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Just noticed: TAPTES contact info includes this gem: Unit 3 27/F Ho King Comm Centre, No 2-16 FA Yuen, Mongkok, KL, H.K FHoKing Comm Center? There's a joke there somewhere Shirley? :)

There might be an opportunity for a UK importer to do a deal with TAPTES here... or for them to offer expedited shipping; as I said, I'd pay!

Just checked and the listing is gone. Maybe the seller is revising the description? This was the only listing I saw with UK stock, sorry.

Which I'm personally totally fine with, for now. Mine has some uneven panel lines, but also the driver's seatbelt is twisted 360 (the cable at the bottom has been bolted in with a full twist in the belt!). I'll get it sorted with a service visit I'm sure, and I'm delighted with the car...

Quick heads-up: Saw some TAPTES-looking hubs on eBay advertising that they are M3/MY compatible (UK stock) and nearly ordered, then asked the seller if they were 2xUSB-A or 1xUSB-A and 1xUSB-C. Turned out to be the former. Quite sure the seller wasn't trying to fool anybody and he went away...

Mine arrived today and has USB-C and wireless charge pad.

For those with imminent deliveries: my delivery is due tomorrow and I got a text this morning, and the Delivery Declaration by email just now :) Third party lease.

Just my two cents having had a little experience of getting some large scale electrical works done (bigger than a bank of superchargers, but still) Planning approval is one thing, but DNO works and particularly wayleaves are another. You can have permission to build something, but the civils...

I have nothing documentation-wise for a delivery Wed (technically tomorrow). But I'm a third-party lease customer, so maybe all that goes to the leasing company anyway (?).

Looks quite a way to the west for Windward, but I don't know what the variables are :)

Thanks for this. To be fair, I think the detail was mostly reported correctly in the UK press at least, but as usual the headlines were often misleading clickbait (it's the same both sides of the pond unfortunately). If the mechanism was illegal then that would probably mean all Teslas would...

I don't have a drone, but I do have this:

Luxury! :)

OK, looks cool: Off - would be my desired default, in most local driving situations. Warning - would probably enable this on a long (highway/motorway) journey. Nice to have. Assist - Not my preference. Are these choices permanent? I have an ICE car rn which has a button to disable auto...

So as AP disable-able? I didn't go for FSD because I don't need it, but so far I also haven't had (or have had but permanently switched off) lane departure warning in other cars which is (IMHO) completely unsuitable and even downright dangerous for rural roads where direct control of the car...

Just following up on this, I drive in the US a lot and there aren't so many roads like this there (except in country songs). Many of my leftpondian friends that come over to Scotland get spooked by roads like this, but in a nice car with good observation and control, they are wonderful to drive...

Yeah, like this, we have lots of these in Scotland :) Please tell me it's possible to switch off lane departure warning, I "straighten the curves" all the time including being on the "wrong" side of the road often, because it's safer to do so (avoiding potholes and ragged road edges) on many...

Very true even in the Dry Bulk and Liquids shipping markets (which I know a very little bit about). Nerd point: I noticed the draft reduced very slightly recently and then I thought: D'oh! Consumption of bunkers ;) Also noticed in another thread that Tesla are now getting into the in-house...

Also, just for info, any guess at how much the charter cost for a ship like the GS is? That's only part of the total delivery cost to Europe for sure, but if I made a guess like maybe $1000 per car for just the sea transit from San Francisco to Zeebrugge would that be anything close? I would...

Do you know, to what extent are these crew members involved in the offloading the cargo? So when they dock in Zeebrugge, do these guys get a few hours shore leave, or are they all working hard to offload the cars? I'm guessing at least some of them must be involved, but I'd like to think some...

FWIW, I got a 7kw charger installed even though my head says I probably won't need it. One reason is that with the grants available it's not so much money compared to what I'm going to save on liquid dinosaurs, another is the "emergency" scenario, another is if I have visitors with EVs that...

I live about 30mins drive from Newbridge. I was originally supposed to pick up a car two days into lockdown (that they later gave to someone else!) and that was to have been a collection. So maybe they are doing more deliveries now to keep the traffic at the Newbridge centre down, but maybe...

I find this comforting while waiting: If a carrier holds 5500 cars, and is travelling at 18kts then the cargo is travelling at just over 100,000 car-miles/h, or around four times the escape velocity of the Earth. So the cars are collectively trying to get here faster than a Falcon 9 :D

Getting there! (Zeebrugge is just N of Bruges, about where the "M" in "Middelburg" is on this shot :)

Hi all, does anyone know what a home delivery in the UK looks like, post- (the start of) Covid? I was expecting a pickup but apparently I'm getting a delivery on the 13th (Aug , 2020). I'd love to know what this will look like (car driven to me, one car on a trailer, transporter, etc). Does...

Just to say I got my registration number today (20 plate) and a delivery date of 12 Aug. I was expecting a pickup at Newbridge, Edinburgh but apparently they will be delivering it to my driveway :)

Just putting this in here because it's great to see a ship with so many nice cars on in (inc mine) entering the Caribbean on its way to picturesque Zeebrugge ;)

Leasing broker (Leasing Options) emailed me this morning.

Just to add to the info store: VIN match this morning for M3 Performance. Arval lease via LeasingOptions. Car was Originally ordered in Dec 19, got pickup date of 2 days after lockdown which I couldn't justify doing, so they gave it to someone else in April and I've been waiting ever since...