Tesla Model 3, running costs
Discussion
Gone fishing said:
A lot of the driving characteristics (smooth, no gear change, instant torque) are the same for all EVs, although Tesla’s are very quick What you’ve identified is very true, with the depreciation hit, a 2-3 year old car makes a cheap buy compared to new.
A commando doesn’t save you much over a proper charger, the circuit from the consumer unit is the same and usually 2/3 the cost of an install depending on your situation, but equally if you went command, switching to a wall charger later on should be as simple as replacing the commando socket with the wall charger, some even install the wall charger with a fly lead and plug that into the commando socket so you can unplug it and have direct access to the commando again.
You’ll probably either not have a commando plug with your universal charger that came with the car, or you’ll have a 16a one, but a 32a one is available for about £25. It’s worth going for 32a commando/charger circuit if you can, you might not need it now but one day you probably will and it will save replacing the whole lot.
Ok, many thanks. A commando doesn’t save you much over a proper charger, the circuit from the consumer unit is the same and usually 2/3 the cost of an install depending on your situation, but equally if you went command, switching to a wall charger later on should be as simple as replacing the commando socket with the wall charger, some even install the wall charger with a fly lead and plug that into the commando socket so you can unplug it and have direct access to the commando again.
You’ll probably either not have a commando plug with your universal charger that came with the car, or you’ll have a 16a one, but a 32a one is available for about £25. It’s worth going for 32a commando/charger circuit if you can, you might not need it now but one day you probably will and it will save replacing the whole lot.
So a month or so in, around 1500 miles, 'fuel' costs so far are £8: a mixture of solar charging from the Zappi, off peak charging at home and (mainly) charging at work for free.
Generally, the car is very easy to live with. I find the 'adaptive cruise' (I'm sure that's not what it's called) to be pretty poor. The Golf had radar cruise and it was fantastic, the Tesla seems to be constantly bamboozled and I find the car slowing down because there's a cone in the central reservation or similar. Anyway, that's a minor complaint.
The one thing that's driving me insane is the corrective steering (emergency lane departure avoidance). Does anyone know if there's a way to permanently switch that off? I have to remember to turn it off before each drive (shown in pic) and even then it sometimes intervenes by 'grabbing' the steering wheel if I'm making progress (seems to be almost exclusively roundabouts), very disconcerting!
Its weird sometimes if I am pushing on it is not bothered about me going offside at all, but the time I get a really nice view into a long sweeping bend and get full offside it goes totally mental on me.
I just put it down to "one of those things".
There is one b road in particular that I take regularly early doors and I just signal right... seems to not be bothered then
I just put it down to "one of those things".
There is one b road in particular that I take regularly early doors and I just signal right... seems to not be bothered then
Annoys me too, the car certainly doesn’t understand advanced driving and using the full width of the road to afford better visibility when situations allow. Even driving in Lane 3 on the M5 north near the top in the twisty bends can cause it to have a melt down.
The cheap costs of course are a characteristic of all EVs, within reason, some are a more efficient that others but when the bill is relatively small, even 50% worse efficiency isn’t a hard pill to swallow
The cheap costs of course are a characteristic of all EVs, within reason, some are a more efficient that others but when the bill is relatively small, even 50% worse efficiency isn’t a hard pill to swallow
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