Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Model 3 SR+

Cork -> Leahy's Open farm -> Ballacolla -> Dublin

First time using the "Add Stop" feature of the navigation.

Speed limit most of the way, with the occasional overtake. Ballacolla was completely empty, 2 EV6s, a Kona, a Zoe all trying to get onto the ESB chargers...

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.

Got sent the quotes today. The above is incorrect. The guy in the showroom did the quotes on the figure with the grant taken off where as the ones I was sent today had the 5k grant included in the total amount and it was explained that the grant had to come off the deposit amount and the max is 30%. The other difference is the final payment was higher at 26k but I’m happy that as I don’t seeing it being worth less than than 36k in 3 years and that is being conservative imo.

not exact but the figures on the 3 year are roughly 12,700 deposit as the grant comes off there so that is the max I am allowed put in. 570 a month and 26k final payment. Strangely their 4 year quote was around 590 but a much lower final payment of around 17k. The apr is 4.95% and not 4.99 like I previously said.

I did a rough work out of how much I would save in fuel a month and it’s at least 220, not to mention cheaper maintenance and tax that’s nearly 6 times cheaper a year. But then my car does only do about 28/29mpg.

Getting autopilot is easy purchase on the app. Getting bigger wheels is possible probably as aftermarket but you sell the old ones privately. Tesla IE doesn't have anything in stock. In the US they sell the 19" for $3.5k and 20" for $4k.

Be interested to hear how you get on post service I have not experienced any problems but it is experiences like yours that makes everyone nervous. Hopefully a once off experience but it would be great if you update the forum after your service. Enjoy Kerry!

Thanks, that’s actually very useful.

Adaptive.

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

Changing lane will not disable AutoPilot/adaptive cruise control, it will only disengage autosteer (on non EAP/FSD cars) if it’s activated in conjunction with AutoPilot

I'd say the way things are going you could buy it at current prices and then sell it €60K a week later and pocket the profit.

For home charging, has anyone got the Tesla Wall Connector installed? Seemingly the 3rd generation is a significant improvement over 2nd gen. Found this video, this guy is an electrician and installed the 3rd gen in his own house and some very positive comments about the latest connector.

https://youtu.be/kZePyRgSfjs

The Gen3 is basically better because of load balancing and wifi support. If you need a "dumb" charger then the gen2 is perfectly competent