Thanks for the advice Unkel. I will try to drive the UK version soon too. Even with the old suspension I didn't find it that bad. I took it down brennanstown road into Cabinteely village which has a variety of surfaces. I also made sure I got some speed ramps in too.
Irish Reg LR is the older car with older suspension, worth noting that.
I’d rather just put a layer of coating on the factory lens. Soft99, GTechniq or similar.
OK, you realise that is the worst of the lot on the old suspension? For sure the suspension on the ID.4 is miles better. I drove the LR on the 19" wheels and I thought it was ok, but fairly harsh, but I don't mind that.
The RWD we are all ordering now will have the hugely improved comfort suspension, taking the one bad point away from the car
If you can, go back to Tesla Sandyford and drive the RWD on English plates. I plan to do so myself this week if I have a chance.
I worked for a camera company and that sort of stuff I would think is no better that the lens already on the camera. I would think may have some refraction effect in sun light and big chance of getting condensation inside it but worth a try as it's cheap.
A lot of things have been tried spraying water, vibration but so far a quick scrum works best.
If the fix was to stick something over it I think these lads would have tried it rather than this over engineering?
This sort of stuff a while off yet and no guarantee it would work
Replying to Daesin,
I would prefer if it had the sensors too.
It was Irish reg LR with 20" wheels. If I buy I will go for the SR RWD. Only difference on LR I drove was the wheels and more power and obviously AWD. The car had USS too. To me the Model Y just seems much easier to drive than Id4.
https://abstractocean.com/products/superhydrophobic-camera-cover-for-model-3-y
Have to say I think you'd be mad to buy one without sensors ... come on, they're on my 20 year old merc - it's bonkers to remove them based on a software and camera solution you might get going over the next year or so ...
I moved from buying the Model Y to a Model 3 based predominately on that, (and also thought the year old M3 was pretty good value in an expensive market)
Tesla Vision is to incorporate the cameras and coding to give the same experience of sensors. i.e. sounds etc but that is totally dependent on the cameras being clean. Grand in USA, California etc but Ireland on the 12th November on the school run, I don't think so!
Are USS a requirement to drive, no, but they are a welcome support and tool for parking in and around tight underground basements. I'd have to think long and hard before diving into the non USS cars without driving one first without the parking aids software in place.
Which did you drive, LR AWD (Irish plates) or RWD (British plates)?
Test drove Model Y on 6/1/23. Currently have id4 1st. Suspension and comfort on Model Y no worse than id4 imo. Asked rep about no sensors in future cars and he said they are moving towards a birds eye top down 360° view when parking which should be OK when cameras are clean. I would prefer USS but no biggy for me. Overall I think Model Y is more enjoyable drive and a nicer place to be than id4 and hope to change if I can sell id4.
Interesting, wouldn’t have thought of them, thanks I’ll take a look.
Very competitive from an post, 70 euro more than current
If your over 30 that's a bit saucy.... I found an post were the best for me. €350 on Ioniq 5 premium plus. Was getting quotes like yours from other insurers.
That was not out of warranty. That is well within the anti corrosion warranty I would imagine. Mercedes had to remove it at a minimum.
Nothing goodwill about it. Just mandatory standard service.
Nope, that's not the critical point. Critical point is I had to row with Mercedes to replace a major component that was in warranty, (30 years on subframe), two weeks of messing, which should never have materially failed in the first place (but did, seven years after manufacture)
Even more embarrassing is to have the NCT put a sticker on the car that says "this car is not roadworthy" and tell me I'm now uninsured to drive the car away, that it is an offence to drive it. I then have to get it towed and get a taxi for me and the son.
There's no part of this that makes Mercedes look good. None. Shitshow
I’ll worry about that when the car comes. Can’t be anymore expensive the than the Model S Performance and Model 3 Performance that has gone before it.
2016 Model S P90D Ludicrous - €236
2020 Model 3 Performance - €396
Did it live in a coastal location or in the UK?
Anyway, the critical point is that they replaced it FOC well outside the warranty.
Aib is very very expensive. Shop around? Supervalu has been v good to us theough axa for years now
It was seven years old when it happened. Not impressive that a car rusts after seven years.
Has anyone investigated insurance cover for the model Y RWD? I got a quote of €650 comprehensive (10 year + no claims, clean licence etc) with €250 excess through AIB. Just wondering if anyone has investigated level of cover across providers, and if anything to consider with an EV? My current 5 Series is worth under €10k so car value hasn’t been a consideration for a while.
Impressive efficiency for such a large vehicle, going to be a difficult one to beat..
When you say that the whole underbody rusted, I presume that you mean that the rear subframe rusted? That is a known issue with that age of C and E Classes. Mercedes replaced it free of charge for you (as they did with mine). I think that is impressive on a 10+ year old car. Other car brands have the same issue and don't replace them free of charge.
I wonder what goodwill type repairs the Tesla will provide for out of warranty problems?
I know it was between 20-30 deg for the run but the efficiency was insane , 165Wh/100km for 750km run, travelling to speed limit . Took him 7hrs 21 mins in total.
commented that MIC model seemed to show just under 57kw available in car
seemed happy with the suspension on the rough Thai roads.
you could also see the auto high beams working away in second half of video.
car was MY MIC RWD on 19” wheels.
good review.
I don’t see many reviews from UK MY RWD over last few weeks
https://youtu.be/bR-iBTocHCk
Bjorn has some feedback on suspension in his review.
Who knows what they will have. This idea looks unlikely.
What if they use the new radar for the front and cameras for the rest, also the cameras are using different spectrum than we see supposedly.
Won’t work in total darkness, blinding light or when cameras blocked, and they are constantly blocked in cold / damp weather
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