BarnabySydney
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My prediction. Big things will happen this week. Either hear from delivery specialist. Cars seen on the ground here. Or the app and web site come to life as cars are linked to owners.
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Tesla Model 3 in Australia
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The SMS and press embargo being lifted make me inclined to agree.
My current AMG Mercedes was ordered new and I was promised 3-4months max for delivery. Once the contract was signed I never heard from them again. I checked after 3-4months and it was nowhere to be seen.I kept checking again and again as the months progressed with increasing dissatisfaction (which I expressed) but there was no car and no communication. Guess when my car arrived? 13.5mths after ordering! I wasn't the only one as my friend who ordered at the same time also waited that long.
What was the icing of the cake is that the Mercedes dealers around town played a dirty little trick. If you walked off the street and wanted to buy the car, they would entice you to order with a promise of delivery within a couple of weeks so long as you paid Retail price with no discount (which many did as the car was popular) ....how did they achieve that with no stock? well they would offer you the cars that were arriving of those that had ordered and were waiting for them and those poor bastards would just keep waiting indefinitely not realising their cars were being flogged off to new buyers with zero wait.
After my experience with Mercedes, Tesla so far is playing a far more ethical game and seem to be keeping to schedule far better too.
The gen 2 seats in the S are lifted from the X. They sit lower and are very comfy.
EcoCloudIT
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I’ve got Gen 2 seats in my S (I bought my S when one could buy Gen 1 or 2) and the seats in my wife’s X is better again. I was talking about the Gen 1 to 2 seats in the 3 (yep, that’s a thing).....
I can take a photo of mine if you want but I doubt it will communicate much more than the website shows. The support is good, holds you firm. Also has the headrest that goes up and down. Somewhat strangely the headrest and lumber are controlled from the screen whilst all the other functions from the side of the seat. They should all be on the screen. The white faux leather is just glorious.
But how good? I had a loaner model s with gen 2 seats. Really really liked the seats so I tried to buy a pair for my model s. It was cost prohibitive but I bought another model s instead.
They dont really look any different to the old ones, but feel different.
They are also 5mm narrower so no more annoying squeak on the armrest.
Ok very confusing. In that case I’m referring to gen 3 seats in the model s, which is the same as x. I didnt realise you were referring to model 3, and interesting that 3 has already had a seat upgrade before any aust cars are delivered.
EcoCloudIT
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soz. I meant "trying to work out whether the seats in a new Model S will be great and so I should buy one tonight" is too hard
EcoCloudIT
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From what I understand the 3 got Gen 2 seats (due to many people complaining the Gen 1 seats wore too quickly) many months ago...of course the only example of the 3’s seats we can see in Australia is a much older car that has Gen 1 seats (and the Gen 1 seats in it, the red one in Chadstone) not only looks really bad but also is flimsy on the sides that one can wobble (not a wearing thing, just crappy)....
They are great and you should buy one tonight, especially now that free supercharging is backsoz. I meant "trying to work out whether the seats in a new Model S will be great and so I should buy one tonight" is too hard
EcoCloudIT
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But I’m tossing up on a new S or a 3....free super charging for first owner is only on the S/X
Now we have an X a smaller 3 has a lot of appeal, just been spoilt on the S so unsure if I’ll miss the S too much.....
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