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Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:42 pm
by Carlos
Given the near zero BIK charge and 100% writing down allowance for Ltd companies they are really attractive financially.

The performance of the Performance :? model looks incredible 8-)

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:46 pm
by ShockDiamonds
Carlos wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:42 pm Given the near zero BIK charge and 100% writing down allowance for Ltd companies they are really attractive financially.

The performance of the Performance :? model looks incredible 8-)
So it's a car for the accountants then? Urgh.

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:47 pm
by Rich B
ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:46 pm
Carlos wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:42 pm Given the near zero BIK charge and 100% writing down allowance for Ltd companies they are really attractive financially.

The performance of the Performance :? model looks incredible 8-)
So it's a car for the accountants then? Urgh.
it’s a car for the self employed.

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:50 pm
by ShockDiamonds
Rich B wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:47 pm
ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:46 pm
Carlos wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:42 pm Given the near zero BIK charge and 100% writing down allowance for Ltd companies they are really attractive financially.

The performance of the Performance :? model looks incredible 8-)
So it's a car for the accountants then? Urgh.
it’s a car for the self employed.
Window cleaners? Brick layers? Gardeners? Delivery drivers? Tutors? Dog walkers? Taxi drivers?

Or just the chap who owns a multi-city version of one of those companies?

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:54 pm
by Rich B
ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:50 pm
Rich B wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:47 pm
ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:46 pm

So it's a car for the accountants then? Urgh.
it’s a car for the self employed.
Window cleaners? Brick layers? Gardeners? Delivery drivers? Tutors? Dog walkers? Taxi drivers?

Or just the chap who owns a multi-city version of one of those companies?
or maybe somewhere in the middle. I have a mate who has a small mortgage advising company, he has a XC90 T8 and a Leaf covered by this.

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:19 pm
by Carlos
465hp, 0-60 in 3.3s and 0-100 in 8.2s with laptimes similar to an M3.

Other than the blancmange mould styling what's not to like Mark ?

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:26 pm
by ShockDiamonds
Carlos wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:19 pm 465hp, 0-60 in 3.3s and 0-100 in 8.2s with laptimes similar to an M3.

Other than the blancmange mould styling what's not to like Mark ?
The interiors are appalling. Far too austere, minimalist and not welcoming on a cold morning. And 'thin'. And for some reason, whenever I have luggage in the front of a Tesla taxi in the US it's always frozen when I get to my hotel. And they rattle something chronic inside as they age. And the space is evidently all in the wrong place - they seem quite narrow but there's loads of legroom. To me, it's a device, not a car, which I know sounds weird. I could never 'love' a Tesla.

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:04 pm
by mikeyb
ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:46 pm
Carlos wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:42 pm Given the near zero BIK charge and 100% writing down allowance for Ltd companies they are really attractive financially.

The performance of the Performance :? model looks incredible 8-)
So it's a car for the accountants then? Urgh.
Not quite a car for accountants - we're too tight to buy one ;)

But I have just run the numbers for a client who is a dentist and I believe he's just put in an order for the new Long-range one.

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:26 pm
by RobYob
mikeyb wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:04 pm
ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:46 pm
Carlos wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:42 pm Given the near zero BIK charge and 100% writing down allowance for Ltd companies they are really attractive financially.

The performance of the Performance :? model looks incredible 8-)
So it's a car for the accountants then? Urgh.
Not quite a car for accountants - we're too tight to buy one ;)

But I have just run the numbers for a client who is a dentist and I believe he's just put in an order for the new Long-range one.
I thought the BiK rates had been completely FUBAR'd for EVs for a few years now. They went from 0% to 15% just as the deals on Tesla S' were starting to look enticing. However I've read that the'll be back down to 2% as of April next year?

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:36 pm
by Carlos
RobYob wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:26 pm

I thought the BiK rates had been completely FUBAR'd for EVs for a few years now. They went from 0% to 15% just as the deals on Tesla S' were starting to look enticing. However I've read that the'll be back down to 2% as of April next year?
Then 0% the year after.

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:42 pm
by Carlos
ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:26 pm
Carlos wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:19 pm 465hp, 0-60 in 3.3s and 0-100 in 8.2s with laptimes similar to an M3.

Other than the blancmange mould styling what's not to like Mark ?
The interiors are appalling. Far too austere, minimalist and not welcoming on a cold morning. And 'thin'. And for some reason, whenever I have luggage in the front of a Tesla taxi in the US it's always frozen when I get to my hotel. And they rattle something chronic inside as they age. And the space is evidently all in the wrong place - they seem quite narrow but there's loads of legroom. To me, it's a device, not a car, which I know sounds weird. I could never 'love' a Tesla.
But no issues with performance or dynamics ?

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:25 pm
by ShockDiamonds
Carlos wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:42 pm
ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:26 pm
Carlos wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:19 pm 465hp, 0-60 in 3.3s and 0-100 in 8.2s with laptimes similar to an M3.

Other than the blancmange mould styling what's not to like Mark ?
The interiors are appalling. Far too austere, minimalist and not welcoming on a cold morning. And 'thin'. And for some reason, whenever I have luggage in the front of a Tesla taxi in the US it's always frozen when I get to my hotel. And they rattle something chronic inside as they age. And the space is evidently all in the wrong place - they seem quite narrow but there's loads of legroom. To me, it's a device, not a car, which I know sounds weird. I could never 'love' a Tesla.
But no issues with performance or dynamics ?
Roadholding, no. But performance for me is more than only acceleration. It’s blipping at the lights. It’s a spike of revs on a downshift, pops and crackles on the overrun. It’s just not my thing. Maybe one day it will have to be, but until then...

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:27 pm
by Mito Man
I don’t think a 520d does any of those things either. Ok you can rev it but it won’t sound nice :lol:

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:32 pm
by ShockDiamonds
Mito Man wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:27 pm I don’t think a 520d does any of those things either. Ok you can rev it but it won’t sound nice :lol:
That was two years ago dickhead. I’ve done 30k in a Porsche since then whilst you’ve been shagging your dog. Even a hybrid Porsche sounds better than a 520d.

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:37 pm
by Rich B
The Porsche and Tesla are cheaper than the 520d too!

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:41 pm
by ShockDiamonds
Rich B wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:37 pm The Porsche and Tesla are cheaper than the 520d too!
Not once you factor in the aggro of running a Porsche they’re not.

Does anybody here actually own a Tesla? Curious.

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:49 pm
by IanF
Thought you had a hybrid; didn’t realise you could rev one of them?

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:52 pm
by ShockDiamonds
IanF wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:49 pm Thought you had a hybrid; didn’t realise you could rev one of them?
Sports Plus will allow it. But not all the time, which has always annoyed. Sometimes it leaves the engine running in order to burn off the fuel, also apparently to avoid dumping it into the sump! :shock:

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:04 pm
by McSwede
ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:32 pm
Mito Man wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:27 pm I don’t think a 520d does any of those things either. Ok you can rev it but it won’t sound nice :lol:
That was two years ago dickhead. I’ve done 30k in a Porsche since then whilst you’ve been shagging your dog. Even a hybrid Porsche sounds better than a 520d.
Paying £9k to get out of it still stings then?? 😂

Is it 30k in your Porsche or spread across yours and a series of loaners??

Re: Tesla Model 3

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:19 pm
by ShockDiamonds
McSwede wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:04 pm
ShockDiamonds wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:32 pm
Mito Man wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:27 pm I don’t think a 520d does any of those things either. Ok you can rev it but it won’t sound nice :lol:
That was two years ago dickhead. I’ve done 30k in a Porsche since then whilst you’ve been shagging your dog. Even a hybrid Porsche sounds better than a 520d.
Paying £9k to get out of it still stings then?? 😂

Is it 30k in your Porsche or spread across yours and a series of loaners??
Oh probably 40k including loaners. Been at OPCs for around five months in total. Pretty poor really.