Tesla Model Y

Impressive efficiency for such a large vehicle, going to be a difficult one to beat..

It was seven years old when it happened. Not impressive that a car rusts after seven years.

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.

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

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.

Interesting, wouldn’t have thought of them, thanks I’ll take a look.

Which did you drive, LR AWD (Irish plates) or RWD (British plates)?

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)

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.

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

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.

True😂

Bjorn Nyland's Tesla Model Y RWD Bangkok challenge. Well worth a watch. The car is super efficient in warm weather, charges quickly and is comfortable on poor roads. Even worse than Irish roads!! 😯 😀

It's been mentioned a few times on this thread. There are no known plans for the 7 seater to be made in Berlin or China.