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

I see a couple of wheel upgrades on the front two black MYs there. Just a word of advice for anyone who's thinking of ordering and doesn't like the default Gemini wheel covers on the non-Performance models. You can get yourself a really nice set of wheel covers that'll give you pretty much the same look for around €200 delivered, but you'll have the benefit of a better ride from the 19" wheels, not to mention better efficiency too. Plus you won't have to live in constant fear of curbing them at that price! Here's mine for reference:

I was chatting to FI about a similar situation and they told me that they issue the finance agreements once Tesla send them the final invoice and in some cases she said it can literally be the day before delivery. So fingers crossed it gets sorted.

Really does change the look of the car. I found mine on AliExpress - here's a link to what I got for reference. The ones in the photo are matte black. You'll find loads of different sellers, but there's two things to watch out for outside of the shipping cost. First is accessibility to the air nossle. Some look like they have a rectangular cutout that looks like a nightmare to get access to. The ones I got are grand. Second thing is to find ones with a symmetrical design so the left side is the inverse of the right side. Which is actually more than can be said for Tesla's induction wheels funnily enough - they're asymmetrical...! One last thing is to ask the seller to ask for a Tesla centre logo - they'll be supplied blank otherwise.

Am I the only one who thinks it’s odd to cover alloy wheels with plastic hub caps??

Car buyers have fought hard to get alloys standard on almost everything - even the most basic rental spec Polo’s and Fabia’s come with alloy wheels.

Hi All,

I’m a little bit confused with timeframe around delivery and payments for my Tesla. I have put an order and deposit early last week and updated payments options as cash as I am going with external lender. Now as a next step I need to update insurance details (which I obv can’t at this stage) and also got information that they are drafting my contract and that they will let me now when I can put final payment. How long that took for you? Is this a waiting game at this point only or I need to do anything else on my side right now?

For insurance I uploaded a copy of my current insurance. Wasn't sure whether it was needed but that worked and I was happy to see the step ticked.

I paid cash too (external lender) and the details became available shortly after on their site, but Tesla also texted me about it and emailed me the details.

I did a test payment of €10 to the account and saw that come off before transferring the rest. A bit of peace of mind before transferring 10s of thousands.

I'm hoping the car is better than their customer service... Was trying to switch to an existing inventory car without luck. Everyone tells you something different over the phone with the UK and then web chat. Think it is safer to just stick with the original order. disappointing though the service leaves a lot to be desired unfortunately.

Best of luck with the car! I'm curious as to how people are getting on with insuring the higher performance models as the RWD model is no slouch?

Probably safer in the Performance than the RWD. The LFP battery apparently takes a bit of learning.

Anyway, congrats on your new car. Still my dream, hopefully some day. Are you happy...?😋

Jesus that's cheap!

I'm with Aviva as well, €353 for a 2.0 diesel full comp inc protected NCD. Not sure I'd keep my licence though with a performance, I was too easily exceeding the speed limits in my recent RWD test drive.

An older friend of mine says my RWD makes him sick when accelerating, god knows but the P would probably kill him..😁

Come on @Conar make us jealous with a few pics when you get a chance...

Shouldn't be a problem. It's not busy at the moment.

Got a text the other day to select the collection date and time 2nd week in Sept.

I was also given details of where to send my downpayment to minus the €1500 for ordering from preconfigured vehicles.

Cant wait now to pick up my Model Y!

According to EV Database https://ev-database.org/uk/car/1976/Tesla-Model-3-Long-Range-RWD it has 295hp.

The LR RWD may not be any heavier than the LFP RWD, also afaik the LFP battery is not able to release energy as fast as non LFP.