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Booked a test drive of the Model 3, just worried the size might be an issue, currently have a Range Rover Velar, and I love it, so the move to a smaller electric vehicle is a big change...
 
Tesla will be bust within 5 years. They're swamped with debt, the reliability of their cars is at best shambolic and charging $1000 for a new wing mirror is nothing short of daylight robbery. A fool and their money are easily parted as they say.
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Porsche Taycan would be my choice of an electric vehicle, but still a dream at the moment. Ok it's about 60k more than the tesla, but hey, it's a gorgeous looking car from a renowned maker …& it doesn't look like a cheap chevvy import with a plug socket.
 
Booked a test drive of the Model 3, just worried the size might be an issue, currently have a Range Rover Velar, and I love it, so the move to a smaller electric vehicle is a big change...

Just about to ditch our velar, it’s depreciated £35k in two and a half years. Lovely car, but I’ll never again go near LR with that rate of depreciation. That and there’s a shit load of them on the road now as they’re biting them out on cheap finance deals.

The model 3 is the future but it’s fugly. Id hang fire for the Taycan in September. Similar price but a world apart.
 
Isn’t the Taycan meant to have a terrible range?

The Yanks tested it and gave it 201 miles. That’s bad.

 
It is a strange interior like, I don't think there's any getting away from that, but it does seem to work!


Do you have to look at the middle screen to see the speed? There should be a HUD or something at least. I enjoy watching the Tesla Driver channel on YT to see the successes and failures of the autopilot system, it does seem to be a bit patchy still, but when it works, works well.

Strange that the I-Pace is cheaper than the Tesla but not around the budget. I wonder if they were only making the top-spec one available? I've gone for the base model, wasn't even offered the SE or HSE, and almost certainly couldn't afford them.

3.2 0-60 is just otherworldly though, chances are the only cars you'll come across on the roads that can keep up are other Teslas. Is there a non-supercar with an ICE that can do less than 4s?
Ive ordered an S spec I pace through nhs scheme as was a nuts cheap price on the special offer, only downside was I couldn't change the wheels. If I put a normal quote on even on the S it was nearly 200 a month dearer.
 
Isn’t the Taycan meant to have a terrible range?

The Yanks tested it and gave it 201 miles. That’s bad.


Id take that if it is, it’s somewhere over 200, I think the Taycan is less susceptible to low temperature variations on the range. It’s a moot point for a few years anyway as the infrastructure just isn’t in place yet.

I’m desperate for an EV, now is not the time though given the vehicles available and the charging network is crap.
 
I don’t know myself what the website is but I’m sure if you google NHS lease or something it’ll come up. The person I know who works for the NHS and has an account on that website couldn’t find the Tesla deal, it’s not listed anymore so presumably sold out, unless they have more stock
Think the offer was only on a couple of days. Can't even list them to get a standard quote now
 
Ive ordered an S spec I pace through nhs scheme as was a nuts cheap price on the special offer, only downside was I couldn't change the wheels. If I put a normal quote on even on the S it was nearly 200 a month dearer.

Same car friend! Not NHS though, and I have the exact same issue with the wheels. It doesn’t look as nice with the 18 inch 15-spoke wheels as the 20s or 22s but it’s apparently marginally more efficient on the 18s.
Id take that if it is, it’s somewhere over 200, I think the Taycan is less susceptible to low temperature variations on the range. It’s a moot point for a few years anyway as the infrastructure just isn’t in place yet.

I’m desperate for an EV, now is not the time though given the vehicles available and the charging network is crap.

201 EPA suggests even less real world, maybe 190, it certainly doesn’t seem worth the huge huge price, but of course you pay for the badge too!
 
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The base model is a similar price to the Tesla isn’t it?

£2k price difference between a Tesla S and a Porsche Taycan. There’s no choice is there?
 
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Same car friend! Not NHS though, and I have the exact same issue with the wheels. It doesn’t look as nice with the 18 inch 15-spoke wheels as the 20s or 22s but it’s apparently marginally more efficient on the 18s.


201 EPA suggests even less real world, maybe 190, it certainly doesn’t seem worth the huge huge price, but of course you pay for the badge too!
It is apparently, I just think the 20s look better without being as mad as the 22s, was a massive sticking point as you couldn't change a single option on the offer, I even asked if I could change them then put the originals back on when i return, nope, get them painted black so not as obvious then return to normal state on return, nope.
But for the money it's a total no brainer I spend between 160 and 180 a month on diesel and we have chargers at work so wont cost me a penny.
 
It is apparently, I just think the 20s look better without being as mad as the 22s, was a massive sticking point as you couldn't change a single option on the offer, I even asked if I could change them then put the originals back on when i return, nope, get them painted black so not as obvious then return to normal state on return, nope.
But for the money it's a total no brainer I spend between 160 and 180 a month on diesel and we have chargers at work so wont cost me a penny.

Well that’s saved me a job as I was going to ask my employer to speak to whomever their car supplier is about the wheels :lol:

I’d rather have an incredible car with ugly wheels than my shit car that already has shit wheels though 😂
 
Well that’s saved me a job as I was going to ask my employer to speak to whomever their car supplier is about the wheels :lol:

I’d rather have an incredible car with ugly wheels than my shit car that already has shit wheels though 😂
What's the delivery time for your new car?
 

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