Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

It really is worth any owners joining the Facebook group as the Tesla Owners Facebook groups are officially recognised by Tesla, and the admins of the group have direct lines into Tesla Ireland, and can and have helped many owners over the years getting issues resolved more satisfactorily if needed.

it’s also a wealth of knowledge, help, tips & tricks for owners.

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It's 20k and if eligible the 5k SEAI too. Business users don't get the 5k SEAI grant, so the taximan would have to be a sole trader and private purchase.

There are other criteria, so you must scrap an existing taxi with over 300k on the clock etc and there's a limited budget per year.

There are no refresh S/X outside of NA yet so you'd have to ask there for feedback. I don't like the idea in the 3/y but feel it works well with the yoke

In a way, the Teslas appeal to the tech sector worker because of their sophistication matched to design, but if they are effectively becoming all about the 'experience' and not sharing information/feedback/control with the driver, then the car loses appeal to tech people who want the machine to be verbose about its state, what it is doing, what it intends through AI, what is activated and what is not. A car is not a plane which really needs that complex dash, but neither is it a 30kg bicycle or an iphone on wheels.

Edit: another thing that would annoy me is the removal of the two regen settings in the refresh TM3.

I work in tech and the car only needs one regen setting. "On".

So do I. I want more regen settings 😂

I meant an MG5 lol sorry.

What a deal though. No wonder its hard to the general public to get ENiros and MG5's when they are being hoovered up by the taxi's who will pay a premium i'm sure.

I see linders were advertising MG5's as specific taxi fit outs for 40k when the price of the same model was 33k. 7k for the "taxi fit out"

Yes.

Either leave your phone in the car or leave a door slightly open, or use Camp Mode or Dog Mode.

Government policy seems to integrate the concept that for whatever supports they will provide it is targeted at lower prices EV’s, arguably encouraging migration to smaller more affordable EV’s perhaps thinking that those who can afford more expensive cars don’t need incentivisation.

only problem with that is where can you buy one of those cheaper ev's like you describe - they dont exist right now - and ones that do then put your finger in the air for when you may get a delivery date.

Your thinking is correct i'm just saying that the market is f****d

That's why i went for the model 3 a couple of weeks ago - guaranteed delivery in a weeks time from now and no worries of not getting the grant etc.

This year could see a reduction in the threshold to 50k and a reduction in the grant to 3.5k - that's my hunch

It’s disabled internally yes, as otherwise it plays classical music (Bach) at FULL volume!!!!

I came out from a garage shop one time to find my 6 year old (locked) in the car absolutely screaming in terror, and I will never forget it for as long as I live (it’s a fcuking stupid feature……)

speaking of Sentry Mode and stupid features, it also flashes all the cars lights if it’s activated (it gets activated by someone walking past the car in a carpark….. again another stupid feature)

Leaving the phone in the car with only the kids is asking for trouble. Car could be stolen by a half-brained thief…kids in tow.

camp mode it is then.