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Model Y UK Delivery
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I bought new vehicle replacement gap from ALA. 4 years was £423 with the code SAVOOGAPALA10
WannabeOwner
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I had the physical V5 in the post within a few days - pleasantly surprised.
WannabeOwner
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You might not consider it "in their right mind"
but some people who are happy to sponsor Tesla's endeavour to get to autonomous driving.Or think that price will go up, and they will get all, or more, back on resale.
Yes - I have always paid cash and where necessary always had GAP. Haven't done it with Teslas as my insurance covers full price for one year and I have no intention keeping a TEsla more than one year.
Tesla will never make the effort to get FSD in the UK because there are too many variables in the UK compared with the USYou might not consider it "in their right mind"
Or think that price will go up, and they will get all, or more, back on resale.
So true. The moment I test drove a Tesla I realised it wasn't a really a car, it was a personal transportation device. Tesla is a tech company that happens to build products which look like cars for now but their end goal is vastly different from the establishment. A true competitor of Tesla would be Uber. Both betting on a future where we don't need to physically own a car, we simply subscribe and pay for it's use. A future without garages, car parks, home chargers and having to do the school run! Simply when you want one, in 2 mins one appears - customised to your tastes and preferences. So this Y arriving next week could be quite possibly be the first and last EV I ever 'own'.
WannabeOwner
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I disagree. I think UK will set legal framework for autonomous driving, now we aren't shackled toy the snails pace of legislation-change of the EU; other countries will then adopt our framework. Something we are good at (albeit that no one pays us to adopt what we legislate!). Countries that have the legal framework will be likely to get FSD 'coz of the need for Tesla to demonstrate that they were right all along (assuming that they are!!) (e.g. Germany looks likely to ban auto-change-lanes on Autobahn because it contravenes some law there, nothing to do with whether there is any risk etc, and changing the law to allow it will take a-long-time)
WannabeOwner
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I have no idea what the timescale is, other than it has turned out to be longer / harder than Elon thought ... but that said Tesla and SpaceX et al have conquered a number of things that are "hard", even if later than promised.
But one thing I do know is that AI can progress at an exponential rate, and humans are lousy at comprehending exponential growth, so if and when that happens it will be a surprise to most people.
I struggle to see how FSD is worth £10K on a £40K car. Sure, if you are going to send your car out to ferry punters about when you don't need it then it becomes an earner. But I'm sceptical how many people want the car to come back with seats slashed and punters having chucked up everywhere ...
Anyways, when we get to the ride-hailing era Tesla won't need to sell any more cars to Jo Public, they can just create a ride-hail fleet instead.
foxtru
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Yes and no.. It is just software. I guess if you think about Europe, there are certain ways different people drive. Like in France, and the right of way with roundabouts. Or the craziness of driving in Italy where zebra crossings are taken under advisement by motorists.
One thing that would be cool, would be for Tesla to acknowledge the interactions that drivers undertake when driving. Not talking about the middle finger! But more the saying thank you by abbruptly engaging hazard lights or, flashing your high beams in tight roads to indicate to others they have right of way.
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Could you possibly post a link - I could not find these mats in UK Amazon unfortunately. Thanks.
Have you ever read the minutes from UNECE? Typically all other nations are trying to move things along but the UK representative in the Chair defers decisions, ignore sensible proposals and generally keeps the pace.
Anyway, we haven't left UNECE, its totally separate from the EU where its only ratified. The fundamental difference is that we are used to regulations determining that services we have are verified to be 'safe'. In the US they typically use regulation once something is shown to be unsafe.
glad you raised this mine, is identical, cannot see anything "wrong" with the paint but just feels rough in every area that I have run my hand over. Have you spoken to Tesla about it? Mine also had a scratch at the front so is booked in to the service centre, suspect I can add this to the list!
Indeed. When I spoke to my MP (Mr Gove) about this being a possible area to diverge from EU regulations he came back that they were unlikely to diverge from UNECE but were going to have some meetings about it with the industry. And if one of the faces of Brexit is saying that then...
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