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Tesla Model 3 thread - V2.0

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭bdogg


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 357 ✭✭EVGuy


    listermint wrote: »
    Rusting body on model 3.

    I'd be pissed with this. Shows you how crap the panel gaps are though

    While I think it's very bad to see this, as mentioned it could be accident related.

    I suspect things have improved regarding gaps and paint too, that car is also well over a year old, one of the first 3s and over 50k miles on it.

    I'll certainly be looking over areas like this, maybe a little piece of PPF popped in a few places to stop paint rubbing if needed.

    Likwise a spoonful of anti-corrosion treatment in with the detergent when washing.

    It definitely helps on bikes.

    Note that this is not a Tesla only issue, I had a very, very expensive Ducati and there was much worse rust than this appearing within weeks, no accidents.

    Likewise a BMW after about a year.

    Honda, KTM, Kawasaki, no issues after 4+ years.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭hatrack


    bdogg wrote: »
    Wonder how many of them are DC motor company? Although, appears that Sandyford seem to have started if you believe Twittah

    https://twitter.com/MarkPerplexus/status/1176901560158380034?s=20

    Mostly Tesla I’d say, I think DC have only registered one so far.

    Think Tesla have gotten 10 in to deliver to Day 1 reservation holders.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,605 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    EVGuy wrote: »

    Note that this is not a Tesla only issue, I had a very, every expensive Ducati and there was much worse rust than this appearing within weeks, no accidents.

    Likewise a BMW after about a year.

    Honda, KTM, Kawasaki, no issues after 4+ years.

    There could be a clue in this. Beautiful sh1theaps come in all shapes and sizes!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 439 ✭✭zep


    hatrack wrote: »
    Mostly Tesla I’d say, I think DC have only registered one so far.

    Think Tesla have gotten 10 in to deliver to Day 1 reservation holders.

    Was over there yesterday and about 10 M3s drove past me back into the Tesla garage at the entrance. The lads said they were just back from detailing ready for collection :eek:.
    Was great to see the different colors, and mostly P models, love those rims ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 439 ✭✭zep


    2ndcoming wrote: »
    There could be a clue in this. Beautiful sh1theaps come in all shapes and sizes!

    Pointless comment, if nothing of value to add just don't bother :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 357 ✭✭EVGuy


    zep wrote: »
    W The lads said they were just back from detailing ready for collection :eek:.

    Interesting, it would be nice if any needed "paint correction" or the like was also being done and that this will be the norm for all cars delivered.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,847 ✭✭✭s8n


    kev22185 wrote: »
    I assume you mean floor mats? can you send on a link. found it hard to find decent RHD floor mats online.

    I would also like a link for floor mats please


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭krissovo


    EVGuy wrote: »
    Interesting, it would be nice if any needed "paint correction" or the like was also being done and that this will be the norm for all cars delivered.
    No way will Tesla do the paint correction, this would be a one off for the photo opportunity and the media if any was done. At best us minions would get a showroom finish.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭jusmeig


    krissovo wrote: »
    No way will Tesla do the paint correction, this would be a one off for the photo opportunity and the media if any was done. At best us minions would get a showroom finish.

    Ya, this looks like 10+ cars and a bit of fanfare...to keep the rest of us at bay until Nov.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,605 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    zep wrote: »
    Pointless comment, if nothing of value to add just don't bother :rolleyes:

    It's not pointless. I'm highlighting that poorly built, pretty machines covering that guys Ducati and more than likely this Tesla are everywhere.

    I looked at the bare chassis of a Tesla at the Paris Motor Show a couple of years ago and the welds looked like they were done by a child.

    They could be the future of transport. But like pretty much every other small (relatively) start up in the automotive industry, they could be doomed to long term failure.

    I mean if anything in this thread other than frothily gushing over the Tesla Model 3 is considered not of value than fair enough.

    Personally I believe the technology end is fantastic and the styling is beautiful (dash is a bit bare, mind) but I would have concerns over the coach-building aspect. I may be wrong but worries about panel gaps etc don't quell those concerns.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Oh we are down to the quality of the welds now....I can tell you the rear subframe of the e46 BMW was not that well welded....might have been pretty stack of coins but didnt do much good. The top mounts of the Caymen GT4 were not welded that well either....

    I think what people are doing is straw man attacks on tesla, where they level complaints against tesla that they happily choose to ignore in other manufacturers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,247 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    The Model 3 has achieved outstanding crash test results, there's nothing wrong with the strength of the thing.

    And Tesla ranked 4th in a recent What Car reliability survey, so that's not an issue either.

    There are plenty of things to dislike about Teslas if you go looking, but most of them are side-effects of deliberate design decisions, for efficiency, performance, lightness or cost.

    But bitching about weld quality is just troll-level nonsense.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭bdogg


    Lumen wrote: »
    But bitching about weld quality is just troll-level nonsense.

    What are you talking about?? The first thing I do every morning is get the gurney out to perv over the welds on my Audi. It's all anyone who compliments the car can talk about too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,605 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    Oh we are down to the quality of the welds now....I can tell you the rear subframe of the e46 BMW was not that well welded....might have been pretty stack of coins but didnt do much good. The top mounts of the Caymen GT4 were not welded that well either....

    I think what people are doing is straw man attacks on tesla, where they level complaints against tesla that they happily choose to ignore in other manufacturers.

    I don't though. I already inferred Beemers are sh1te in my first reply. Keep up.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    2ndcoming wrote: »
    I don't though. I already inferred Beemers are sh1te in my first reply. Keep up.

    And the Porsche? And the crash tests? And the customer satisification? Are you just here to snipe or for a logical discussion. Are you saying that the welds on a tesla are of a quality below other brands and if so what is your evidence apart from you eyeballing a chassis one time and deciding that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭Mec-a-nic


    kev22185 wrote: »
    I assume you mean floor mats? can you send on a link. found it hard to find decent RHD floor mats online.
    s8n wrote: »
    I would also like a link for floor mats please

    I can't find them here either, and am not paying £200/$200 for fitted ones on day one, so got some nice heavy duty Michelin ones in Aldi for €15

    Has anyone spotted any of the first 11 in the wild - I need to get a SR+ reg plate to jump through the insurance hoop?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,847 ✭✭✭s8n


    Mec-a-nic wrote: »
    I can't find them here either, and am not paying £200/$200 for fitted ones on day one, so got some nice heavy duty Michelin ones in Aldi for €15

    Has anyone spotted any of the first 11 in the wild - I need to get a SR+ reg plate to jump through the insurance hoop?

    Drop me a PM


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭hatrack


    RedorDead wrote: »
    First cars now registered according to Motorstat.

    Figures below in attachments.

    Now to race to catch one in the wild!

    RedorDead - looks like you have live access to the data - any more registered over last day or two? Be interesting to see if they have stopped at the 10.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,300 Mod ✭✭✭✭charlieIRL


    hatrack wrote: »
    RedorDead - looks like you have live access to the data - any more registered over last day or two? Be interesting to see if they have stopped at the 10.

    Can you access the current stats for September?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭hatrack


    charlieIRL wrote: »
    Can you access the current stats for September?

    Think you need to be in SIMI to get day to day date. General public get access to monthly data.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 761 ✭✭✭Zenith74


    First ten Model 3s are being delivered here today apparently, have seen the first one at its new home!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,789 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Zenith74 wrote: »
    First ten Model 3s are being delivered here today apparently, have seen the first one at its new home!

    Pictures or it never happened


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I get a feeling that cnocbui is not a big fan of Tesla. --- Anybody here got a delivery of their long awaited Model 3 yet?


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 8,251 Mod ✭✭✭✭liamog


    Mod Note: Moved the discussion re vehicle safety systems into its own thread


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭Mec-a-nic


    eddhorse wrote: »
    Pictures or it never happened

    TlMUMyS.jpg

    This is the 192-WW reported earlier, it's already down in Cork, recharging


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭jusmeig


    Mec-a-nic wrote: »
    TlMUMyS.jpg

    This is the 192-WW reported earlier, it's already down in Cork, recharging

    Not quite as shiny anymore :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,847 ✭✭✭s8n


    Picked mine up this morning.

    Its stunning.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭bf


    s8n wrote: »
    Picked mine up this morning.

    Its stunning.

    We need pictures!!! How was the handover process?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,996 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    s8n wrote: »
    Picked mine up this morning.

    Its stunning.
    You can go on my enemies list


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭jusmeig


    s8n wrote: »
    Picked mine up this morning.

    Its stunning.

    Ahh hheeeeeeeooorrr don't do that, you have to post a few pictures (of your car)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭bdogg


    s8n wrote: »
    Picked mine up this morning.

    Its stunning.

    Congrats! Enjoy your new motor!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 285 ✭✭BobbyBingo


    ELM327 wrote: »
    You can go on my enemies list
    Never liked him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 skylikemake


    The prices are pretty much the same.

    P.S. Love this car


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭Petetheroadie


    s8n wrote: »
    Picked mine up this morning.

    Its stunning.

    Well wear S8n! Very jealous!! :-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,847 ✭✭✭s8n


    Thanks folks. I'll upload some pics over the weekend, a little distracted today !!


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,814 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeloe


    I'm not going to be able to afford one of these for many years, but i certainly looking forward to seeing many of them on the roads now that they are being delivered.

    The red one in cork is stunning, but i have to stay i have a soft spot for a white model 3.

    Many years of happy motoring to the new owners.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 693 ✭✭✭The Satanist


    s8n wrote: »
    Picked mine up this morning.

    Its stunning.
    As yer no.1 fan, give us a go plz


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,138 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    s8n wrote: »
    Picked mine up this morning.

    Its stunning.

    Happy motoring.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 450 ✭✭dingledosser


    s8n wrote: »
    Picked mine up this morning.

    Its stunning.

    It's like you're the first one on a lads' holiday to get laid! We're all rooting for you but secretly jealous as hell.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RedorDead


    charlieIRL wrote: »
    Can you access the current stats for September?

    Upto 13 as of close of business yesterday


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 357 ✭✭EVGuy


    It's quite funny when we are hearing about the thousands arriving elsewhere ... apparently a huge push to shift another 2000 over the weekend in Europe (possibly including UK)!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,442 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Cars have to be delivered before the revenue can be accounted for according to US accounting practice. And we all know how incredibly focused the financial world (in the USA) is about short term figures like Q3 result coming up next Thursday. Interesting to see the dynamic of the car deliveries worldwide (apparently China Tesla deliveries are soaring this quarter - and that's before the Chinese Gigafactory is producing any cars) and the impact on the Tesla share price.

    Lotus Elan turbo for sale:

    https://www.adverts.ie/vehicles/lotus-elan-turbo/35456469

    My ads on adverts.ie:

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭phoenix49


    Congrats to those who received their cars! How long before the delivery you got the notification from Tesla? Seems like nobody knew about deliveries until last week.


  • Subscribers Posts: 3,704 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    Quick question as we are nearly in October what is the reason people are getting a 192 plate and not waiting till 2020 plate in Jan? Enjoy your new cars people who got them.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    TCP/IP wrote: »
    Quick question as we are nearly in October what is the reason people are getting a 192 plate and not waiting till 2020 plate in Jan? Enjoy your new cars people who got them.

    People have waited 3+ years for the car which is long enough that what’s on the plate doesn’t matter.


  • Subscribers Posts: 3,704 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    People have waited 3+ years for the car which is long enough that what’s on the plate doesn’t matter.

    How are you finding your new car congratulations?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,247 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    I saw what might have been a red model 3 going through Delgany this morning, but it could have been an S.

    To my shame I still have difficulty telling them apart.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,708 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    TCP/IP wrote: »
    Quick question as we are nearly in October what is the reason people are getting a 192 plate and not waiting till 2020 plate in Jan? Enjoy your new cars people who got them.

    Considering the new M3 and most people will keep it for 5+ years.
    In 5 years time there will be very little difference between a 192 and 201 same model/spec car.

    Be different if there was an LCI or refresh or something like the BMW F10 from 131 to 132 there that may account for a slightly different scenario but in the M3 case I suspect there be little difference.

    Then you also have the costs of running a bangernomic in the mean time, maybe tax is up on current car etc


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,789 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Plus who knows what the budget will hold that might affect it.


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