Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

When I collected, the free trial lasted about 3 months.... I then lived without it for a month or 2, and subscribed in July 2020 for an upcoming road trip, and have kept it ever since.

Connecting to a hotspot was a pain, and had to be re-done every time you got back into the car (apparently a recent update has fixed this).

I much prefer the satellite map view, I also really like the live traffic data, and I like the ease at which everything is just connected, and no faffing around for myself or herself with hotspots...

As for Tesla Spotify, it's basically just a spotify premium account used by all Tesla's, so there are no ads. I don't use Spotify outside of the car, but I find it brilliant in the car for listening to albums, playlists (70's/80's rock etc...Christmas playlists..)

TuneIn is also very good as we listen to a few Lithuanian radio stations and the odd time a Mexican station based in L.A. (dont

Every morning doing the school drop off we have about 10-15 minutes outside school in the car so Junior BoBandy watches Youtube

€9.99 per month, or €0.32 per day for the premium connectivity is worth it in my opinion.

Cheers for that.

There is. I connected to it . You have option to key in your own account details (if you are a Spotify subscriber) or else just click the option "Use Tesla Spotify Account". it works perfectly. I am unsure if that functionality is associated with the Premium Connectivity or not....time will tell. When I collected my car the Tesla rep said continuing with Premium Connectivity is 9.99 a month but he "thought they offer an annual subscription for 99.

Definitely..almost looks like drone quality..i love it

I've had my 2022 Model 3 RWD with the LFP battery for about a month now and I've just completed my first two decent return motorway journeys from Dublin to Dundalk and then Dublin to Cork. I charged at Castlebellingham supercharger with the session starting at around 125kw and then tailing off to 60kw approximately. This was the first Tesla supercharger charge I've done and I was a bit surprised by the performance. I can't remember the details of the SOC at the start (probably around 25%) on arrival but I had navigated to it so the battery should have been preconditioned. So a reasonable speed to start but not lightning fast. There was just one other Tesla there and we did not park near it so sharing the charger shouldn't be a factor.

On the way to Cork I started out with 55% and stopped at the Ballacoola supercharger. There were no other cars at the station and I did navigate to it so the battery should have been preconditioned. When I plugged in I had 17% SOC. The charge rate reached 120kw or thereabouts but then tailed off pretty quickly so by the time the SOC passed 50% it was down to 70kw or so and dropped to below 50kw from SOC of around 65%. I know there's a charging curve and it must tail off but I was hoping to see a higher rate for longer.

Before leaving Cork I stopped at the Mahon supercharger and plugged in. There was a Model S charging but not at the same pair of chargers as me so I don't think it would have been an issue. This time the SOC was 20% and I never saw more than 85kw and again it tailed off really quickly to a steady flow around 50kw. On this occasion I didn't have time to precondition the battery so that is probably part of the issue but it still seems much slower than I expected.

Anybody got comparable experiences? I watched a Bjorn Niland video where he suggested Tesla might set the cars up for conservative charging until they have enough data to confidently adjust it in a software update but I'm a bit concerned that it's just my car that's charging slowly. Or maybe it speeds up as the car gets more mileage and more charging sessions under its belt?

Yes, but will probably be at the new price. Give them a shout if you are interested..

That's interesting, I hadn't considered the V2 / V3 difference though the style of the chargers are of course different at the different stations. As it happened we did charge to 100% yesterday at Mahon and the overall time taken was fine, it took just less than the time needed to walk over to Starbucks and drink a coffee so no real complaints. I suppose I was just expecting to see 150kw and to get from 20% to 60% in the blink of an eye. Next time I'll make sure to precondition as long as possible and see if I get the higher rates.

I didn't loose my deposit when I bought an inventory, but let the guy in Cork do the change over.

Yes likely that trade in will hold once you submit what has been requested. usually this price holds for 60 days subject to reasonable milage.

Looks like a 3 to me..

Or maybe not 19" sports wheels.... they look a bit different....!