Model X Residuals

[gangzoom]

Witchfinder said:

Words of caution about the Model X...

https://www.speakev.com/threads/model-x-the-worst-...

I've often thought a Model X would be perfect for me, but the horror stories really put me off. I ended up leasing an E-Tron.

Virtually all of those complaints are true, but equally if you buy any Tesla hoping for Toyota reliability than you're barking up the wrong tree.

MCU2 upgrade is a must on MCU1 cars and solves half the issues mentioned in that post, as for Tesla service I've never had any issues. Last year Tesla picked up my car from my home on a Sunday evening, offered to send a loan car to me that night, than returned the car on a flatbed to my house by mid week, that in my book is pretty good customer service regardless of the fact the it shouldn't have broken down in the first place .

Lets be honest here, you buy a X because you need to carry stuff/people around first and foremost. If you want reliability, cheap running costs, cheap purchase costs you be absolutely nuts to even consider any Tesla let alone a X. Something like this is much much more sensible choice, and many people do, but I suspect if you are on this forum you have as much interest in owning one of these as getting stabbed in the eye.



I don't enjoy having a car that isn't reliable, but no other car brings a smile to my face every time I get in it, that factor alone far out weighs any reliably issue. Our other car in the family is a Lexus, the very embodiment of reliability, but its destined to be replaced long before the X (probably by a Y). I personally cannot think of another family wagon that can close to the X interns of utility and drama.

I absolutely love ours - despite the reliability issues.

[Heres Johnny]

gangzoom said:

MCU2 upgrade is a must on MCU1 cars and solves half the issues mentioned in that post

Maybe but at the price of around £2500 and an extra £400 if you want to keep the radio

[gangzoom]

Heres Johnny said:

Maybe but at the price of around £2500 and an extra £400 if you want to keep the radio.

Its £2340, the radio is £470 but I cannot remember the last time I used the radio so didn't bother. For any with a MCU1 car, the upgrade is well worth, am actually really surprised at how much difference it makes. Spotify, waking from sleep, map scroll, voice control all work better.

Compared to cost of a new X, at say getting £50k for ours than £97k for a new 6 seater with FSD, its about x20 cheaper.

Ofcourse a new X has more range, but we don't need the range, and better air suspension isn't worth £47k to me......We could buy a Model 3 for the cost of the swap from old to new. So £2340 to update the user interface of the car to the same level of a brand new X in my book is pretty reasonable.

If you are planning to keep your S its well worth considering the upgrade.

Edited by gangzoom on Saturday 7th November 19:34

[aestetix1]

Remember that in the UK the Consumer Rights Act covers design flaws like flash memory that wears out prematurely. If your MCU dies you should be expecting Tesla to pay the bulk of the replacement cost even out of warranty.

[gangzoom]

aestetix1 said:

Remember that in the UK the Consumer Rights Act covers design flaws like flash memory that wears out prematurely. If your MCU dies you should be expecting Tesla to pay the bulk of the replacement cost even out of warranty.

Tesla's replacement is a refurbed MCU1 or memory chip upgrade on the MCU. You can also get a 3rd party repair for £500.

But given these cars even used are £50K+, spending £2350 to future proof the car, gain functionality (also new screen) really isn't something anyone should loss sleep over. If you have FSD paid for, you really do need to the upgrade to get the new visualisations anyways. The touchscreen is the main interface with the car, though the MCU1 unit works fine, MCU2 works better, at times it feels like am piloting some kind of spaceship rather than car, especially at night on 'dark' mode and AP is running.....Well a spaceship playing 'Baby shark' at full blast .

Edited by gangzoom on Sunday 8th November 10:53

[gangzoom]

Tesla will now cover the MCU1 memory repair as warranty case for 8 years and reimburse anyone whos paid for it.

https://www.tesla.com/support/adjusted-coverage-pr...