Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

I did a trip yesterday myself range of speeds from 50km/h through a town up to 120km/h on the motorway. I did the speed limit or close to where traffic permitted. Managed 224km on 53% battery in a 2023 Model 3 RWD. Consumption for the trip was 129Wh/km. That comes to 422km for the full 100% which is not too far off the EPA rated range shown in the car.

The only reason I'd buy a LR is for the AWD, extra power and upgraded Audio. I think there's too much of a price difference between the M3 RWD and LR AWD at the moment. The LRAWD should be 3k cheaper, it would push more people to buy it. Wishful thinking I know.

split the diff and let’s say it’s €46k for the LR, if range is the no.1 priority it would probably be the best value of any EV in terms of €/km, (€46k/475= €95/km).

I’m not aware of any new EV that’s under €100 per km of range (list price/real world range).

edit: some folks on the internet machine say this version will have more range than the AWD.

Hi all, does anybody have any experience trading in a car to buy a Tesla? The only videos I found were from the U.S. I have a 2015 BMW and wonder what kind of price they would quote.

I filled out the trade in form but just got 2 texts one to say I requested a test drive and one that asks me to fill out the trade in form...

Are the circuit beakers on your distribution board tripping, or is it just cutting out on the Tesla side?.

I had been having the exact same issues - but my issues related to my circuit breakers. I was able to manage for a while by lowering the current down to <26A (as @Gumbo suggested above). I ended up replacing both the RCBO and MCB each and that solved my problem.

Next time you get a fault, log a service request in the App. Providing the warning is still active (check your notifications under Alerts on the dash), you can actually choose that warning as the issue. This way the Service Dept can get the date & time stamp of when the issue actually occured to faciliate remote diagnosis.

What is your voltage showing when charging stopping? Mine occasionally stops around 12 to 1230 am but usually restarts again. I get a notification on app saying charging has stopped. Tesla seem to not like voltage fluctuations, must be a nearby factory or something in my area. I notified ESB who did a check and naturally said voltage was between normal limits.

Tesla make a lot of money on trading on car to third party traders - this is generally why dealing with a trader directly will see you end up with a better deal. The same is true for selling any old car to a main dealer when buying a new car.

Tesla are retailing second hand Tesla's at high prices so potentially they might offer decent money if you are trading a used Tesla but are very impacted by their ability to do this its only one dealer in the country with v limited space/ resources to deal in used cars.

a couple of zero mileage white on black m3 LR’s in inventory for €49750, base spec. It’s only €150 less than list, but quicker delivery I suppose.

To order a M3P now or wait for the refresh which seems to be due later this year?

I wouldn’t rule out another price drop at all on the current model.

If there’s one flaw in Tesla’s model of not having a dealer network, it’s that excess inventory is visible to everyone.

compounding that, Tesla have very publicly said in their Q1 financial filings (which are governed by fiduciary duty etc etc), that they will value volume over margin - and you cant shift excess volume without price reductions.

With the mid April price drop barely denting inventory, I’d expect another one. Not sure I’d take delivery of an m3 until there’s clarity on the mid life refresh and its price point.

He also said "orders are in excess of production" so dont pay too much attention to anything he says other than the actual bottomline! 😉

Also, isn't some level of inventory inevitable? Tesla considers each car inventory until the day the customer drives away with it, so all cars in transit would be considered inventory... right?

And hence, as they scale up they will have a corresponding increase of cars in inventory (i.e. in transit, on ships). Thats not indicative of a problem though. They mentioned this on earnings call too about more cars in transit.

Or is your inventory analysis more detailed than that? i.e. They have thousands upon thousands of unwanted cars sitting in a parking lot somewhere?

It is very questionable.

The figures you are sharing are no more than background noise in terms of statistical relevance.

A few thousand cars isn’t even a ship load. You can’t extrapolate anything from that.