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Hopefully this is still useful to you. My experience is focused on NI and Donegal - I'm not sure about further south (expect Dublin & Cork would be much better though). There are no Superchargers in NI, though one is scheduled for the Belfast service centre later this year. And a distinct lack...

Floor mats (original) I have a set of factory/original floor mats that were delivered with my Tesla Model 3 LR dual motor in June last year. They are virtually as-new - only used for a week before I replaced them. If anyone in the Glasgow area wants to collect them, they are welcome to them...

Keen to hear any views on this as well. I drive to rural bits of the north of Scotland fairly regularly. Considering the Michelin CrossClimate 2s for my M3 LR. I used to do winter/summer swaps on the old car, and while the winter tyres were fantastic (Nokian WR D4 I think), the cost and hassle...

Yep - original post explained I got a 3.5m one with the car. Thanks all for the recommendations - I've gone for the Mennekes 7.5m one from Nic-e Shop.

I've noticed that with my home charger too - single phase, but the voltage is closer to 250 than 230V, so I get nearly 8kW! A Brucie Bonus!

Hi there, I'm looking for recommendations for a Type 2, 32 amp 3-phase charging cable to use with my 2021 Model 3 for use with public and home charging. I want around 7.5m length, or 10m if that's all that's available. I'm particularly keen to get a high-quality one, that uses relatively...

Not sure I understand the negativity - I always look forward to seeing a new FC video in my feed, and feel that my regular Patreon support is good value. Robert, Dan and their team have done an enormous amount to push sustainable living forward over the past 10 years or so. It can't have been...

The other thing that's worth noting about the transition is that there will be some charger downtime during the weekend of the 26th/27th July, as they reboot chargers and add them to the new back-end system. According to the webinar on EVA Scotland, it'll be progressive, so if your charging...

Indeed! The latest downtime has been truly shocking, but not surprising. They seem to have DDoS'ed their own website by encouraging all members to log in at once, at 5pm on a Friday... just as their sysadmins go home for the weekend. The main login link is still broken today, four days later.

Car twins! 69% charge on collection for me, but unsure if that's standard practice. Good luck today - hope your car is as issue-free as mine!

Oh dear! Hope you get it sorted. Waste of a day! I’m glad that didn’t happen to me - I’d have spend the day ordering more accessories o_O💵

Not that I could see.

I collected on Saturday from Glasgow with no issues (and the car is great!) The EST loan came in on Wed, and I'd transferred out the balance to Tesla the same day. Since my account had cleared by end of business that day, and showed no balance outstanding, I wasn't asked for any kind of...

My collection experience from Saturday - car has no issues so far and looks great! It was charged to 69% but I'm not sure if that's standard. 5 people collecting at the same time as me. The site is still a portakabin in an overflow car park. The advisor wasn't sure when the service centre...

Yes that's right. I transferred £3* first of all to confirm the payee details, and it showed up within about 20 minutes. I called Tesla for them to confirm receipt. At other times, it has taken up to four or five hours to show - Tesla said it could take up to half a day, so I suppose it must...

Yes it does seem a bit of a strange set of expectations on the EST's side. At least with Tesla and their global shipping routes, cars could be several weeks to months out from the initial order date, so there is a bit of time to get things in order. but it'd be worse if you were buying from a...

EST funds arrived this morning for me. No extra notification but it did seem to take from Friday to today via BACS.

Yes there is a separate notification when it's paid out by them (subject line starts "Payment confirmation"). It notes that it can take up to 5 working days via BACS. Which is the limbo that I'm currently in. I think @imstitch is right about the days of the week when they do payment runs. They...

Eek! I am currently in the meaningless void between the EST loan being ‘paid’ and being paid. Got the notification on Friday. So slightly further ahead than you but not by much! Collection is this Saturday… :confused:

As I understand it that's correct. Each cabinet is 1MW and handles four 250kW bays, so there should be no load sharing. Presumably the four are labelled A,B,C,D to help with identification in case of maintenance/outages, since otherwise there's no need for users to pick the 'best' stall...

I’m collecting there on the 12th so can give you a more updated report at that point.

On the ferry terminals - yes they are a strategic gap, especially since Stena/P&O moved from Stranraer (where there are at least a few public chargers) to Cairnryan. However I think I read somewhere on this thread that there's going to be a supercharger in Belfast reasonably near the port at the...

I had that issue - call Tesla and they will advise the registration number. They will send you an automated text at some point, but that was several days after I was able to get it from them directly over the phone.

So I should finally write up one of these posts given that I've taken advantage of lots of help from folk in the forums! Here is my experience so far: Reservation in 2016 (yes...) Ordered (M3 LR Midnight Silver, 18", tow bar, and just the cooncil** version of Autopilot), 6th May 2021. Ordered...

Indeed - thank you @Mr Miserable - it’s been fun speculating which ship my car might be on, and tracking the progress. Wasn’t expecting a port arrival photo but that’s great! Now if you could just log in to your satellite imagery console tonight and check my car for scratches that’d be great… 😊

Very useful data collection effort folks! Hopefully SWARCO eVolt will do a better job of publishing these rates when they take over in July.

Just FYI, quite a few of the mats advertised as Model 3 compatible on your site have pictures of a Model S next to them. Might be worth fixing!

Mr. Miserable advised that Glovis Sun was the most likely ship for my old VIN number. I'm not sure about the new one. Perhaps you are right!

True, but there are other negative consequences of lots of people driving, even if it's in EVs that don't cause air pollution: Use of boom box feature causing widespread fart-based noise pollution Panel gap comparison meetups causing additional traffic Additional road wear and required...

My VIN has been switched from: LRW3F7EB4MC234xxx to LRW3F7EB0MC235xxx I'm assuming that's also likely on Glovis Sun - fingers crossed! Order date was 6th May, delivery 12th June.

Meanwhile In Scotland... I'd never buy a car without front fog lights, mostly for the value of being seen by other drivers, but they're also great for the driver inpicking up things that are off-axis to your headlights in poor visibility. Adaptive headlights can help with that, but foggies are...

OK so I have questions about the EO Mini Pro 2 versus the Zappi. I have solar, but only a very small array (around ~1.4kW). Ideally I'd like to do solar matching charging, but realistically it seems unlikely to generate the current required to charge a Model 3. I've spoken to an installer, who...

I’m looking for recommendations for installers in the Glasgow area. Chargers of choice are the EO Mini Pro 2 and Zappi. Thanks for any advice.

If it helps, I applied the EST on the 6th May and got the offer on the 13th.

I ordered M3 LR with tow bar from inventory on 6th May, and delivery appointment is 12th June. Tesla say it left the factory in Shanghai recently so could it be on the Hyperion Ray as well? The VIN appeared in the 'Manage' page source code today and it's LRW3F7EB4MC234xxx .

Thanks for the information! That's completely mad! Then again I suppose they need to melt down a lot of 5nm processor chips to make one tow bar... :D

It seems like the tow bar is no longer available in the configurator for the M3 LR. Anyone know what's going on?!

Because using the OZEV list would have excluded cars that don’t qualify for the revised grant (i.e. price over 35k).

This scheme is up and running again. They now have their own list of eligible cars, instead of the OZEV list (thankfully!). Both the M3 SR+ and LR are listed. No performance.

I've contacted Home Energy Scotland / EST about the EV loan and suggested that they make it available for any car eligible for green plates.

Yeah looks like it may open again in April - I've posted here. Fingers crossed...

Looks like as others have pointed out, this scheme is being reviewed (at the least!). This is what shows on the EST applications site:

Where are you seeing that information about the Scottish EV loan? In many ways that's a bigger issue for folk here than the £3k grant going away. EDIT: Just found the info on the EST applications site. Will post on the main thread about it.

I understand the politics here - but the greenwashed justification in the press release is laughable. UK government has frozen petrol/diesel duties for 11 years, which is a huge effective subsidy to the fossil fuel industry.

Great find - glad someone is covering this change. Hopefully someone (the artist formerly known as Teslabjörn maybe?) will compare them out on the road side-by-side at some point.

I agree there is a distinct difference in placement/facilities. But what you're saying is: if she wants to stay safe, buy a Tesla?!! It shouldn't be left to her to use her market power to ensure her safety/security. All charge point operators should be taking this into account.

Good on you for chasing this up!

I have no experience of this process, but I would be tempted to use the IBAN + SWIFT numbers anyway. IBANs have a built-in checksum, which can help avoid typos on the account number (always a concern for me when sending large payments!).

Yes, it's been there for a while. Here's a video showing the location etc.:

There was an interesting aside in the full article in Which Magazine though: "We discussed Land Rover in more detail back on p15, but Tesla remains the paradox. Near the bottom of our table, Tesla cars sport some of the highest fault rates (40% of owners with cars up to three years old) and...