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Thank you. I'll do that and see what happens.The other night i took a punt and used leaseplan's webchat to ask the question directly, by the end of it they emailed drive electric for me and two days later i had the two quotes i asked for which was a 6 month and 12 month extension. Ive signed the 12 month extension and it saves me £47 a month.
INEOS’ Grenadier not for you then? (or me for that matter!)The build quality on my 2021 MIC is faultless to my eyes, and the thought of going back into something with an interior festooned with buttons and vents doesn’t appeal at all.
I’ve just been planning a trip to the Lake District from Norwich, which it turns out will require a 20 minute stop at Scotch Corner to arrive with 50% battery. There’s not much that can rival that.
Autopilot is the only real disappointment for me. It’s lovely, apart from the phantom braking, which means that my family (rightly) won’t let me use it on our trip away. Therefore rendered useless. Hopefully it’ll be debugged in time.
Test drove the Polestar 2 a few weeks ago. A lot to like but the plastic trim around the top of the tunnel console is naff, as is some of the switchgear (particular on the steering wheel).If it couldn't I think the Mach-e or the Polestar 2 would be my choice.
Sighs... EQC it is then.Test drove the Polestar 2 a few weeks ago. A lot to like but the plastic trim around the top of the tunnel console is naff, as is some of the switchgear (particular on the steering wheel).
The one I drove had a rattle behind the dashboard and another above my passenger's head, and the boot lid certainly wasn't level with the body when closed so they clearly have build quality issues too.
I'll ditch my M3P as soon as I can. I'm sorry but: the performance is utterly brilliant and the tech and economy is very good. But I've grown weary of the spartan, empty interior and the build quality, infotainment system and number of options simply isn't good enough at this price point.
Despite my aversion to SUVs I would be quite tempted by an EQC or if the budget could stretch I'd get an E-tron GT. If it couldn't I think the Mach-e or the Polestar 2 would be my choice.
I sincerely hope Tesla improve build quality and options because I'll miss the packaging (pretty much all of my alternatives are ICE vehicles converted) and I'll really miss the charging network but on a whole I just have a downer on the brand. I get pelters for this but it's certainly how I feel: There's a certain Apple-ness about Tesla and it's owners. The hype and marketing is off the charts good but when you break down the products objectively they are just not as good as the hype suggests.
Yeah. I'm glad you mentioned the headlights too. I didn't think it would be that big a deal. Any LED headlights would be "good enough" right? However the difference between these and my old ones is literally night and day. I didn't think I'd pine for headlights as much as I do. If there was a third party offering dynamic LED lights on a par with the Audi's and Mercs of this world I'd get them fitted in a heartbeat.I’ll be dumping my M3P for similar reasons. I’ve well fallen out of love with the Spartan interior and I want a decent binnacle display and a HUD. Comfort and refinement, especially at motorway speeds, are nowhere near as good as they should be for a car in this price range. The windscreen wipers and auto headlights are an absolute joke, and Tesla are clearly incapable of fixing them. Phantom braking is downright dangerous when it implements a full emergency brake at 70mph. Autopilot is supposed to make driving more relaxing, but it’s anything but relaxing when you have to have your right foot constantly hovering over the accelerator, ready to intervene in an instant. Others might applaud the lack of choice, but I don’t see choice as a bad thing.
FSD, at least in this country, is going nowhere fast. People are pinning their hopes on the new (as always behind schedule) software, but I go on Tesla’s track record rather than their usually empty promises, and their track record is all about over promising and under delivering.
I’ve used a supercharger twice in 25k miles, and both times there was a viable alternative, so even this is no advantage to me.
It’s got to the stage where I use my M3 for local driving and my A6 for longer distances. The A6 gives me real comfort, superb matrix headlights, and dynamic cruise control that just works as it should. I don’t know what my next EV will be but Teslas would have to improve out of all recognition before I’d consider one.
All I can say is you've not experienced what the others can offer. My wifes car has the BMWs offering, and once you've driven at night following a car with your high beam on full with just the car in front blanked out, your headlights lighting up the road and verge to the sides and sometimes past the car you're following, you can't appreciate how good they are.Weird - the headlights on my 2019 M3LR are fantastic - the brightest in any car I've ever had, and the auto-dip function works a charm with me. Phantom braking is only very occasional and I've found the auto-wipers have improved over time. And as for the paint - I have a white car and it is flawless. Maybe I was just lucky!
Weird - the headlights on my 2019 M3LR are fantastic - the brightest in any car I've ever had, and the auto-dip function works a charm with me.
At the risk of stereotyping and probably sounding patronising (not my intent), I can't help thinking a fair few Tesla owners have not owned recent premium cars before, seduced by low BIK or lower running costs means they've left their relatively old or lower spec'd car behind.
I agree with @GeorgeSymonds .If you think the headlights are good I would have to question what your previous experience has been. Compared to old fashioned headlight and possibly xenon headlights then maybe. Compared to other LED headlights they are very poor. The illumination isn't even on the same level. And compared to active matrix LEDS it's just not even in the same ballpark. The illumination, the way the light adapted, the "smartness" of my Mercedes was light (sorry) years ahead of the M3P. I guess this is the issue. Until you've seen one of these systems you don't know how good modern lighting technology is to compare.Weird - the headlights on my 2019 M3LR are fantastic - the brightest in any car I've ever had, and the auto-dip function works a charm with me. Phantom braking is only very occasional and I've found the auto-wipers have improved over time. And as for the paint - I have a white car and it is flawless. Maybe I was just lucky!
So many negative comments, makes us relative newcomers worry about the choice we have made. I’ve driven a BMW 330e for the last four years, and personally I’m looking forward to owning a M3LR. Maybe owners should expect a more refined drive when spending £60k on a M3P, but the trade off was performance wasn’t it? You could buy an ICE (maybe a BMW M3) for similar money, but even that isn’t perfect, and has its own issues.
I do think Tesla need more of an options list, so you could add the latest headlight tech, or privacy glass, or alcantara trim etc, but as everything is software controlled, compatibility issues would pop up I guess.
I thought that was satire until I googled it.... my god, what are Ineos smoking? awful on every level.INEOS’ Grenadier not for you then? (or me for that matter!)