Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

I think that the M3H has a single USB C 60W high speed charging port under the centre armrest.

And they have pushed mine out too by a week. :(

On the plus side, the trade-in offer is in, and it's about 65% of the asking prices I see from businesses in Donedeal.

But do you know what - it's actually DOUBLE of what VW offered me. And worse yet, it's good 25% more than what my car's own dealer offered me (where I service the car all these years) and I was there to buy a new model from them!!

Elmo might be a dangerous man, but these local car sales people - they administer death by a thousand cuts. I would rather go out in a bang with Elmo.

05:45 in the video below. He actually charges his laptop from the 65w usb c port.

Have any of you M3 users installed a blue 16A / 32A blue socket at home for charging? This looks like a much cheaper option than a Smart Charger.

The 16A outlet should be straightforward. The 32A outlet would probably need a priority unit added if you have a power shower.

Link here to one guy who has done it:

Did a couple of longer journeys over the weekend and found to my annoyance that not disabling sentry mode can be a right pita if you need a minimum soc to reach a charger. I ended up losing 8% soc and hadn't sufficient range to reach Mahon Point Supercharger in Cork. I went to a ecars charger close to my where I was staying but couldn't activate it even though I have used the app for over 6 years for my Leaf. Is there any particular knack to activating an ecars charger for an M3? (In this case I think it may have been a charger problem as a ID4 owner arrived and couldn't activate it either even though she used the charger previously with no issue. She was really annoyed as had a long journey ahead and not enough range to reach another DC charger.)

I had to return to my mother's house and plug in the granny charger for 3 hours to have enough range to reach Mahon Point. Then when I got there I got a shock as when I plugged in I got a message saying DC charging not available and something about requiring a service but that AC charging is available. I needed at least 70kwhs to get home so AC charging would have been a disaster. So I moved to the next charger and same message appeared when I opened the charge port but when I plugged in this time the car started charging much to my relief. Did anyone ever experience this and what might have caused it? Is it likely to happen again?

That's a lot of range lost. At least it deactivates when soc hits 20% so not completely stuck unless in a remote setting with no DC charger in close proximity.

Did Elon buy Boards.ie?

First the supercharger doesn't work for you. Now the quote function fails for you too 🤣

I would welcome him to take over this site. Might ruffle some feathers.

It's a site bug. Happened me twice on desktop in the last hour.

TBF the quote function was failing before Elon arrived on the scene😁

I propose they make some cuts. Delete all the forums except the motors forum 😁.

Would it be common to find a domestic socket that supplies 32A though?

My outdoor socket is rated for 13A and the granny charger I use limits to 10A - takes forever, but probably safer?

If you are a farmer there is usually at least one 32 amp socket put into slatted sheds.

Not really, removing the cables allowed Tesla to reduce their price point. They did the same in the US after a price cut. Most people don’t need charge cables anyway so why force people to pay for something they don’t need.

I’ve had my Model 3 since March 2020 and not once ever used the supplied UMC.

I even bought a Schuko adapt for it for the Euro road trip 2 years ago but never needed it.

Collected a New 3 in February and got all cables with the car.

anyone found any way yet to switch the tesla maps navigation audio to English?

Mine is still trying to read the Irish road names rather than the names are most known by (and not pronouncing them terribly well)

Anyone got any recommendations of where to insure a Model 3 if purchased as a company car ?