Tesla Model Y

Tesla are the only ones doing these big castings but the like of Toyota have stated they will in the future. The front most components, like bumpers, frontal crumble zone elements like the horizontal crash bar, wings etc. these days just bolt on, or bolt on and bond to aid with repairs, as you say. This is not different from Model Y.

The difference is when you get past these sacrificial elements. Most new cars use steel components bonded together (perhaps with help of fasteners or rivets), either with adhesive or welds, and the repair process is to pull the damaged part back in shape, then cut out the damaged part and then bond/bolt/weld/rivet the replacement section in. With Tesla gigacast pulling the front back in shape won't he possible or easy, but for more localised damage cutting out the damaged part from suitable place instead of splitting in the natural join is still possible. All the body shops can bond in steel element (has been use since 1980's), but for gigacast Tesla would need to provide sections of castings that were designed to be bonded certain sections of the cut gigacast. Not sure if those are available yet or if they ever will be. Giving this more thought, if I had to guess, I would say it's very unlikely the parts will be available for heavy collisions so it's a valid concern.

In any case, in Irish context, the cars are written off quite lightly based on what I have seen: When the front chassis legs have been disturbed the car is probably a write off, so this is pretty theoretical difference really. Once the bags are out the costs quickly escalate and the insurance company will just write off the car.

You could set the destination for Sandyford or Enfield Superchargers,and it will precondition, but just go to ionity instead.

Hi Folks,

I am going to buy a 241D model Y RWD in black and would like to pick it up March/April 2024, when would be the appropriate month to order it?

Also, on the Tesla website for Ireland the price is coming in at 47k but in Tesla inventory at the moment the same spec and colour car is at 48k, can anybody explain that please?

Super, thanks so much Gumbo, I see it now. So the one coming in on inventory how long does that take to arrive normally, how can you tell this?

Brilliant, thanks JOL 1.

I have a Model Y which I picked up end of June.

Overall I'm very happy with the car but have noticed a few creaks appearing from the rear in the last 10 days or so.

It seems to be a fairly common issue although the location of the creaks can vary.

So far I've tried a few things to no avail;

- adjusted the bump stops in the hatch to make sure they are contacting when the boot is closed.

- lubricated the door seals (where the window sits when door is closed).

- made sure the rear head rests are in the lowest position

- adjusted the recline of the back seat to half way between upright and reclined.

I plan to lubricate the hatch seals next but beyond that, it's probably a service call.

Anyone had any similar creaking issues from the rear seat or hatch area?

I've been using the below thread as inspiration so far;

I have creaking in the back/boot area. I think one of the sounds is loose backseat headrest although it's in a locked position. The more annoying noise is clearly coming from the boot itself (bushings?) when driving over speed bumps and rough road. My number plate holder is banging when closing the boot and my drivers seat creaks. ID.3 in comparison was completely silent after 2.5y. Noises are driving me demented.

Would you ever see a brand new cars where owners a self fixing build quality faults by themselves within weeks... what exactly are you paying for. No idea how this is acceptable of 50k plus vehicles.

Let's roll back I don't know 10-15 years. Imagine paying 55k for a vehicle and removing head rests to press them together to remove squeaks.

What's happened to us all ? High cost of housing high cost of vehicles, lower or stagnant wages for many. Its really not acceptable to self repair vehicles in these price brackets regardless of alleviating going to service centres. We're absolutely allowing taking the piss not to lower subscription based warranty repairs and assistance.

I do agree mostly with this. Although I went over my one before collection with a fine tooth comb and could only find a few light scrapes on the bonnet and a hand print on the headliner. Both of which likely happened outside of factory production.

I do still really like the car and will persevere with it but these creaks are too loud too ignore without turning up the radio.@liamog

Does have a point too though and maybe expectations should be in line with the increased costs over the years.

I don't think I'm less sensitive to car noises, but my "lower quality, Freemont build" 2019 M3P has luckily been perfect from day 1.

Only creaks were coming from the front suspension and the parts were replaced under warranty by Tesla Ranger at around 40k km.

Even the legendary 183k km 2020 LR sold for "25k plus fees" to a boardsie was rattle free. Hmm I guess Freemont cars were just better 🤔

But I'm not going out of my way to post about my experience, hence what you see online is probably overblown.

Indeed it sucks to have creaks and rattles on a 40k+ car.

Both service calls done under warranty