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#2789044 4-Oct-2021 12:28

Tbh, I'm not sure your experience will be too different with an EV from a company like Hyundai, Nissan, etc. Just because you have a Hyundai dealership/service centre nearby doesn't mean that they have a tech that's trained to work on an EV. They may still need to send it to a different city that does have an EV trained tech or wait for one to visit.

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#2789051 4-Oct-2021 12:45

Tesla have approved repair garages around the country, no idea where they are in southland but Gary Smith do it in chc etc.

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#2789054 4-Oct-2021 12:48

RobDickinson:

Tesla have approved repair garages around the country, no idea where they are in southland but Gary Smith do it in chc etc.

*Bodyshops. They won't repair mechanical issues, but crash damage, etc.

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#2789055 4-Oct-2021 12:53

Why not, they have access to parts and diagnostics and I know they have replaced battery packs etc already on model 3's?

They wont do warranty work unless via tesla I guess

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#2789059 4-Oct-2021 12:58

I mean, you could try but it's generally not how bodyshops work. If it was damaged in a crash they'll repair/replace parts but they're not a service centre and you generally can't just go there with a fault and have them fix it.

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#2789061 4-Oct-2021 13:01

RobDickinson:

Tesla have approved repair garages around the country, no idea where they are in southland but Gary Smith do it in chc etc.

Just wondering about the numerous references to Southland?! Here's a map to help, just in case you're unsure about the location of the megalopolis of Palmy!

North Island New Zealand Map - Maping Resources

I do see an increasing number of 3s on the road in PN - and only expect this to increase given the numbers sold in the last month - so I'd be interested to know what these owners do in relation to servicing and repairs.

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#2789063 4-Oct-2021 13:02

There is a Mobile Service tech that drives up from Wellington to service cars in Palmerston North.

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#2789066 4-Oct-2021 13:07

Wait what sorry thought you were in southland.

There is a tesla service centre in wellington and they have a mobile service tech also.

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#2789109 4-Oct-2021 14:48

Hi

I think Tesla adjusted their NZ website and made Cybertruck preorders available for NZ.
Unless it's been there for a while and I missed it.

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#2789113 4-Oct-2021 14:58

Nah been there ages (since day 1) many of us have pre-orders

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#2789468 5-Oct-2021 00:10

what's the middle row width of the model Y vs model 3 ?

wider or same?

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#2789588 5-Oct-2021 09:11

afik the model Y is wider

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#2789602 5-Oct-2021 09:28

Exterior is 2.8" wider at the widest points vs widest points.

But nowhere in Google can I find middle row interior shoulder and hip width.

Even found one comment saying it's narrower lol

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#2789668 5-Oct-2021 10:35

Yeah by the measurements online on US sites its 50 inches vs 52 inches.. odd..

time to check the bjorn videos imo

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#2789688 5-Oct-2021 11:03

I had been looking at the RAV4 Limited hybrid as my next car, but given its current scarcity remaining cars are going for $60k! At that sort of price it's worth finding a bit more to go fully BEV.

So, thanks to this thread, I am thinking more seriously about the Y; I'll certainly take the Ioniq 5 for a test drive, but the value proposition of the Y (compared to what will be the compromises of the base-model 5 and EV6) is certainly compelling.

The guy in the Autogefuhl video I watched earlier was pretty critical of the suspension of the Y which, given the quality of NZ's roads, may be a potential issue (he was impressed with handling, though, reckoning it was the best of the Tesla range).

Has anyone come across any decent reviews/reports of the standard-range Y? Those I've found relate to the short-lived US version, but I understand Tesla has released a new standard-range version for HK (which I assume would be similar/the same as what we'll get here?).

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