Repossessed M3 standard range with FSD (212 Reg) coming up for auction....
https://www.wilsonsauctions.com/lots/car?id=2024162&catId=1211&isIreland=true&tab=&lotPageNo=1&returnUrl=https:%2F%2Fwww.wilsonsauctions.com%2Fauctions%2Fcar%2FAuctionEvent%3FsaleCode%3DDC113%26location%3DDublin%26pageSize%3D20%26regNumber%3D212D20139
Same - short trip to Stepaside.
I think it's mostly to do with the calibration issue people have reported where the reporting of battery percentage can be way off initially. I'm WFH so will be bringing it (almost) straight home and plugging it in.
Delighted with the 100% charge thing, one less thing to plan/manage with the energy.
I've had my reg for a few days now. I've taxed it and all. It's still not recognised by the insurance company though. Does anyone know when it should show up in their system?
Did you get a text with your reg or did it appear in your Tesla account?
I'm picking mine up on Monday and no reg yet
When you can find the car/reg in Cartell, then the insurance companies will have it.
You should have a document on your account called "Proof of Registration" (RF100). Your reg will be in there. I got a text 9 days before collection with my reg number, but the RF100 form was in my account 5 days before that.
do tesla ireland ever answer the phone?
Random question - how do you organise the Tax when you're not the registered owner (yet)?
I couldn't work out the motortax.ie website to accomplish it. (I'm buying an ex-demo model, if that complicates it ... although it means that many of you may already have driven my car 😀)
Ok, no sign of it yet, just the order agreement and the booking invoice. The final payment just registered on my account yesterday so maybe they just haven't registered it yet 🤷
Just checked my emails - my final payment reflected in my account on Thursday the 10th of Feb and the RF100 appeared in my account on Saturday the 12th (text was received on Tuesday the 15th), so shouldn't be too long between final payment being reflected and your registration being in your account :)
In reference to DC charging after recent updates I can see Tesla charging is optimized for HPCs but has a big impact if you use the old and slow 50kW units which unfortunately for Ireland are the norm. Bjorn has a video here about it.
What happens is Tesla is optimizing the battery, heating it up to about 47+ °C, which allows it to charge very fast. This is at a cost of about 12kW for about 15-20 mins depending on the starting temp (3-5 kWh). My solution is to navigate to nearest charger I can find on the Tesla map. I have done an experiment driving in two different days 40 km on M50 at the same charger (Helix) the same conditions the only diff was in one case I use to navigate to Lucan ESB and preconditioning started. In one without preconditioning I arrived with the battery at 22 degree and took 15 minutes to get over 47°C, the second time I got there with 45°C and it took only 3 mins to achieve the set temp. Interestingly the Tesla app will show the 43kW power as the easygo app but in the car as well as the scanmytesla will show only 30kW. Thinking of ESB units limited to 45 mins the 3-5 kWh it is an important figure especially if you need just a quick top up to extend your journey home. The best is to use a HPC and navigate to it but...
But that car is already taxed isn't? There is a logbook issued already. Probably Tesla will have you sign the last page and then posted to Shannon and get it in post in a week time?
The only chargers I navigate to in order to precondition are Superchargers..
I've used 150kW & 50kW chargers and wouldn't bother navigating to them in order to pre-condition the battery. A visit would mostly be at the end of a bit of a drive anyway so the battery would be warm enough.
On a 50kW unit, I doubt you'd even notice it.
..and probably for anyone also with an existing Model 3 when it comes renewal time!!
And doesn't seem to add to the insurance price. When I was insuring mine just over 3 weeks ago I asked Aviva and they said it wouldn't add anything so I insured it at 55K (Excl grant) on their recommendation. My premium stayed the same as my previous ID.3.
My point is that exactly on to 50kW unit your going to notice it because the battery charges at 30kW instead of 45kW even though you draw 45kW from the charger you spend 5kWh in 15 mins to warm up the battery. You are not going to notice this difference on the HPC as youd be drawing much more and the relative difference would be small. In Bjorn's case they use a 25kW charger and half of the power goes into heating up. For them it would be cheaper to run an AC charger.
But how cold would they be heating the battery up from? As I'd most likely only ever hit a 50kW unit after a long enough drive, so it shouldn't need too much warming up!
That bjorn video is an absolute worst case. Minimum DC speed, frigid arctic cold temperatures, cold battery. It's the worst case and they would get faster with AC charging.
In the real world, 50kW charging won't need to preheat much if at all to get normal 42-47kW speeds.
Don’t tax it yet as the disc may go to the wrong address. Wait till you have the car or at least on the motor tax site it asks you to confirm name and address.
If that’s correct then proceed to taxing it.
Thanks so much to everyone for the help clarifying it - boardsies to the rescue again - I knew there was something I was missing (problem between computer and chair!)
May have already been answered so apologies in advance if so. Should I ensure car for value with or without 5K SEAI grant & with new increased 3k additional price. Chill advised to ensure for price without the 5k grant but I am not sure if that is correct.
I insured my base car at 55K (Excl grant) so would be 58K now.
So my car is due for August delivery, if they offer me my car early (like a friend of mine that also had an august delivery) can I refuse it but keep the order for August?
Yes
Yes as someone else will take it after you refuse. And I'd say they would gladly take it as I would too if I had a August delivery and was offered it in March or April.
I don't think it is as simple as that. You can certainly put a hold on delivery/acceptance if it doesn't suit and I believe they will accomodate, but it may not be as specific as ensuring you can specify an August delivery. It just means that once you come off the "hold period" you become eligible for matching again Hopefully things would work out but as we all know by now it's not a perfect science and many who have ordered have seen the estimated date at order slip. Tesla will allocate all cars and not hold..so I would conclude there is some risk with the hold request which only you can decide is it is worth taking
On a positive note, you may remove the link to your car from your posts now 😃
It does - include the grant, I'd say.
Who's picking up their M3 from Baldonnel today? Best of luck if you are! Let's see your photos and what your charge percentage was...
My car is due for August as well, can I ask when did you put your order in and did you get delivered date in the Tesla app or VIN? I put my order in about 3 weeks ago and I only have the order number so far.
