Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

I arrived at work this morning with 1% SoC. All of the chargers were occupied so I had to wait an hour before a charger freed up. When I hopped into my car to move it, I had 5% SoC , so it looks to be the same as your experience - unlocking the buffer at low SoC.

I wonder if the buffer would unlock if I turned off the car at low SoC and immediately back on again - that's a test for another day. I'm also keen to see if the unlocked buffer will remain unlocked or if it will get locked away again after charging.

my buffer has remained even after many subsequent charges - rough estimate is that my current usable battery is around the 56kWh mark

I arrived home on Sunday night with 10% charge, plugged it in for a scheduled charge when the night rate kicked in.

Few mins later noted that car was listing 15% available, no charge so far. Didnt make any difference to my suggested range so not going to worry about it.

The Supercharging voting website seems to show the north Dublin location in Santry. Also, 2 up for vote, Derry and Cavan.

Did you ever have an ICE car before the Tesla? Because those claims of 4.7L/100 were also bullshit. I feel like you're just complaining about something that companies do all the time?

I do agree increasing the buffer is a kick in the teeth for us consumers... and I also believe it will be addressed at some point with a software change, but the claims not holding up IRL is just "expected".

Where is the puncture?

you should carry a plug kit & compressor in the boot and then you can fix it yourself……

takes 30 seconds to plug a hole if it’s in the right place..

Didn’t know there was a voting system. How high up do they need to be to get built?

Either way it would be in everybody’s best interests to vote for them even if they don’t head that way.

^ This. All This.

Tesla sell cars and will fix the cars they sell if they break. Punctures are a part of every day life and are not exclusive to Tesla! and it’s not Tesla’s fault you got a puncture, and as such they don’t offer a 24/7 puncture repair service. (Give Joe Duffy a call and tell them your new BMW has a puncture and see what they say in the same situation).

now Tesla can and will sort you out (and charge you way over the odds for the privilege) but in their own time (Monday-Friday), so what most folk will do is carry a plug kit and compressor and sort the problem themselves. You don’t even need to Jack the car up to repair the vast majority of punctures.

Buy one of these;

GADLANE Tubeless Tyre Puncture Repair Kit Flat Tyre Tools 7pc Tubeless for Emergency Auto Car Motorcycle Truck ATV Jeep Tractor 20 String Repair Plugs https://amzn.eu/d/4pT9f5k

OP if you were within 5-10 minutes of me in Fingal, I’d happily plug the tyre for you and show how to do it (it’s easy).

Great to have all input- yes boy scout lesson learned! But for this morning- Nail located in tyre. 2psi. Can't find 12v changing point in car-? not in central console as on you tube .was hoping could inflate and bring to fastfit. Does new Sept model have one? Also issue with type of jack- will get low profile one as car v low with flat. Lots of warnings about poss of damaging the battery using wrong jack or not using jack adaptors- newbie anxiety I know. And thanks for offer ! but 180km from finglas- and feels further sometimes- all this v new to the west it seems😉

Doing some research on this on other forums and installing this will void the warranty if there are any problems later - and a lot of people seem to be having issues such as batteries needing to be replaced, 12v failure messages, bugs after install etc. Will steer clear.