Tesla Model 3 in Australia

[meloccom]

Just had my test drive of the red performance in Sydney.
Some comments.

LOVE IT!!!!

Got up to 50k per hour on the city streets. <wow >. One of them was from a standing start.
The regen when you take your foot off the accelerator felt so natural.
Looked in media menu and couldn’t find DAB. Asked sales person and she said to use phone. Not sure she really knew what DAB was.
Sales person was very confident there would be a 2.5% price increase in the next week or so, but not before the weekend.
Asked about delivery if I put an order in this week, there was confidence it would be mid to late October.

Got another test drive on Friday with the SR+ and my wife. Make a decision then.

No DAB in any Model S or X and won’t come in Model 3 either.
You can get any radio station you want from TuneIn and works anywhere there’s mobile data coverage.
If you drop the data package after the first year you can install TuneIn on your smart phone and stream to the car.

 

[Grenadine]

Model 3 UK has DAB. No reason why AU would not.

In other news, new update going to Australia will enable BROWSER while in park. Yay!

 

[aroth]

You can get any radio station you want from TuneIn and works anywhere there’s mobile data coverage.

I assume you can also just tune directly to FM radio stations?

 

[Anubis]

I assume you can also just tune directly to FM radio stations?

There are DAB only radio stations now.
And quality of DAB is better then FM, unless you are in a tunnel or outside the metro area.

 

[Anubis]

Model 3 UK has DAB. No reason why AU would not.

Agree

 

[meloccom]

I assume you can also just tune directly to FM radio stations?

Yes you can but the sound quality of TuneIn radio is far superior. I only use FM when I have lost cell coverage and have no saved podcasts left on my phone. So a few times a year only. YMMV.

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

Got my P3- today. Love it.
- Track mode is present .

Ha! Track mode, what a laugh
Maybe some SR+ owners will ‘accidentally’ get rear heated seats...

 

[RobDickinson]

DAB at least in the UK is demonstrably worse than FM.

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

some uk reviews call it a froot. But it does sound shity.

Foot is better - if the only letter change is ‘t’ from ‘trunk’, then by logical extension only change ‘b’ from ‘boot’

 

[Grenadine]

DAB at least in the UK is demonstrably worse than FM.

Been driving a car with DAB for 6 years. It is WAY WAY WAY clearer and crisper than FM in Australia. The only downside is less distance coverage from the transmitter compared to FM (in the same way that AM is better than FM).

But if you’re in range (which is all capital cities and Gold Coast and some other places), there’s no sensible reason to choose FM over DAB.

Cannot speak for the UK.

 

[RobDickinson]

Cannot speak for the UK.

Australia:
Australia uses the AAC+ codec provided with upgraded DAB+ standard.[2]

UK uses MP2 at 128kbps :/ Though they have tested DAB+ its not been rolled out afik

 

[TesBanjo]

Agree

I saw DAB+ in the press car. Worked fine.

 

[TH232]

So Autonexus has a Perth operation and is handling things here too. For anyone wanting to see if anything is visible they're at:
21-25 Ilda Road, Canning Vale.

Hi Andy, Good info. Have you swung by? The train journey takes about 3 days direct from Sydney. Does anyone know if they are definitely coming by truck or train, train direct from Sydney, truck to Melbourne, then train? Add a few days either side for loading/unloading means the first lot should be getting pretty close. I need to head that direction today so might swing by and snoop.

 

[OlympusDev]

 

[Blue heaven]

Hi Andy, Good info. Have you swung by? The train journey takes about 3 days direct from Sydney. Does anyone know if they are definitely coming by truck or train, train direct from Sydney, truck to Melbourne, then train? Add a few days either side for loading/unloading means the first lot should be getting pretty close. I need to head that direction today so might swing by and snoop.

Why don't save the trip out to Canningvale and just use the spy cam Perth model S buyers set up nearly 5 years ago!

 

[dmaunder]

Anyone else here scheduled for Monday pickup still waiting for an invoice?

 

[andygen21]

Why don't save the trip out to Canningvale and just use the spy cam Perth model S buyers set up nearly 5 years ago!

I assume you're joking? And why the he'll haven't you mentioned this earlier?

 

[andygen21]

Hi Andy, Good info. Have you swung by? The train journey takes about 3 days direct from Sydney. Does anyone know if they are definitely coming by truck or train, train direct from Sydney, truck to Melbourne, then train? Add a few days either side for loading/unloading means the first lot should be getting pretty close. I need to head that direction today so might swing by and snoop.

I went out there between appointments, but Baile road is closed northbound. By the time i went around half the ridiculously long detour i was running late so had to abandon the trip

 

[rioli33]

Ha! Track mode, what a laugh
Maybe some SR+ owners will ‘accidentally’ get rear heated seats...

I'm sure a little sweet talk will get the service centre to unlock them. On that note, I also know the password they use at Richmond to limit or improve the performance of cars for test drives. Hint: you really don't have to think hard about it

 

[mmui90]

I'm sure a little sweet talk will get the service centre to unlock them. On that note, I also know the password they use at Richmond to limit or improve the performance of cars for test drives. Hint: you really don't have to think hard about it

Ludicrous?

ahhahaha