That's a very open-minded approach, which is what it takes to make the big change from ICE to EV.Dandock wrote: ↑Thu May 31, 2018 6:01 pm I think both your experiences - and Luke's if he's got his ear to the ground - are fascinating, persuasive and probably more influential than Tesla itself. And interesting at this moment that as you talk about their software as I'm trying to look at their site and it keeps defaulting to Tesla Italy. Cant seem to get to see much of the S, though. Unless Im missing something obvious.
Anyway, whilst the S and the X are simply not viable for us - notwithstanding the charging they're just far, far too big and probably not totally as wise a choice as they were for you since the PCP rates changed - we are I suppose potential targets for a Model 3 or perhaps more likely the Model Y, the mid sized SUV - whenever thats arriving. Having said this I think you would agree that I would find it mightily frustrating if I had my name down for either and a target date in mind only to find that date continually sliding backwards and having to make potentially compromising and expensive remedial decisions.
Tesla is clearly working hard to remedy their production issues and Musk admits that the 3 is not profitable right now. Will the Y be? If it is will the 3 get bounced some more... or will they both get bounced for reasons currently unseen. So many unanswered questions; and the world does very much abhor a vacuum. I think your both very fortunate to be driving and loving your Teslas but for us mere mortals any prospect is all very frustrating.
Tesla website works okay on my computer, so maybe your computer thinks it's in Milan, lol? It is a pretty minimalist website though and not many photos. This is an interesting page, showing some of the key UI features and historical development.
https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/software
Model 3 will probably be available in the UK in the second half of 2019, Model Y maybe 2020 but not so clear yet. The consensus on the various forums is that it's not worth putting a deposit down now as you will be at or near the end of the queue anyway and when they do start delivering cars into the UK, the existing pre-orders will be likely met within a few months. That's what happened with the S back in the day. People who had pre-ordered years before only received their cars a few months ahead of new orders. So I would wait and see how it all goes, like I did with the Model X. I only had to wait a couple of months for a custom order in the end.
