Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

How does the car brake when it happens - stops dead or slows down?

Hi All

I was just wondering who people are getting good insurance quotes from?

Am up for renewal in the middle of May.

Cheers

Rarely get phantom braking, but not a great user of autopilot.

However on N single carriage roads get a bit of phantom swerving, usually on a bend with a turn off lane. I am always aware it can happen and on my normal routes know where it will happen, so doesn't worry me too much. But initially was a bit of a fright.

Thanks for the input everyone re my 530e vs M3 SR.

Seems spec-wise apart from performance there isn't a huge loss on SR vs LR so I'm comfortable to go with the base model in white.

I guess the only question now is, excluding the change in the grant that's incoming, do we have an insight as to whether or not we'll see Elon announce further price drops? Or am I essentially asking to see into a crystal ball and the mind of a man that no one ever can 😁

If you're happy to pay €40332 for it then go for it. You'll more than likely have your new car before the end of June. It's probably the soonest you'll get any new car nowadays anyway.

PS. Don't forget to order through a referral link ! ;)

Well...I guess a spur-of-the-moment can result in an order of a M3. 😂

Went ahead and placed an order for M3 SR.

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Nice one. You'll be constantly refreshing the Waiting room thread for the next while. 😁😁

Funnily enough, end of June would suit me fine for delivery so no major rush. Well once the VIN is assigned in time!

I use AP every day - had a mild phantim brake issue on the M4 today and a couple of episodes in the last couple of months that were more severe. However none severe enough to nearly cause an accident and given how much I use AP I wouldnt have any complaints. Its a great system and its made my life on the road for work so much easier as I feel a lot less fatigued after a long journey.

Thanks!

Well actually I'm coming from a 2L diesel mondeo. My commute these days is max 50km round so no longer need that big ol lug, like I did at the time I purchased.

So I'll now be in the market for a charger. Any advice on best options here re charging? I'm also in process of Solar PV quoting so a lot of moving parts.

Yeah you’ll really want a Solar PV compatible charger to make life easier….

Most Solar PV installers will also do a car charger for you so be sure to get one included in quotes.. (if getting an Eddi hot water diverter then a Zappi would be the one to go for so you see theM all in the Myenergi app.)

I have Solar PV but only have Tesla gen 2 charger, but I make it work though it’s a very manual process (and having a home storage battery helps cover any peaks/troughs as I set the car to charge based on the average of excess my system is producing).

since April 5th I’ve only charged the car from the grid once (on Monday morning put 20% (10kWh) into the car), all the rest has been Solar excess for around about 800km of driving!!! Though it looks like I might need another grid charge tonight as the weather looks pants for the next 2-3 days….

Had my drive unit die on my 6 month old M3 after it drove me from Dublin to Laois last week. Only 2,500km on the clock. Was odd. It drove the whole way there no issue. I left it charging at the hotel and when I came back out it refused to shift gears at all. Made pushing it onto the flatbed heaps of fun without neutral. Towing mode is kinda like neutral but is very finnicky.

To be fair to them Tesla roadside assistance got the car towed quickly and said they'll have the faulty inverter parts replaced early next week, then organised a loaner for me in the meantime. I was wondering though since I'm pretty sure they'll be replacing the Drive unit do I get a new 4 year warranty on the replacement part? Or will they simply leave out the details of what they did and try to pinch 6 months of warranty from me? Anyone experience this?

See the thing is Tesla specifically name the DU in their warranty info:

• Drive Unit*: 4 years or 80,000 km, whichever comes first

It would be a bit crap to lose the 6 months if they do replace the DU. And incredibly **** to have that chopped down to a year for such an expensive part that failed in 6 months on me.

Got the latest software update. Few niggly things that didn't need to be installed (silly little bong noise when changing to drive or reverse).

Noticed this morning that I put an address in the nav screen. Was on my way there and I stopped at the shop to get the papers. When I got back in the route had cancelled itself and I had to re-enter it again. Normally the address stayed on the screen and you continued on your trip.

I actually don't mind the bongs. They aren't loud and annoying like on our Hyundai. Forward is two notes ascending, reverse same two notes descending.