Tesla Model Y

Anyone here since 2015/16 has heard the ‘tesla is going to consume the OEMs’ argument soooo often now that you’d do well to just ignore those people’s opinion completely. The fabled M3 has never got higher that top 30-35 selling modes in Ireland in the 3 full years it’s been on sale. Hardly a revolution.

likewise, there are people who still view tesla as the 2016-19 tesla - the reality is that, while they only build 1.5 models, they now build them well.

then there’s the people who on principle won’t buy a MAGA car from musk. It’s become a buying factor lately, irrespective of what owners might think.

As a Tesla owner I'd definitely agree that the marque attracts more than its fair share of absolute tossers as owners (not speaking of anyone here of course!). The carry on on the Facebook group is cringe worthy and frankly primary school level bullshit - this "I'm going to post that on the IEVOA page and they'll all go mad" (and it happens a lot) is embarrassing - especially as the supposed 'outraged reactions from jealous owners of other marques' are usually other Tesla owners just trolling.

The difference is a choice of coffee won't kill but speed does. Anyway, I don't actually disagree majorly, just an interesting debate/discussion on where this new performance will go - and the subscription nature of car capability.

Don't forget the MG4 at 3.8 seconds or quicker if we see any here. I think the price will keep them very limited.

Well wear

( I’m trying to figure out the difference in driveway gradient between yourself and your neighbour!?)

Quite a bit of a difference but means we have our own side entrance as mmost houses are shared on our street. It does mean we get sheltered from the North East weather through.

Insurance company just swapped cover from her 2007 ML 320CDi, no costs mentioned and the ploicy runs until end of April I think. I have seen the insurance stories so we will see how that plays out over time but I think the tax saving (1,500 vs 120) will definitely cover it.

For anyone who may be undecided about ordering a car from Inventory the Incentive of reduced finance costs are likely only to remain for orders made up to and including Thursday of this week. (Mod 3 LR RWD 0% APR compared to usual 6.9% APR, All other models 3.9% APR compared to 6.9% APR. 

These savings are less visible than the Showroom Adjustments (still available on Inventory cars) but can save thousands over life of loan.

I don't really see the MAGA you explain being issue for anybody but the most melty of owners or buyers. The sales don't seem to be affected either so it seems to be biggest issue to non-Tesla cohort and the UAW (union), not to mention the forces that want to keep EVs from winning. You know who.

I wouldn't really classify Model 3 as a sales flop Europe wide for Tesla based on the sales in Ireland. The current Model 3 is getting towards the end of its lifecycle before the refresh and the price is within 10% of the much more usable Y (the three is not really suitable as a family car tbh) so it's not a coincidence that the latter have really trounced the former. Irish car market is really traditional, which applies to models, colours, dealers, and the EV sales have been lagging behind the other Western European markets until very recently. When the Model 3 was new it was roughly 30% more expensive than the other volume EVs on the market at the time. Unlike UK and many other markets, Ireland doesn't have a big company car culture so car of that price was not applealing for most buyers unless you really wanted one.

The balance of pricing have of course been drastically changed since 2021: MY and M3 have come down a lot while the competition kept hiking up the prices to match Tesla's "before the price slash of 2023". It's very difficult to beat the Y for value as a spaceous family car or 3 just as a car compared to other cars in class. Musk and the direct sales model may cause some private people to avoid a Tesla, but luckily it's a free world and there are choices.

Last week I had a problem charging the car. The scheduled charging failed and the boost or fast charging wouldn't start either. The car said the charging equipment wasn't recognised.

I had a look on the myenergi forum and seen that a few others were having similar issues. I reckoned it was a Tesla problem as the other EV at home charges and works exactly as it's supposed to. I put in a service request, and Tesla service messaged me over the weekend and said they couldn't find any problems after running remote diagnostics.

I finally got the charging working yesterday and the scheduled charging worked last night. I'm beginning to think that the problem is in the charge port of the car, that one of the small pins may be loose or not making proper contact.

Anyone experience anything like this recently??

I'll wait a while before putting in another service request until I've narrowed it down more.

I don't have an Eddi. I have an iBoost for heating the water and a harvi for the WiFi connectivity. Firmware is up to date, but no signs of any cracking yet. Warranty is until 2025, so hopefully won't need it. The plug definitely feels loose in the charge port compared to the wife's Kona.