Tesla Model Y

I just got the trade in estimate from Tesla and it really is way off the mark from what I was expecting and well below what was offered from two BMW dealers when I was looking at trading in against an i4 ... and I mean about €10k below.

I need to look at other options to sell the 330e - either privately or see if a dealer will take it off my hands.

I ordered on Friday October 14th at about 09:40, about 5 minutes after a pal sent me a text message showing the price had dropped 😁

Took me 1s to decide to buy, 5s to decide on blue, then a bit over 4 minutes to run up to the missus to give a convincing speech that we should buy the car even though she reckoned we don't need a new car (we don't) 😂

And yes Feb/Mar

One was replying to a question on a forum which mentioned BMW....... anyway I shall not bother engaging with one.

Tesla are not a premium car, they are merely a premium-priced car.

Step into a mercedes or bmw or audi equivalent, and, while the EV stuff might be better integrated in a Tesla software wise, the interiors are night and day.

I'm on my third Tesla so I'm not anti-tesla at all, far from it, but there's no point deluding yourself. I cross shopped the i4 and iX when we bought our X and , the main criteria we picked the tesla for were 1) SuC network and 2) available now. The bimmers were exponentually nicer premium wise

Agreed.

Massive vibrating in front of them.. You must be having fond memories of your MF 135

I've had e60/1s, a couple of e46, an e36. My all time favorite bimmer is an e38 750il prefacelift in m sport trim on m-para wheels. My favorite bimmer i've owned was my first e60 535d. The bmw prestige has been watered down somewhat, but it's the same for merc, jag, audi to a lesser extent, etc as they chase market share in smaller segments.

That being said, I think the most recent models like iX, i4 are a good throw back in terms of premium feel. They are night and day to the Tesla equivalent. I've had an S (original facelift) and done 60k-70k km in it. Comparing it to a 7 series it;'s not in the same league, and comparing to a 5 series it's closer but still nowhere near. (It's a 5 series segment car but priced higher). Then I had an X for 3 months and 14k. Compared to the iX it felt bland. The seats were massively worse and the driving feel was simply absent. I had a test drive in an iX and it was like driving a bentayga or cullinan in comparison. Finally, I bought a 3. We've done just 7k km from new in 2 months of ownership and it's possibly my favorite driving feel tesla. However put against its comparison, the i4, it's night and day.

You could say the same for the Mercedes EQ range (except the EQC isnt a comparison to the model X), the Audi ETron range etc. Teslas are software on wheels with mad acceleration. Germans do premium so so so much better.

In fairness that's because the Model 3 is an EV and your BMW is probably a diesel? Night and day. I'd drive some pretty ugly EV like a Leaf over any diesel BMW myself.

It's a petrol actually 😁 it's pretty nice but as a 2017 the tech is more like my old 2005 golf than my 2019 Model 3. Surprised it doesn't have a tape deck, does have a CD player though

You have to apply for the grant yourself. It's linked to your MPRN number. Only takes a few minutes online and approval lasts for 6 months. You must do this before you get the charger installation done.

I got a friend that's a RECI, safe electric or whatever it is to do mine a few years ago. Only took an hour or so and wasn't expensive. Also bought the charger myself. No grant then for business buyers