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Funnily enough, I don’t get to stand in front of a shareholder meeting a day or two before I sell my TSLA shares :D A perfect ruse! No-one is going to care in the slightest what I would do, sorry to break it to you…

This seems such a blatant lie. Back in April, Elon sold $8bn of TSLA to fund his Twitter idea, and said then there would be no more TSLA sold. Yet, here we are. Feels like this could easily happen again next week, or next month, or whenever, for the rest of the $46bn. By expecting to buy the...

As far as I understand it, the 18” and possibly 19” Tesla wheels will not fit because the centre hub is different on the Performance versions. TSportline have a nice selection of wheels designed to match the original Tesla style. They offer 18” and 19” wheels that DO fit the Performance. 18"...

I’ve seen a number of Model 3s with the black interior and almost always, the seats have dust, creases, and shiny patches. My white interior has none of those ailments, so I think the people concerned that the white will ‘show every mark’ or ‘stain easily’ are perhaps forgetting how much black...

I made a 1900km road trip recently :) This is the coastline near Kaikoura, New Zealand, which was dramatically reshaped by an earthquake about ten years ago (some land was lost to the sea and other rocky parts were exposed). Funny to be part of a changing landscape with a car that’s changing...

I switched from a 2008 Gallardo Spyder. The remarkable thing about that car was the lack of any refinement or evidence of any suspension tuning - poorly matched springing and damping exacerbated the body flex (from being a convertible), the 4WD was ineffective (twitchy under power), and the 5L...

Thanks - yes, it will definitely damage the clearcoat in the sense of thinning it, I just wonder how much of it will be removed to achieve the necessary improvement. This is exactly where I am at with this (I absolutely agree with you), and why I have done nothing so far about it - I didn’t...

Hello good people of the best Model 3 forum... :) My question is, has anyone successfully wet-sanded their Model 3’s original paint to remove orange peel? I’ve had mine for about 17 months now, clocked up 34,500 wonderful kilometres, generally very happy with the car. In the first few weeks I...

Six minutes into that video, I was starting to get a real sense of déjà vu. Well-presented, but I was sure I’d seen things twice or three times over. I think someone needs to work on editing and continuity. Fortunately by about 26 minutes in, it’s very useful to see how the seat covering...

Great resource especially for those new to the forum :) One acronym that confused me was ONR (Optimum No-Rinse, I think) favoured by those who wash their cars without a hose. But also used as an interior cleaner and general detailing spray. -Alex

I think I spotted the other, the word ‘increase’ instead of ‘decrease’. It matters not, a tiny blemish in a consistently excellent presentation. I just want to take this opportunity to thank you for all the work you put in, and your insights, particularly into market conditions (Coronavirus...

The black plastic bar-shaped piece with a press-in clip is, I believe, for securing a wiring harness. Tape (plastic or fabric) is wrapped around the wiring and around the bar, then the clip pushes into a plain 8mm hole in sheet steel. The chrome ‘J’ says it is made from ABS, then bears the...

Then you want your wash as quick and easy as possible. I don’t use buckets. I spray the car with foam from a sprayer on a pressure washer (not much detergent needed for this), then either clean it with a mitt or, for a quick wash, just rinse it off with high pressure water. Dry with an air...

Yes; my opinion is that a high tyre pressure (harder tyre) hitting a hole is more likely to cause a cracked wheel rim than a lower pressure in the same tyre. -Alex

I enjoy not having to worry about my side mirrors when driving on sunny days - a reflected white bar from the dash effectively crosses out the mirror glass and saves me from looking at what’s behind or coming up beside. I find the white seats really easy to keep clean. A weekly vacuum seems to...

You are absolutely correct... I meant only the styling was borrowed from the 8C to make a small sports car (4C). Likewise, I was meaning that Tesla could borrow the styling from their Roadster to produce a much-cheaper Roadster with the Model 3 platform. Less performance, but still plenty of...

How about something with styling similar to the Roadster but on the Model 3 platform - so a fraction of the price - kinda like what Alfa Romeo did when they borrowed from the 8C to get the 4C. -Alex

Or perhaps a Tesla will see the wipers in use on other vehicles coming the other way, and turn its own wipers on, which should work nicely until most vehicles on the road are other Teslas. -Alex

I really dislike the side windows (tinted rear/untinted front) of the Y, the cheap black trim and handles, and black wheels. It just looks ‘budget’ to me :) and then it’s bigger, so it loses some of the elegance AND performance... a more upright seating position... need I go on :D It’s probably...

I think the best approach would be to book a service appointment using the Tesla app on your mobile. I’ve heard in the UK that’s generally more effective than trying to get hold of anyone on the phone or by email. -Alex

In 2018 the maps were eight years old in our three-year-old Alfa Romeo Giulietta with uConnect, so I decided that I’d get the franchised dealer to update them while the car was still in warranty. Even though there was no capability for live traffic data, it seemed like being able to navigate on...

Really helpful video for door panel removal - thank you! Concise and clear, and you cover all bases, even showing how to recover an errant clip grommet :) The adjustment of the window tracks is broadly similar to that found on another car I had with frameless glass, Alfa Romeo Gtv or Spider...

Mine has always had the window creak too, I believe it is the glass against the rubber seal around the top of the doorframe. I get a kind of residue on the glass from the rubber. Cleaning this off seems to effect a cure for a while. Rubbing silicone into the rubber seal may also help, but will...

Mine always makes these sounds when I charge from a 50kW DC charger. Strangely I haven’t noticed any odd sounds when using a 120kW Supercharger. I guess most owners in the USA will either slow-charge or supercharge. Since our Model 3s use the CCS socket, we have about 200 Veefil/Delta chargers...

I was about to suggest silicone spray too... on rubber seals to prevent windows freezing to them, and in door handle pockets to prevent water collecting/freezing in there. Not sure about the frunk but I expect that would also benefit from silicone spray; perhaps the rubber seals freezing to the...

Yes, mine are broken too. The purpose is to hold up the perimeter of the front ‘tub’ so that the service panel fasteners can press down into it. I have a persistent rattle from the fasteners because they won’t all engage properly. I don’t think the original part works properly - improvements...

The Model 3 seems to get just as much attention/recognition from young people. I’ve covered as many kilometres in two months as I did in a year with the Gallardo. More acceleration is available in the Model 3 for overtaking or climbing hills, because there’s no need to wind the engine up first...

Thank you for this summary! Much more useful than re-reading 20 pages to try and see a trend. Glad my Lamborghini made the list. Might have been nice to see Ferrari there too :p -Alex

I’m glad you brought up this point. I’m in a similar situation to you; chose my Model 3 to replace my daily driver and did away with my Gallardo Spyder at the same time. I really chose the Model 3 because I appreciate the fine engineering solution an electric drivetrain provides. It works so...

The materials aren’t water-absorbent, and water isn’t going to affect them, so I don’t see a problem or why an additional waterproof material would be useful. Anyway, the original lining material should deflect the dirt and water away :) -Alex

I’ve also discovered this accidentally when reversing back along a service road/slip road after I discovered it was inconveniently closed off by a truck parked at the end. The left signal shows that you intend keeping to the left and that other drivers (rubbish trucks, in this case) can pass on...

Surely the answer is that when the headlights are next turned on, Auto High Beam must be re-enabled, which makes sense to me. You wouldn’t expect Auto High Beam to be active with the headlights off. The far more major problem I have is that Auto High Beam doesn’t go to dipped beam quickly...

Useful information, thanks. Seems to me that choosing Lock should really lock the doors; prevent opening from outside even if a key/phone is in the car. Also seems to me that ‘unlock driver’s door only’ would be an easy on/off setting to add on the Security settings page; those of us that...

Don’t want to be critical but I just had a thought - how about using the Dynapad cut to shape in the rear wheelarches (behind the ‘carpet’ liners which aren’t very dense)? The metalwork is basically naked here. Just thought maybe the heavy pad might absorb tyre noise close to the source. I was...

I got mine today. It was a bit interesting as I already had Spotify - but now have Spötify. Instead of offering to sign me into my account (which I don’t have), it offers to sign me into ‘12’. One improvement this brings is that the Ride the Lightning podcast is now in Spötify; it wasn’t...

That’s an interesting development if so. My car built 14 August seems to have a strip of impact-absorbing film along the sills, under the paint. Nothing apparent on my front bumper; perhaps yours continues the development. -Alex

My Model 3 Performance delivered 28/9 in Auckland NZ also still waiting :) -Alex

Instead of the ‘safe’ VW and BMW choices you’ve made in the past, I really wish you’d chosen Alfa Romeo :D that would help you to appreciate great cars and lousy service! -Alex

Haha - Yeah as I noted, Elon got a laugh out of that one :) cheers Thank you! I had heard that expression before (on US forums); never thought much about it, until I met a car collector who had amassed a fantastic collection but was unable to enjoy driving any of them, due to being struck down...

Thank you - interesting and what luck that I clicked on that ‘Garland’ first, then...! hence why it was purple in the list I posted :) -Alex

Nice one! Whereabouts? I had to look up Garland (appears under your name) and actually found there were loads of places named Garland. I live somewhere called Papamoa :) Funny to think our cars have ‘cousins’ all over the world, but they’re all born in the same place - so far. I now have a life...

I’m not sure exactly, but orders for us opened on the last day of May. I think the first cars were delivered at the end of July for England and end of August for us. My car was built August 14th (delivered September 28th) which seems about right to me... takes just under a month for a ship to...

Hi - yes they do - the speedometer is top-right, the ‘buttons’ along the bottom have the car settings in the lower-right corner. Navigation speaks in a slightly Australian accent, temperature in degrees C, and we have Spotify - though I understand you get Spotify too now? :) Cheers -Alex

The first trip home, posed beside our other car... Model 3 seems immediately more elegant in hatchback company :)

My delivery yesterday at Tesla Auckland (New Zealand) - dressed suitably for the occasion to celebrate the white interior :D my new jeans that won’t leave marks on seats. Car is in great shape apart from the right-front foglight, which was noted by the delivery-assistant using her iPad. This is...

Interestingly I now have my very own ‘fog light’ - was like it at yesterday’s delivery - have dried it by warming it with a heat gun but it has returned a few hours later :) The other side is not affected, so I guess some of these lights units aren’t sufficiently sealed. Will take it up with...

Thank you for reporting back :) Also thank you for showing us some of the appearance faults - which I hope could be fixed quite quickly and easily. - Crooked badge is ridiculous - template must have slipped and not been noticed - Panel gaps at edges of front lid seem easily fixed - Plastic...

Wow, not, like, a way of life? A daily obsession? An extension of your soul? :D -Alex

Yes, that. I find this discussion surprising as almost all of our EVs in NZ make similar sounds; only Teslas are silent here. The vast majority of our EVs are 2011-2016 Leafs imported used from Japan - these Jap-spec cars have always had the sounds, plus a button to disable them (self-resets to...

...a month! :o I wish it didn’t rain every few days throughout the year... Can have a beautifully clean shiny car for about half an hour once I start driving it. Usually wash twice a week. My Model 3 is still not here yet, I’ve chosen dark blue, but regret it whenever I see a red one in a...