Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Looks like I'm being offered 6.4% from AIB green loan.

I've only used the scheduled departure once before and it seemed to work OK with departure time set for 9.30am and night rate ending at 9am. Tried it again this evening and noticed the zappi was constantly cycling on/off and so was the car screen. So I cancelled the scheduled departure seting and went back to scheduled charge and all was fine again.

I need to add 25% to fully charge as heading on a trip tomorrow so unless I can resolve I'll schedule a charge to start about 4 hours prior to departure and that should have it close to 100% before I head off

I can't understand why it's so bloody complicated. Why can I just set a departure time and the car can use its big brain to work out when it needs to start charging🤔

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I didn't install these myself but the guy doing my PPF did them and they're holding up fine after 9 months

I had a crappy time of it tbh. I was building a solar battery over the weekend and a cell terminal sheared off.

I started the tinting later in the evening and installed the outer ones backwards, only realising when the bootlid ones were shiny and the outer ones were matt (which looked better 😁). So I redid those fast enough and got them looking great after some trimming of the edges with a razor blade.

The front ones….I should have left for another day. I suspected it would need heat, but I pressed on anyway. After getting a crease in the film, I was done. I have a partial refund on the way from Ali, so I will go again at some stage on a hot day with a hair dryer.

General process is ring your insurer first, they will assign a windscreen replacement company to you which should be local to you. I had a replacement on an Ioniq 6 two months ago all done through Aviva. I was told though that recalibration of cameras by the manufacturer had to be done immediately after windscreen install or my insurance wasn't valid. The windscreen replacement company dealt directly with the manufacturer and was paid by Aviva, so I wasn't out of pocket.

Your insurer might have a specific section on their website to guide you through this.

Camera recalibration is usually automatic and just requires that you drive using autopilot for a certain time. However following windscreen replacement you may wish to trigger this process (see below).

https://service.tesla.com/docs/Public/diy/modely/en_us/GUID-D6F7D1BC-193D-4A2E-99B0-E3BA3D41BDE2.html

The windscreen on my M3 was cracked beyond repair last year. The repair company assigned by my insurer gave a long lead time to get a replacement and quoted a price of more than €1,000. I contacted Tesla in Sandyford and they were able to do it cheaper (€800ish I think) and within just a few days. I went with Tesla and my insurer agreed to pay the full contribution as their company would take so long. I don’t recall Tesla making any comments about camera calibration but then the new screen was an original item so maybe there is no change to the dynamics.

Maybe not. Telsa's tarriff has yet to be announced. They have requested an individual examination by the EU commission based on the fact they are getting very little state support. May also depend on what the UK does.
This might allow them to continue RHD M3 production there, close to Australian & Japanese markets.

The RHD Model Y is also slated already to be produced in Berlin.

EU tariff price rises being flagged by Tesla on their Model 3 order page.

Nothing like a bit of FOMO to get the punters in.

Probably.

But "likely to increase" is not "certain to increase".

Good value on used Tesla only i take it?

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