louco73
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The car sounds very quiet at high speed. Love how he casually moves to the right lane, even at 263 km/h
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The car sounds very quiet at high speed. Love how he casually moves to the right lane, even at 263 km/h
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Congrats !!!!My M3P Red/Black delivered today @ 14:00 Brisbane (Pic is in the M3 waiting room thread).
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Can tell the speed limit is 263 set. Can't go anymore than that even if there seems to be plenty more grunt left in the car
Being French is still don't get that 100kph limit in Australia, and how authorities seems convinced it's already super dangerous to travel at those speed.
20-40 have been delivered in Brisbane.
Not sure about other states yet, the Sydney cars should be next week.
Turandot is still waiting to offload in Melb.
The Adelaide car could have been a test Driving car
First Adelaide deliveries were 9am on Saturday. Here's the first one out the door from that day, tucked in for bed.
guilliam_246
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For what its worth I know that my M3P is on Walrus ACE and docked in Melbourne a few hours ago, hopefully deliveries before the end of the month
Just braved the arctic temperatures outside and took the aero caps off. To summarise the experience, average - if you dont want them on, ask Tesla not to put them on during delivery. I did ask, but was too late with my request as they had already fitted them. After just 2 days of driving there was all sorts of grime stuck between the clips and the wheels. I'm convinced that if you drove around for a few weeks, the clips would rub against the grime and permanently mark the wheels. Could be wrong of course.... Anyway, what's the consensus? Better on or off?
louco73
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You definately need a tool, the clips are insanely tight. I used a kit similar to this. I followed these instructions.
Once removed, they do leave marks where the clips attached to the rim. These buff out with some polish and elbow grease, its like a plastic residue from squeezing the clips past the rim. After removing all the caps there were two small scratches left that did not polish out, so be advised there is some risk here. I've seen other people in the US take the whole wheel off and remove the metal retainer clips first but I CNBF.
In the (poor quality) picture below you can see the amount of dirt that accumulated in just 2 days of driving. The area circled in blue is where the clip pushes in to the wheel and I'm sure this would wear the paint over time. The area circled in yellow shows the marks left when the cover is pulled off, they are more visible to the naked eye, but these do buff out. I'd say, the longer you leave the aero covers on, the more likely you would cause damage removing them.
