Tesla Model 3 Rear Wheel Drive Car £38790 @ Tesla

It's more expensive to run per mile than a conventional petrol car if you use on the road charging points. (edited)

At least they're honest...

There’s a reason why these are being sold cheaper, I had the first batch they came in 2019 and put me off electric cars all together, got rid of it in less than a year.

I don’t recommend electric cars if you’re driving your car more than 150 miles a week max as even the long range ones hardly gives you 200 miles in the winter. (edited)

Are you still going to have the premium road tax on these as it was over £40k?

Electric is a fad. Hydrogen cells are the future

Is the dual motor with extra 70mile range really worth 11k more?

Electric vehicles and gas-powered pickups are the least reliable vehicles sold in America, whereas hybrids and gas-powered sedans are the most reliable, according to Consumer Reports 2022 Annual Auto Reliability survey.


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This car is worth every penny, if u never been in one/never drove one stop hatin

Cross your fingers that you don't need service for it outside of its designated service schedule.
Some owners are kept waiting months for spare parts to become available.
Tesla operates on a shoestring budget and they do not keep a stock of spare parts to repair unexpected failures.
Considering their apparent wealth , Tesla isn't all its cracked up to be. (edited)

An interesting point. They base this saving off of 39p per kWh, and £1.50 per litre. However, if you use the Tesla supercharger network (67p per kWh) instead of charging at home, like many will, the cost of the Tesla is £7,700 with everything else equal! So by using Teslas own network, you’re not saving anything.

Was looking at a 3 year old one at 29k auto trader might rethink now

For all those negative comments, this is an amazing car. I purchased MY, RWD and it brings smile every time I take it out.

Yes it is expensive but so is life time . If one can afford it, then go for it.

Can someone explain how enabling "full self driving" works? It comes with all the self driving hardware, right? You just have to pay an extra $15,000 to switch it on?

truly ugly car, but that's obv my personal opinion - from what I understand though the customer service and build quality of tesla are awful, why not just buy an equivalent ev from a company that knows how to make good cars? if you must buy an ev that is

Model 3 facelift due in the near future and Model 2 announced, this is a £35k car, when you compare to the space of the Y for what used to be an extra £2k (before this price drop)

Lots of folks saying they find Musk a 'tool'. You base this off the what the media spin on you. If Musk was giving his money to the usual pious suspects, I'm sure you'd all be praising him, because thats what the media tell you to do.

Most CEO's especially of big firms are a bit mental, its just that the narrative now is to make him a baddie. Just like George Bush jnr is now a 'goodie' , or how they spin Bill Gates , whilst not disclosing how much he pays media outlets.

If you like the car buy it... unless you think the bosses of other firms are somehow angels.

Has anyone looked into the "Fuel Savings" section on the bottom of the page. It is hilarious. It said: "Estimated fuel savings over 5 years £0", If you look into the details, it is even funnier. The savings are actually negative. (The comparison is also based on a petrol car has a 28mpg with 1.50 per litre, where as the Tesla is on standard UK electric home tariff of 39p per KWh.) No wonder they need to reduce the price to sell. Modern petrol car can do far better than 28mpg, let alone diesel. (edited)

How much does a full
Charge cost?

I’ve got a model 3 long range. Have had it since March 21 and have done 50k. I was fortunate enough to get it as a company car. I have 2 different “fuel” cards for charging on the road and facilities to charge in the office. I had a charger installed at home but no longer have it as I moved house and didn’t bother getting another to see if I could do without. And I have, so have no home charging costs. 

I have had my fair share of issues with it such as charge port failing, boot actuator failed, frunk locked shut. All replaced under warranty in the first couple of months. 

The service centres are incredibly busy, but are improving. The wait time’s for replacement parts such as windscreens was crazy as they were a non stock item and imported from USA. It is difficult to get a courtesy car and they have done away with the chauffeur service too which is a shame. 

my main gripe is the charging infrastructure. It is a shambles. The gov pushed everyone into EV making all these promises and no surprise they have failed miserableness. East Anglian charging network is very poor. There are more Chargers popping up but it’s a slow process! They will get there.

The Tesla LR is a great car,it goes like the clappers, the pre condition and defrosting, and app is great. Others are catching up now though. The new i4 looks pretty smart. 

My personal opinion is that they will go back on their word about banning ICE cars. There's no way that in 7 years time they're going to be able to handle the vast amount of EV on the road. We should be seeing plenty of work already, 7 years isn't that long away.

Do they have dealerships where you can view and test drive? I'm not a fan of this online selling malarky.

A Milk float with seriously bad styling just my opinion .
Then there's changing fatigue/paranoia
I'm seeking out a 335D 3 series before they get banned
Battery cars ........no thanks 😴 (edited)

I'll be honest. I think Tesla's are ugly and Elon Musk has been a very-lucky idiot. The cars are common as muck, and build quality (although improving) is average at best.

However, I recently purchased a Model Y because NOTHING can match it for space, practicality, features, running costs and efficiency at a similar price. If I didn't need the space, I would have saved a little money and gone for the 3. The only thing I miss are PARKING SENSORS. Bad move to remove USS before the software was ready for vision-based sensors. Hopefully the vision-based sensor update arrives soon.

Tesla are like Marmite. I fully-understand why people love them or hate them.

People forgot that Teslas maintenance is practically none as they don’t recommend it but just suggest it every 2-3 years while ICE you need to do this an annually for 300+ per service, if you have audi, theres even more

I would really love a Tesla as my next car.......but that tool that runs the company really puts me off!

Please don't hound me , but I must say, there will be hydrogen cars within the next 3 or so years. When they arrive, electric vehicle value will drop by a scary amount ! Just sayin....

This is an unbelievable deal! I feel terrible for the poor fools buying MGs that have terrible ownership experiences by comparison!

If you're lucky enough to have Solar on your roof, your home is your petrol station too! (edited)

I'm pro electric vehicles pro tesla and even pro Musk but I wouldn't buy one of these unless I was elextremely wealthy and saw it as just helping development of a new tech

It's hard to know for sure but I'd bet these first mass market EVs will cost a fortune to upkeep once the warranty is over. I'm not talking just batteries but everything. Parts will be expensive and only tesla will be able to fix em

I'd wait at least 1 more generation if not two more generations by which time hopefully prices go down and reliability goes up

I'd also imagine mass market vehicles will be far smaller batteies and yes far less range but this will make them far chepaer to buy fianncd and insure. Something like a tesla Model 1 the size of a VW Polo with 20KWh battery and 120 mile range. This will be fine for most people Most of the time. With super chargers and rapid chargers far more common in 5 years time the limited range will be less of an issue too

Edit: Also I am pretty certain all EVs will have a far steeper depreciation curve becuase more than half of homes in the UK can't home charge so when a new Model 3 buyer goes to sell the car in 5 years time who is he going to sell it too? The market for second hand EVs will be more limited becuase if you live in an apartment even if you want an EV you probably won't buy one if you can't home charge. This isn't yet a problem as EVs make up a tiny portion of the stock of cars but it will be a significant problem in 5-8 years time (edited)

Find it hilarious that people have nothing to do but have a go at electric cars in general and esp on the comments section here great, it's not for you, we get it!

Never realised these are only 0 - 60 in 6 seconds, every review of a Tesla is like "the acceleration is immense"..... 6 seconds isn't impressive.

Main delivery wave in the 3rd month of the quarter and this is likely an end of quarter push before production/delivery numbers on the 2nd April.

Was considering this, but decided just to get the Lindt Lindor Strawberries & Cream Truffles instead. hotukdeals.com/sha…170

I wouldn't buy a car with known severe rust issues. You'll never see £38,700 deprecate quicker in your life. Cold from me.

Or, buy a reliable second hand diesel for £3879, 10% of the price where the engine can go to the moon and back.