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my friend placed an order for a blue LR with white interior and aero wheels, hes been waiting a few months, I noticed there were similar cars in the new inventory albeit with the 20 inch wheels, he didnt mind the bigger wheels so i encouraged him to call up - the tesla process has been comical, hes had to place a second £2k deposit to get the car, then hes been told because the wheels are different he needed to place a 3rd order but select wire transfer as that gives you 24hrs to transfer the money in order to get the car - its madness and its this side of tesla that is shocking, - surely they have backend systems to enable them to do this?
Smiljan said:
Ah well, I'm off to the Ascot racecourse invite event on the 21st so I'll finally get to have a decent test drive. Presentation followed by a 20 minute test drive so I can finally see if it's worth switching next year or not.
Hmm, that's around the corner from me. Might pop along tooSWoll said:
Terminator X said:
SWoll said:
I've seen comments saying the M3P is quicker, better equipped, costs less to buy and is cheaper to run. Are you arguing that any of those comments aren't fact?
You stated that other than 0-60 the RS4 is hugely better in all other areas. That's an opinion based on zero personal experience as far as I can tell and contradicts a number of the points above.
I don't doubt the RS4 is better built and the materials used are higher quality but then as it costs at least £10k more than the Model 3 P before adding options that should be expected I'd suggest?
Is that based on extensive testing of the RS4 though as per your comment?You stated that other than 0-60 the RS4 is hugely better in all other areas. That's an opinion based on zero personal experience as far as I can tell and contradicts a number of the points above.
I don't doubt the RS4 is better built and the materials used are higher quality but then as it costs at least £10k more than the Model 3 P before adding options that should be expected I'd suggest?
TX.
I have run numerous Audi's though, the last being a 2017 A6 up until March this year so appreciate the quality of the build and materials is very good.
Hopefully you can appreciate the point(s) that I was trying to make originally - yes the TM3 is a fast car indeed very fast to 30 and 60 however (a) nobody is doing the traffic light Grand Prix all day every day and I suggest that once you've done that a few times the novelty has worn off and you won't do it much again after that (b) once a car, any car, is edging towards 3s to 60 then it becomes kind of moot given that all those cars are faster than 99% of every other car on the road anyway (c) given the last 2 points I say that the RS4 is better as it is a far nicer place to spend time vs the Tesla. Yes it is £10k more to buy ish but the TM3 brigade started the RS4 etc comparisons not me.
TX.
Terminator X said:
I see so you have not extensively tested the RS4 but I must have done that with the TM3 before commenting
Hopefully you can appreciate the point(s) that I was trying to make originally - yes the TM3 is a fast car indeed very fast to 30 and 60 however (a) nobody is doing the traffic light Grand Prix all day every day and I suggest that once you've done that a few times the novelty has worn off and you won't do it much again after that (b) once a car, any car, is edging towards 3s to 60 then it becomes kind of moot given that all those cars are faster than 99% of every other car on the road anyway (c) given the last 2 points I say that the RS4 is better as it is a far nicer place to spend time vs the Tesla. Yes it is £10k more to buy ish but the TM3 brigade started the RS4 etc comparisons not me.
TX.
Why don't you give it a rest? Hopefully you can appreciate the point(s) that I was trying to make originally - yes the TM3 is a fast car indeed very fast to 30 and 60 however (a) nobody is doing the traffic light Grand Prix all day every day and I suggest that once you've done that a few times the novelty has worn off and you won't do it much again after that (b) once a car, any car, is edging towards 3s to 60 then it becomes kind of moot given that all those cars are faster than 99% of every other car on the road anyway (c) given the last 2 points I say that the RS4 is better as it is a far nicer place to spend time vs the Tesla. Yes it is £10k more to buy ish but the TM3 brigade started the RS4 etc comparisons not me.
TX.
Terminator X said:
I see so you have not extensively tested the RS4 but I must have done that with the TM3 before commenting
Hopefully you can appreciate the point(s) that I was trying to make originally - yes the TM3 is a fast car indeed very fast to 30 and 60 however (a) nobody is doing the traffic light Grand Prix all day every day and I suggest that once you've done that a few times the novelty has worn off and you won't do it much again after that (b) once a car, any car, is edging towards 3s to 60 then it becomes kind of moot given that all those cars are faster than 99% of every other car on the road anyway (c) given the last 2 points I say that the RS4 is better as it is a far nicer place to spend time vs the Tesla. Yes it is £10k more to buy ish but the TM3 brigade started the RS4 etc comparisons not me.
TX.
my mates regretting buying his RS4 and not getting a M3P as in his words "the 4 is utterly boring to drive"Hopefully you can appreciate the point(s) that I was trying to make originally - yes the TM3 is a fast car indeed very fast to 30 and 60 however (a) nobody is doing the traffic light Grand Prix all day every day and I suggest that once you've done that a few times the novelty has worn off and you won't do it much again after that (b) once a car, any car, is edging towards 3s to 60 then it becomes kind of moot given that all those cars are faster than 99% of every other car on the road anyway (c) given the last 2 points I say that the RS4 is better as it is a far nicer place to spend time vs the Tesla. Yes it is £10k more to buy ish but the TM3 brigade started the RS4 etc comparisons not me.
TX.
UnderSteerD said:
Terminator X said:
I see so you have not extensively tested the RS4 but I must have done that with the TM3 before commenting
Hopefully you can appreciate the point(s) that I was trying to make originally - yes the TM3 is a fast car indeed very fast to 30 and 60 however (a) nobody is doing the traffic light Grand Prix all day every day and I suggest that once you've done that a few times the novelty has worn off and you won't do it much again after that (b) once a car, any car, is edging towards 3s to 60 then it becomes kind of moot given that all those cars are faster than 99% of every other car on the road anyway (c) given the last 2 points I say that the RS4 is better as it is a far nicer place to spend time vs the Tesla. Yes it is £10k more to buy ish but the TM3 brigade started the RS4 etc comparisons not me.
TX.
Why don't you give it a rest? Hopefully you can appreciate the point(s) that I was trying to make originally - yes the TM3 is a fast car indeed very fast to 30 and 60 however (a) nobody is doing the traffic light Grand Prix all day every day and I suggest that once you've done that a few times the novelty has worn off and you won't do it much again after that (b) once a car, any car, is edging towards 3s to 60 then it becomes kind of moot given that all those cars are faster than 99% of every other car on the road anyway (c) given the last 2 points I say that the RS4 is better as it is a far nicer place to spend time vs the Tesla. Yes it is £10k more to buy ish but the TM3 brigade started the RS4 etc comparisons not me.
TX.
It has become rather childish and boring all round.
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 15th November 17:40
manracer said:
my friend placed an order for a blue LR with white interior and aero wheels, hes been waiting a few months, I noticed there were similar cars in the new inventory albeit with the 20 inch wheels, he didnt mind the bigger wheels so i encouraged him to call up - the tesla process has been comical, hes had to place a second £2k deposit to get the car, then hes been told because the wheels are different he needed to place a 3rd order but select wire transfer as that gives you 24hrs to transfer the money in order to get the car - its madness and its this side of tesla that is shocking, - surely they have backend systems to enable them to do this?
There's around 20 Model 3's in the new inventory currently. I can only assume they're cars that were rejected at pick up and subsequently repaired as demand is crazy and they can't keep up with RHD deliveries.Would it be a real gamble to buy one of those now rather than wait a few weeks for a new car?
Evanivitch said:
And yet cars will have software updates at service updates you'll never know about. What approval did the diesel gate modification receive? The change is part of the Tesla design baseline. It's not a modification.
The diesel stuff was actually pushed, scrutinised and not only approved but forced on the car makers by the regulators. At least in mainland EU. I think that is a bad example.Anyways, Rob pointed out they do get approval for updates where required so in the end it's an approved modification so no need for the end user to inform anyone.
Frimley111R said:
Smiljan said:
There's around 20 Model 3's in the new inventory currently. I can only assume they're cars that were rejected at pick up and subsequently repaired ....
That's quite some assumption though.Either that or demand isn't actually that great and they are already building up excess stock they can't shift.
Smiljan said:
There's around 20 Model 3's in the new inventory currently. I can only assume they're cars that were rejected at pick up and subsequently repaired ....
Assumption is the mother of all f
k ups though. Tesla allows you to upgrade even after you ordered. There's all sorts of reasons why people would cancel on their order. Your sounds like one of the least plausibele ones.
If you look in waiting rooms, there are tons of reservation holders waiting impatiently. For deliveries. Some give up and switch to inventory but many don’t. So any inventory sale is basically an extra sale for Tesla. It’s a slightly different kind of buyer. Also tends to be mostly higher margins cars AWD or FSD.
Also half the inventory cars are not even in the country yet. You can call up and ask.
Tesla sell 3000 a month in the U.K.
Also half the inventory cars are not even in the country yet. You can call up and ask.
Tesla sell 3000 a month in the U.K.
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