Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

I use fanboy as term to highlight a type of behaviour that's observable and significant enough to warrant its own label, someone who's devoted to a brand to such an extent that their enthusiasm or bias can lead them to overlook flaws, or in this case, accepting safety downgrades without opposition.

Different views if freely expressed always have validity.

Certainly not, that assertion is rather nonsensical.

I don't read mainstream (Irish?)media reviews so I've no idea what they say about tesla. Can you point me to negative reviews go i can skim over? I rarely see very negative reviews against tesla on YouTube. I believe I did see one actually but they were comparing it to Lexus ES in terms of fit and finish which was a strange comparison.

Bjorn Nyland is every critical of TeslaVision and stalkless design, I mostly find my views align with his about EVs in general. I think he's the gold standard of reviewers.

I've rented teslas numerous times, didn't have app access but it didn't degrade the experience. They're great cars. I don't hate the interior, lack of buttons or lack of speedo behind the steering wheel, I think the interior is rather nice, feel less cluttered. I love how efficient they are and I love how good the app is. I love that they don't require mandated annual servicing like every other brand but I would still maintain it with whatever it needs.

The excellent snappy UI makes it a very pleasant experience. I don't care what Musk says outside of TSLA. I do care what decisions he makes as CEO of TSLA.

I see USS deletion as a terrible decision, same with their stalkless design. If a company wants to increase margins, that's fine with me. I'd rather pay a bit more for a car with stalks, rain senor, USS, and radar cruise sensor than have a cheaper car without.

Will even I buy a M3/Y without any of those parts fitted? Yes I will. But I will still voice my criticism regardless. Same as I would for any other brand I'm highly interested in and if I believe it's warranted.

Agree with most of that if not all.

I bought a 1TB Samsung T7 SSD. So much smoother than the supplied stick. Playback doesn't jump and skip anymore.

Removing the parking sensors and the stalks eliminates a huge range of potential mass market buyers.

here on boards, our likes or views will differ, but we’re all car fans underneath and always keen to try new things out.

In the case of tesla for example, they represent 2% of new car sales in Ireland in 2023 - 98% of buyers bought ‘something else’ - you’d have to think that things like the USS will matter to even 1 of those other 98 buyers.

its easy for us to say it doesn’t matter - but in reality it does matter in the mass market, and quite a lot.

edit: just to add - Tesla’s also have a bit of a stigma in the mass market. Lots of marques have that same problem, but again It’s a repellent for people who just want ‘a car’

They did a remote diagnostic and are going to change the battery. I haven't had much luck with electric cars so far 😁

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That's brutal. What year is your car? What's the warranty situation with a replacement pack? Does the warranty continue until end of original battery warranty? I presume it will be a refurbished battery so it'll be interesting to see what capacity it has.

2021 , just over 40K miles (of which I've done about 3k lol).

Battery warranty until 2029

Okay that's pretty sweet.

This is another nail in the coffin for those consistently railing against BEV.

It sucks about the failure but on the bright side it's great that BEV provides such excellent warranties. At least you'll get a loaner while it's in Service

No. Wonder would they replace it with one now

I think it's a change to separate the rwd/LR from the m3p, as they ate too close in terms of appearance and handling atm.

The m3p should be tuned for this level of driving, even more so with the track package.

I think it's a good change overall and a fair assessment by the out of spec lads.

That's a LR RWD for €45.2k not a LR AWD, which is €52k.