The 3 and Y standard 'free' colour is now...

[ajprice]

Grey. No sorry, 'Midnight Silver'. https://mashable.com/article/tesla-model-3-y-stand...

[AyBee]

UK site still showing white?

[ajprice]

AyBee said:

UK site still showing white?

Maybe it's grey for the American market. Have they had different standard colours before?

[AyBee]

ajprice said:

AyBee said:

UK site still showing white?

Maybe it's grey for the American market. Have they had different standard colours before?

Not that I'm aware of. Interesting move though and goes to show that it doesn't actually cost them anything more to change the colours even though they charge for them.

[annodomini2]

ajprice said:

AyBee said:

UK site still showing white?

Maybe it's grey for the American market. Have they had different standard colours before?

Originally it was black, then white.

Seems to be Freemont built cars.

European built Model Y's have different colour options, black and white are free, there's the normal blue, but they have silver and midnight red

[Whistle]

I paid £1k for midnight silver 18 months ago

[LivLL]

Also 0% on their PCP on the Tesla site now if anyone’s interested. Was 5% a few days ago.

Personally I think there’s some way to go yet with the prices but a SR Model 3 on PCP is looking ok now especially compared to last year.

[James6112]

LivLL said:

Also 0% on their PCP on the Tesla site now if anyone’s interested. Was 5% a few days ago.

Personally I think there’s some way to go yet with the prices but a SR Model 3 on PCP is looking ok now especially compared to last year.

Just saw that on the Tesla site
Sorely tempted
WBAC my old Skoda for 5k

New Tesla 3 in white, 5k deposit
£420 a month PCP & a low £16k optional final payment at 4 years

Far cheaper than my company rip off salary sacrifice!

I guess ‘cheap’ as it’s the end of the line, facelift out soon.

But experience tells me that being an early adopter of new model is always a mistake.

Which makes this tempting !

[ghibbett]

James6112 said:

Just saw that on the Tesla site
Sorely tempted
WBAC my old Skoda for 5k

New Tesla 3 in white, 5k deposit
£420 a month PCP & a low £16k optional final payment at 4 years

Far cheaper than my company rip off salary sacrifice!

I guess ‘cheap’ as it’s the end of the line, facelift out soon.

But experience tells me that being an early adopter of new model is always a mistake.

Which makes this tempting !

The current Model 3 really is a good car.

As long as you can live without having a hatchback, and can charge at home, then I'd go for it. Yes 'newer and better' is coming along soon, but that doesn't make the current car worse. And, as you rightly say, being an early adopter of the new car would not be without its pitfalls!

[Register1]

Wifes is a 2023 white M3 RWD.
The range she gets is outstanding.
Easy 300 miles from her base LFP battery.
So much, that in 7 months, her has never charged anywhere but at home on 7,5 pence off peak.

[LivLL]

How are you getting 300 mile journeys? That doesn’t seem likely unless hypermiling.

Is that displayed range when you turn it on? Rather than realistic driving ability?

If you’re actually driving 300 miles before charging on the SR LFP battery is be very tempted to get one.

[JD]

LivLL said:

How are you getting 300 mile journeys? That doesn’t seem likely unless hypermiling.

Is that displayed range when you turn it on? Rather than realistic driving ability?

If you’re actually driving 300 miles before charging on the SR LFP battery is be very tempted to get one.

You can now get a LR RWD from the Tesla site for £44k, should have 25% more range than the LFP one.

[annodomini2]

JD said:

LivLL said:

How are you getting 300 mile journeys? That doesn’t seem likely unless hypermiling.

Is that displayed range when you turn it on? Rather than realistic driving ability?

If you’re actually driving 300 miles before charging on the SR LFP battery is be very tempted to get one.

You can now get a LR RWD from the Tesla site for £44k, should have 25% more range than the LFP one.

Nope

[JD]

annodomini2 said:

JD said:

LivLL said:

How are you getting 300 mile journeys? That doesn’t seem likely unless hypermiling.

Is that displayed range when you turn it on? Rather than realistic driving ability?

If you’re actually driving 300 miles before charging on the SR LFP battery is be very tempted to get one.

You can now get a LR RWD from the Tesla site for £44k, should have 25% more range than the LFP one.

Nope

Please expand?

[annodomini2]

JD said:

annodomini2 said:

JD said:

LivLL said:

How are you getting 300 mile journeys? That doesn’t seem likely unless hypermiling.

Is that displayed range when you turn it on? Rather than realistic driving ability?

If you’re actually driving 300 miles before charging on the SR LFP battery is be very tempted to get one.

You can now get a LR RWD from the Tesla site for £44k, should have 25% more range than the LFP one.

Nope

Please expand?

They haven't built LR RWD models since 2019

They've fitted a larger battery to the RWD models in combination with the lower power and more efficient rear motor from the long range, older ones use the performance motor to give the base model more range.

But it's 60kwh not the 85kwh used in the LR and Performance models.

[ghibbett]

Tesla website suggests there is a LR RWD:

[annodomini2]

Interesting, maybe they're special order.

They're not on the std configuration page

[LivLL]

They were fleet order only but seems they have a fair bit of excess which they’re shifting through inventory.

When I looked the other day you could only get on PCP with high monthlies and not final purchase price ie more like a loan.

[James6112]

Same as now
PCP, 0% interest
zero final payment
So a 0% loan

[Heres Johnny]

LR RWD was a fleet car specialbut they had excess stock so they stuck them on inventory. It's actually more like a Standard RWD car with the LR battery than the LR model without a motor as some of the slightly more premium bits are apparantly missing