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I quite like the Merc switchgear, but then I like a positive clunky feel!
What spec interior did your test car have? My X with premium interior and "carbon" trim looks and feels very nice - way above "adequate" for sure! It's quality soft touch everywhere too, even inside the door bins (which I realise the S doesn't have) and the alcantara headlining is really nice - reminds me of our Porsche. The sculpted alloy door handles are a very nice touch too. Maybe it's just the minimalist styling you don't gel with or use of manmade material. Or perhaps this was the standard interior, which feels a good step down to me.
I must admit I haven't spent any time inside the S to compare. But the X is a "wow" car to sit in and drive with the panoramic windscreen and spacious airy cabin. I guess the S is more conventional in that sense.
It was a premium interior on the one I drove and ultimately it wasn't bad enough to stop me buying the car, it just didn't help in a positive way.
When comparing, I try to separate out the question of style vs quality.
The minimalist styling in the 'S' isn't as minimal as it once was with the old yacht floor and no console, so that isn't as stark now in the 'S' as it is in the new '3'. So on that side of things I didn't find the 'S' to be an issue.
It really is down to look & feel on the materials and on that side Jaguar has the edge with their perforated Windsor leather and better built interior.
In the end though it is Tesla that got the order so that gives the final answer I guess
When comparing, I try to separate out the question of style vs quality.
The minimalist styling in the 'S' isn't as minimal as it once was with the old yacht floor and no console, so that isn't as stark now in the 'S' as it is in the new '3'. So on that side of things I didn't find the 'S' to be an issue.
It really is down to look & feel on the materials and on that side Jaguar has the edge with their perforated Windsor leather and better built interior.
In the end though it is Tesla that got the order so that gives the final answer I guess
I guess that's down to personal taste. I don't particularly like the JLR Windsor leather and when I was looking at them last year there were quite a few complaints on the owner forums about how quickly it wears. The faux leather Tesla now use seems more practical. It's early days yet for me but I'm seeing zero seat wear, creasing or sagging after 5K miles. If they stay that way longer term I will be very happy with the interior.
Well, my hand-over date is set for next Wednesday, so not long before I start my own direct experience of ownership...
Thanks, always good to have a list.
All is progressing very well so far.
Just picked up the Tesla Wall Charger, my electrician will be taking care of that for me.
All online documentation is correct and in order, so not much to do before next week.
The Tesla wall charger is the nicest one to have, you have a button on the charger handle to open and close the charger port. You can also ask your power provider to upgrade your main incoming fuse to a higher rating free...also investing in a decent pressure washer with specific foam lance attachment is also great to look after the car's paint. You might want to look into ceramic coating the car there is a company called PPProtect that has a good reputation, costs about £300-400. Also cool frunk and boot bags custom fit for the car, will get 10% off with my code: http://oscarandhamish.refr.cc/sidthaker
Thanks again for the suggestions.
I have already upgraded my house fuse in anticipation, they took it to 100A.
Was supposed to be 80A but on the day they forgot to bring an 80A fuse so I got 100 instead.
I'm talking to a local detailing company about paint protection, I'll report back on my experience.
I have already upgraded my house fuse in anticipation, they took it to 100A.
Was supposed to be 80A but on the day they forgot to bring an 80A fuse so I got 100 instead.
I'm talking to a local detailing company about paint protection, I'll report back on my experience.
WannabeOwner
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I had the whole car wrapped (at Topaz, near Tesla Heathrow)
Yes expensive. I did it assuming I would be keeping the car a while, and having spent 3x as much on a Tesla than normal I thought more likely that I would be annoyed by stone chips etc. than on my previous A-to-B cars. I've had nice cars before ... in my Youth, eh?
... but latterly A-to-B cars with no care about cleaning them etc.Also my understanding was that Aluminium/paint is softer than steel cars.
Felt poor when I got there, as all the other waiting-cars were Pagani Zonda and upwards
That was 2 years ago. My observations are:
The car looks smart washed (at supermarket) without polish etc.
I don't rush to remove Bird poo (anywhere on the car) as although it will mark Wrap, eventually, its not the same issue as marking paint. And, heck, if needs be the wrap is easily replaced.
Snuggling up against a rural roadside hedge, or some moron in a car park with a sharp key-point, does no scratch-damage (or, if there are scratches, a hair drier repairs them)
But for a more impressive, albeit unexpected!, test I was side-swiped by a Range-Rover/similar, pulling away from the lights on a roundabout. So not great speed. When I got the car home it looked like it had been scraped down a wall - that sort of "white veneer" look. Washed it and you couldn't tell from a distance that it had been hit. Couple of small dents which did necessitated body-shop to fix (they said "New doors because Aluminium won't pull" but did such a lousy job I wish I had ignored them, and the humongous bill they gave the other party's insurance company - 8-grand if memory serves me)
If it had been my dime, and I wasn't too fussy, I could have lived with the dents. There was no damage to the paintwork at all (but I would have had to replace the wrap around a wheel arch that had torn in the process).
Definitely impressive.
Topaz is meant to be one of the best, must have been a large sum on the invoice!
Oh and I forgot the most important one, Dashcams! worth having one professionally installed by simon holbon who is tesla trained and approved and knows tesla electrics: https://holbon.com . Think the Goluk and thinkware f900 are good dual cameras.
Oh and I forgot the most important one, Dashcams! worth having one professionally installed by simon holbon who is tesla trained and approved and knows tesla electrics: https://holbon.com . Think the Goluk and thinkware f900 are good dual cameras.
WannabeOwner
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£4K from memory (and half that for front-facing-surfaces only)
Can't fault them (and presumably a car park full of mega-super-cars speaks volumes for their owners who are bound to be much more picky than me ...)
What does the team think about the supposedly immanent release of a software update to use the existing cameras on the car for 'Dashcam' purposes?
It was an Elon tweet and IMO won’t happen any time soon, if ever. Lots of complications about image quality and storage etc etc. The shout above for Simon is an excellent one. He comes to you, has done more Tesla’s than you’ve had hot dinners, and the install is perfect. He can also improve on the poor lighting in the boot (unless that’s been improved since I got mine in March 17) and one or two other fancy bits if you’re so inclined.
WannabeOwner
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I haven't seen the announcement,but I thought the cameras were doing local processing (and only passing "object info" to central controller) so there wasn't a video-stream, as such.
There have been a few time-lapse-type-stills retrieved after accidents, but nothing that resembles dashcam footage that I'm aware of.
But wouldn't be the first time that Tesla engineers have found a wrinkle worth exploiting ...
One of my OTA freebies was to initiate AEB when the the car two-in-front brakes heavily, because the engineers found a radar-reply that they could make use of. Clever stuff, Hats-off to Elon and crew
I got some replacement bulbs online for a few quid (Bjorn has a video) and also some puddle lights, which project a Tesla logo, for the door-bottoms.
Thought i was a bit old for blue strip-lights under the car though ...
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