got to have a bit of a wind up.
It’ll prepare me for theI’ll get when I buy one
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I’ll get when I buy one I can assure you of BIG TIME $h@£ coming your way
RS3 v Tesla 3 Performance
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I can assure you of BIG TIME $h@£ coming your way
I think a Tesla is that different from any car that most of us are used to that a second demo is probably the way to go, more so if your a bit of a petrol head anyway (which we all must be to be on here) for wifey to have one and trundle to shops/work/mates etc I imagine the single demo drive would do it, but when it's going to be one of your hobbies for the foreseable future it's a bigger decisionwife has ordered one - deep blue exterior & black interior.
I think the fact you need a 2nd drive suggests you are not 100% sure so just be certain it is the car for you mate & it’s not just the mega acceleration & short lead time that’s pulling you in.
That said I doubt you’d lose too much on it if you did chop it in when the RS3 mica arrives if you then did decide to keep the RS3 & ditch the Eveready
company car for the wife so it’s mainly driven by tax reasons ... but she liked it and I gave it the seal of approval too.
Although she did comment on my RS3 today saying it does incredible & loves the colour ... so I’d say she has great taste, but that goes without saying with me as her better half
I do wonder if the Govt will latch on that 'some' of these EV's are extremely quick and start a 'hp' or 'performance tax' I mean they probably really dont want us driving around in 500hp EV's, their vision will be more Nissan I've lost the will to live Leaf
As they lose tax revenue on ICE cars in lieu of those who get an EV, it won’t be long before we see EV taxes increased for sure.
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More reason to jump into one now to make the most of it if you can. My accountant actively encouraged me to get into one.
It'll be a long time until you can get into a car that fast for so little again.
I was talking to the guy near me who bought one at Christmas. He reckons we are in the sweet spot currently regarding EV’s in that there’s not currently a massive uptake, so charging points / cost to charge / no tax to pay etc are very good incentives, however in the coming years as more people get into EV’s then that could well change, as Petrol/Diesel revenue drops, EV’s will have to make up the shortfall.
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Huge Furlough bill to pay so taxes will be hammered that is for sure, including EV's once the timing suits the Government.
Yes but how will they do it? I would think they will clobber the more expensive and faster versions first, the 'over £40k' or similar to try and force you to buy ID3's, Nissan Leaf's and the like and sit behind the local spandex brigade cyling down the middle of the road at 15mph
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Where have we seen this before - incentives to change car, hammer said people once enough have moved over ...
#dieselgate
TX.
Well second test drive done……
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So you picking up on 1st March then lol ?
So you picking up on 1st March then lol ?
I still think it’s a great car. Looks really good in the grey with matt black wheels / red calipers.
Was checking paint finish / panel gaps etc more on this visit, have to say bar the usual orange peel you get on most cars now there’s nothing untoward about it.
I do have a concern about the screen font / menu operation, it’s something that needs setting up before you actually drive it, as delving into it while driving is too distracting.
I did use the voice control this time and found that to understand pretty much everything I threw at it.
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I found the same regarding the screen, I needed my reading glasses balanced on the end of my nose to see anything on the screen and then looking over them to drive, not ideal but maybe just because it was all 'different' and new? I thought that I would need to just play around with the screen for some time whilst parked up
We discussed it on the way home.
In the RS3 8V / Golf 7 the only real time we changed anything while on the move is the heating and both are round knob operated, which can be done with minimal eyes off the road.
The speedo I was fine with and no issues seeing it in my field of vision.
However touch screens only serve to distract the driver in whatever car they are fitted too.
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So you picking up on 1st March then lol ?
There’s not a whole lot I don’t like about it.
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The touchscreen is the only thing I really don’t like about the car, as you say it’s too distracting and I honestly found it impossible to use whilst on the move - even something as basic as finding the correct radio station was a challenge
Yes you can use voice control but I find talking to a car a bit odd
Yes you can use voice control but I find talking to a car a bit odd
I find in golf I will change temps (Wifey turns it down, I turn it back up) I also have to switch from George Michael to anything else and the odd time the ESC to Sport or Off, On the Tesla there are different 'track' modes within the performance models screen, I never visited those, I wonder if you could hire one for a weekend and see how life with one would be?
This as been up for a couple of weeks and at 57k I think it will be there a while longer
After it's been chucked oot a Scrapyard crusher lolDecent wrap will sort the Tesla
Finest example of one the last 8v's made mate and yeah about £8k overpriced
no pan roof either to open & listen to that glorious soundtrack ... oh erm maybe not
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So ATM we are now getting the Tesla Wrapped in Mica plus a Milltek Dolby Atmos surround sound system.......Car forums...eh Ye just coudny write the script ......lol
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Oh *** ... part of me worries you are serious as you must have searched that out lol
now THAT made me howl with laughter
Dolby atmos surround sound for the Tesla ... Brilliant
Oh *** ... part of me worries you are serious as you must have searched that out lol
I actually came across it on a YT video with Archie Pratt face.
Was such a weird thing to see.
Safe to say if I wanted that I’d buy the RS3
Weirdly enough I’ll still have an order in for an RS3 anyway
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It’s a sign. 
Program on ITV now.
She’s driving a Tesla and discussing the smart motorways with a guy called……..
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Program on ITV now.
She’s driving a Tesla and discussing the smart motorways with a guy called……..
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Lol nah just boring Tesla (Daytona
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not proper Daytona Pearl mate
audi Daytona different class
There’s no amount of ‘prep’ that could make that worth 57k
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not proper Daytona Pearl mate
audi Daytona different class
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