade in value and finance, I would like to go AWD LR, blue with 19 inch wheels. Don't think I'd shell out for FSD. Black interior. If crappy financing options I'll cancel and get the 2020 Ioniq most likely

Sabre Man · 09-05-2019 2:53pm

zilog_jones wrote: »

Streaming?

Spotify

zilog_jones · 09-05-2019 2:58pm

Sabre Man wrote: »

Spotify

But you can just do Bluetooth streaming from your phone, what's the advantage of having it built into the car?

Sabre Man · 09-05-2019 3:00pm

zilog_jones wrote: »

But you can just do Bluetooth streaming from your phone, what's the advantage of having it built into the car?

On my Model S it's free and I can do a voice search.

dingledosser · 09-05-2019 4:07pm

zilog_jones wrote: »

But you can just do Bluetooth streaming from your phone, what's the advantage of having it built into the car?

Better level of control from the screen, searching music libraries etc. With bluetooth, you have to do all that through the phone.

hatrack · 09-05-2019 4:09pm

kev22185 wrote: »

Prices include tax, Grants and delivery fee (950e or so)

UK Configurator went live 1st May, deliveries in June. Would expect a similar time frame for Irish cars. Live mid May, delivery late June.

I’m also hoping we won’t be too far behind the UK for deliveries. They supposedly ship about 3,000 to 4,000 each go. Would there be more than 3,000 orders from the UK this early? I’m not sure, if not the Irish cars should be on the same ship as the UK cars. If all of first shipment does actually go to the UK alone we could be waiting a while until there are enough RHD orders to justify another RHD production run for Europe.

Will also be interesting to see how they handle the distribution, wonder will they continue to land the the cars in Zebrugge or will they land them in the UK. Then when they actually reach Irish shores I imagine it will be quite hard for the guys in Sandyford to handle dozens of deliveries in a single month.

Anyway, I plan on ordering a blue performance version with the white interior. Will also go for FSD even though I think it will be years before I actually get any benefit from it. Really hope the configurator opens soon!

ELM327 · 09-05-2019 4:35pm

Blue performance with white interior is what I'm hoping to get too, may have to go for the LR AWD instead though

slave1 · 09-05-2019 4:48pm

hatrack wrote: »

I’m also hoping we won’t be too far behind the UK for deliveries. They supposedly ship about 3,000 to 4,000 each go. Would there be more than 3,000 orders from the UK this early? I’m not sure, if not the Irish cars should be on the same ship as the UK cars. If all of first shipment does actually go to the UK alone we could be waiting a while until there are enough RHD orders to justify another RHD production run for Europe.

Will also be interesting to see how they handle the distribution, wonder will they continue to land the the cars in Zebrugge or will they land them in the UK. Then when they actually reach Irish shores I imagine it will be quite hard for the guys in Sandyford to handle dozens of deliveries in a single month.

Anyway, I plan on ordering a blue performance version with the white interior. Will also go for FSD even though I think it will be years before I actually get any benefit from it. Really hope the configurator opens soon!

For the European shipments they filled the ship with inventory stock so folks were ordering on a Monday and getting on a Friday as their config was literally in stock

Sabre Man · 09-05-2019 5:41pm

Here's the manual
https://www.tesla.com/content/dam/tesla/Ownership/Own/Model%203%20Owners%20Manual.pdf

Gumbo · 09-05-2019 6:06pm

zilog_jones wrote: »

But you can just do Bluetooth streaming from your phone, what's the advantage of having it built into the car?

Grand if you set it up before you drive. Otherwise you have to pull over every time you want to change song, search or alter the playlist.

Slaanesh · 09-05-2019 6:07pm

kceire wrote: »

Grand if you set it up before you drive. Otherwise you have to pull over every time you want to change song, search or alter the playlist.

I ask google to play what I want on spotify, no navigating any menus.

Model 3 related EDIT. I'm very torn on getting a Model 3, it looks like it's going to be pretty expensive.

Sabre Man · 09-05-2019 6:21pm

Auto Express review, 5 stars
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/tesla/model-3/100317/new-tesla-model-3-long-range-awd-2019-uk-review

The Model 3 is in a class of one at the moment, but that shouldn’t detract from Tesla’s achievement with its first ‘more affordable’ model. Yes, it’s still pricey, but it’s a car that drives brilliantly, looks great, seems to be built just as well as other cars at the price and is full of the most advanced tech. That all adds up to make it just about the coolest car you can buy right now.

AidenL · 09-05-2019 7:33pm

I’m in for a Model 3, or maybe the S.

I can’t see any car I’d prefer to own rather than a Tesla right now.

AidenL · 09-05-2019 7:34pm

kceire wrote: »

Grand if you set it up before you drive. Otherwise you have to pull over every time you want to change song, search or alter the playlist.

Yep, and that’s a pain, and dangerous. It’s why I like an embedded solution in the car. Or CarPlay.

kuro68k · 10-05-2019 8:50am

Am I the only one who found the Model 3 to be very small? I really had to swing down to get in, and getting out was a pain as the roof was low and I had to haul myself up.

Lack of Android Auto is disappointing too, the Tesla nav system isn't in the same league as Google Maps or Waze.

zilog_jones · 10-05-2019 9:51am

kceire wrote: »

Grand if you set it up before you drive. Otherwise you have to pull over every time you want to change song, search or alter the playlist.

Normal playback controls can be done through Bluetooth, I can do that with my 2012 car. Not the other stuff though.

vicM · 10-05-2019 9:57am

kuro68k wrote: »

Am I the only one who found the Model 3 to be very small? I really had to swing down to get in, and getting out was a pain as the roof was low and I had to haul myself up.

Lack of Android Auto is disappointing too, the Tesla nav system isn't in the same league as Google Maps or Waze.

Thought tesla use Google maps embedded in their satnav, or is the model 3 different

Ush1 · 10-05-2019 9:57am

kuro68k wrote: »

Am I the only one who found the Model 3 to be very small? I really had to swing down to get in, and getting out was a pain as the roof was low and I had to haul myself up.

Lack of Android Auto is disappointing too, the Tesla nav system isn't in the same league as Google Maps or Waze.

I presume they see Google as a potential rival, especially with the amount of work Google has done on self driving tech.

Creamy Goodness · 10-05-2019 10:01am

vicM wrote: »

Thought tesla use Google maps embedded in their satnav, or is the model 3 different

They do, but they only use google tiles and navigation is done by them to favour routes with super chargers.

The fact they don't have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto is pretty annoying, competitors or not. Pretty much all the old traditional manufacturers have embraced it. Usually it's harder to get the old dogs to do the new tricks.

zep · 10-05-2019 1:32pm

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

They do, but they only use google tiles and navigation is done by them to favour routes with super chargers.

The fact they don't have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto is pretty annoying, competitors or not. Pretty much all the old traditional manufacturers have embraced it. Usually it's harder to get the old dogs to do the new tricks.

The model S nav is perfect and does not favor supercharger routes, I think there may be a reduced function in the 3 if you don't opt for premium. I don't see a need for carplay or Android auto, again that's the model S. Tesla own integrated systems are more than sufficient

zep · 10-05-2019 1:38pm

kuro68k wrote: »

Am I the only one who found the Model 3 to be very small? I really had to swing down to get in, and getting out was a pain as the roof was low and I had to haul myself up.

Lack of Android Auto is disappointing too, the Tesla nav system isn't in the same league as Google Maps or Waze.

Using Tesla nav for months now and don't have any issues, it's Google maps after all, on occasion I've opened maps on phone to compare, no difference. BTW what do you want your car nav to do? A to B is pretty sufficient ðŸ˜‰

Sabre Man · 10-05-2019 1:55pm

zep wrote: »

The model S nav is perfect and does not favor supercharger routes, I think there may be a reduced function in the 3 if you don't opt for premium. I don't see a need for carplay or Android auto, again that's the model S. Tesla own integrated systems are more than sufficient

It does favour superchargers if charging is required to reach your destination.

One time I was in Navan and needed to go to Ballacolla, but I didn't have enough charge. Instead of suggesting the local fast charger it wanted me to go to Castlebellingham.

However, once you have used other chargers they will show up on your map, but superchargers will still be prioritized.

Creamy Goodness · 10-05-2019 2:07pm

zep wrote: »

The model S nav is perfect and does not favor supercharger routes, I think there may be a reduced function in the 3 if you don't opt for premium. I don't see a need for carplay or Android auto, again that's the model S. Tesla own integrated systems are more than sufficient

I didn't say it wasn't perfect, but it's obvious there's a use for other apps, Waze is much better (even though it's owned by Google) at detecting slow downs, crashes, speed traps that'll cause idiot drivers to slow down etc. Maybe favour was the wrong term here. Whilst it may not favour them (100% of the time) it has functionality built in to include charger stops - if needed - which regular Google Maps app doesn't do yet.

It's also well known that Google do deals with people for maps for 5-10 years then they want more money than what the customer (Tesla/Apple etc) are willing to pay, then you get something crap like Apple Maps. Imagine this happens with Tesla? Wouldn't it be nice if Android Auto/Apple CarPlay are options so you could get back Google Maps?

This is nothing to do with sufficiency, more about choice. Say my goal was to buy an electric car, the Zoe is sufficient to achieve that goal, so perhaps the Ioniq/Leaf/Model3/ModelS/Kona/Niro/i3/etc. are not needed.

hatrack · 10-05-2019 5:04pm

First sizeable batch of RHD VINs registered today so production likely starting in the coming days for the UK orders.

slave1 · 10-05-2019 7:36pm

zep wrote: »

The model S nav is perfect and does not favor supercharger routes, I think there may be a reduced function in the 3 if you don't opt for premium. I don't see a need for carplay or Android auto, again that's the model S. Tesla own integrated systems are more than sufficient

You still get Google maps with a non-premium option, the only difference is the image is the map view as the satellite view is reserved for the premium option

zep · 11-05-2019 9:45pm

slave1 wrote: »

You still get Google maps with a non-premium option, the only difference is the image is the map view as the satellite view is reserved for the premium option

Ah right cheers, only a minor limitation so

username?! · 12-05-2019 12:11am

zep wrote: »

Ah right cheers, only a minor limitation so

Funnily enough I prefer the map view over satellite.

caster · 12-05-2019 5:16am

slave1 wrote: »

You still get Google maps with a non-premium option, the only difference is the image is the map view as the satellite view is reserved for the premium option

Also missing Live Traffic info:

https://www.xautoworld.com/tesla/model3-standard-range-plus/

Though it does sounds like the routing may still take account of traffic.

smokybacon · 12-05-2019 1:06pm

Hi. As a recent model 3 deposit holder (black+black sr+ 19) do people have ideas yet on the home chargers? Ta

jusmeig · 12-05-2019 4:12pm

smokybacon wrote: »

Hi. As a recent model 3 deposit holder (black+black sr+ 19) do people have ideas yet on the home chargers? Ta

Any charger will do, I went for a Zappi and it will do my Model 3 when I finally take the plunge.

KCross · 12-05-2019 7:08pm

smokybacon wrote: »

Hi. As a recent model 3 deposit holder (black+black sr+ 19) do people have ideas yet on the home chargers? Ta

It depends on what features you want and what budget you have.

Ultimately they will all charge the car the same as long as you ensure you get a 32A charge point.

smokybacon · 12-05-2019 10:14pm

Thanks kids.

AidenL · 13-05-2019 7:00am

Over 3500 orders placed in the UK so far.

Going to be busy with deliveries.

jusmeig · 13-05-2019 7:41am

AidenL wrote: »

Over 3500 orders placed in the UK so far.

Going to be busy with deliveries.

Where are these numbers coming from?

AidenL · 13-05-2019 7:48am

jusmeig wrote: »

Where are these numbers coming from?

Customer VIN number tracker on a UK Tesla forum.

Delivery August / September for current orders UK guys are saying.

September1 · 13-05-2019 9:39am

AidenL wrote: »

Delivery August / September for current orders UK guys are saying.

I would guess that would be earliest delivery for Ireland then when our ordering opens up.

BobbyBingo · 14-05-2019 3:04pm

September1 wrote: »

I would guess that would be earliest delivery for Ireland then when our ordering opens up.

Thursday, would be my guess..

jimmyging · 14-05-2019 7:02pm

BobbyBingo wrote: »

Thursday, would be my guess..

Really ???

Tesla Model 3 thread - V2.0

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