My 2 bob after spending a weekend driving around BrisVegas (Brisbane) in a Tesla Model 3. Now obviously driving around old Blighty is massively different but some things will be the same.
Not gonna lie, the driving experience of a Telsa is awesome once you get used to it. I had to turn on "roll" as it was just too weird to stop dead after you took your foot off the accelerator. Not having the speedo in front of you was a pain as well. But man it went like a "shower of ****" , acceleration is just awesome and handling is on the money.
Getting in and out and starting the car was a bit annoying, you have to tap your card on the pillar to open the door and then tap on the console and was a bit fiddly. I prefer to open the door get in put foot on brake and push a button. But this is all stuff you will get used to.
I drove around a fair bit, Brisbane is about twice as big as Metro London, and I drove across and back of it a lot and I went about half way to Toowoomba as well so I suppose going from Central London to Godalming ish. So a good mix of highway, freeway and ****ty central traffic. My main concern was always charge. I tend to be on the safe side and preferred >50% charge. Range was good I won't lie BUT the number of times I went to go to a charger and it was already taken was like 90% of the time. And they tended to be in the most annoying places to get to. Honestly the stress and hassle of driving to like 5 different chargers to get one that was available more than took away the joy to drive.
If you had a tesla wall at home and puttered around west London all good you'd have no dramas. Get out on the m1 for extended periods and I'd be planning my route very carefully indeed as well as being super patient to find a charging station.
Not gonna lie, the driving experience of a Telsa is awesome once you get used to it. I had to turn on "roll" as it was just too weird to stop dead after you took your foot off the accelerator. Not having the speedo in front of you was a pain as well. But man it went like a "shower of ****" , acceleration is just awesome and handling is on the money.
Getting in and out and starting the car was a bit annoying, you have to tap your card on the pillar to open the door and then tap on the console and was a bit fiddly. I prefer to open the door get in put foot on brake and push a button. But this is all stuff you will get used to.
I drove around a fair bit, Brisbane is about twice as big as Metro London, and I drove across and back of it a lot and I went about half way to Toowoomba as well so I suppose going from Central London to Godalming ish. So a good mix of highway, freeway and ****ty central traffic. My main concern was always charge. I tend to be on the safe side and preferred >50% charge. Range was good I won't lie BUT the number of times I went to go to a charger and it was already taken was like 90% of the time. And they tended to be in the most annoying places to get to. Honestly the stress and hassle of driving to like 5 different chargers to get one that was available more than took away the joy to drive.
If you had a tesla wall at home and puttered around west London all good you'd have no dramas. Get out on the m1 for extended periods and I'd be planning my route very carefully indeed as well as being super patient to find a charging station.
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