Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

I have a samsung thanks folks.

I do have NFC enabled. Also phone needs to be unlocked before holding it up.

Feel like plastic will just pop off and alloy gets curbed anyway? Anyone using them successfully?

I don't think, They 100% need to be tightened up to 175NM as per Tesla recommendation..

Thy used a torque wrench (the tool that clicks), but they only set it to 140NM, so I'd get back there as soon as you can and ask them to torque up to 175NM

I've been browsing used M3's as one of my shortlists for upgrading the Leaf towards the end of the year. Preferably a LR as I've a 450km round trip every few weeks and I've no work charging, but availability of these seems to be quite short. And there seems to be no Certified Pre-Owned stock at all on the official Tesla site?

In any case I'll need more time to build up the budget. But it'd be fantastic if by the time I'm ready to switch, used LR's dropped to an average of what Cumiskeys are asking for this:

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/tesla/model-3/fpa/3555125?journey=DealerStockList

Charging infrastructure improvements are also rapidly being diluted by the increased number of EV’s and even PHEV’s using it.

That one might be the cheaper one, but it’s a 3yo car with 86,000, it’s only €12/14k less than a new highland, which is always the problem.

the original buyer of this car probably lost 50% in years years on it, but they new LR prices cost a LOT less than this did new.

theres no availability of secondhand Teslas simply because 19/20/21 owners don’t want to crystallise the loss from the price drops and the only thing 99% of them would consider changing to is another Tesla.

Otherwise why would there be 4,000+ new sales registrations since 192 but only 40 for sale.

well buyers of all new cars usually ‘like their cars’ - its just that Tesla owners seem less likely to sell theirs, and let’s face it, for Tesla drivers, there are only 2 options to replace it, and they already drive one of them.

of the 40 ads for sale, maybe 10 represent any kind of value. It’s bizarrely low for a country with over 4000 sales.

I think the highland will be seen as a different model and owners of older m3 will start to get out of them and prices will drop.

Here’s a great example:

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/35915323

Firstly, they priced the car as “€40” to get into all the alerts or searches, added one (crap) photo, and then says this:

“Don’t need to sell it, but if I get an offer of €40,350 I’ll sell it to upgrade to a model Y”

I mean, honestly! 🙄🙄🙄

Why even post the ad

I dont see much wrong with the statement itself. He's laying out his stall and telling people not to be giving him low ball offers and wasting time with tyre kickers.... it probably means he doesnt sell it, but sure thats his position... i.e. willing to not sell as he doesnt want to take a massive haircut on a 6mth old car.

I sold my 192 privately just recently, paid €50k brand new and sold for €26k (probably could have got more but wanted rid of it quick and the timing of the sale couldn't have worked out better for me). I needed something bigger so it had to go, depreciation or not. It was company owned though so definitely took the sting out of the depreciation for me.

I shopped it around dealers and got mostly rubbish quotes ranging from 18.5k - 20k. Tesla actually gave me the best quote on it before Christmas at 23.8k but wouldn't take it because it was company owned and I was buying a new car off them privately. One crowd called pricemycar.net who were supposed to shop it around 100+ dealers for you just told me dealers don't want used EVs right now and they wouldn't even bother trying. Then you see dealers sticking the same 4 year old SR+ Model 3s on the forecourt for €30k+. Who in their right mind would pay that when you can order a brand new one, which is a considerably better car, for €42k?

I was fairly happy to get rid of mine anyway, I knew I couldn't keep it long term and I can only see the value of the early Irish Model 3s dropping considerably lower over the course of the year.

mmm… probably won’t sell, but he is chancing his arm, like alot of the dealers are still doing, that he will find a mug who isnt clued in and wants a nearly new Model 3 at short notice.

Another off thing about the ad is that it is listed as a LR but he says it’s SR. It’s a poor ad for sure.