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Ah well there goes my Model 3 performance purchase. Can't in right mind do it knowing some of our European cousins are paying £10K less for the new model 3 performance ☹️ (roughly same VAT & import tax rates)

75bhp fiat panda diesel that weighed 800kg's and was a hoot, followed by mercedes E-Class diesel when the panda disintegrated (we buy any car paid me £50 for it😁). 2019 Tesla model 3 piqued my interest, coupled with numerous benefits buying the car though a company, meant hello EV world and...

As an outside observer ie not American. It would appear that politics has got so polarised in the USA that they both sides automatically need to take opposing positions on absolutely everything to the degree that it's nigh on impossible to get anything done. Throw in the politised news outlets &...

Makes you wonder why the Germans are paying approx. £10K less despite paying 19% VAT and 10% import duty. Would love to upgrade my 2019 M3LR but this degree of price gouging is unacceptable. Looks like I'll be keeping my M3LR a little while longer

Too much ?😁

Not when the half that loves you is petrol sniffing, coal rolling, gun toting redneck's who think EV's are a socialist plot 🤣

Missed that I was looking at the model 3. If it helps German finance rate for Model Y is 0.00%. So yes we pay both more for the car and more for the finance

Yes the whole 'drive on the left' basically lets them lock the whole UK market down. When I lived in Germany there was quite a lot of cross border auto trade when pricing anomalies occured

So Tesla have decided to make their cars more affordable around the planet. Except for us idiots in the UK. Who are currently paying nearly £5K more for an entry model 3 than they do in Germany. Oh and the cherry on top is higher finance interest rates. I love the cars, but this 'take...

Same here. Thankfully in process of disconnecting my gas so saving that standard charge more than covers the increase in the electricity. Shame they didn't drop overnight rate down to 5p. I still have fond memories of those days 😁

I had the same conundrum for my battery only install. Went GivEnergy in end due to: Pricing: This has changed the 2 devices should be at parity cost wise but some installers are not passing on the price drops. Battery chemistry: Not a fan of NMC (PW2) in the household storage scenario feel...

Still waiting forine to be installed but as part of the initial survey they calculated the heat needed to keep the house at 21C, which is dependent on the fabric of the house ie insulation etc. In my case estimated annual electricity usage for heating and hot water was 5500 kWh Just installed...

I'm guessing over £6 per kWh was a typo. There have always been regional differences which from what I remember was due to sourcing of power from different providers in different parts of country (I could be wrong though). Also curious I am guessing your an EV owner and I'm surprised your not...

I've got British Gas installing an ASHP in November (Oxymoron I know) and they have just informed me my end price is dropping £2.5K due to the subsidy change. Yes I tried going with Octopus but lost the will with noisy kit needing planning permission and total inflexibility on using quieter...

Sigh I've got a battery only setup and no MCS (installer only does MCS Certificates for Solar). Getting outgoing rate is going to be a challenge even with the DNO approval

About same including VAT. Problem I had is I could see Tesla had dropped PW prices (£5,800 for PW & Gateway excl VAT, delivery and installation)but installers where still trying to charge me about £9k-10k and telling me I could get a £350 rebate. So between that and the Givenergy LFP and larger...

Apparently Octopus will be offering the GivEnergy all in one 'soon', which is a cheaper powerwall 2 alternative (mine is being installed as I write this though not via Octopus as could not be arsed waiting). Main advantage it has over PW2 is LFP and not NMC batteries which are 'safer' and 6 kW...

Octopus seem to have a GivEnergy love affair going on and with Tesla entering the UK energy market I can see Octopus preferring a powerwall alternative to counter Tesla tempting all powerwall customers over with various VPP offers

Dual motor

East/West with west shaded

Interesting. Over last 4 years 80k miles have had various bits replaced either under warranty or paid for by me. My rear has just started creaking (low speed) but the estimated bill is £85 which sounds like a lube job. But won't be suprised if on day get the 'ah discovered xcx' conversation...

In last 4 years have tried e-primacy - reasonably priced, did seem to give a slightly longer range, handling a little woolly and they will let you know in no uncertain terms when tire tread is getting low or in my case nearly did a pirouette on a roundabout despite still being legal (just)...

For me it was the £4K annual gas/electric cost that got me started on this. So summer spent getting cavity fill, heatpump (incoming) and battery. Battery acting as insurance in case heatpump efficiency does not meet expectations (I'd rather have a system using too much off peak than peak...

Whoops 7 years. Kept telling my darling wife 5 years and it's stuck in my head. @browellm Good point about the Inverter losses. For simplicity's sake I had not factored them in. Think it's going to be interesting optimising this thing over the next few months, which based on the info...

At least 75p and battery has 12 warranty (unclear if unlimited cycles) 😁. And as far as spirit of the scheme is concerned - meh. And before you loose it about me being a selfish tw@t I was making an observation in my post. The savings achieved off setting my peak rate usage alone result in...

About to get a 13.5kWh GivEnergy all in one battery. If I understand this correctly as an Intelligent Octopus customer in the 6 hour cheap rate period I could charge the battery at 7.5p per kWh, discharge back to grid and receive 15p per kWh, then charge battery again. Outcome free electricity...

Curious as to how your getting on with GivEnergy battery (I keep hearing mixed reports on them), as have 13.5kWh GivEnergy all in one AC coupled battery being installed in about a week's time (no solar)

Apparently crash absorption rails can be cut off & replaced with a bolted part for collision repair. If the damage is more extensive than that then odds are the car would be a write-off regardless of the construction method. Apparently their is a feedback loop between Tesla insurance and the...

Happy to concede BM3 3 Series is quieter than the current model 3. But point still stands how do you know it's significantly quieter than the new one ? Reason I mention it is, according to Tesla, a lot of improvements have been made in this area (and it needed it).

Don't quite know where you are going with this ? the BMW is quieter and 30kg lighter than the new Model 3 ? How do you know it's quieter I'm not aware that anybody has whipped out their decibel meter on the new model 3, which apparently has improved acoustic performance. Apologies if I am just...

And there I was hoping for a model 3 plaid. Sigh !!!!

It gets more interesting if you potentially start selling excess battery capacity back at higher rates than you charged but that's very battery dependent. I can see I might have to go '2 battery' as my winter consumption is significantly higher than in summer (primarily due to dehumidifier's...

Apologies in advance if this is already covered (life is to short to read this thread) but to the question of is solar worth it in UK Going through this exercise now. Due to roof orientation, shading etc the best I can hope for is 3000kWh annually. Now with intelligent Octopus peak rate this...

As a 4 year owner of a model 3 LR with 80K miles the highland refresh sounds interesting if even half of the rumours are true. The CATL M3P battery seems a certainty (CATL seem to have built a new battery factory to produce these a few miles from the shanghai battery), which seems to be good...

Wow just popped onto this thread for the 1st time in ages to see if there was any Goss on new octopus tariffs and instead Mr Angry. Will put you into an early grave that sort of nonsense ☹️

Learnt a few years ago that there is no point in arguing with stupid

Mines a 2019 M3LR that also had the 'standard' upper control arm suspension fix in mid 2022 has also just started the steering squeak this week. Update: Booked in on 13th to fix with an estimated £172 cost Got to love this forum🙂

I found the following interesting. Highlighted the problem, the root cause and the fix. It left me with some hope

I have but the feed in element of the tariff is the same as as the usage element. It's not a VPP. The way that works is at moment of peak demand the price of electricity increases and typically a gas powered generator is fired up to meet additional demand. With VPP all connected powerwalls...

For those with battery storage it would be useful if this got scheme got extended to include some sort of 'Virtual Power Plant' scheme, where if demand is high batteries could put some power back in the grid and be paid a higher rate than the standard feed in tariff. I know Tesla Powerwalls are...

Bob. Was originally called toothless ie the black night fury dragon in 'how to train your dragon' movie (car is a black M3LR). Preferred Bob as it's a palindrome

make sure the car is level before you calibrate. I stick a spirit level on the armrest to make sure it is (after mistakenly calibrating on a sloped driveway making things worse)

Had the same problem but one of the updates in the past few months added a seat and steering calibration in the service menu - fixed the problem for me

you might want to get a smart meter and change your tariff to one of the associated octopus smart tarriffs e.g. Octopus Go. the reduced rate for x hours overnight is great for charging the car.

Think you've got problems i'm 55 and based on your calculation's mines got to last 30 to 45 years 😂😂 - Hell FSD might even be working by then :-)

I want one, but on the basis this car was 'launched' in 2017 and it's still unclear when it will go into production (2023 ?), I'm not inclined to give uncle Elon £34K for a reservation until a) they actually start producing the car and b) I can confirm I actually fit in the thing. Now a Model 3...

There is always the newly launched Michelin Pilot Sport EV's

The current stock price factors in future growth so when the market begins to detect the end game the price will stabilize. I struggle currently to see the price getting over $4,000 (ignoring inflation adjustment), which to be fair would make it the most valuable company on the planet by a...

Keeping it short term, having observed the step change in output from Shanghai in December and continued Freemont S/X ramp Tesla seem to have a capacity to produce 350K cars in Q1 (1.4M annualised) without factoring in further capacity increases at the existing factories or the new factories...

With regards the title of this thread I personally think Japanese knotweed is misunderstood just like Tesla but boy they are both buggers to get rid off