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Message posted by Francais on 11/12/2018 at 7:13pm
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Simples, blueexpo97, like in the U.S. all those folk that like to buy the BMW 3 series will be queuing up to buy the Tesla Model 3, mostly because the Tesla is faster.
Then there are all the folk that covet the S and the X, but find those models beyond there budget.
Range anxiety is not an issue in a tiny country like the UK, when a full charge will get you 220 miles, or 310 miles for the long range model.
Supply for the demand, as ever will be the issue for Tesla, the U.K. model RHD, probably will not appear until around May, June time, and you will probably only start to notice them in significant numbers on the road around early 2020!.
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Message posted by Francais on 12/12/2018 at 6:06pm
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Yep just put £62 worth of petrol in the car today, petrol at ASDA Manchester was £1.147 per litre, and diesel £1.257.
That amount of fuel will just about get me 400 miles, in the 1.5lt automatic 2018 BMW 1 that I am now driving.
That's barley 70 miles further than the Model 3 with a full charge, in fact to do 400 miles in the Model 3 would cost about £10! for the electric.
When you do 30k miles per year like I do, that's a massive saving to be had.
Thanks Bessie for pointing out, that I did indeed start this post, so towing with a small baggage trailer unbraked with max gross 750kg, are my expectations for the Model 3, and I am sure it will exceed that.
The Model 3 has been seen, towing a unbraked box trailer, close to the Fremont factory, so I guess it's only a matter of time before type approval is listed.
I visited the Tesla Stockport store today, and got the grand tour of the Model 3, the car is of US spec and is probably the same one as seen at the Goodwood festival earlier this year.
Lovely red paintwork, dual motor model, so top of the range, I have got to say the styling is awesome, and no photo can do it justice, you just have to see this baby close up and personal.
Sitting inside the car, the minimalist layout gives a very futuristic feel, there is nothing out there quite like this car, not even the other Tesla's.
There was also a number of reservationist's at the store, who will be expecting to get there cars next year, new orders placed today will mean that you won't get the car until early 2020!, definitely worth the wait though.
Thankfully the finance director at the firm I work for, already drives a Tesla Model S, so getting the Model 3 for our field teams may actually happen come 2020.
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Topic: Tesla 3 towing?
