Tesla Model 3 News and Discussion

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#2839753 29-Dec-2021 07:11

Since gaining an interest in the M3, I have watched various ones appear on Trademe and then disappear within days. So there is certainly demand out there. And it seems at the moment that depreciation is very small, the caveat being the hit the SR has taken due to the govt rebate. I’m sure they will depreciate ‘normally’ once supply and demand balance and we return to normal economic times.

By that stage I may have been able to convince my wife that a Tesla is a good idea, because at the moment she doesn’t like them. Doesn’t like the tech, the interior or the look. Although she did see one in red that “didn’t look quite so bad”, so there’s still a chance….

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#2839767 29-Dec-2021 08:29

Thing is you can ignore the tech, set her phone up and driver profile, wheel/seat/mirrors and preferences and she never has to deal with the tech again, literally easiest car ever to own and use daily.

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#2839813 29-Dec-2021 10:11

Dingbatt:

Since gaining an interest in the M3, I have watched various ones appear on Trademe and then disappear within days. So there is certainly demand out there. And it seems at the moment that depreciation is very small, the caveat being the hit the SR has taken due to the govt rebate. I’m sure they will depreciate ‘normally’ once supply and demand balance and we return to normal economic times.

By that stage I may have been able to convince my wife that a Tesla is a good idea, because at the moment she doesn’t like them. Doesn’t like the tech, the interior or the look. Although she did see one in red that “didn’t look quite so bad”, so there’s still a chance….

As an owner I think the biggest threat to your bottom line is Tesla dropping the price on you. Original owner of my M3P paid $108k or so, and by the time I bought it a year later, you could buy a better version of it (with the inverter and double-glazed windows) *new* for $98k. That's a locked in $10k loss for that guy, before even starting to look at the used-car-discount aspect of things.

Of course, Tesla being Tesla, this can also go the other way. I have no doubt there are people who actually made money by reselling their cars ha ha.

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#2839816 29-Dec-2021 10:15

We're benefiting from a good NZD at the moment and cheap Chinese manufacturing, USA has seen a string of price increases and so has the UK (that gets Chinese cars too).

Theres no guarantee our prices stay this low, including the rebate we're one of the cheaper countries to buy a model 3 in.

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#2839913 29-Dec-2021 11:46

Looks like the 3's and Y's in USA are now shipping with mcu3/ryzen and lithium 12v

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#2839959 29-Dec-2021 13:34

RobDickinson:

Thing is you can ignore the tech, set her phone up and driver profile, wheel/seat/mirrors and preferences and she never has to deal with the tech again, literally easiest car ever to own and use daily.

This is a person who took a while to get used to push button start and doesn’t answer her phone (via Bluetooth) while driving.

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#2839962 29-Dec-2021 13:46

Yeah.

Theres no button to start. No button to unlock, or lock. Just have the app running (setup as a key), and profile setup.

Walk up, get in , put seatbelt on, press brake pedal, select drive and go. Thats it. Literally.

To stop is even easier.

Bring car to a halt where you want, undo seatbelt, open door, get out and close, walk off. it automatically puts itself into park and locks. I usually press the park button on the rhs stalk but theres no actual need...

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#2839991 29-Dec-2021 17:05

I know.

The comment was for illustrative purposes.

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#2840040 29-Dec-2021 20:14

Maybe renting a Model 3 for a couple of nights might help decide whether she's able to come around to the idea? They're a bit pricey as a rental, probably due to being in high demand, but Go Rentals have the SR+ available or you can go with My Car Your Rental which also has someone with a Performance variant available.

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#2840164 29-Dec-2021 21:19

If anyone wanted some proof of a bias towards Tesla by the US based Consumer Reports, here's their ranking of quickest cars to 60mph, trying very hard to keep Tesla from the top by using older cars and getting the Model 3 LR stats incorrect, which is actually 4.4s. If they had used modern and correct figures, Tesla would have dominated the top of that list.

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#2840191 29-Dec-2021 22:14

I thought your tesla figure is from a rolling start?

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#2840201 29-Dec-2021 22:19

A rolling start doesn't take a full second off the 0-60

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#2840234 29-Dec-2021 22:48

Why the focus on straight line acceleration? Sure it's an important metric but there are other things. Cornering and handling are probably more important.

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#2840257 30-Dec-2021 06:41

Technofreak:
Why the focus on straight line acceleration? Sure it's an important metric but there are other things. Cornering and handling are probably more important.

I’m blown away by the handling of the SR+. Best comparison is it feels a lot like a 911.

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#2840277 30-Dec-2021 08:30

Technofreak:

Why the focus on straight line acceleration? Sure it's an important metric but there are other things. Cornering and handling are probably more important.

Consumer reports are focusing on 0-60 and outright lying about it, even their poor stats for cars not sold for years are wrong.

As for handling, the 3 is a beast. Its probably one of the fastest real world point to point cars you can buy.

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