Tesla Model Y

Hopefully they have a glut of solid black M Y’s on the boat to Ireland which is why this colour was free on the Y yet a €1200 option on the 3 on the new pricing model. I think the black will suit the Y, it can look a bit clumsy in brighter colours.

They’ll have known that there’d be a massive increase in demand following the price reduction, the key goal for Tesla with the price reduction is hitting the Q1 delivery target expectations on Wall Street. There’d be no sense in letting loads of people order cars at the reduced price that they can’t deliver this quarter.

For those who want to add a tow bar - if you really want your car in Q1, I’d say get it added after delivery!

Colour choice

I note the comments earlier about the Solid black being a bit of a nightmare to keep looking well and that it picks up swirl marks by just looking at it.

Does anyone here have a solid black anything that has been ceramic coated from day 1 and if so would you feel that this levels up the playing field as regards maintenance and damage in the medium to longer term?

Think I prefer the Black over the white but if white more practical down the country with narrow roads and overgrown hedges I'll stick with that.

Also anyone looked into the cost of getting a white car wrapped?

I know it's traditional for us to receive cars first and third quarters, but wonder with the huge production in China will that change in the future?

I think it will if there is enough volume to justify having them on a boat. Tesla will be aware that car sales in Ireland are focused on the first few months for 231 reg plates as the July plate differential has never really caught on here. Grant being cut back will also mean orders will be cancelled if the cars ordered aren’t here on time.

@gabbo is coming - and that doesn't say the half of it. 6.9s is a decent enough time, his results match the official figures (no rolling start here)

But the initial take off is pretty pathetic. A 118BHP Ioniq 28kWh costing half the price 7 years ago is quicker. But the Tesla does take off rather sharpish from about 30-40km/h, making up for lost ground. So overtaking is quick. But traffic lights it's slow. I wish it was the other way around though :-(

I’d have thought that this is exactly the torque curve you want in a family car with kids in the back - if you want to max the 0-30, buy the M3.

just looking at some other 2nd values, this Tesla intervention will definitely adjust the likes of an XC40 - I didn’t realise just how expensive it is, €56-71k(?!)

also interesting to see the first hand reviews of test drives - the lack of parking sensors definitely requires a lot of holding your nose.

can Tesla really deliver a quick and workable software solution - I think the furore over FSD Beta would give rise to caution.

personally I’d probably hold my nose, but I’d double any timeframe for a fix from His Lordship.

I had initially ordered a black M3 LR on Friday morning. A neighbour has one (222) and there are plenty of swirls in the paint from about 2 ft distance in the sun.

I'm not overly fussy about paint condition but I do like to (at least try to) have a clean car. The swirls are likely to be even more obvious on black solid paint too so in the end I panicked and edited my order to pearl white as swirls will be much harder to see.

Presumably the multi coat paint will also be thicker and maybe more resistant to small chips too

The motor whine is very load in that acceleration test.

How was it during the test drive?

I’m leaning towards the MYLR rather than AWD as i will get better range which i can sometimes need.

Range should be slightly better than my Q4, which i’m used to at this stage.

delivery range is Feb-Apr , if i could be sure of april delivery for the LR then id leave the RWD

Exactly the same as in that acceleration test. I made a mental note of it when I heard it in that video this morning. Quite load, but not annoying. Reminded me of my Renault Fluence Z.E.