Tesla Model 3 in Australia

[meowsers]

Update:
I now have a Model 3 VIN 5YJ3F7EBXKF5171XX

welcome! If you’re in the same boat (all puns intended) as the rest of us, you can expect delivery October.

 

[khayyam]

Its apparently terribly slow. Unlike all the S and X here.

Mine is "reminding" (/hassling) me to connect to wifi. But currently our wifi doesn't reach the garage, and the car doesn't support the kind of username/password sign in required to get onto the one at work. Looks like will need a wifi range extender...

 

[Robster_in_SYD]

welcome! If you’re in the same boat (all puns intended) as the rest of us, you can expect delivery October.

Thanks. That was always my assumption from the website and staff in Martin Place. Since starting to follow this forum I've lost all patience and October seems like an eternity away. That and I sold my S3 2 weeks ago, public transport isn't really doing it for me.

 

[MandySimpson]

Awesome news, is it registered and licenced on carjam etc?

It’s on CarJam with its WOF showing. But no registration date showing as yet. That has seemed to show up a few days later anyway.

 

[stedes]

So...using that link posted earlier I seem to get this VIN:
5YJ3F7EB5KF5171xx
Blue P+, White interior
@Vedaprime surely this is just a placeholder?

 

[meowsers]

So...using that link posted earlier I seem to get this VIN:
5YJ3F7EB5KF5171xx
Blue P+, White interior
@Vedaprime surely this is just a placeholder?

All the white interiors at this point seem to be in the 517 range, and I spoke with tesla yesterday which seems to be an accurate vin but hasn’t been “locked” in

 

[khayyam]

The 517 vins may be legit, but very hard to track. There was a huge batch registered at the same time, and potentially being produced out of order. So basically all bets are off as far as tracking that lot.

 

[aegidius]

There is also evidence that the devaluation of high range EVs is far less than normal ICE vehicles, and of course running costs are much lower (around 1/3) such that total cost of ownership for the EV over 5 years or more can actually be less than a comparable (but crappier) ICE

I keep getting the argument from people "nobody buys a 100k+ car and worries about running costs". The same or very similar people are totting up costs comparing petrol to diesel, thats about a 15-20% running cost saving - EV's can offer them a 70-80% saving, and it only gets better the more kms you drive.

Many people just don't get how big the savings are over time. Maybe it's because Scomo and his ilk have been banging on about power prices for too long, and we all forget that power is way down the list of household expenses. Per Chart of the day: There are 12 other things that cost households more than electricity

 

[RobDickinson]

vast numbers of high end cars in Europe are Diesel because they are cheaper to run, no other reason.

 

[frodo]

Anyone else's Android app stopped working today. I can still log into the web site, but my email/password don't work in the app

 

[RobDickinson]

app service is down for now

 

[8renda]

The impatience got the better of me and I reached out to the delivery advisor for our Model S by email.
The reply is both a blessing a curse...
"I can see your VIN has been assigned, it’s on a ship arriving for delivery around the end of this month. We’ll be starting to schedule customers on this ship in about a week or so."
At least I don't have to sit on my phone for a few days.

 

[Priit]

Mine is "reminding" (/hassling) me to connect to wifi. But currently our wifi doesn't reach the garage, and the car doesn't support the kind of username/password sign in required to get onto the one at work. Looks like will need a wifi range extender...

You can always hotspot your phone and connect the car through wifi to the phone.

 

[khayyam]

You can always hotspot your phone and connect the car through wifi to the phone.

Yes. But apparently: a) updates come down sporadically, so it's hard to know that a brief connection will suffice, and b) the maps updates can be huge.

 

[Renewablekid]

Mine is "reminding" (/hassling) me to connect to wifi. But currently our wifi doesn't reach the garage, and the car doesn't support the kind of username/password sign in required to get onto the one at work. Looks like will need a wifi range extender...

I would suggest running an Ethernet cable through your roof from your router and then linking that to a Ubiquiti UniFi Lite on your garage roof. That way your tesla should have its own wifi AP

 

[Trodderus]

The impatience got the better of me and I reached out to the delivery advisor for our Model S by email.
The reply is both a blessing a curse...
"I can see your VIN has been assigned, it’s on a ship arriving for delivery around the end of this month. We’ll be starting to schedule customers on this ship in about a week or so."
At least I don't have to sit on my phone for a few days.

Did you have a hidden VIN prior to contacting them?

 

[khayyam]

I would suggest running an Ethernet cable through your roof from your router and then linking that to a Ubiquiti UniFi Lite on your garage roof. That way your tesla should have its own wifi AP

It's a reasonable idea. The cabling isn't straightforward, though.

 

[RobDickinson]

either do power line or wifi booster/extender

power line adapters work well.

 

[Renewablekid]

It's a reasonable idea. The cabling isn't straightforward, though.

Hardest part is running it up the wall, really depends on the situation.

either do power line or wifi booster/extender

power line adapters work well.

They can, however to future proof your home nothing beats a $100 AP hardwired to your router/switch. Power line can have very different results depending on the age of the property and heaps of other variables

 

[Renewablekid]

I mean like, I’d happily do an AP install for anyone in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne if you’re willing to pay for my labour costs. Or I’ll do it for free if I can ride in your tesla