Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

you mean phantom braking?

No, the cruise control is now 100% vision based, so if the car sees a shadow it doesn't like, it might drop the anchors…

it's a pain in the a$$, though in fairness for myself I haven't experienced a lot of it for a good while now!

Driving on the M6/M4 last night after sunset and headlights would not auto-dim to cars in front when driving with AP engaged. Its bad enough constantly flashing peeps in front when engaging AP and having to manually turn off high beams. I would happily control high beams manually, but the fact AP turns on Adaptive High Beams by default made driving a complete bollocks last night.

Just updated this morning to 2024.8.9 from 2024.8.7 so hopefully the bug fixes include further updates to Adaptive High Beams.

I took the plunge the other day and ordered a Model 3 Dual Motor - white, black interior and 19s. Estimated delivery says April-May which is probably wildly optimistic but I live in hope!

The T0 marking simply indicates the tyre is an OE (Original Equipment) tyre (i.e. the rubber that is fitted to a car at the time of its production). Its a recommendation only.

Is there a difference between a tyre that has been approved by a car manufacturer and a type-approved tyre?

All tyres must comply with the legislation of the country or region where they are sold. This is not the same thing as a tyre being approved by an individual car manufacturer, which is not a mandatory process.

We were heading into the Blanchardstown Industrial Estate earlier this week on the M4 after being out west and was too busy chatting when I passed by the Enfield SuC. I was down to just over 10% at this stage.

Didnt want to detour to one of the SPOF chargers in Lucan or elsewhere as we were tight for time as it was. So I put into the nav the Blanchardstown ESB hub. Car reported that I wouldnt make it (-3%) based on current driving conditions i.e. 120kmh on M4 and 100kmh on M1.

After 3.5 years of driving this car I knew I had plenty of time & distance to modify my driving and conserve battery. Tesla's Energy Meter is brilliant for this.

• Pulled in behind a large truck on M4 doing between 85-90kmh. The slower speed and possibly a little bit of drafting assistance put me straight into green territory.
• After the interchange on the M1, sat behind another truck doing 60kmh - perfect.
• Heavy traffic on the M3 was at a crawl which was in my favour - just mindful to avoid coming to a complete stop.
• Ended up arriving with over 1.2% FTW

I reset the energy meter near Liffey Valley on the M4. Pic below is around 2/3 of the way there from that point.

When peeps talk about range anxiety - there is no way I would ever risk this in an ICE unless I had absolutely no choice.

TLDR: Slow and steady wins the day!

No reason not to do this in an ICE car. I regularly collect cars from Dublin Port with an indicated range remaining of 15km or 20km. My journey is 30km but I know that once I hit the motorway the indicated range will either increase or stay constant for the remainder of the journey due to the change in driving conditions

Wonder will any of those lads with second hand M3s finally realise that they haven't a hope of getting their asking price now with this price drop.

Edit: apparently the price of FSD has been reduced in the US and they've gotten rid of enhanced autopilot.

They will adjust the price to the new, lower price. Ring them up or webchat to speed it up.

I didn't last the weekend!!

Nadia and journalists will get publicity/a story out of this if they're on the ball

"Tesla slashes prices heaping further depreciation misery onto existing owners!"

It was my first new car, and first ev too.

I enjoyed the process of buying mine, I ordered and paid for it from my couch on my phone. No shite talk at the dealer from smarmy salesmen who know less about the product than I do, no cheesy awkward photos with the car or drawn out handover when all I want to do is get on the road.

Hi, here's the cards, five minutes looking over it, five minutes changing settings and out the gap. Perfect 👌

I paid €50k for a base Model 3 in 2019. It's a kick in the balls but you're getting a far far better car than I had for considerably less, not even taking inflation into account there either.