Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

anyone else’s have Apple Music keep signed them out. It’s happened twice today. Not big deal scanning the QR code but still.

That's interesting as I know tesla vision has seen some major updates lately but it's still nowhere near as good as a car with ultrasonics. Also interesting to see the MG5 make the top 10

Hi all, thought this may be a good place to ask. Looking at this 3 and wondered if anyone here knows anything about its history? It would be my first electric coming from an old Audi TT so the extra BHP is a big attraction. Pros / Cons etc.? Anything I should be looking out for or are there any companies I should use to check it over?

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After recently seeing @ELM327's written off Model 3 showing up for sale at an independant garage with nothing being highlighted on motorcheck/cartell, turns me off buying from independant garages.

At least buying from NI gives you good degree of certainty that insurance claims were accurately reported and are highlighted during reg checks.

What category was it written off as? To my knowledge only cat A and B in Ireland need to recorded.

And there is nothing unlawful in reselling a cat C, D etc.

Although as I understand it should be disclosed by the seller once known. But open for correction on that part.

I was looking at a second hand yoke earlier this year and it was a category C write off but didn't show up on any of the standard motor checks or on the ones the dealers use themselves. Seller disclosed it but only after I had asked.

Wasn't risking it as it could be reported at a later date by the insurance company and if regulations change may show up on a register in due course.

Over the front headrests and then it has straps you can attached to the bottom of the driver/passenger seats that keeps it in place.

Logged I and got estimate back. They want to replace the high voltage harness for €105 which seems fine.

However I also reported the ongoing issues with the parking sensors not working, the distance to object intermittently working on screen, park assist rarely working, eap disengaging when indicating, etc. They have provided an estimate of €370 to replace front sensor(s), of which parts are €110.

All this work will be done by the ranger but I was wondering if it is possible to fully diagnose the parking sensor and other related issues remotely or am I likely to face further costs once they get stuck into the job? I've been living with this issue with over a year and while a pita it's not a critical issue for me. While €370 is a bit steep its probably worth it to sort out this issue but I might think twice about going ahead with the work if the costs escalated significantly. Does anyone know if I have the option to decide not to go ahead with a repair on the day if the costs escalate beyond estimate or will I be locked into paying for whatever the job ends up costing?

Thinking about getting new model 3. Dealer said if I pay deposit and complete paperwork now I will lock 0.99% pcp rate no matter when actual order/ delivery takes place. Is that true? My pcp on id4 is still out for couple more months.

Tesla are such a rip off out of warranty for any work done. But no different to any other brand like VW, BMW, AUDI etc.

They charge through the nose for labour.

I had the suspension joints repaired just outside warranty and they replaced the upper front ones with their mobile service. Cost 350 odd

Then the lower ones had to be done onsite. Between that and their wheel alignment it was 550£ for those.

Labour at £190 per hour!!!

Thing is most "mechanics" won't touch a Tesla. They are scared of them. So the choice is limited compared to ICE legacy brands.

There is a massive gap here for specialized Tesla "mechanics" that could well undercut Tesla.

I always laugh at Rsev on YouTube when he says how cheap it is to repair Teslas. Yeah mate obviously if you have your own in house lads do it for u!

Lesson for everyone is getting a full check before warranty is up. It will save you a lot compared to getting fixed outside of warranty

Yeah I blame myself for the suspension I should have noticed it earlier or been proactive regarding the warranty service.

Also the cost of servicing in Belfast compared to sandyford seems about 30% more expensive.

Tesla parts can be purchased cheaply online but it's getting someone to fit them that's the problem.

I had boot arm fixed under warranty and this week sounds like it's going again. I'll be looking for that to be covered as it's a part that's only been replaced 15km ago and shouldn't be going again so soon.

A warranty service is something I can't encourage enough people to do.

Or even just say your suspension is squeaking at 70k even if it's not!

I bought it just after it was out of warranty. The previous owner had done the warranty check up a few months earlier before it hit 80k km

My car (Model 3 SR+ 103k km) is currently in with them, for what I thought was only to have it's 3rd set of upper control arms fitted..

Turns out its the upper control arms, front lateral links & the rear upper fore link bushings…

€2,200 (so far) and thats before I bring it somewhere else for alignment..

…and they won't have the parts for a month!!

The cars are made out of butter.

I have to agree with all comments above. Front lateral links and upper control arms (at 97,000kms) fixed in Tesla Belfast for £720 in the end after I kicked off. They assured me the new front control arms and links were redesigned to last longer. I would have loved to find an independent, but no joy. However in retrospect, in my old diesel car I would have 6 to 8 services in that time costing at least 200 euro each. So I consoled myself with that knowledge.