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

Yeah I’ve seen a lot that have collect had a similar percentage. Thanks.

ABRP says if you leave with 17% in a Model 3 Highland you will arrive with 11% at Sandyford. So even if you shave 5% off that for bad weather conditions you could make it with 6%.

You will make it with ease its a 20km journey) . There is also a bufferin the battery where a certain amount of energy is locked away (and accessible) even when battery registers 0%, but at 17% you will be fine..

Good luck with the queues there this year.

Few added to inventory this morning and Tesla shipment with Irish cars landing in Zeebrugge in a few hours.

Long story short looks like wife not getting car until Apr/May and no sign of a vin. She is thinking of taking one of the cars in transit that seem to be available. Biggest thing turning her off is there are only cars with 19" wheels available which in theory/WLTP have a range of 629kms vs for the 18" range of 678kms *7% difference only but the extra km's would make a difference for some of drives that needs to take every week).

Anyone have a feel what the difference for range is in reality (get all depends on conditions but is it like a 3% difference of a 20% difference) and is there any noticeable difference in ride/comfort (prefer softer/easier/comfort vs cornering etc). Thanks.

If, like us, you're one of those owners who need a certain range because of a regular drive, then I'd say it's worth waiting for if it's simply a matter of patience. If there's a cost differential, then you could consider buying/swapping a set of 18s from/with someone else. I'd imagine there will be no problems finding a willing swapper/seller when going from 20s to 19s. As antfin has said, you won't get near those WLTP figures, but you probably already knew that and were basing your decision on something like 80% of the WLTP. The main thing is the differential between the range you can get with 19s and with 18s.

In our case the decision was whether to spend an extra 8k on an MY LR versus an RWD and after less than a year I can say it was already worth it. I've often come back from the weekly down the country trip with 0-5% remaining, but haven't yet had to stop/detour for a charge. In the summer we had to do a 390km leg between chargers and were relaxed doing it in the LR, but would have had to hypermile with a RWD. I'm sure that if we had gone for an RWD I'd be saying the opposite and that for the sake of a 10 minute splash and dash it would have been madness to spend an extra 8k :) But often I'm either in a hurry to get back to Dub for a certain time or I just don't feel like stopping.

All is good in the world. Wife just got notification of vin and expected delivery date from today to the 6th Mar so 18" wheels it is. Glad we toughed it out.

M3 highland long range, 18" wheels, ultra red paint and black & white interior. Ordered beginning of Nov.

I reckon they pushed out those apr/may dates when they didn’t know what was going on with revenue. I’d say once the new shipment lands then the dates will start coming down. The next ship is just off the west coast of Africa and due in zeebruge on 02 March, hopefully with more for the Irish market

Others on FB group got word from Tesla that collection mails for Model Y will be going out today

Does anyone have any idea how many cars are out in City West awaiting collection as soon as this issue is resolved, 100, 300, ?

I reckon it’s fairly imminent as there was loads of activity on my order yesterday. Got a text from Tesla to say would be delivered soon, got an email to fill out grant form and also an update on the trade in.

Interesting... Lad I spoke with yest eve (about 6pm) had no update other than they're waiting for revenue to sort it

Have u a link to the Facebook group?