Tesla Model Y

Both guys in Sandyford today cautioned about changing the original order. They said a change now on a Q4 2022 reservation might put you to the back of the queue. Tesla only do Q1 and Q3 deliveries because Irish people dont buy cars in June or December :) One ship for Q1, but they dont know if its loaded yet or not.

Hopefully not, changed colour on mine yesterday. Price hasn't updated yet today unlike others though....

You ordered a car with parking sensors.

Here's one without them.

Sorry, what?

Some questions :

1. Is there a 4 way electric lumbar support in Model Y? Is it comfortable for 200 km/day journeys?

2. Is the white interior more comfortable (softer) than the black interior?

3. When you choose white interior, is the arm rest also white?

4. When you add up the "Auto pilot" feature, you loose the 5k SEAI grant. Could this be added later on?

Thanks

In fairness their pricing is ridiculous, they need to drop the after savings price

Hey @Gumbo , question for you regarding white interior. Would you recommend it?

There are many vids on YouTube about it, mostly positive but some saying there is a bit of maintenance required if you have kids in the car or wear jeans alot etc.

Would you consider it again?

I do like the wood grain trim so ideally there would be an option to go with that with white interior.

Nice one, yeah it sounds like there's no big problem in maintaining the white interior.

3 kids aged 10 and under might put that theory to the test though 😊.

I've already changed the order I made yesterday from black / black model 3 LR to white / black 3 LR.

I think white / white might be the end configuration though..

Took the RWD for a spin this morning. The place was packed, probably a few boardsies there too.

My thoughts - the rwd is plenty fast enough, instant acceleration (same in pretty much every electric car) is night and day compared with ICE. Seats are comfortable and offer plenty of support especially at the sides. Didn't notice any lumbar support, good or bad. Wanted to test how well it behaved with vision and no USS and found the screen displayed clear images of all sides. It's a big screen, and 2/3s of it shows the view from the cameras, front/back/sides, while 1/3 shows a top down image with no superimposed graphics, lines or obstacles in is current form. Hopefully this will be addressed.

Coming from a car with parking sensors and cameras (Nissan Qashqai), you'd miss the audible feedback although the display is adequate enough for me for now, until they release the updates. On the way home we agreed the 6k price reduction far outweighs the inconvenience.

Overall much happier based on today's test drive. Questions remain over vision only performance in the dark or with dirty cameras. Deal breaker? No way. Roll on collection day, can't wait 😋

Does anyone know if I only add a hitch to an order that was done in Nov 22 can they just plug the hitch in and therefore not delay delivery (ie does the car be ready for hitch and they only need to give the removable ball and activate in software). I want a hitch now with new pricing but don't want to delay delivery. Gumbo you seem to be knowledgable any ideas?

10, 7 and 2 here!

Back from the test drive. Very busy over there. We were 15 minutes early, so we were allowed to have the car for 45 minutes. There were at least 3 Model Y RWD on UK plates, available for test drives, two white ones and one blue one. We got one of the white ones. Now bear in mind in below review that my last two cars were both Tesla Model S. So I will give you a different perspective than some other people who test drove in the last few days

We got in and first thing my wife says: "This is not a luxury car, is it?" and that was spot on. She reckoned it was more on a par with a Hyundai Ioniq, an econobox, than with a Model S. I thought that a bit harsh, I find the interior "premium economy" if that makes sense. A bit in the middle between the two. Some nice materials on the door cards. Seats again were fine, but not luxury. There's plenty of room with me (over 6'1) having a couple of inches spare headroom and kneeroom when I sit behind myself in the back. A lot smaller on the inside than a Model S though and particularly less wide. This translates in far smaller trunk and frunk too. My wife was a bit worried how the 5 of us (adults and fully grown teenagers) plus dog plus luggage would cope on a holiday, but I reckon it won't be a problem.

The car is plain slow away from standstill. It does not feel like a 300BHP / 430NM car. The initial acceleration seems software limited. And yes I was in normal mode, not chill mode. This is the slowest Tesla ever made and it feels it. That said, it does pick up rapidly once you have a bit of speed.

The car is no looker, I guess the only good looking Tesla is the Model S

Now, that's most of the negative points out of the way. Some better stuff. The car is exceptionally quiet, probably the quietest car I have ever driven. Officially that title goes to the BMW iX I believe - haven't driven that yet. It also feels very well made. The suspension is excellent, less feedback than in a Model S but who needs that much of it in a car like this. Car heats up very quickly (heat pump) and the heated seats (all 5 of them - kids happy) and heated steering wheel work well

Menu is excellent, my wife had never driven a Model 3 or Model Y and she could find her way through it with total ease, although she was initially taken aback a bit by the total lack of buttons. And no key. The dual wireless phone chargers are great, in a perfect position as well so you can see notifications. Trunk has automatic opening and closing. With voice commands, working flawlessly. The interface is super, very responsive, a step up from my MCU1 in both my Model S (that I was reluctant to upgrade at a cost of €1500)

Car handles well, very easy to park and manoeuvre in tight spaces. Not a big barge like the Model S, which is simply too big for some Irish roads and in particular tight city centre multistory car parks

All 4 side windows are double glass. The front and rear windscreens are not.

All in all, a lot of car for just €46.5k on the road. For me, for sure a step down coming from a Model S, but it's very much a head over heart choice. And not a bad one at all at that.