That was my thinking Mad_maxx. Hopefully I/we won't regret it. PM me if you get a Test Drive before I do if you think of it.
How 27 extra Kms make it long range is beyond me
27!
Is it getting into the cars that's the problem or the seating position once you're in? If it's the getting in you could program the seat "Easy Entry" position to be at the highest setting. It would always be in that position then for exit/entry.
Putting kids in their child seats ,the stopping down
Any ideas when/if the 7 seater version will be available for Ireland?
Nobody knows but very unlikely it will be this year. They don't make 7 seaters in China. Perhaps once we get the cars from Berlin.
2019 M3LR owner here. Always thinking about the next car, but likely a year or so away. Model Y top of the list, but more recently had head turned a little by IONIQ5 and EV6 as they are both also hatchbacks and could be seen as cutprice Model Y alternatives.
Sat in IONIQ5 today and liked it - pretty spacious and as above, a hatchback with decent sized boot - but to get to equiv spec of Model Y (AWD, larger battery, upgraded interior etc) looking at price of €65K+, not far off Model Y prices - and car is still smaller than Model Y.
I also like being in the Tesla world with the non stop software updates so my head turning back to Model Y now.
Anyone else here having these types of conversations with themselves?
Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 are great cars. But you'd be off your head to spend €65k on one. My sister in law just got her Ioniq 5, €39k on the road. Nothing beats it at that price. Personally I wouldn't want to spend any more on one either.
Completely agree. Just saw nobby review an id4 gtx for €70k 😂
Saw that and a very similar review of that same car by fullychargedshow yesterday. They agree with us. Mad money for cars like that 😂
You can blame the lack of SEAI grant, and our VAT+VRT rates compared to most countries for that insane price
True - but if you want a go, that’s the price. It’s truly awful value.
You can buy a lower spec GTX delivered for 55k. AWD and for 2.4k more than the RWD equivalent some people might go for that version.
Not sure why VW then charge 72k for the higher spec one with the same power and battery. Hard to see many people spending 72k on a VW.
These comments on price of specced up lesser cars do make the Model Y look like better value - even if I can’t quite get myself to spending €70K on it.
..and the ever expanding SuC network in Ireland, do not underestimate that, I had a 750km trip over the weekend with 4 flawless fast charges at the SuCs, no let downs, no throttling, no queuing
this guy really lashes the ride comfort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQwxLkv2z4
That's 3 months old. Everybody has since said the same. All widely reported in this thread. All based on reviews of the same 2 Dutch reg cars 😂
If just one of all those reviewers would have been a little bit more pro-active and switched the wheels to standard 19" ones and reported back on those. Instead they all ape each other about the stiff suspension and harsh ride. Except Quentin Wilson, refreshingly enough.
so there all wrong and Quentin Wilson has it right ?
Yes, they are all singing from the same hymn sheet. The wrong sheet.
You know this how ?
Tesla is generally well liked by motoring press
No, of course they are all right in saying that the car they tested had a harsh ride. Because it obviously has. Quentin Wilson is a racing driver, he likes fast cars (that of course tend to have stiff suspensions) and he owns a Model 3 Performance. So he says the car is grand 😁
If I were the 99th reviewer of that exact same Dutch reg LHD Model Y (having seen dozens of the previous identical reviews), I would have been bold and got smaller wheels mounted just for the test, and then reviewed the car. Maybe some reviewer will still do this. The car might be very different then, who knows.
As is, these reviews will have surely put off many potential buyers in Britain and Ireland buying a Model Y. Possibly unnecessarily. Personally I would never buy a car without test driving it myself anyway, but I'm always surprised by the number of people who would.
The Y is around years in the States, if it was as harsh a ride as those reviews it would be nowhere near as successful and Tesla would have made adjustments to the car by now
Americans have much lower standards when it comes to cars ,always have
"Personally I would never buy a car without test driving it myself anyway"
We ordered our Model 3 having never driven any EV before, ever.... and only drove an EV for the very first time about 2 weeks before collection date!!
and since then have only driven 1 other EV, a Model S 90D
Bought 4 of my last 5 cars unseen as UK imports, all due diligence carried out, no issues, didn't even bother test driving one at a dealership
Increase in battery size. The 3 got a similar battery bump.
did they cost circa 67 k ?
Not quite
My last 2 EVs were bought sight unseen, one nearly 20k and one just over 50k
Because a couple of leading reviewers started the trend and then everyone followed.
I saw one review that started along the lines of: I got in this expecting to criticise the ride, even had the piece written, but it's not bad at all.
