Tesla Model 3 and Model Y Waiting Room and Delivery Queries (No referral links)

ETA updtes based on current speed of the vessel which would have dropped when going through Suez canal. Dates will come back in when speed increases again in the Med.

I sent more than 20k from AIB, no problems there. Any money I sent before from BOI were under 20k so didn't know there was a limit if you send the money directly from the branch.

Correction, they stopped checking. Due in zeebrugge now 01.03 lol

I can't see that happening, trying to swap VIN numbers, names and addresses etc... not a chance.

Whatever about phoning them and trying to get an earlier pick-up if the car was there and you had paid or,finance approved etc, they've too much to do without swaps.

Just back from a test drive in Sandyford, they now have a UK Reg Model YP available for test drives - I was offered to switch from the test drive in the SR to the Model Y Performance when they heard that whats I had on order.

Cons -

USS - As has been discussed in detail the lack of USS is PIA. I don't think i've ever exited a parking space or parked a car so slowly in my life.

Seats - couldnt really find a comfortable seating position - i think it was lumbar support that was annoying me so may just take some tinkering to get the right position.

Neutral

Suspension - No issues with the suspensuion, just took it around Sandyford, up and down the M50 - its about the same as my car, a Volkswagen Touareg current model.

Pros

Nothing to add here, essentially the same as everyones mini reviews from their test drives - acceleration is something else, the Touareg is no slouch when you put the foot down but this is on a different level.

These orders are currently on a second ship right now? Not expecting you to know specifically btw, just what you may have heard :)

He said Tesla run their builds at the start of each quarter. So build in April (Q2), on the boat in May, 1 month later arrive in Ireland.

Also, worth sharing as I just learned it, and the Tesla rep confirmed with me today. All MY RWD models (which I have on order) are shipping with the LFP battery, which means that you should be charging it to 100%, every time.

Can you make them walk the plank, if it slips! ?

After the call I had yesterday with them - I am expecting the status to remain until end of March, where there will clearly be no cars you can get. I am really curious if we really get updates before end of Q2.

Cause if looking at this current batch whoever got the VINs are now getting the cars at the end of Q1, so if we make the next batch it will be end of Q2 but that's not a given. Which is absolutely balls.

Said it before will say it again this is all a first world problem but if I knew the car won't be available for 6 months, would not have ordered it at all and would have not posted the current car for sale and would save myself some hassle. So these timelines are misleading at best.

you wouldn't, that's why they are still there.

Some will be sold to guys who cant wait. In 2 weeks watch prices plummet is my guess

Cheers, the price drop and talk of the grant being cut in July are what pushed me to order. I don't mind waiting until the summer once it's before the grant reduction/removal cutoff.

Having said that I was out hoovering and washing my current car to take photos for selling it or trading it in when I realised it'll be months away 😄

Feb 2nd

Probably wishful thinking but I'd be cool if HW4 ends up in the Q2 shipment Y's

I think the possibility of having HW4 on MY in Q2 would be pretty slim.

Elon Musk mentioned previously HW4 would launch with Cybertruck, whose (limited) production will likely to kick off in Q3 the earliest with volume delivery starts in 2024.

We will probably see the roll-out of HW4 on S3XY models in 2024?

Consensus opinion would seem to be now all ships for Q1 delivery to Ireland/Europe have sailed - so if your car isn't en-route now you won't see it in Q1.

Unless there is a VIN shower in the next 48 hours for Irish orders from ships on the way to Singapore, it looks like the long waiting game 😐️