Yeah it is. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to reverse safely, plus I'm sure anyone who's negligent enough to run over their own kid or pet could do that as easily in forward.
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Tesla Model 3 in Australia
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Yeah it is. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to reverse safely, plus I'm sure anyone who's negligent enough to run over their own kid or pet could do that as easily in forward.
Jenny99999
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Quick show of hands... Anyone with a white interior still #Vinless?
#Vinless
#Vinless here too. P+ Red/white. Reserved April 2018, original order first weekend they opened and changed to white interior the day it was available (16th July).
Out of interest, what is the "wide angle" of the reversing camera on the Model 3?
My current cars have a very wide angle in that I can see along the footpath before the car actual is on the path and see anybody/anything before continuing onto the path/road.
Got a call from a pre delivery team.
Tentatively booked for the 27th @ 1pm Brisbane
SR+ Blue 4430xx
Tentatively booked for the 27th @ 1pm Brisbane
SR+ Blue 4430xx
Shock-On-T
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Your left testicle is metaphorical? Sounds painful...
1st in Line
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If it isn't, I am going to be a particularly sad and despondent little possum...
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I didn’t know they had started deliveries yet.
I just sat in one that the new owner was supercharging!
Can’t .... fight .... urge
I just sat in one that the new owner was supercharging!
Can’t .... fight .... urge
1st in Line
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Look at the photo of the lady reversing in the link that you posted earlier...
I think her facial expression says it all.
Fantastic - now if only they'd also call about my 4430 Blue SR+...!Got a call from a pre delivery team.
Tentatively booked for the 27th @ 1pm Brisbane
SR+ Blue 4430xx
Mate can you share the reservation date (if you had one) and order date? I'm waiting for the same config car...
Red and White here too. Have a vin but no details about delivery etc. hope we all get calls soon
Remind me again how you get into your driveway? It wasn't by reversing was it?
bay74
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Speaking of white SR+s in Melbourne: just got my invoice.
Spoke with Melbourne delivery a few weeks ago, they'd proposed the 23rd but I was busy (had a haircut or planned to make a cake or something) so I delayed a week to the 30th, and been awaiting invoice since.
Reserved in October 2018 (can't justify why; perhaps a part of the process of coming to terms with spending so much money on a car).
Ordered 08/08/2019.
Cash, no trade-in.
EDIT: oh, and VIN matches hidden VIN, 4491xx, build date 19/07/2019.
EDIT 2: oh no, the build date, 19 July, is a Friday this year. Crap. Everyone knows Friday cars are duds.
Cheers, A.
Spoke with Melbourne delivery a few weeks ago, they'd proposed the 23rd but I was busy (had a haircut or planned to make a cake or something) so I delayed a week to the 30th, and been awaiting invoice since.
Reserved in October 2018 (can't justify why; perhaps a part of the process of coming to terms with spending so much money on a car).
Ordered 08/08/2019.
Cash, no trade-in.
EDIT: oh, and VIN matches hidden VIN, 4491xx, build date 19/07/2019.
EDIT 2: oh no, the build date, 19 July, is a Friday this year. Crap. Everyone knows Friday cars are duds.
Cheers, A.
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1st in Line
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Yes it was, but approaching from the road facing forward, you have a clear view of the scene - make sure there is no-one in the driveway - and then you reverse into a space that you have already visually surveyed facing forward/sideways before move backwards into it.
In contrast, reversing out of the driveway, even if you surveyed the area before getting into your car, you simply - imho - do not have the same visibility as you have going forward. You are taking a higher risk. Also, if a car comes down street at high speed into which you are reversing, there is no way you can see it earlier when reversing than if you are moving forward - at least in all of the cars that I have ever driven.
Perhaps, as pointed out by others, this is less of a concern with the Model 3 due to it having a rear-view camera. My current car does not have a rear view camera.
1st in Line
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Me too!
In the meantime, from 1st January 2020, all ships around the world will have to comply with new Sulphur oxide emission limits of 0.5% m/m (mass on mass).
The previous, lmiit was 3.5% m/m, so this is a significant improvement, though it obviously does not stop CO2 emissions.
Sulphur 2020 – cutting sulphur oxide emissions
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