Tesla Model Y

100% when needed and stop fretting about it. Otherwise what is the point in having a long range battery?

The reality is you won't get a good resale value no matter what you do. Obviously, do not banjax the battery otherwise nobody will buy it. But other than that, stick to the Tesla guidelines and only go above 80% when needed.

If you regularly need more than 80% then I would give serious consideration as to whether an EV is the right match.

The question is how regular it needs to be to cause degradation? That is not clear. I think most people would only need to break 20/80% for occassional long road trips, this is within normal operation. But of you need it for a long work commute or as a travelling sales person, I'd seriously reconsider whether an EV is the right fit.

There is no need for guess work or assumptions on whether the battery was taken care of. The NMC battery is perfectly fine if used as recommended.

Insist on a recent battery test report. Anyone selling an EV should be providing it. Walk away if they refuse. There is no shortage of Teslas for sale.

I think Unkel and myself would disagree with any statement that suggested any AWD Tesla would be a nicer drive than any RWD Tesla in general 🙂

I’l never understand why people only charge to 80% when they know they’ll be handing the car back in 3 years time anyway. Its like changing your oil every 5,000km so the car is more reliable for the next owner

isnt it the case that tesla AWD are RWD 80 - 90% of the time? i read an article once where someone had studied it.

This is it exactly. I kept my previous car absolutely immaculate. Never missed a service, never missed an oil change, detailed it myself and had the body work like new 6 years later.

I got the same resale value as if it had been treated like a dog.

I've a long range so I can do long ranges. I'll chsrge it 100% whenever I need to and I'm not going to worry about whst the person buying it from me in 4 years time may or may not think of my actions.

Exactly. But here's the thing, its so easy to take care of. 20/80 for daily use, break that for long journeys. I'm not even worried there will be a problem in 4 years.

Hey Gumbo, given your experience I wonder if you know if the 'performance upgrade' model 3's for sale in NI are in fact performance models or how I could tel the difference? Torn between that or a model Y AWD

https://www.usedcarsni.com/2019-TESLA-Model-3-Performance-AWD-4dr-Performance-Upgrade-Auto-381372872?search_type=1&make=807&fuel_type=0&age_from=0&price_from=0&user_type=0&model=201212758&trans_type=0&age_to=0&price_to=0&mileage_to=0&keywords=&location%5B%5D=0&body_style=0

Ah let me try that link again

Even though the site states that you can lose it, they have been returning it in most cases here.

At the moment, there doesn't really seem to be a long wait either. So, no need to rush into putting down the deposit on the day. You can take a few days to think about it. Also, it moves really fast when you do order, so be ready to move. I was surprised at how quickly it all happened.

If you go PCP, you can go through their finance partner. If you have a car to trade in, make sure it has the NCT for at least 30 days or they won't take it.

Do visit the referral thread and use one of those during the order process. You can't add it later, and it will give you 1000km of supercharger credit.

I bought one a few weeks ago so it's fresh if you have any other questions.