Tesla Model 3 and Model Y Waiting Room and Delivery Queries (No referral links)

I nearly did it again, was on chat to confirm it was available. they confirmed had to be collected in 7 days & would be a 232 reg 😮

Hub available for €100 here or you could borrow one for a few days from a friend if you think the Hub might not sort it. Maybe check with Myenergi first. They have recently given discounts for new Zappis to owners of Zappi V1’s that are no longer supported. Yours is likely to be a V2 though.

https://www.veepenergy.ie/product/myenergi-hub/

It seems even though Tesla applied for SEAI grant last month they have reduced it on my order to new amount.

Curious to know how you can be certain Tesla applied for the grant last month.

Impossible to know if the send it but couple weeks earlier they made me sign the forms.

This is most likely paperwork collected in advance as an additional step and actual grant wont be applied for until they are ready to assign/deliver a car. Am assuming when you mention appearing on your order that you have not taken delivery in Q2..

Looking at doing a PCP for the M3 standard with tow hitch.

Has anyone done PCP through Tesla, I have a 171 golf highline with 75k kms on her. Do Tesla do trade ins or would I have to sell privately?

I thinking I would probably get close to 19k for the folk privately, got a quote for an ID on PCP only offering 15k trade, ID4 base model costing 48k. The M3 is a no brained.

thanks

BobbyT28

Tesla don't want your trade-in. They will offer it to the trade and tell you what the best offer is. Most people are better off selling privately.

Maybe they forgot about me then, I have same order.

Yes, its 507 pm.

The lower figure is the 507 minus your fuel saving to give you an overall cost per month. Its a nice idea but is misleading or at least confusing.

Yeah very misleading!!! I was wondering why it was so cheap!!!

Cheaper getting a work credit union loan over 5 years and no ballon payment at the end

With the hitch you may loose the grant, someone got them to remove the hitch to go back under the grant cap but your mileage may vary with that one.

Collected the car, MYLR base model, last Friday. Thanks to all on this forum, who contributed valuable advice/knowledge.

1) The process was pretty quick and it was simply Tesla rep handing over two key cards. I was told that it's OK to raise any issues/concerns on Tesla app within a week. Since it was raining, I didn't do much inspection and just drove away. The car is clean both inside and outside.

2) It is relatively quiet in cabin. But once lifting the speed a bit, the road noise from the tyres became obvious.

3) The suspension is not soft - even on 19' tyres. People are saying it got improved and is much softer than pre-2023 models. But while it's acceptable, it is definitely harder than my previous car.

4) The driving experience is quite different from ICE cars, but it took me no time to get used to one-pedal driving - very enjoyable way of controlling the car with precision and convenience.

5) The screen and OS is great. I don't miss the dashboard in front of the steering wheel at all. I normally just check my current speed from the dashboard, and such info locates on the top right corner of Tesla's big screen and is very easy to read.

6) There are any obvious panel gaps or paint issue with my car. The only problem is some minor damage to the internal trim on the driver-side door, as per the attached photo. Not sure how it gets there and it could be the person doing the pre-delivery clean caused it by accident.

7) Sometimes (not always), an electrical-current like noise occurs from the back of the car when driving - not too loud but certainly noticeable if not playing music. I'm not sure whether it's normal or not.

Thanks. The car is extremely smooth to drive and feels very high-tech.

The door trim damage is unfortunate. It seems that someone with a sharp tool scratched through it. Will raise a service request, but not sure what they could do with...