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Well then. Went on a test drive and we were both blown away by the simple ease and practicality of the model 3. @casper_uk posted about a £3k deposit contribution offer which also swayed us a bit. I drove around for a few miles, got absolutely smitten, then my wife drove, got absolutely smitten, so we went back to the dealer, ironed out a few questions and confusions, then went for lunch and ordered one.

The £3k bonus is for the base model RWD model only which really helped because I was umming and arring about a premium model so this was just the sledgehammer I needed to make my mind up. Basic white too, if I could've paid more for the red I'd have stumped up, but I'm not paying £1300 for other colours which are just as dull and boring as white.

For anyone sitting on the fence (or has basically become one with the fence @jpaul) let me make this very clear - there are no words to describe the difference between a manual petrol car and an EV with one pedal driving. The car is just so easy and intuitive to use that I can now fairly honestly preach from the EV altar too.

Likes:
Electric memory seats
Heated seats
The drivetrain itself
It's comfy, the seating position is really good
Loads of boot space
The visibility from the front is absolutely phenomenal due to a low front end, obvs no engine innit
The general airyness in the car is lovely
Moonroof
Double wireless chargers (this is my personal fave, no more dicking about with cables and nonsense)

Dislikes:
No heated mirrors
Rear visibility from the centre mirror is shocking
The indicators don't have a quick three-flash thingy for lane changes


The salesman told us that it has a heated windscreen, I couldn't see the little elements running through the glass so not sure if he's talking **** or doesn't know what a heated windscreen is, but either way with the preconditioning I'm not too fussed.

Pick up should be December, I'll pop some more thoughts in when we get it.

Thanks again to all who answered my questions, you certainly made this process a lot easier :)
 
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Diddums said:
Well then. Went on a test drive and we were both blown away by the simple ease and practicality of the model 3. @casper_uk posted about a £3k deposit contribution offer which also swayed us a bit. I drove around for a few miles, got absolutely smitten, then my wife drove, got absolutely smitten, so we went back to the dealer, ironed out a few questions and confusions, then went for lunch and ordered one.

The £3k bonus is for the base model RWD model only which really helped because I was umming and arring about a premium model so this was just the sledgehammer I needed to make my mind up. Basic white too, if I could've paid more for the red I'd have stumped up, but I'm not paying £1300 for other colours which are just as dull and boring as white.

For anyone sitting on the fence (or has basically become one with the fence @jpaul) let me make this very clear - there are no words to describe the difference between a manual petrol car and an EV with one pedal driving. The car is just so easy and intuitive to use that I can now fairly honestly preach from the EV altar too.

Likes:
Electric memory seats
Heated seats
The drivetrain itself
It's comfy, the seating position is really good
Loads of boot space
The visibility from the front is absolutely phenomenal due to a low front end, obvs no engine innit
The general airyness in the car is lovely
Moonroof
Double wireless chargers (this is my personal fave, no more dicking about with cables and nonsense)

Dislikes:
No heated mirrors
Rear visibility from the centre mirror is shocking
The indicators don't have a quick three-flash thingy for lane changes


The salesman told us that it has a heated windscreen, I couldn't see the little elements running through the glass so not sure if he's talking **** or doesn't know what a heated windscreen is, but either way with the preconditioning I'm not too fussed.

Pick up should be December, I'll pop some more thoughts in when we get it.

Thanks again to all who answered my questions, you certainly made this process a lot easier :)
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You can aim heat over the windscreen - not sure what more you expect from a heated windscreen…
 
Penfold101 said:
You can aim heat over the windscreen - not sure what more you expect from a heated windscreen…
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Ours is properly heated, with little elements that run through the glass. This clears the windscreen in seconds which is fantastic in winter. I haven't scraped a windscreen in 6 years.

The preconditioning will solve that problem though.

Oh one more thing - after the test drive I parked the car up and as we walked off it gave us a round of applause. Had a proper chuckle from that :D
 
cuke2u said:
I think you are being confused by two different systems, adaptive braking isn't the same as collision detection at all. Adaptive braking does work very well in my experience and I can drive my i4 to a destination quite often without having to touch the brake pedal at all, it also uses the GPS as well.
I rarely get the collision avoidance kicking in, which has been my experience with all the cars I've owned with that system fitted.
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Nope, it’s the adaptive braking system.

Since changing it to low regen it doesn’t do any of it. It’s a shocking piece of kit and I can’t understand how anyone can use it. Properly nausea inducing.
 
MrRongCar said:
Nope, it’s the adaptive braking system.

Since changing it to low regen it doesn’t do any of it. It’s a shocking piece of kit and I can’t understand how anyone can use it. Properly nausea inducing.
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Works for me just fine, no issues with collision avoidance at all, not once so the 'piece of kit' works and extremely well.
I've not heard of many complaints either...
 
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For us, it wasn't about the car at all. It was about the charging infrastructure (and Jenny). As a first EV, we weren't quite ready to run the gauntlet of random public chargers for our frequent trips up to Scotland.
 
Rilot said:
For us, it wasn't about the car at all. It was about the charging infrastructure (and Jenny). As a first EV, we weren't quite ready to run the gauntlet of random public chargers for our frequent trips up to Scotland.
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It’s a very fair comment. Someone at work has a Tesla for a similar reason


The ecosystem around Teslas makes it really easy to own and live with one I imagine.
 
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