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A friend bought a Model 3 LR with all the toys about 6 weeks ago and the roof glass has cracked on the inside, Tesla are claiming it was caused by a "stone chip"

£1.3k bill for his insurers... He's not a happy bunny.
 
mrgubby said:
A friend bought a Model 3 LR with all the toys about 6 weeks ago and the roof glass has cracked on the inside, Tesla are claiming it was caused by a "stone chip"

£1.3k bill for his insurers... He's not a happy bunny.
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a stone chip flew through the window and up to crack the underside of the roof? Either a one in a million chance, or Tesla are BSing

He's lucky it didn't hit him
 
mrgubby said:
A friend bought a Model 3 LR with all the toys about 6 weeks ago and the roof glass has cracked on the inside, Tesla are claiming it was caused by a "stone chip"

£1.3k bill for his insurers... He's not a happy bunny.
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WTF? I rolled and literally travelled on the roof of my M3P for about 30m and the roof wasn't even scratched. To damage the roof I think you'd need to use one of those specialist glass breaking hammers or something. That said, £1300 sounds cheap when a windscreen is often half that amount. And I'd imagine you'll have to use Tesla to fix it.
 
TheOracle said:
a stone chip flew through the window and up to crack the underside of the roof? Either a one in a million chance, or Tesla are BSing

He's lucky it didn't hit him
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It's cracked on the inside but they claim they can feel a stone chip with their nail on the outside at the beginning of the crack...
 
Ouch, I guess it depends on how the glass cracked, normally it’s pretty obvious. Got any pics?

If it cracked out from a point in the middle of the glass then an impact isn’t an unlikely scenario. However if it’s cracked from the edge, that’s probably a stress crack from incorrect installation.

Wouldn’t normal glass cover this anyway e.g. £50 excess and no impact on premiums?
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Ouch, I guess it depends on how the glass cracked, normally it’s pretty obvious. Got any pics?

If it cracked out from a point in the middle of the glass then an impact isn’t an unlikely scenario. However if it’s cracked from the edge, that’s probably a stress crack from incorrect installation.

Wouldn’t normal glass cover this anyway e.g. £50 excess and no impact on premiums?
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Mine doesn't cover panoramic roofs, just the windscreen, side and rear windows.
 
So to save me searching through this thread, what's the home charge of choice for a model 3. I'm looking at taking the plunge for the performance version and I'd like to get a charger fitted before I go for the car. Also does anyone have experience of roof racks for the model 3 as I would quite like to load some bikes up there.
 
Honestly, it doesn’t really matter but they come in a range of quality, functionality and installation complexities. The only thing I would say it to buy a tethered charger (cable built in).

The Tesla charger has the button to open the charge flap on the handle but it isn’t eligible for the grant. I don’t think it’s that ‘smart’ from an integrating with things like octopus agile perspective.

Other than that Anderson is the one to go for from an looks perspective (IMO) but it’s seriously expensive. Zappi is cheaper and has great if not the best functionality, but isn’t the best looking (IMO). There is a new one called hypervolt that looks interesting. All of these have earth fault and RCD protection built in which makes them easy to install.

There are some newer ones like Ohme and EO which people seem to like.

Rolec and pod point are cheaper but the quality isn’t as good and they are not the best looking either.
 
theone8181 said:
So to save me searching through this thread, what's the home charge of choice for a model 3. I'm looking at taking the plunge for the performance version and I'd like to get a charger fitted before I go for the car. Also does anyone have experience of roof racks for the model 3 as I would quite like to load some bikes up there.
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Standard single phase supply?

The Ohme Intelligent Wall Charger is pretty well regarded, 7.4kw, about 30 miles per hour, type 1 and 2 cables available for it, they are around £600 or so, the Tesla charger itself is around double the cost but charges at up to 22kw so 3 times the rate on a 3 phase setup.
 
MadMossy said:
Standard single phase supply?

The Ohme Intelligent Wall Charger is pretty well regarded, 7.4kw, about 30 miles per hour, type 1 and 2 cables available for it, they are around £600 or so, the Tesla charger itself is around double the cost but charges at up to 22kw so 3 times the rate on a 3 phase setup.
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The Tesla charger has been updated, it doesn’t do 22kw anymore but it has a much thinner, lighter and flexible cable and is now more suitable for home installations, I think it has RCD but not earth fault protection built in now.
 
theone8181 said:
So to save me searching through this thread, what's the home charge of choice for a model 3. I'm looking at taking the plunge for the performance version and I'd like to get a charger fitted before I go for the car. Also does anyone have experience of roof racks for the model 3 as I would quite like to load some bikes up there.
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Aside from the above, it also matters how and where you use it imo. What's your parking situation - garage, driveway, on-street etc? And how often are you likely to need to charge/what journeys are likely to be doing regularly?
 
MadMossy said:
Standard single phase supply?

The Ohme Intelligent Wall Charger is pretty well regarded, 7.4kw, about 30 miles per hour, type 1 and 2 cables available for it, they are around £600 or so, the Tesla charger itself is around double the cost but charges at up to 22kw so 3 times the rate on a 3 phase setup.
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I didn’t think the model 3 took AC that fast, Only 11kW.
 
Russinating said:
Aside from the above, it also matters how and where you use it imo. What's your parking situation - garage, driveway, on-street etc? And how often are you likely to need to charge/what journeys are likely to be doing regularly?
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I'd get away with a charge a week, I'm filling up my M3 (as in actual M3:p) once a week every 220 odd miles. I've got a drive so an overnight charge doesn't bother me. I did get a hybrid as a courtesy car so I can see why a cable on the house is far better.
 
In which case I'd say stick with a 3-pin and see how you get on. I regret getting a charger installed at home because I've used it half a dozen times as I'm able to charge at work, and I've only got on-street parking so a 3-pin is less ideal because it means I have to go across the pavement for longer and I prefer to minimise that/do it overnight.

A charger plus installation is going to cost you around £500 which with 25p/kW at Tesla Superchargers is the equivalent of 2,000 free kW on the road.

Plus you can always get one installed later if 3-pin just isn't working out, but I wouldn't be rushing to get it all put in ahead of time. 3-pin is still 2kW with no upfront costs etc.
 
WJA96 said:
WTF? I rolled and literally travelled on the roof of my M3P for about 30m and the roof wasn't even scratched. To damage the roof I think you'd need to use one of those specialist glass breaking hammers or something. That said, £1300 sounds cheap when a windscreen is often half that amount. And I'd imagine you'll have to use Tesla to fix it.
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lol, say what? How did you manage that?! Has it been posted on here?
 
theone8181 said:
I'd get away with a charge a week, I'm filling up my M3 (as in actual M3:p) once a week every 220 odd miles. I've got a drive so an overnight charge doesn't bother me. I did get a hybrid as a courtesy car so I can see why a cable on the house is far better.
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Just realised I posted my reply in the wrong thread, but anyway here it is...

Your average person could get away with just recharging with a 3 pin, the main issue is that if you do two fairly heavy mileage days in a row you have will not be able to get the car re-charged in time for the second day. Sure it might only happen twice a year but it will be a right pain when it does happen. When you are spending £40k+ on a Tesla, a few hundred quid to get a proper charge point installed for your off street parking isn't a great expense in the grand scheme of things and you'll be able to use it on the next one.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Just realised I posted my reply in the wrong thread, but anyway here it is...

Your average person could get away with just recharging with a 3 pin, the main issue is that if you do two fairly heavy mileage days in a row you have will not be able to get the car re-charged in time for the second day. Sure it might only happen twice a year but it will be a right pain when it does happen. When you are spending £40k+ on a Tesla, a few hundred quid to get a proper charge point installed for your off street parking isn't a great expense in the grand scheme of things and you'll be able to use it on the next one.
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I understand. My normal commute is only 30 miles so while waiting for a charger to be fitted, plugging every night isn't that much of a pain. There is the grand total of 1 charge point at work but not sure on the rules as currently only 1 person uses it:D. I tried looking at what comes standard and I believe all UK model 3s come with a 3 pin to type 2 charger, is that right?
 
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