Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Will do, thanks Gumbo.

I was hoping to get it emailed to me but that didn’t happen. For my needs I did it at 16k deposit over 3 and 4 years. 3 years was 570 odd a month and 4 years was 550 odd. The final payment was around 21k for 3 and over 17k for 4 years. Pretty sure the apr was 4.99% which is .9% higher than the hp. I noticed the uk is 5.9 on pcp over there.

no idea what the max Tesla do but the highest I’ve seen is 35%, with Toyota/Lexus I think it was.

Congrats ...you wont regret it unless you allow yourself obsess about delivery date....

The missus and I are in Kerry for the week on holiday in my 2022 RWD. We stopped at the Superchargers in Cork on the way and the car wouldn't charge. I was getting two errors, the charger has no power and there was a communication error with the charging equipment. Luckily there was a service tech there on his lunch break who was kind enough to help us out. He ran a remote diagnosis and found that the charge port ECU wasn't responding. He rebooted the ECU (disconnected its power supply) and the charging began. Told me that it could have just been a glitch and be fine or it could be a fault and could happen again, either way, I have a service scheduled for the 29th. Went to plug into the ESB charger in Kenmare last night and it took a few attempts to get working with the same errors showing on the screen again. I'm actually really nervous to drive around Kerry for the week now.

AC charging seems fine, I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for them for the next week.

It absolutely can. ICE cars have issues too, and like the Tesla in this instance, both would be under warranty anyway

Appreciate it doesnt work for some, but for me 18 months in and the gap on the savings I've made on my M3 as a company car (travelling all over the island) compared to my old ICE car is getting larger every week thanks to rising fuel prices.

Not having to pay for or schedule time for servicing twice year is a bonus I didnt account for either.

Yes I am getting crazy efficiency often less than 10kWh/100 km on my cross country sub 80kmh routes. Cannot really go any faster, just means slowing right up every time you meet a wider vehicle.

It will be carnage because unlike all the other countries where the SuC's have been opened up, Ireland has a pi$$ poor charging network outside of Tesla, so if they do open up, they'll be swamped.. and all non Tesla's will spend additional time blocking the spaces not charging as they faff around with apps trying to get a charge started....

If a Tesla is parked at a SuC for 30 minutes, there's a good chance it'll be charging for at least 29 minutes 30 seconds of that 30 minutes thanks to plug & charge, but a non Tesla parked there for 30 minutes, might only get 26-27 minutes charging, so ultimately non Tesla's will spend longer occupying the SuC's (and potentially blocking the adjacent space for longer). Suddenly when it gets busy all those little additional delays will have a knock on effect and we'll see queues forming.

Our only saving grace is that we have so few SuC sites (and aren't likely to get a whole lot more due to our size), so they might not open them at all as where they have opened sites, those countries still have a good few that are Tesla only still.

So I like to see how much I can manipulate / find loopholes. For the model 3 if I order the base model with metallic paint and nothing else I get the grant of 5k.

after delivery could I upgrade to the bigger tyre? Also add on the autopilot (this looks possible )?

my reasoning is you order the car, get the 5k grant and then use those grant savings to get the post delivery specs desired. Ideally Tesla would price in the metallic paint and bigger tyres to be under 60k…

Just remember every Tesla comes with AutoPilot as standard (Traffic aware cruise control & AutoSteer), and for most this is more than sufficient, particularly in Ireland.

The next levels up are Enhanced AutoPilot (EAP) & Full Self Drive (FSD), and if you ever want them down the line*, they are simply a paid for software unlock that you can do in seconds (the same as the acceleration boost on the Long Range).

*Note to anyone ever considering ordering EAP or FSD at time of ordering the car.... DON'T. Wait til you have collected the car. As if you do add them on at time of order, you'll be pushing up the overall purchase price of the car and will pay more VRT because of it. (It would probably also knock the cheapest RWD out of grant territory).

To ddarcy . If you are set on a Mod 3 RWD you are correct in that you can get the metalic option (Black, Blue or Grey but not Red) and still qualify for the 5K grant. Whatever about tyres I feel sure that once you get your car with the Autopilot (which is already included and activated on ALL models), you will most likely conclude that it makes no sense to pay more for enhancements which at this stage are limited in their functionality in the Irish market.

As it relates to tyres if I was a betting man I suspect you may also choose not to incur significant costs post delivery to upgrade. You may prefer the aesthetic look but the base 18" give better range and also more comfortable ride. Personal choice after that.

Thanks, that’s actually very useful.

Adaptive.

you can cross the M50 without tipping any of the pedals if you want.

Providing you don't want to change lane...