I'd prefer a black trim Tesla to the older chrome trim.
Something like this…
https://www.usedcarsni.com/2020-TESLA-Model-3-Standard-Plus-4dr-Auto-363235557?make=807&model=201212758&keywords=&fuel_type=13&trans_type=0&age_from=0&age_to=0&price_from=0&price_to=0&user_type=0&mileage_to=0&body_style=85&location%5B%5D=0&location%5B%5D=0&homepage_search_attr=1&tab_id=0&search_type=1
Fewer miles would be better.
Approved used on Tesla IE are 26K and above.
Oh. I had an old Ferret armoured car on order. Am I going too far?
Still, I'll take my grandfather's semi-auto Browning shotgun. If the first shot misses then the fifth surely will hit the target.
You can buy one here for less. And avoid all the hassle and pitfalls of buying in NI.
Unfortunately all people from Northern Ireland are bulletproof after decades of natural selection. They implemented the Good Friday Agreement to cover for this.
Good chance that chrome trims been wrapped. Nothing wrong with that. I done my March 2020 M3P the same way a few years back.
this is a freemont car wrapped to make it look like an MIC car, which all fine as long as you’re aware of that - but it’s the worst battery Tesla have ever fit to a model 3, and a hideous bodykit.
You’d want to really want a Tesla to buy this, and there’s been freemont 2019/2020 ones sold recently on DD for €14/15k.
My advice on these will always always be to spend an extra grand or two and get a 2021+ car with the infinitely better battery and spec.
Kinda agree, but the Freemont RWD are much faster and sportier, using the performance motor. At this stage, you would want to get one cheaply though. And I mean thousands less than the cheapest on DD which are currently €16k asking
I would miss powered & heated seats, and premium audio.
The rest….not hugely pushed.
Someone suggested it might be up to 6k cheaper?
Tbh the acoustic glass. Big thing!!
You get used to the nice things 🙂
I would miss the powered seats, mainly because of multiple driver profiles and a 1 car family
The glass roof because the extra light helps with my SADness
The matrix lights coz I don't have to remember to dim lights any more and I do a lot of driving down the Styx.
Acoustic glass for the peace and quiet
The heated seats coz of winter mornings but I guess if the seats ain't leather this is less of an issue.
I think that's it.
its basically all the things that make it feel like a nice car to be in imo
The Paddy spec hit the US 😀
This should improve the 2nd hand market. If I needed to save 6k, I'd go for a 2 year old "premium" model over this.
I wouldn't. The depreciation on a 2 year old standard car would be far higher than the depreciation on a same value brand new paddy spec one. I would miss heated seats and automatically adjusted seats based on profile (2 main drivers), but I would not put much value to either
there’s a possibility it has the opposite effect and hurts the market, if people view it as just another “model Y”, then you can get into a new Y for the same price as a 1-2yo current model - and people generally choose new over secondhand when the pricing is similar, due to better finance offers.
Another thing to consider is that with the pricing inevitably falling between the current 3 & Y, it will cannibalise sales into the middle from both.
Looks like it'll proably 5k cheaper here than the current Y, range of about 520km, it's live now on the US website and their base prices match ours in all but the performance. It's still 40k though.
https://www.tesla.com/modely/design#overview
Any danger it will pull down used prices of the standard Y?
Not in the short term i'd say, there's a cheaper model 3 as well, looks like it could be about 35k here, that might have a bigger effect.
Of course. Depending on how cheap it actually is
Not just a cheap Model Y but also a cheap Model 3 by the looks of it. And they keep the heated front seats. Anybody want to guess their on the road prices in Ireland? €33k for Model 3 and €38k for Model Y? Lot of car for the money whatever it will be
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that would certainly have a negative effect on the secondary market - it would be 2022 all over again.
What’s the range of the two new cars, and is there a material weight drop from all the things stripped out?
just flicking through the American site you can finance the new one but you can’t lease it, maybe that just a timing thing.
Their monthly payments are more than ours but you can drive out the door in a model 3 performance with just 3k down payment. Why does ireland have such high down payment in comparison?
”The most interesting change to the interior by far is the glass roof, which only exists on the outside of the car. Yes, you read that correctly; Tesla installed a proper headliner and a bunch of sound-absorbing material behind it, sealing occupants off from the panoramic glass above. The company claimed this was more cost-efficient than designing and installing a fixed metal roof.”
ah here 😀 - I can already see lots of retro fixes popping up to undo this and reveal the pano roof again
Yeah I dont have one but I still dont want to see the excessive depreciation headlines for EVs again. Time for a stable marketplace.
I suppose it's the same as paying for extras, you never see the money back, I'm definitely in that boat myself on my car. The used market probably uses price of base models as a baseline really.
We're in the middle of the most disruptive period in automotive history. I think you can forget about a stable marketplace!
You know what, you're right. Too much change/progress/grants/incentives/forced targets etc to be any way settled
Model 3 Standard & Model Y Standard
Hang on, they removed the glass roof to cut costs by spending more money on materials to cover up the glass roof?
I like the look of those seats better than the fake leather ones.
I know it sounds counterintuitive but they retained glass roof, as good terms from existing suppliers as opposed to introducing changes to their manufacturing line. The roof from inside is covered which helps with noise reduction (now single glazed as opposed to double) and more efficient as HVAC does not have to work as hard.
That’s a bit of a reach surely.
why not just leave the pano as it was, and not have the additional materials costs
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