Tesla Talk 2

Which sounded preposterous at the time Musk first claimed it. Or visionary. Depending on one's view of life…

Time will tell but my bank account says it could do with a free couple hundred quid a day every day, going forward 😁

I have some members blocked so probably missing all the fun here. But I'll virtue signal:

Isn't it great we have an industrialist like Musk around that has helped to bring environmentally sound and safe cars in the mainstream. And his company is now about to make an even bigger push in EU to better the road safety in form of FSD having already introduced some of the safest vehicles on the market whose safety also improves with faultless and frequent over the air updates.

Tesla are also amongst the only vehicles that don't mandate forced service schedules and help the right to repair by opening all the repair procedures to the public. They also allow integrating used electric modules without one time coding of those potentially saving the owners thousands in repair costs. Not that many repairs are required anyway, and when they are can often sorted out on your own drive.

The 8 year battery warranty also covers all of the main drivetrain components like the inverters and motor units, and all of this without mandated yearly services. And all of this is available from 33k brand new with a suitable NCT'd banger.

Model 3 at under €33k on the road is less than the price of the cheapest ICE Toyota Corolla or Skoda Octavia. And a far lower total cost of ownership too

You can buy one with NCT for €500 very easily. It only has to be in your name. No requirement it has to be in your name for at least a certain period like we have seen with other scrappage schemes in the past. So yeah the cost on the road is €33.4k

A €500 car with an NCT that’s actually driving isn’t that plentiful anymore. Most of them on DD at that sort of money are either already out of test or have a valid NCT but aren’t driving.

Hey Unkel,maybe a silly question but in your informed opinion - How long before the car is driving us around on it's own(from the pub,yes) do you think?(Would obviously need new government legislation).🤔

I wouldn't be that drunk now!😁

Yes, I had already looked on DoneDeal and came up with zero. Even up at €1000, many of them would need a trailer. Fake priced ads €123 etc. caused by their silly pricing mechanism is a total pain. I can’t comment on FB marketplace as I don’t use it. The search function appears to be worse than useless. Tesla may have been better off to just discount the car by €3500. It would help get a foothold with fleet sales here. It’s a significant portion of new car sales that they’ve never managed to get much of a share.