Not a video, but this guy goes into the differences..
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ElectrikFred
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One word……FREAKIN’ AWESOME! 
Ok, so that is two words and some emojis. I picked up my basic standard M3RWD 18inch yesterday...drives like a rocket! I cannot imagine what the Performance is like….and Plaid must be unreal! Fabulous car. Very pleased. I had a really nice BMW 4 Gran Coupe 2.0 Petrol…..yep, that was a bit more luxurious (maybe) but the M3 just goes and goes….zero lag..like zero lag….lots of smiles Enjoy People
Ok, so that is two words and some emojis. I picked up my basic standard M3RWD 18inch yesterday...drives like a rocket! I cannot imagine what the Performance is like….and Plaid must be unreal! Fabulous car. Very pleased. I had a really nice BMW 4 Gran Coupe 2.0 Petrol…..yep, that was a bit more luxurious (maybe) but the M3 just goes and goes….zero lag..like zero lag….lots of smiles Enjoy PeopleIt's odd with the amount of reading material available for Tesla model and manufacturing strategy there are still many who do not know or are aware that with Tesla there is no such thing as a model year. Tesla manufactures their vehicle with whatever parts are available on the day of manufacture, in other words purely just in time manufacture, whether it be 31 Dec 2021 or 2 Jan 2022. When GF Shanghai is open and operational they produce approx 1,800 vehicles per day! The factory's goal is to roll out each and every vehicle complete with all parts save shortages for retrofit at the final dealers at a later stage. Once they run out of a specific part, they will without hesitation use an older part, whether the part was part of a 2021 model, 2020 model or 2019 model. Currently, the USB hubs fitted on vehicles manufactured after 25 Nov 2021 thru today are charge-only USB Hubs that were used in 2019 models. New owners are learning every day that the vehicles they thought have the latest and greatest, actually don't, they simply have sufficient assembly parts onboard in order to successfully complete the manufacturing process and roll off onto a transporter and loaded on a vessel to its final destination. Israel was the first country to recently reject a whole boatload of Tesla's which never disembarked from the vessel in Israel and continued the vessel journey and were sold to a different destination country while the vessel was still on the high seas.
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Managed to wrangle an inventory car and have a pickup scheduled for Thursday…
01/03 - Car ordered via fleet company through work
03/03 - RN received
06/03 - Fleet company EDD of 08/08
22/03 - Identical spec car appears on inventory but lease company didn’t have everything in order so couldn’t be matched to it
28/03 - another identical car on inventory. Purchased with £200 deposit as retail order.
28/03 - Text received to collect car from Belfast (not Birmingham as planned / suggested when ordering)
29/03 - VIN from retail order switched to lease order and matched
31/03 -Collection due from Belfast… non negotiable location, date and time. I’m in the Midlands so early morning flight and then ferry back to Cairnryan and a 300 mile journey home… that’s commitment!
Delighted to have managed to get it sorted so quickly, combination of pestering the lease company and Tesla.
Spec is LR, MSM, Aeros and black interior.
Any tips for pick up day etc?
Very excited. Been fun watching everyone’s individuals journeys to collection!
01/03 - Car ordered via fleet company through work
03/03 - RN received
06/03 - Fleet company EDD of 08/08
22/03 - Identical spec car appears on inventory but lease company didn’t have everything in order so couldn’t be matched to it
28/03 - another identical car on inventory. Purchased with £200 deposit as retail order.
28/03 - Text received to collect car from Belfast (not Birmingham as planned / suggested when ordering)
29/03 - VIN from retail order switched to lease order and matched
31/03 -Collection due from Belfast… non negotiable location, date and time. I’m in the Midlands so early morning flight and then ferry back to Cairnryan and a 300 mile journey home… that’s commitment!
Delighted to have managed to get it sorted so quickly, combination of pestering the lease company and Tesla.
Spec is LR, MSM, Aeros and black interior.
Any tips for pick up day etc?
Very excited. Been fun watching everyone’s individuals journeys to collection!
I get your argument, but at the end of the day, Tesla are and have been forever, transparent about their mission. This means the decisions they make on a day to day basis have to weigh up what’s best for the mission/Tesla/product/customer. The balance continually shifts back and forth between them, but is always following a trajectory of: the more EVs sold and on the road, and sooner, the better. So yes, you might end up with a tail light that is a 2 inches across vs. the out “C”, but that is what you are buying into with Tesla. You will win on many updates. You will lose on a few. But for the most part, you will be better off overall.
Now, I better get my damn updated tail lights or I’m gonna be MAD!!! (/s)
Terry F
Model 3 owner
Yes that is commitment, I might expect somebody from here to go to England to collect given the wider availability there, and of course this car must have started its UK journey in Southampton so probably passed your house on its way over to NI.
Best airport to use would be City Airport as it is only a 2-3 mile taxi ride from there to Tesla SC, but if you have booked to fly into the International Airport then you will have more like a 12-15 mile taxi ride. Either way I very much hope it all goes well for you and I am sure you will enjoy the drive back home. Might be worth a call to the SC (ask for Nick) to ask for a high SoC at pickup (else leave time to slow charge) as your first Supercharger looks like Gretna so you don't want to be getting on the ferry and arriving in Cairnryan with just 30% SoC.
P.S. As you collect in Belfast you will probably get a local registration, so something like GWZ 4567 which effectively hides the age of the car. I've no idea if you see this as a plus or minus though!
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I asked the Trafford staff and they fitted them at collection. It doesn’t take them long.
Yeah I probably should have done that to begin with but I didn’t realise it was going to take this long. They told me May-June delivery window now. Be ridiculous if it isn’t.
Yes that is commitment, I might expect somebody from here to go to England to collect given the wider availability there, and of course this car must have started its UK journey in Southampton so probably passed your house on its way over to NI.
Best airport to use would be City Airport as it is only a 2-3 mile taxi ride from there to Tesla SC, but if you have booked to fly into the International Airport then you will have more like a 12-15 mile taxi ride. Either way I very much hope it all goes well for you and I am sure you will enjoy the drive back home. Might be worth a call to the SC (ask for Nick) to ask for a high SoC at pickup (else leave time to slow charge) as your first Supercharger looks like Gretna so you don't want to be getting on the ferry and arriving in Cairnryan with just 30% SoC.
P.S. As you collect in Belfast you will probably get a local registration, so something like GWZ 4567 which effectively hides the age of the car. I've no idea if you see this as a plus or minus though!
Thanks for that, Tesla told me the car had 75% yesterday and they didn’t request it to be fully charged or as close as possible.
Re number plates, it hadn’t even crossed my mind, I was looking forward to a 22 plate… never mind…
cat7
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So mine was delivered on Monday and was filthy, covered in dust/sand, weird blotch on the bonnet and still some 2D barcode sticker thing on the windscreen. Yesterday evening after the rain I gave it a proper wash (snowfoam, jetwash, gentle mitt with 2-buckets, microfibre pat dry) and it looks amazing, couldn't find a single defect and almost no swirl marks. I guess I got lucky and they just didn't bother to wash it, I hate to imagine the state of the paint if someone in a hurry had rubbed in all that sand... 
Interesting, did you get your 200 deposit back? As I’m guessing there was an initial deposit paid to order the original car via the lease company.
Hi guys - general ask here, im a first time EV owner, just put my order in for a Model Y, I wont have a home charger installed by delivery as im moving house, so want to check on what kit we get to be able to use different public chargers. When you pickup the car does it come with all relevant adapters (3 pin plug, CCS, CHAdeMO, Type 2) ? Im totally green, so any help would be brill! thanks
Tesla have told me that the refund will be issued as soon as I collect my car . In fact, the Tesla app shows as refund in progress, or something to that affect.
It'll have one cable you can use for type 2 - eg tesco fast chargers. and one granny cable for connecting to the mains. This comes only with a 13-pin plug but its detachable and you can buy extra specialist connectors eg for hooking up to a caravan park connection, or a commando socket. 13-pin should be enough for most people
ignore chademo - thats not supported on tesla or most cars anymore. Tesla is type 2 + CCS. type 2 is your slower charger for overnight at home or at some car parks. CCS is the faster charger (50kw+ depending on the charger). this is what you'd be looking for if you're on a road trip and need to get a lot of charge in 20-30 mins
The stubby ones are normally already fitted. If not them they will fit them for you. If you want the extensions fitted then you are better to fit them yourself after you have cut them down - they are too long as standard and will get ripped off over speed bumps.
Very glad you shared this. I called Tesla and they had assigned a NI Reg and have now changed this for a BK22!
Its the stubby ones. They were in the boot but I was too busy checking the car over and being excited that I forgot to ask them to fit them. I'll go down on Friday afternoon to see if they can fit them. If not I'll raise a service call.
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