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Daaaavvveee
Member
Car is brilliant, spent about 5 minutes checking it over, couldn’t see any obvious issues, just having a charge at the services now 
kelvin 660
White SR+ with LFP battery
Today's the day! Collecting at 5 pm at Cribbs. Say hello if your collecting too...Also collecting this afternoon in Southampton. Getting the train from Reading shortly and then a short cab to the Mayflower Cruise Terminal (?!??!). I'm sure it will make sense when I get there.
Will probably stop at Reading Green Park Supercharger on the way home as my home charger hasn't been installed yet.
Good luck to everyone else collecting today!
Will probably stop at Reading Green Park Supercharger on the way home as my home charger hasn't been installed yet.
Good luck to everyone else collecting today!
moodel_tree
Member
Collected Wattson from Brent Cross yesterday! Got there a bit early, just before 10am with all of our suitcases and bags in hand. Once we arrived there was a sea of Tesla Model 3’s with a load of washers going around all of the cars. Luckily the rain staved off and we had a cold, but very sunny autumnal morning. Good for checking the car over! I also remembered to bring a microfibre cloth that really helped me separate the dirt from the scratches.
As we arrived, there was only around one person arriving every 5 mins, but that soon ramped up by the time we left. Given there were sooooo many cars onsite (100-200 easy), I asked how many they were getting through in a day - around 110+ per day at the moment. Mental!
In all of 2 seconds the car was handed over, just signed on an iPad and as soon as I did, the car appeared in my app along with my 1000 SuC miles.
Another rep then escorted us to my car and then we saw it, in all of its deep blue beauty. My god it looks good. I was coming from a Lapiz blue 2018 Golf R, which really sets the benchmark for a good blue colour, and this looks as nice, but a much darker blue. The rep then asked if we would just like to be left too it, congratulated us sincerely and to drive away when we’re done or come and see them if there are any issues.
I got my full geek on, got out my iPad and pencil and worked through a checklist. Happy to report, no major issues! The paint quality was actually spot on. Zero panel gaps, interior was perfect. Where it fell down a bit was some bits of the windscreen weren’t perfectly clean, but nothing the aforementioned microfibre cloth wouldn’t clean. I then had 3 paint dings; one on the front next to the Tesla logo that looked like a contaminant (pollen) had got onto the pain whilst drying, one on the rear again next to the Tesla logo that was a small paint chip and then on the passenger side C pillar/rear haunch there was surface level scratching (some of which came off after a re-clean). The Tesla advisor helped me book a service appointment there and then and get good pictures through my app, agreeing that they were all issues. One thing that is an annoyance is the blue car in the app and on the display doesn’t match the car IRL at all, hope they can fix that.
Car had 8 miles on the odo on collection.
So, after those thorough checks and me going through and setting up the car how I like it, we set off to much giddiness on a 180mi trip up north for a wedding and to see the family. Stopping to charge for a brief moment at Northampton (remember to check in at the hotel!) before instead moving onto the new installation at Rugby as they had a services and we were starving. Charged to 90% (est. 322mi) in about 30 mins, which is incredible. By the time we’d had lunch and ‘serviced’ ourselves, the car was ready and waiting for us. So many Tesla’s rolling through, so nice to see! In fact, so many EV’s in general, all stalls were full. Over the whole trip we beat the range estimate by around 15-20%, which is awesome. What is also awesome is that there are free chargers at the hotel we are staying at, so a free ‘tank’ of fuel - that’s new!
Acceleration is also intoxicating, the instant feel is something massively new. The Golf R was fast, but it required the DSG (also one of the fastest gear boxes behind Porsche’s PDK) to kick down and then pile you forwards at an intoxicating speed. The Tesla, well, it just f***s off, as Jeremy would say. It’s a whole new feeling of speed. I really, really want to try out acceleration boost, but I know I won’t want refund it…
I also cannot get over how quiet it is, we could have whisper conversations in the cabin. The ride is gorgeous, but still trying to get the driving position into the sweet spot (Easy Entry mode makes me feel like Bond hahah). Compared to the Golf on its 19” Pretoria’s, it’s luxury. Both sound and ride are like being on a cloud. The sound system is also incredible, like genuinely another level. I’m an audio head, so fiddled with it relentlessly and put on some key tracks, has to be said the drum drop in ‘In the air tonight’ sounded unbelievable with the full immersion turned on.
Autopilot took some ‘learning’ as to how it likes to be driven. In the same way I needed to learn how the Golf R’s Adaptive Cruise Control system used to work (radar) and what would trigger it to phantom break, slow down and it’s limitations - I also need to learn this for autopilot (AP). For example, for whatever reason AP would just not register that my hands were on the wheel, no matter how I held it. Took some working out that it’s actually looking for mild resistance to its input. So, I finally relaxed into my normal driving position, hands on the bottom of the wheel applying a constant resistance against the cars input and then didn’t have a problem again. I like that it gives lorry’s a wide birth, but did have to take over 3 times on our 180mi motorway only trip (M1/M6) due to it getting too close to comfort. We also had possibly the worst drivers on the road that day, about 4 times weaving into our lanes, at one point literally pulling into me and I had to sharply get into lane 3 or pulling out of junctions, seriously like what was it - like they all teamed up to go out that day?
I did have 2 phantom breaking events that were not fun. One I was pulling back into the middle land infront of a van (3 car lengths) and the car decided to phantom brake - not fun - I have a feeling it was because there was a lorry in lane 1 it didn’t like. The second wasn’t pleasant at all, I think it thought a car was going to pull out of a junction when it wasn’t and slammed on the brakes. It also flung up a collision warning on the car in front of us (again about 3 car lengths, no where near or was ever going to be a collision) turning off the road at a junction.
I used to have the same issue with the ACC system on the Golf R too, but I grew to learn what would trigger it or what it wouldn’t like, so I’d know when to rest my foot on the accelerator to override it. The Golf’s forward collision warning would also go off for similar reasons, so again grew to learn how it works and it’s shortcomings.
Overall though autopilot really does take that extra leap over ACC/DAP systems, it was so nice just to keep consciously aware of the driving environment around the car (as normal) but not actually have to input into the car, just make sure it’s functioning correctly. It really does take a lot of strain out of driving.
The car shipped on 2021.3.106.5 but had the 2021.32.21 update downloaded and ready to install when I got in it for the first time at BC on collection, so they must have been connected to Wi-Fi at some point. I did the update once we reached out hotel, which was really nice as it enabled the ‘tap to change from %’age and mileage’ option. Once it was done another update is waiting to download when connected to Wi-Fi, but not sure which one it is.
Although not yet sure how to enable pin to drive, a quick Google and look through the owners manual turned up a blank, was hoping it was in a software update that I hadn’t received.
I have played with some funny things in the car in the toy box. My partner loved the whoopie cushion, but was mortified when I was playing with the boombox
I’m not sure what else to add now, I just love everything about the car and it’s miles above the R in all aspects, which I love. It’s a soft and serene vehicle when you want it to be, but a wild animal in a tap of your foot. The ultimate daily (and dare I say GT? Not quite, maybe that’s the Model S) and fun machine to clock up the miles with! I’m a techie by trade, so above all the gadgetry and tech inside it is the biggest geek out factor for me!
As we arrived, there was only around one person arriving every 5 mins, but that soon ramped up by the time we left. Given there were sooooo many cars onsite (100-200 easy), I asked how many they were getting through in a day - around 110+ per day at the moment. Mental!
In all of 2 seconds the car was handed over, just signed on an iPad and as soon as I did, the car appeared in my app along with my 1000 SuC miles.
Another rep then escorted us to my car and then we saw it, in all of its deep blue beauty. My god it looks good. I was coming from a Lapiz blue 2018 Golf R, which really sets the benchmark for a good blue colour, and this looks as nice, but a much darker blue. The rep then asked if we would just like to be left too it, congratulated us sincerely and to drive away when we’re done or come and see them if there are any issues.
I got my full geek on, got out my iPad and pencil and worked through a checklist. Happy to report, no major issues! The paint quality was actually spot on. Zero panel gaps, interior was perfect. Where it fell down a bit was some bits of the windscreen weren’t perfectly clean, but nothing the aforementioned microfibre cloth wouldn’t clean. I then had 3 paint dings; one on the front next to the Tesla logo that looked like a contaminant (pollen) had got onto the pain whilst drying, one on the rear again next to the Tesla logo that was a small paint chip and then on the passenger side C pillar/rear haunch there was surface level scratching (some of which came off after a re-clean). The Tesla advisor helped me book a service appointment there and then and get good pictures through my app, agreeing that they were all issues. One thing that is an annoyance is the blue car in the app and on the display doesn’t match the car IRL at all, hope they can fix that.
Car had 8 miles on the odo on collection.
So, after those thorough checks and me going through and setting up the car how I like it, we set off to much giddiness on a 180mi trip up north for a wedding and to see the family. Stopping to charge for a brief moment at Northampton (remember to check in at the hotel!) before instead moving onto the new installation at Rugby as they had a services and we were starving. Charged to 90% (est. 322mi) in about 30 mins, which is incredible. By the time we’d had lunch and ‘serviced’ ourselves, the car was ready and waiting for us. So many Tesla’s rolling through, so nice to see! In fact, so many EV’s in general, all stalls were full. Over the whole trip we beat the range estimate by around 15-20%, which is awesome. What is also awesome is that there are free chargers at the hotel we are staying at, so a free ‘tank’ of fuel - that’s new!
Acceleration is also intoxicating, the instant feel is something massively new. The Golf R was fast, but it required the DSG (also one of the fastest gear boxes behind Porsche’s PDK) to kick down and then pile you forwards at an intoxicating speed. The Tesla, well, it just f***s off, as Jeremy would say. It’s a whole new feeling of speed. I really, really want to try out acceleration boost, but I know I won’t want refund it…
I also cannot get over how quiet it is, we could have whisper conversations in the cabin. The ride is gorgeous, but still trying to get the driving position into the sweet spot (Easy Entry mode makes me feel like Bond hahah). Compared to the Golf on its 19” Pretoria’s, it’s luxury. Both sound and ride are like being on a cloud. The sound system is also incredible, like genuinely another level. I’m an audio head, so fiddled with it relentlessly and put on some key tracks, has to be said the drum drop in ‘In the air tonight’ sounded unbelievable with the full immersion turned on.
Autopilot took some ‘learning’ as to how it likes to be driven. In the same way I needed to learn how the Golf R’s Adaptive Cruise Control system used to work (radar) and what would trigger it to phantom break, slow down and it’s limitations - I also need to learn this for autopilot (AP). For example, for whatever reason AP would just not register that my hands were on the wheel, no matter how I held it. Took some working out that it’s actually looking for mild resistance to its input. So, I finally relaxed into my normal driving position, hands on the bottom of the wheel applying a constant resistance against the cars input and then didn’t have a problem again. I like that it gives lorry’s a wide birth, but did have to take over 3 times on our 180mi motorway only trip (M1/M6) due to it getting too close to comfort. We also had possibly the worst drivers on the road that day, about 4 times weaving into our lanes, at one point literally pulling into me and I had to sharply get into lane 3 or pulling out of junctions, seriously like what was it - like they all teamed up to go out that day?
I did have 2 phantom breaking events that were not fun. One I was pulling back into the middle land infront of a van (3 car lengths) and the car decided to phantom brake - not fun - I have a feeling it was because there was a lorry in lane 1 it didn’t like. The second wasn’t pleasant at all, I think it thought a car was going to pull out of a junction when it wasn’t and slammed on the brakes. It also flung up a collision warning on the car in front of us (again about 3 car lengths, no where near or was ever going to be a collision) turning off the road at a junction.
I used to have the same issue with the ACC system on the Golf R too, but I grew to learn what would trigger it or what it wouldn’t like, so I’d know when to rest my foot on the accelerator to override it. The Golf’s forward collision warning would also go off for similar reasons, so again grew to learn how it works and it’s shortcomings.
Overall though autopilot really does take that extra leap over ACC/DAP systems, it was so nice just to keep consciously aware of the driving environment around the car (as normal) but not actually have to input into the car, just make sure it’s functioning correctly. It really does take a lot of strain out of driving.
The car shipped on 2021.3.106.5 but had the 2021.32.21 update downloaded and ready to install when I got in it for the first time at BC on collection, so they must have been connected to Wi-Fi at some point. I did the update once we reached out hotel, which was really nice as it enabled the ‘tap to change from %’age and mileage’ option. Once it was done another update is waiting to download when connected to Wi-Fi, but not sure which one it is.
Although not yet sure how to enable pin to drive, a quick Google and look through the owners manual turned up a blank, was hoping it was in a software update that I hadn’t received.
I have played with some funny things in the car in the toy box. My partner loved the whoopie cushion, but was mortified when I was playing with the boombox
I’m not sure what else to add now, I just love everything about the car and it’s miles above the R in all aspects, which I love. It’s a soft and serene vehicle when you want it to be, but a wild animal in a tap of your foot. The ultimate daily (and dare I say GT? Not quite, maybe that’s the Model S) and fun machine to clock up the miles with! I’m a techie by trade, so above all the gadgetry and tech inside it is the biggest geek out factor for me!
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Congrats and excellent write up!Collected Wattson from Brent Cross yesterday! Got there a bit early, just before 10am with all of our suitcases and bags in hand. Once we arrived there was a sea of Tesla Model 3’s with a load of washers going around all of the cars. Luckily the rain staved off and we had a cold, but very sunny autumnal morning. Good for checking the car over! I also remembered to bring a microfibre cloth that really helped me separate the dirt from the scratches.
As we arrived, there was only around one person arriving every 5 mins, but that soon ramped up by the time we left. Given there were sooooo many cars onsite (100-200 easy), I asked how many they were getting through in a day - around 110+ per day at the moment. Mental!
In all of 2 seconds the car was handed over, just signed on an iPad and as soon as I did, the car appeared in my app along with my 1000 SuC miles.
Another rep then escorted us to my car and then we saw it, in all of its deep blue beauty. My god it looks good. I was coming from a Lapiz blue 2018 Golf R, which really sets the benchmark for a good blue colour, and this looks as nice, but a much darker blue. The rep then asked if we would just like to be left too it, congratulated us sincerely and to drive away when we’re done or come and see them if there are any issues.
I got my full geek on, got out my iPad and pencil and worked through a checklist. Happy to report, no major issues! The paint quality was actually spot on. Zero panel gaps, interior was perfect. Where it fell down a bit was some bits of the windscreen weren’t perfectly clean, but nothing the aforementioned microfibre cloth wouldn’t clean. I then had 3 paint dings; one on the front next to the Tesla logo that looked like a contaminant (pollen) had got onto the pain whilst drying, one on the rear again next to the Tesla logo that was a small paint chip and then on the passenger side C pillar/rear haunch there was surface level scratching (some of which came off after a re-clean). The Tesla advisor helped me book a service appointment there and then and get good pictures through my app, agreeing that they were all issues. One thing that is an annoyance is the blue car in the app and on the display doesn’t match the car IRL at all, hope they can fix that.
Car had 8 miles on the odo on collection.
So, after those thorough checks and me going through and setting up the car how I like it, we set off to much giddiness on a 180mi trip up north for a wedding and to see the family. Stopping to charge for a brief moment at Northampton (remember to check in at the hotel!) before instead moving onto the new installation at Rugby as they had a services and we were starving. Charged to 90% (est. 322mi) in about 30 mins, which is incredible. By the time we’d had lunch and ‘serviced’ ourselves, the car was ready and waiting for us. So many Tesla’s rolling through, so nice to see! In fact, so many EV’s in general, all stalls were full. Over the whole trip we beat the range estimate by around 15-20%, which is awesome. What is also awesome is that there are free chargers at the hotel we are staying at, so a free ‘tank’ of fuel - that’s new!
Acceleration is also intoxicating, the instant feel is something massively new. The Golf R was fast, but it required the DSG (also one of the fastest gear boxes behind Porsche’s PDK) to kick down and then pile you forwards at an intoxicating speed. The Tesla, well, it just f***s off, as Jeremy would say. It’s a whole new feeling of speed. I really, really want to try out acceleration boost, but I know I won’t want refund it…
I also cannot get over how quiet it is, we could have whisper conversations in the cabin. The ride is gorgeous, but still trying to get the driving position into the sweet spot (Easy Entry mode makes me feel like Bond hahah). Compared to the Golf on its 19” Pretoria’s, it’s luxury. Both sound and ride are like being on a cloud. The sound system is also incredible, like genuinely another level. I’m an audio head, so fiddled with it relentlessly and put on some key tracks, has to be said the drum drop in ‘In the air tonight’ sounded unbelievable with the full immersion turned on.
Autopilot took some ‘learning’ as to how it likes to be driven. In the same way I needed to learn how the Golf R’s Adaptive Cruise Control system used to work (radar) and what would trigger it to phantom break, slow down and it’s limitations - I also need to learn this for autopilot (AP). For example, for whatever reason AP would just not register that my hands were on the wheel, no matter how I held it. Took some working out that it’s actually looking for mild resistance to its input. So, I finally relaxed into my normal driving position, hands on the bottom of the wheel applying a constant resistance against the cars input and then didn’t have a problem again. I like that it gives lorry’s a wide birth, but did have to take over 3 times on our 180mi motorway only trip (M1/M6) due to it getting too close to comfort. We also had possibly the worst drivers on the road that day, about 4 times weaving into our lanes, at one point literally pulling into me and I had to sharply get into lane 3 or pulling out of junctions, seriously like what was it - like they all teamed up to go out that day?
I did have 2 phantom breaking events that were not fun. One I was pulling back into the middle land infront of a van (3 car lengths) and the car decided to phantom brake - not fun - I have a feeling it was because there was a lorry in lane 1 it didn’t like. The second wasn’t pleasant at all, I think it thought a car was going to pull out of a junction when it wasn’t and slammed on the brakes. It also flung up a collision warning on the car in front of us (again about 3 car lengths, no where near or was ever going to be a collision) turning off the road at a junction.
I used to have the same issue with the ACC system on the Golf R too, but I grew to learn what would trigger it or what it wouldn’t like, so I’d know when to rest my foot on the accelerator to override it. The Golf’s forward collision warning would also go off for similar reasons, so again grew to learn how it works and it’s shortcomings.
Overall though autopilot really does take that extra leap over ACC/DAP systems, it was so nice just to keep consciously aware of the driving environment around the car (as normal) but not actually have to input into the car, just make sure it’s functioning correctly. It really does take a lot of strain out of driving.
The car shipped on 2021.3.106.5 but had the 2021.32.21 update downloaded and ready to install when I got in it for the first time at BC on collection, so they must have been connected to Wi-Fi at some point. I did the update once we reached out hotel, which was really nice as it enabled the ‘tap to change from %’age and mileage’ option. Once it was done another update is waiting to download when connected to Wi-Fi, but not sure which one it is.
Although not yet sure how to enable pin to drive, a quick Google and look through the owners manual turned up a blank, was hoping it was in a software update that I hadn’t received.
I have played with some funny things in the car in the toy box. My partner loved the whoopie cushion, but was mortified when I was playing with the boombox
I’m not sure what else to add now, I just love everything about the car and it’s miles above the R in all aspects, which I love. It’s a soft and serene vehicle when you want it to be, but a wild animal in a tap of your foot. The ultimate daily (and dare I say GT? Not quite, maybe that’s the Model S) and fun machine to clock up the miles with!
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Only part of it that slightly worries me is the phantom braking, what sensitivity do you have the collision warning set to? Or does it not make a difference?
Had my M3LR delivered yesterday no visible issues and I am loving it so far. However, I obviously couldn't take it for a drive whilst the delivery truck waited but when I did then I noticed a slight rattle from the Passenger door that I need to arrange a Service visit for.
However, the Service Option doesn't appear in my Tesla app I can only see Controls, Climate, Location and Security - everything else seems to work ok - but has anyone else had this issue ?
However, the Service Option doesn't appear in my Tesla app I can only see Controls, Climate, Location and Security - everything else seems to work ok - but has anyone else had this issue ?
moodel_tree
Member
curently on mild, I’m going to have a play with it but I think it’s more to do with the TAC system, which I don’t think there are any options for sensitivity…
Thanks for the write up and the GT comment pretty much mirrors my M3 test drive experiemce.
I have just sold a Jaguar XK (5.0 V8) as part of the switch over to the M3 LR and I was surprised partially to find the rides in both to be very similar, both in performance and handling (minus the instant pickup in the M3 and the missing V8 growl in the XK).
It's basically what sold me on the switch, plus I will be able to get folks that are larger than hobbits in the back of the M3
StevieG77
Member
Sorry I missed you. Hope everything went well.thats me with the lights on at the back of the tent collecting mine yesterday
StevieG77
Member
KEEP AN EYE ON EXISITING INVENTORY TODAY.
Ordered Model 3 SR through Salary Sacrifice Scheme, White exterior/Black Interior very basic. I was provided RN on the 13th September. I have checked the existing inventory for local and can see one for sale matching my spec. Phoned the dealership asked to take that one.... 30 mins later they are delivering the car this afternoon.
Ordered Model 3 SR through Salary Sacrifice Scheme, White exterior/Black Interior very basic. I was provided RN on the 13th September. I have checked the existing inventory for local and can see one for sale matching my spec. Phoned the dealership asked to take that one.... 30 mins later they are delivering the car this afternoon.
Bobster1967
Member
Car looks lovelyCollected Wattson from Brent Cross yesterday! Got there a bit early, just before 10am with all of our suitcases and bags in hand. Once we arrived there was a sea of Tesla Model 3’s with a load of washers going around all of the cars. Luckily the rain staved off and we had a cold, but very sunny autumnal morning. Good for checking the car over! I also remembered to bring a microfibre cloth that really helped me separate the dirt from the scratches.
As we arrived, there was only around one person arriving every 5 mins, but that soon ramped up by the time we left. Given there were sooooo many cars onsite (100-200 easy), I asked how many they were getting through in a day - around 110+ per day at the moment. Mental!
In all of 2 seconds the car was handed over, just signed on an iPad and as soon as I did, the car appeared in my app along with my 1000 SuC miles.
Another rep then escorted us to my car and then we saw it, in all of its deep blue beauty. My god it looks good. I was coming from a Lapiz blue 2018 Golf R, which really sets the benchmark for a good blue colour, and this looks as nice, but a much darker blue. The rep then asked if we would just like to be left too it, congratulated us sincerely and to drive away when we’re done or come and see them if there are any issues.
I got my full geek on, got out my iPad and pencil and worked through a checklist. Happy to report, no major issues! The paint quality was actually spot on. Zero panel gaps, interior was perfect. Where it fell down a bit was some bits of the windscreen weren’t perfectly clean, but nothing the aforementioned microfibre cloth wouldn’t clean. I then had 3 paint dings; one on the front next to the Tesla logo that looked like a contaminant (pollen) had got onto the pain whilst drying, one on the rear again next to the Tesla logo that was a small paint chip and then on the passenger side C pillar/rear haunch there was surface level scratching (some of which came off after a re-clean). The Tesla advisor helped me book a service appointment there and then and get good pictures through my app, agreeing that they were all issues. One thing that is an annoyance is the blue car in the app and on the display doesn’t match the car IRL at all, hope they can fix that.
Car had 8 miles on the odo on collection.
So, after those thorough checks and me going through and setting up the car how I like it, we set off to much giddiness on a 180mi trip up north for a wedding and to see the family. Stopping to charge for a brief moment at Northampton (remember to check in at the hotel!) before instead moving onto the new installation at Rugby as they had a services and we were starving. Charged to 90% (est. 322mi) in about 30 mins, which is incredible. By the time we’d had lunch and ‘serviced’ ourselves, the car was ready and waiting for us. So many Tesla’s rolling through, so nice to see! In fact, so many EV’s in general, all stalls were full. Over the whole trip we beat the range estimate by around 15-20%, which is awesome. What is also awesome is that there are free chargers at the hotel we are staying at, so a free ‘tank’ of fuel - that’s new!
Acceleration is also intoxicating, the instant feel is something massively new. The Golf R was fast, but it required the DSG (also one of the fastest gear boxes behind Porsche’s PDK) to kick down and then pile you forwards at an intoxicating speed. The Tesla, well, it just f***s off, as Jeremy would say. It’s a whole new feeling of speed. I really, really want to try out acceleration boost, but I know I won’t want refund it…
I also cannot get over how quiet it is, we could have whisper conversations in the cabin. The ride is gorgeous, but still trying to get the driving position into the sweet spot (Easy Entry mode makes me feel like Bond hahah). Compared to the Golf on its 19” Pretoria’s, it’s luxury. Both sound and ride are like being on a cloud. The sound system is also incredible, like genuinely another level. I’m an audio head, so fiddled with it relentlessly and put on some key tracks, has to be said the drum drop in ‘In the air tonight’ sounded unbelievable with the full immersion turned on.
Autopilot took some ‘learning’ as to how it likes to be driven. In the same way I needed to learn how the Golf R’s Adaptive Cruise Control system used to work (radar) and what would trigger it to phantom break, slow down and it’s limitations - I also need to learn this for autopilot (AP). For example, for whatever reason AP would just not register that my hands were on the wheel, no matter how I held it. Took some working out that it’s actually looking for mild resistance to its input. So, I finally relaxed into my normal driving position, hands on the bottom of the wheel applying a constant resistance against the cars input and then didn’t have a problem again. I like that it gives lorry’s a wide birth, but did have to take over 3 times on our 180mi motorway only trip (M1/M6) due to it getting too close to comfort. We also had possibly the worst drivers on the road that day, about 4 times weaving into our lanes, at one point literally pulling into me and I had to sharply get into lane 3 or pulling out of junctions, seriously like what was it - like they all teamed up to go out that day?
I did have 2 phantom breaking events that were not fun. One I was pulling back into the middle land infront of a van (3 car lengths) and the car decided to phantom brake - not fun - I have a feeling it was because there was a lorry in lane 1 it didn’t like. The second wasn’t pleasant at all, I think it thought a car was going to pull out of a junction when it wasn’t and slammed on the brakes. It also flung up a collision warning on the car in front of us (again about 3 car lengths, no where near or was ever going to be a collision) turning off the road at a junction.
I used to have the same issue with the ACC system on the Golf R too, but I grew to learn what would trigger it or what it wouldn’t like, so I’d know when to rest my foot on the accelerator to override it. The Golf’s forward collision warning would also go off for similar reasons, so again grew to learn how it works and it’s shortcomings.
Overall though autopilot really does take that extra leap over ACC/DAP systems, it was so nice just to keep consciously aware of the driving environment around the car (as normal) but not actually have to input into the car, just make sure it’s functioning correctly. It really does take a lot of strain out of driving.
The car shipped on 2021.3.106.5 but had the 2021.32.21 update downloaded and ready to install when I got in it for the first time at BC on collection, so they must have been connected to Wi-Fi at some point. I did the update once we reached out hotel, which was really nice as it enabled the ‘tap to change from %’age and mileage’ option. Once it was done another update is waiting to download when connected to Wi-Fi, but not sure which one it is.
Although not yet sure how to enable pin to drive, a quick Google and look through the owners manual turned up a blank, was hoping it was in a software update that I hadn’t received.
I have played with some funny things in the car in the toy box. My partner loved the whoopie cushion, but was mortified when I was playing with the boombox
I’m not sure what else to add now, I just love everything about the car and it’s miles above the R in all aspects, which I love. It’s a soft and serene vehicle when you want it to be, but a wild animal in a tap of your foot. The ultimate daily (and dare I say GT? Not quite, maybe that’s the Model S) and fun machine to clock up the miles with! I’m a techie by trade, so above all the gadgetry and tech inside it is the biggest geek out factor for me!
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Great to see your car and hear about your first experience. Hope the car is not going to grab more attention than the brideCollected Wattson from Brent Cross yesterday! Got there a bit early, just before 10am with all of our suitcases and bags in hand. Once we arrived there was a sea of Tesla Model 3’s with a load of washers going around all of the cars. Luckily the rain staved off and we had a cold, but very sunny autumnal morning. Good for checking the car over! I also remembered to bring a microfibre cloth that really helped me separate the dirt from the scratches.
As we arrived, there was only around one person arriving every 5 mins, but that soon ramped up by the time we left. Given there were sooooo many cars onsite (100-200 easy), I asked how many they were getting through in a day - around 110+ per day at the moment. Mental!
In all of 2 seconds the car was handed over, just signed on an iPad and as soon as I did, the car appeared in my app along with my 1000 SuC miles.
Another rep then escorted us to my car and then we saw it, in all of its deep blue beauty. My god it looks good. I was coming from a Lapiz blue 2018 Golf R, which really sets the benchmark for a good blue colour, and this looks as nice, but a much darker blue. The rep then asked if we would just like to be left too it, congratulated us sincerely and to drive away when we’re done or come and see them if there are any issues.
I got my full geek on, got out my iPad and pencil and worked through a checklist. Happy to report, no major issues! The paint quality was actually spot on. Zero panel gaps, interior was perfect. Where it fell down a bit was some bits of the windscreen weren’t perfectly clean, but nothing the aforementioned microfibre cloth wouldn’t clean. I then had 3 paint dings; one on the front next to the Tesla logo that looked like a contaminant (pollen) had got onto the pain whilst drying, one on the rear again next to the Tesla logo that was a small paint chip and then on the passenger side C pillar/rear haunch there was surface level scratching (some of which came off after a re-clean). The Tesla advisor helped me book a service appointment there and then and get good pictures through my app, agreeing that they were all issues. One thing that is an annoyance is the blue car in the app and on the display doesn’t match the car IRL at all, hope they can fix that.
Car had 8 miles on the odo on collection.
So, after those thorough checks and me going through and setting up the car how I like it, we set off to much giddiness on a 180mi trip up north for a wedding and to see the family. Stopping to charge for a brief moment at Northampton (remember to check in at the hotel!) before instead moving onto the new installation at Rugby as they had a services and we were starving. Charged to 90% (est. 322mi) in about 30 mins, which is incredible. By the time we’d had lunch and ‘serviced’ ourselves, the car was ready and waiting for us. So many Tesla’s rolling through, so nice to see! In fact, so many EV’s in general, all stalls were full. Over the whole trip we beat the range estimate by around 15-20%, which is awesome. What is also awesome is that there are free chargers at the hotel we are staying at, so a free ‘tank’ of fuel - that’s new!
Acceleration is also intoxicating, the instant feel is something massively new. The Golf R was fast, but it required the DSG (also one of the fastest gear boxes behind Porsche’s PDK) to kick down and then pile you forwards at an intoxicating speed. The Tesla, well, it just f***s off, as Jeremy would say. It’s a whole new feeling of speed. I really, really want to try out acceleration boost, but I know I won’t want refund it…
I also cannot get over how quiet it is, we could have whisper conversations in the cabin. The ride is gorgeous, but still trying to get the driving position into the sweet spot (Easy Entry mode makes me feel like Bond hahah). Compared to the Golf on its 19” Pretoria’s, it’s luxury. Both sound and ride are like being on a cloud. The sound system is also incredible, like genuinely another level. I’m an audio head, so fiddled with it relentlessly and put on some key tracks, has to be said the drum drop in ‘In the air tonight’ sounded unbelievable with the full immersion turned on.
Autopilot took some ‘learning’ as to how it likes to be driven. In the same way I needed to learn how the Golf R’s Adaptive Cruise Control system used to work (radar) and what would trigger it to phantom break, slow down and it’s limitations - I also need to learn this for autopilot (AP). For example, for whatever reason AP would just not register that my hands were on the wheel, no matter how I held it. Took some working out that it’s actually looking for mild resistance to its input. So, I finally relaxed into my normal driving position, hands on the bottom of the wheel applying a constant resistance against the cars input and then didn’t have a problem again. I like that it gives lorry’s a wide birth, but did have to take over 3 times on our 180mi motorway only trip (M1/M6) due to it getting too close to comfort. We also had possibly the worst drivers on the road that day, about 4 times weaving into our lanes, at one point literally pulling into me and I had to sharply get into lane 3 or pulling out of junctions, seriously like what was it - like they all teamed up to go out that day?
I did have 2 phantom breaking events that were not fun. One I was pulling back into the middle land infront of a van (3 car lengths) and the car decided to phantom brake - not fun - I have a feeling it was because there was a lorry in lane 1 it didn’t like. The second wasn’t pleasant at all, I think it thought a car was going to pull out of a junction when it wasn’t and slammed on the brakes. It also flung up a collision warning on the car in front of us (again about 3 car lengths, no where near or was ever going to be a collision) turning off the road at a junction.
I used to have the same issue with the ACC system on the Golf R too, but I grew to learn what would trigger it or what it wouldn’t like, so I’d know when to rest my foot on the accelerator to override it. The Golf’s forward collision warning would also go off for similar reasons, so again grew to learn how it works and it’s shortcomings.
Overall though autopilot really does take that extra leap over ACC/DAP systems, it was so nice just to keep consciously aware of the driving environment around the car (as normal) but not actually have to input into the car, just make sure it’s functioning correctly. It really does take a lot of strain out of driving.
The car shipped on 2021.3.106.5 but had the 2021.32.21 update downloaded and ready to install when I got in it for the first time at BC on collection, so they must have been connected to Wi-Fi at some point. I did the update once we reached out hotel, which was really nice as it enabled the ‘tap to change from %’age and mileage’ option. Once it was done another update is waiting to download when connected to Wi-Fi, but not sure which one it is.
Although not yet sure how to enable pin to drive, a quick Google and look through the owners manual turned up a blank, was hoping it was in a software update that I hadn’t received.
I have played with some funny things in the car in the toy box. My partner loved the whoopie cushion, but was mortified when I was playing with the boombox
I’m not sure what else to add now, I just love everything about the car and it’s miles above the R in all aspects, which I love. It’s a soft and serene vehicle when you want it to be, but a wild animal in a tap of your foot. The ultimate daily (and dare I say GT? Not quite, maybe that’s the Model S) and fun machine to clock up the miles with!
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Ruby has arrived (original I know
) I picked it up this morning at Glasgow. Very organised and fast handover. Car was in near perfect condition. Panel gaps and alignment very good. Paint looks consistent. Interior fit and finish is really a step up on the earlier Fremont cars. No rattles. Very happy with her. It’s getting a ‘paint correction and ceramic coat’ starting on Monday anyway, but I have to say she looks brilliant even right now. Delivered with 30% SoC.Congrats and great write up!Collected Wattson from Brent Cross yesterday! Got there a bit early, just before 10am with all of our suitcases and bags in hand. Once we arrived there was a sea of Tesla Model 3’s with a load of washers going around all of the cars. Luckily the rain staved off and we had a cold, but very sunny autumnal morning. Good for checking the car over! I also remembered to bring a microfibre cloth that really helped me separate the dirt from the scratches.
As we arrived, there was only around one person arriving every 5 mins, but that soon ramped up by the time we left. Given there were sooooo many cars onsite (100-200 easy), I asked how many they were getting through in a day - around 110+ per day at the moment. Mental!
In all of 2 seconds the car was handed over, just signed on an iPad and as soon as I did, the car appeared in my app along with my 1000 SuC miles.
Another rep then escorted us to my car and then we saw it, in all of its deep blue beauty. My god it looks good. I was coming from a Lapiz blue 2018 Golf R, which really sets the benchmark for a good blue colour, and this looks as nice, but a much darker blue. The rep then asked if we would just like to be left too it, congratulated us sincerely and to drive away when we’re done or come and see them if there are any issues.
I got my full geek on, got out my iPad and pencil and worked through a checklist. Happy to report, no major issues! The paint quality was actually spot on. Zero panel gaps, interior was perfect. Where it fell down a bit was some bits of the windscreen weren’t perfectly clean, but nothing the aforementioned microfibre cloth wouldn’t clean. I then had 3 paint dings; one on the front next to the Tesla logo that looked like a contaminant (pollen) had got onto the pain whilst drying, one on the rear again next to the Tesla logo that was a small paint chip and then on the passenger side C pillar/rear haunch there was surface level scratching (some of which came off after a re-clean). The Tesla advisor helped me book a service appointment there and then and get good pictures through my app, agreeing that they were all issues. One thing that is an annoyance is the blue car in the app and on the display doesn’t match the car IRL at all, hope they can fix that.
Car had 8 miles on the odo on collection.
So, after those thorough checks and me going through and setting up the car how I like it, we set off to much giddiness on a 180mi trip up north for a wedding and to see the family. Stopping to charge for a brief moment at Northampton (remember to check in at the hotel!) before instead moving onto the new installation at Rugby as they had a services and we were starving. Charged to 90% (est. 322mi) in about 30 mins, which is incredible. By the time we’d had lunch and ‘serviced’ ourselves, the car was ready and waiting for us. So many Tesla’s rolling through, so nice to see! In fact, so many EV’s in general, all stalls were full. Over the whole trip we beat the range estimate by around 15-20%, which is awesome. What is also awesome is that there are free chargers at the hotel we are staying at, so a free ‘tank’ of fuel - that’s new!
Acceleration is also intoxicating, the instant feel is something massively new. The Golf R was fast, but it required the DSG (also one of the fastest gear boxes behind Porsche’s PDK) to kick down and then pile you forwards at an intoxicating speed. The Tesla, well, it just f***s off, as Jeremy would say. It’s a whole new feeling of speed. I really, really want to try out acceleration boost, but I know I won’t want refund it…
I also cannot get over how quiet it is, we could have whisper conversations in the cabin. The ride is gorgeous, but still trying to get the driving position into the sweet spot (Easy Entry mode makes me feel like Bond hahah). Compared to the Golf on its 19” Pretoria’s, it’s luxury. Both sound and ride are like being on a cloud. The sound system is also incredible, like genuinely another level. I’m an audio head, so fiddled with it relentlessly and put on some key tracks, has to be said the drum drop in ‘In the air tonight’ sounded unbelievable with the full immersion turned on.
Autopilot took some ‘learning’ as to how it likes to be driven. In the same way I needed to learn how the Golf R’s Adaptive Cruise Control system used to work (radar) and what would trigger it to phantom break, slow down and it’s limitations - I also need to learn this for autopilot (AP). For example, for whatever reason AP would just not register that my hands were on the wheel, no matter how I held it. Took some working out that it’s actually looking for mild resistance to its input. So, I finally relaxed into my normal driving position, hands on the bottom of the wheel applying a constant resistance against the cars input and then didn’t have a problem again. I like that it gives lorry’s a wide birth, but did have to take over 3 times on our 180mi motorway only trip (M1/M6) due to it getting too close to comfort. We also had possibly the worst drivers on the road that day, about 4 times weaving into our lanes, at one point literally pulling into me and I had to sharply get into lane 3 or pulling out of junctions, seriously like what was it - like they all teamed up to go out that day?
I did have 2 phantom breaking events that were not fun. One I was pulling back into the middle land infront of a van (3 car lengths) and the car decided to phantom brake - not fun - I have a feeling it was because there was a lorry in lane 1 it didn’t like. The second wasn’t pleasant at all, I think it thought a car was going to pull out of a junction when it wasn’t and slammed on the brakes. It also flung up a collision warning on the car in front of us (again about 3 car lengths, no where near or was ever going to be a collision) turning off the road at a junction.
I used to have the same issue with the ACC system on the Golf R too, but I grew to learn what would trigger it or what it wouldn’t like, so I’d know when to rest my foot on the accelerator to override it. The Golf’s forward collision warning would also go off for similar reasons, so again grew to learn how it works and it’s shortcomings.
Overall though autopilot really does take that extra leap over ACC/DAP systems, it was so nice just to keep consciously aware of the driving environment around the car (as normal) but not actually have to input into the car, just make sure it’s functioning correctly. It really does take a lot of strain out of driving.
The car shipped on 2021.3.106.5 but had the 2021.32.21 update downloaded and ready to install when I got in it for the first time at BC on collection, so they must have been connected to Wi-Fi at some point. I did the update once we reached out hotel, which was really nice as it enabled the ‘tap to change from %’age and mileage’ option. Once it was done another update is waiting to download when connected to Wi-Fi, but not sure which one it is.
Although not yet sure how to enable pin to drive, a quick Google and look through the owners manual turned up a blank, was hoping it was in a software update that I hadn’t received.
I have played with some funny things in the car in the toy box. My partner loved the whoopie cushion, but was mortified when I was playing with the boombox
I’m not sure what else to add now, I just love everything about the car and it’s miles above the R in all aspects, which I love. It’s a soft and serene vehicle when you want it to be, but a wild animal in a tap of your foot. The ultimate daily (and dare I say GT? Not quite, maybe that’s the Model S) and fun machine to clock up the miles with! I’m a techie by trade, so above all the gadgetry and tech inside it is the biggest geek out factor for me!
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Hi Yes it is a lease car so am not expecting the upgrades menu item to appear but the lease company have said the Service option should do.
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