Tesla Model 3 - V4.0

You won't be disappointed!

The main things I would want to compare would be the the

• Frequency selective suspension on the older car versus the new standard suspension.
• The impact of the reduction in sound insulation with the thinner glass.

The rest wouldn't really bother me on the 3

Anyone receive news from Tesla as to what they plan to do with M3 STD RWD orders from before the changes?

The boat comes in to Dublin in March. Model 3 is China-built and there is no stockpiling done locally.

Got quoted - including trade in booster - €10,430 for a 172 Seat Ateca (1.0) today with 193k on the clock.

I would have expected another couple of K if the booster was indeed a booster but it appears just to bring up an under valuation to a private sale price which €10k is about all it's worth in a private sale.

Without any further deposit contributions I'd have to finance €26k so overall not bad but not great either. Saves the hassle of selling privately I guess. Dealers are selling similar examples for €13-16k.

Lads apologies if this is the wrong forum for this but was thinking about ordering a new Model 3 RWD LR, at the moment I have a 2023 Model 3 AWD LR, however my insurance renewal came in this week and it was €1050, I am a middle age male, do about 8000 kms a year, no penalty points, no claims basically everything right and when I rang/emailed over 15 companies very few would quote "Tesla" cars including all the usual's 123, Bonkers etc. Eventually got it with AA for €700 but that was the only one less than €850. It has given me concern about getting another Tesla, does anybody know if the RWD is easier to insure, is the AWD a big factor ? thanks

With that little milage in a year do you need a LR?

That's an excellent quote in fairness, maybe it's related to living in Dublin suburbs although they are not exactly known for being robbed. They always claim it's the repair costs and speed ...

So today, as you probably heard, xAI (X, Grok etc) came out and said they would take some more steps to address the use of Grok for the generation of illegal and abusive images, against females of every age, including children.

After some confusion, X said that they would geo-block the generation of images for the abuse and exploitation, but only in territories which such images are illegal.

Lets repeat that, the company will only take steps to end the practice of its tools creating child abuse images, where it is specifically illegal to do so, and not globally on morality and corporate responsibility grounds.

So, X is Elon Musk. Elon Musk is X. He is also Tesla. It is a car company created in his image and under his controlling interest. He is currently working to build his stockholding from 15% to 25%.

Therefore, if you purchase a Tesla, or allow yourself to be put into a company car that is a Tesla, you are directly and with full knowledge, giving business to a man who is without morality or a sense of responsibility to the world and who won't universally stop his applications from making child sexual abuse images where local laws allow it to continue.

Me, I'd rather drag myself through broken glass on bloodied stumps than support Tesla for those inextricable reasons. I won't even ride in a Tesla taxi.

The question is, why would any of you?

Very good to know thanks, as usual insurance makes no sense ever 😕

Good to know thanks