Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Anyone waiting on a M3, have you shopped for insurance yet? Any ideas what to expect?

Got a quote of 440 from 123.ie

Booked a test drive the other day but have received no confirmation email etc.

Anyone else have any information on how the test drives work? I did get a Thank You message and confirmation immediately after booking test drive but no confirmation email or any further details on what to do when arriving to Sandyford etc.

Grand, it says contactless test drive which is what had me a little confused, cheers :)

Hi all.

Anyone got some recommendations on some touch up paint for the rims. I've pretty badly scratched them up over the last year or so mainly within the first month of owning the car. Took me a while to get used to its width coming from a very small car beforehand. (Mazda 2 to Model 3!) I've the 2021 18 inch aeros.

Also best of luck to all the new owners on their upcoming deliveries. I know what the wait is like, I ordered Oct 2020 and took delivery first week of March 2021 (SR+ Red) The car is worth it! I saw a post asking about ceramic coating, I got my car coated with Opti-Coat pro plus so feel free to shoot any questions if you are thinking of it

Thanks!

Should be fine, I dropped in for an unplanned visit 2 weeks ago to ask some questions and they offered me a test drive on the spot.

Hi ordered RWD white with white interior on 23rd Dec. I have vin in source code but no official delivery date yet. When did you order?

Ordered RWD Aero Wheels, White with White Interior on Nov 2nd, no confirmed date yet (was feb when I ordered it) but I do have VIN in source code, so expecting March delivery.

From the TMC ship tracking thread it looks like there are at least 5 more ships carrying Tesla's heading to Europe, so it's not quite squeaky bum time yet I'd say

Where you getting those figures from? There was only 858 m3's delivered in the whole of last year an 18% increase from 2020.

Last year UK had about a 60%+ increase in deliveries compared to 2020 which made it the 2nd best selling car in the UK last year. M3 was the 39th best selling car in Ireland last year. Not because there no demand it because of lack of deliveries (UK clearly getting priority).

UK can't be taking 600 a week when deliveries are only done by quarter

SIMI publish the Irish registrations, 600 for this quarter extremely optimistic based on stats so far.

Didn't want to say anything until sale of my ID.3 agreed today, but I have taken the soup😁 and ordered a M3 RWD in January. Originally White for May delivery, changed to Midnight Silver and then pounced on an inventory White on one of the current shipments (Last Sat 5th about midday). Car has been allocated to me, will have whenever, hopefully by mid March. (No VIN as yet)

Colour wise, I am not too fussy, like the Red, Midnight Silver and White. But wasn't going to pay an extra €2474 for the Red. In my area (West Wexford) I only ever see a Blue and Black one, White is still a rarity! But I find my white ID.3 easy to keep clean, still looks well when a little dirty and is cooler in summer.

Perhaps I am mad, but you only regret the things you didn't do. Love my ID.3 which has been faultless for the last 27K km (Except for a few minor hissies when new) but excited and looking forward to the M3.

No, just the standard 18". Would have liked the 19"(Even better if black), but don't think they would have liked the roads I travel on a lot..

I think the M3 you've ordered it is the best new car one can buy in this price range. If you don't want a SUV that is. I was asked "what you don't like about your car" and I paused for a bit. Said "I miss Android Auto, cause it is easier to stream books through audible". Then I realised how minor it sounds. Yesterday red there might be a Tesla app store soon so my issue might get resolved and I'll have to think of something else I don't like. I can't say the CEO. Maybe that is too flashy? Some still think it is a 100k car.

So where are the 600 Tesla's going to be picked up they struggled with low numbers of pickup already.

600 a week is believable in the UK 2400 a month from I think 15+ collection points, but that doesn't make sense either 600 *52 = 31,200. They delivered 34,783 cars in the UK last year so delivering less this year? sounds like people pulling numbers out of the air.

Sorry I don't buy they even have the infrastructure to do 600 collections. Even if the start out of Mahon also.

Has anyone had any notification of any other collection points.

Would be great if they do would finally show their taking the Irish market seriously. But after my dealings as a Tesla "customer" I remain skeptical.