Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

I think Gen 2 is worthy of a look - the Gen 3 comes with Wi-Fi and load balancing, not sure if that alone is worth €200 extra. Aside from that, I think they are pretty much the same. I stand to be corrected though...

Asked this a while back didn't hear much. Since then I learned, M3P cannot have tow bar fitted (Tesla told me this)

If you are planning on carrying bikes and not towing, the manual states the centre of gravity can be a max of 225mm from ball on hitch. This is shite for bikes, you would likely not get 2 road bikes.

So I'm gonna go for roof bars, take em on/off as needed. I found this useful, again if it's bikes and not towing u are after:

https://youtu.be/H6ePnRXIvAw

Interesting - would be consistent with delivery guideline starting 15th August. I can see myself spending time on that forum!

Why do you have to add that on....do Tesla not manage the payment of the €5k grant themselves? The final figure I was given for my lease cost didn't include the €5k

Tesla had a poor manufacturing quarter in Q2 due to COVID in China and chip shortage.

Interesting that EDD are being brought forward, maybe

* Their giving a bit more priority to the Irish market long term(unlikely)

*More EV's from other OEMs impacting demand (seems very unlikely)

*Selling more cars here as getting squeezed out with grants and price increases (likely in my opinion, next price increase will take all specs outside the grant and bands will drop I would think in the next budget too. So let's see if there all delivered. Also note there is no difference between UK and Ireland EDD's, the reality is always like that).

Hope ye don't have to wait but stay away from Tesla group and Mr. miserable it'll wreck yer heads.

Set expectations low in order to avoid disappointment. I ordered August last year for Sept/October delivery finally would have been delivered in march this year but had jumped ship by then.

Yeah, possible cause also, way to cut that out is if declined treat it as a new order for the next window. No issue with that last year waiting for 221 plates people queuing for December deliveries on 212.

Thanks for making me aware of this! I placed an order for a Model 3 Long Range a few ago and just changed it to a RWD to make use of the grant.

I also removed Autopilot to keep the price down further. Can I just purchase it in the app myself when I pick it up so its not part of the financing?

Maybe Tesla only doing two delivery windows this year?

There were were around 250 cars delivered in may/June last year only handful this year.

Sept last year had a few and also Dec.

So maybe a big sept if they catch up on what they missed manufacturing in the last months.

Do the build any model Y's for Europe in China maybe plant in Germany ramping up is freeing up capacity? Only speculation of course.

This is certainly true for a person purchasing an EV. However, my instinct is that PCP complicates matters as the nature of the agreement is that ownership is not passed to the individual until the end of the term and only then if they select to make the balloon payment. That is an option as opposed to a certainty and I suspect this is giving rise to some difficulties with the grant.

In the case or a direct purchase the dealer just looks after the admin side of the grant on behalf of the owner/beneficiary but with PCP the customer is NOT the owner.

Situation with SEAI grant is very precarious as it is dependent on Government policy which can change at any budget. At the moment it is only some Model 3 that still qualify for these grants and an increase in price or change on government policy (were it to happen) will impact prices of both new and second hand values.