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

Have been struggling with the same thing to be honest, and even thought of cancelling. I went and had a look around at alternatives, but tbh, nothing comes remotely close in terms of value for money. I test drove a few recently, the Kia ev6 is close but at least 14k more expensive for similar spec, and tbh, just not as responsive to drive, slightly less range and less features. Nice car tbf. Elon musk is a tool. I ordered the car months back and unfortunately he has gotten worse. Plenty of folks who have sky subscriptions support Rupert Murdoch, who is arguably worse, plenty of the complainers have Facebook or insta accounts, which is supporting another despicable company, VW covered up systematic pollution, ....

Whataboutery? sort of, but hypocrisy does abound.

I could see the board cutting EM loose as CEO eventually, if he becomes too much of a sales liability,…money talks.

expect a load of PMs 😀 from real helpful folks who don’t post on the forum but will be desperate to tell you all about Tesla

Same here, I'm driving electric for about 8 years now, Ioniq 28 then a model 3 for the past three years and have a highland rwd on order. There's a big difference in owning a tesla now and and three years ago when i bought first, they are no longer considered a 'cool' car and i can see a 'anything but tesla' route for ev by many first time buyers developing, and understandably so.

The thought of adding any money to that muppets wealth does play on my mind a bit but as you say nothing really comes close spec and price wise to the model 3 rwd. If the seal was a little cheaper i probably would cancel the order and go for that but its quite a few thousand more. The model 3 is also beginning to look a little dated compared to some of the competition from China that is on the horizon. The next year or two should be interesting…..

They can't get rid of him. The stock is trading at a 180+ P/E all based on musk's future promises.

If he goes that all goes up in smoke

I make the ev6 14k more for equivalent spec. Model 3 rwd with metallic is 40k approx. An equivalent ev6 really is more like a gt line ( sunroof, leather...) not a standard. Nice car, but not sure I can justify the extra spend as much as I detest EM. Tesla M3 is a perfect car for me, 0.99% finance as well. it's just EM that is ruining things, and that's no small thing. I'm far from a leftie, but he really has turned into a problem. As you say, hard to know how it will effect resales in a few years, it might blow over. Reading just now that Tesla sales are absolutely tanking in Aus and NZ as well this month, and I think it is largely down to that one personality.

Do you mind sharing when you ordered and spec?

it’s a shipping issue mostly. it’s only the past 2 years that they have meaningful volumes in the Irish market to build shipping schedules from, and shipping schedules are notoriously inflexible, so i assume they’ll improve as they go on, especially if volumes increase.

Sales from 2024 to 2020: 2900, 3300, 1300, 850 & 780.

Looking forward to whenever I get to pick mine up as well :-)

Have ye guys bought any "must have accessories" yet?

So far, I have bought the following:

Center Control Storage Box https://shorturl.at/lN4i8

Center Control Storage Trays / Cup Holder https://shorturl.at/DTYzO

Mud FLaps https://shorturl.at/3a8dS

The above might interest / help some of you.

Have any recommendations for car mats? From my own search, I like the Yeslak ones:

https://shorturl.at/TALJI

Lines and lines of cars in Baldonnel at the moment so lots of collections happening soon by the looks of things.

also check out 3W mats for m3h on amazon uk, very popular and classy

No tyre repair kit in the M3???

That's why I couldn't find one so!

Not yet, but i called into from WTS in Kylemore in Dublin to get a quotation, 150 euro for rear glass . I wanted a slight tint all around but they told me the front windows (all the windows actually) is at the legal level so its not possible to tint the front..well it is but it would be illegal.

Collected my M3 this afternoon, I love it!!! It really has that nice heavy feel that I like in a car and the drive was very quiet. Very rainy and cold and dark out in Baldonnell this evening so it was a very low key collection - as in "hi, welcome, driving licence please, it's parked over there, enjoy and good luck"… I need to give it a closer once over in the morning. Mine was only charged to 19%, and was at 8% by the time I got home (taking the long route obvs) so maybe plan to visit a charger if you have any kind of a drive home…

The collection lot was full and they have more held in off site storage too, so hopefully there will be a lot of happy new Tesla drivers over the next week or two. All the best to those of you collecting over the next few days.