Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Oh that's good to know. Thanks

All fur coat… 🙂

Also has the knickers…😋

Order placed on: 11th July
FI approved: Same day - although, I am not clear what exactly they have approved.
Says Total cost of the vehicle is 42227.78, and if you take away the SEAI grant, it comes close to 38727, which is somewhere around the Tesla listed price of 38,607.
Trade-in details submitted by 12th July.
Delivery schedule: 18th July - 2nd August.

Spent the whole weekend looking at solar, panels, orientation, inverters, micro string, hybrid, batteries, dc/ac coupling, nmc, lpf, powerwall3, load-shifting, SoC, DoD, load clipping, surge pricing, EV chargers, smart/dumb/commando.. my brain is melting. Recent quote from friendly local solar guy looks like crayon squiggles compared to what I am seeing online. And almost every useful video is from UK and they are all waxing lyrical about Octopus Energy Flux/Agile etc. I guess it's time to dive deeper into Renewable Energies area of boards… This car has lead me down an absolute wormhole and serious analysis paralysis territory…!!

Very exciting positron. Did you test drive it?

I expect that you have also watched every Youtube review available on the Highland Model 3 including top tricks and hidden features…..welcome to the rabbit hole.

…and many many "must have" accessories videos. My AliExpress basket is filling up fast. Even kids have started commenting on my new obsession. Two weeks agon it was Ooni ('it would have much nicer on the wallet if I had bought one and stayed buzzy making pizzas and not looking at cars) :D

They explain the car and the controls and then let you get on with it for 30 mins or so.
They also allow you to take it for longer periods of times (overnight etc) if you speak to them and book in advance etc which I did. I took it for a weekday night to get a feel of the commute (if you have ever sat in the evening north-bound M50 traffic, the traffic aware cruise-control is worth it's weight in gold).

Be warned though, once you take it home and if you have kids and if let them see it, you will have no choice but to buy it.

Did you have to send much in terms of bank statements etc before finance was approved?

Just realised I have a VIN in my booking invoice. It's been there since day 1 (last week when I ordered). Must be because I ordered from pre-configured inventory?

Anyone know which vessel, where/when etc? Delivery between 18th July and 2Nd August.

Still no word on trade-in valuation either.

I noticed a VIN pop into mine recently too... Still estimate dates 30th July to 14th Aug... Probably because we have pick up set for Cork ?

Well, I am looking at Marine traffic sites anyway… :D

TOREADOR reached Zeebrugge 00:11 today (17th). And from what I have gathered, it's either CELINE or THAMES HIGHWAY that brings these cars from Zeebrugge to us. Both are currently docked in different ports in the UK. So perhaps their next run is to Zeebrugge and then to Dublin. Fingers crossed.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:194350/mmsi:248910000/imo:9375288/vessel:TOREADOR

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5095663/mmsi:249901000/imo:9789233/vessel:CELINE

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:376403/mmsi:311996000/imo:9316294/vessel:THAMES_HIGHWAY

Traveling to Belfast this weekend from south. Just want to check if the speedometer will automatically convert to mph from kmph on Model 3

no, it will stay in KM, but the car will display the speed limits for you in KM also (converted from miles), so for 70mph it will show you a limit of 112km/h, or in a 40mph zone it will display 62km/h and so on…

as long as I don't have to run calculations in my mind converting miles to kms I am happy :)