For anyone looking to buy a Tesla, they seem to be clearing out existing inventory and offering a little under 5% discounts off usual prices.
Lots of different configurations available, and all models - 3, Y and YL are available.
Here's an example of the basic white paint with black interior.
https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/my/order/LRWY248_dc1596e3ac92be4…
Referee gets $350 off Model Y & 3 purchase.
Referrer gets $150 credit toward Supercharging, software upgrades, merchandise, service payments or a new vehicle. Limit of 10 referral benefits per calendar year.
You go somewhere that's 375km away from home on a daily basis?
Assuming avg of 100km/hr, you mean to say you'd drive 6-hrs straight regularly? 750km implies you'd be driving 7.5 hours, leaving you barely enough time for an actual day of work?
@[Deactivated]: Maybe consider a BYD seal 6, hybrid wagon does 1000km a tank.
Better suited to your Highway driving.
@[Deactivated]: If you are commuting regularly to work that far, when does it start to be you either have the 'wrong job', or place of work, or residence
???
@[Deactivated]: You need a circumstance change my guy. You might have conditioned yourself to this being normal/manageable, but you only get a finite amount of time on earth, I'd suggest you reflect on that before you bother debating on EVs.
@[Deactivated]: you can charge at work and then have a full charge,sounds like your making up bs tbh
@[Deactivated]: Assuming you get 8l/100km over 2300km that's 184l of petrol @ $2.50 thats $460 in petrol in 3 days
Assuming you get the LR 85kw battery and ~600km range and get 560km per charge you're looking at ~$210 in electricity.
Saving $250 every 3 days. If you're doing this every week driving petrol over electric is costing you $15000 per year
Always one guy in the comment. Then ev is not the right choice for you yet.
I'm sure the other regular Nullabor crossers who can drive 12 hours without needing the toilet, food, drink or losing concentration will be along soon. As soon as they find a parking spot.
It's OK, there's a lot of people who can't park on their property or are too unorganised and retarded park their car either on their driveway or in the garage where it should be.
must be boring life to never leave the city limits lol
I wouldn't know, never lived within any city limits for any genuine period of time.
I didn’t realise their standard range is still only 450km :/. They should seriously up their warranty period, it’s one of the lowest at 5 years and for an 80k vehicle it’s a bit ridiculous.
And they only put it up to 5 years in January this year, it was 4 years before that. Practically every Chinese EV is coming with 7 years or more, having only 5 at this price point seems crazy.
It's still 4 years in most other countries.
Wow only this year 🤯
They probably found through cost/benefit analysis is that 5+ years is where the issues start, hence clearing stock.
Tell the Germans that.
Tesla sales figures suggest they don't need to extend the warranty.
Warranty times mean nothing in aus. It's an arbitrary number used for advertising purposes here.
You can/will get tesla warranty after 5 years when you tell them to. They're just hoping most people won't ask if they say this number at sale time
Happy if you share this evidence with the rest of the class!!
It's ACLs guarantee of reasonable durability for a reasonable time
https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/buying-products-and-servic…
It's the main reason most things cost more in Aus than overseas. We have a much stronger/longer warranty and consumer protections because of this and we're not bound by the numbers manufacturers make.
@Windows98: The ACL and a manufacturer's warranty aren't the same thing.
You're right that ACL consumer guarantees can extend beyond the manufacturer's stated warranty, and that durability is assessed on what a reasonable consumer could expect. The ACCC explicitly says those rights can continue after a warranty expires.
But saying “you can/will get Tesla warranty after 5 years when you tell them to” is misleading. You don't get an automatic extension of Tesla's 4-year warranty. You're making an ACL claim, and Tesla can dispute whether that particular failure breaches the consumer guarantees.
If Tesla refuses the claim, you then have to pursue the ACL dispute with the relevant consumer authority/tribunal. The ACCC itself doesn't decide individual disputes.
So the 4-year warranty isn't meaningless at all. It remains the period Tesla has contractually promised to cover the vehicle under its manufacturer warranty. The ACL simply gives you additional rights that can potentially continue beyond that period.
Just like the decades of people fighting Holden, Ford, Toyota, Apple etc etc, I would say 98% of those failed, especially with Ford as they were ruthless. Tesla would just bog you down in legal fees
“There's potentially an ACL claim after 4 years” is very different from “Tesla will give you warranty after 5 years when you tell them to.”
@BatmanAU: The other thing is that companies won’t just fix stuff outside of warranty cause you told them too. Consumer affairs will try and mediate but they told me they can’t force a company to do anything. You have to go to court to challenge Australian consumer law.
@flashi007: Yeah even in warranty, how many current affairs shows televised fighting the big companies, it was like a Neighbours series at one stage, then Ford went bust Haha
@BatmanAU: Ford's Australian manufacturing arm went bust because of the unions, not because of ACL or warranty claims.
It's ACLs guarantee of reasonable durability for a reasonable time
Tesla will very successfully argue that an unmaintained vehicle cannot be reasonably expected to be fault free after 5 years.
If you are one of the 1% who regularly have Tesla inspect their car and perform maintenance you might be able to mount an argument.
If you are one of the 1% who regularly have Tesla inspect their car and perform maintenance you might be able to mount an argument.
You think only 1% of the Tesla car owners get regular scheduled maintenance for their cars? Could you back up this claim with evidence?
@CocaKoala: He was specifically referring to Tesla's which do not have a scheduled maintenance. As a Tesla owner, I can certainly see this figure be around 1% (which I'm not part of obviously).
If they were genuinely willing to always perform the same actions after 5 years, then they would increase the warranty period.
Like i said. They limit it in the hope most people dont know they can claim warranties after the period. Within reason.
Based off my negs and the replies. It looks like it works.
@Windows98: Obviously not on the same scale but I got warranty on my oled tv not long ago after owning it for almost 2 years and it suddenly didn’t turn on anymore. Warranty was only 1 year but I mentioned consumer rights and they were happy to fix it free of charge because realistically, every person would expect a premium tv worth that money to last for more than 2 years right?
@PriceDropProphet: That's the exact same game tesla is playing. Say 5 years and hope most people don't try anything after it.
Not guaranteed for everything but substantial failures within a reasonable amount of time you would get little resistance with the right wording like you've done
@PriceDropProphet: That's exactly what the ACL is for. But if your TV was e.g. 5 years old, I think you'd have a much harder time getting coverage.
It's actually about 498km, 466km is for 20" wheels. Warranty is poor but not mich incentive when it's the best selling car in Australia right now, at least there is no paid scheduled servicing required for warranty so save some $$.
Throw on trying to trade it in down the track, bottom dollar!
“80k vehicle” - Isn’t it 56k + delivery + on road costs ???
Where’s the other 24k?
I’m talking about the long range premium version near the 80k range in that regard.
That is driving empty. Add 3 or 4 passengers and holiday luggage and this is not the car you're looking for.
I have a 2022. Weight doesn't make a material difference.
Windage does. Significant knock to the range when I put my longboard on the roof.
Anyone know why and more importantly how long this discount will last?
Until it expires.
User name checks out.
They want to sell more cars
slightly refreshed model inbound with V2L. Not much change over the Feb (?) refresh for the Y though since it already had the larger screen and the new headliner. Bigger changes to the new Base/Premium 3s though. I think new more powerful front motor for the AWD version too.
Wished it was P Plate legal in NSW, 2kwh over the 130kw/ton limit.
This would kill P platers. It's stupidly quick.
Would kill some idiot full class licensed people too
Can explode in an unstoppable ball of flames too. What's your point? That stupid people abuse their privilege to drive on the roads too?
P plate laws were written around V8s 20 years ago, before modern safety technology and EVs became common. They are not stopping people who want to drive dangerously. Instead, they often punish drivers who are trying to do the right thing while driving modern, safe vehicles.
Power to weight ratio's aren't just laws that some pollies cooked up, rather the laws of physics. But yes they were mostly written for muscle/powerful drive trains.
Meanwhile they're barely catching up with E bikes and it's much needed new legislation, which are a far bigger problem on society. Especially the health costs on the system and emotional toll on families of tragedy. The 18 y.o's can make do with a regular electric car for now.
Absolutely, yes
Clearing out to make way for Version 5's I guess
This is my initial thought, new version coming out …
What new version?
Version 5 can have 144GB of ram.
New Model Y will cost $1.9m each.
(kidding, about $4k extra for the ram)
Did they just drop the price of the 3 standard today?
yes received email $49,900 driveaway
need 600+range!!!! eventually in the future
When did you last drive 600km in a day? I have a long range model Y and charge every night. I've used a public charger once in 12 months. Electricity used 2591kWh $244 for 13302km.
future proofing/when need to go far(melb etc). Understand there's plenty of charging stations along the way
These are family cars, and family cars should be able to go on a trip. This is what I don't get about these things right now. Utility they are great for families, so long as you don't want to load the car and go on a trip.
Because for many many Australians, "a trip" means your car simply needs to be able to get to the airport in your city. They're absolutely fine for families who fly to their holiday destinations.
My other car is a 2021 Audi q7 diesel that does about 1100km to a tank. Even with that and kids we are stopping for rest, food, piss break. No different to a charging station next to bakery or the toilet. Only difference is my Audi is costing $210-$230 to fill up. I prefer to keep it at home and drive the EV that's precharged at home for around 450-480km on the freeway fully loaded. Spend the $30 and top up in 10 mins and move on as opposed to $210.
J0hn, is your surname Cludos?
o.o
The long range version currently has 600 km of WLTP range.
So I have one on order now and got an email saying it will come with improved speed (0-100 in 4.3 rather than 4.8) and will be V2L compatible. For those who don't know, the latter allows you to plug in 10 amp stuff (standard powerpoint) into the car for charge with an adapter whcih costs $150 from Tesla.
I have been looking at Inventory stock regularly to see if I could fasttrack my delivering from Oct/Nov and noticed exactly at that time that the price of the inventory models dropped by these amounts. I imagine they are giving a slight discount on them as they won't come with the above 2 changes
those are quite impressive improvements
Pretty sure you have been able to plug into a 10A point for many years, like my 2022 model
He means V2L (powering stuff off the cars battery), not charging the car.
Oh shite, my bad, sorry Jay :(
Yep for 3k I'd take the upgrades and order new. A speed boost for previous model which costs 3k only gets it to that spec of 4.3s
The 4.3 one is AWD, the above is RWD
That's awesome about V2L … it's about time.
I imagine they are giving a slight discount on them as they won't come with the above 2 changes
yes when I was targeted Tesla 0% lease videos on youtube many said if you have a order, but you have been waiting or delayed and keep your order as is, usually as a favour they upgrade you to the most recent "version" car more direct from the factory. small changes most you won't notice but worth it. (for older models like in videos, they said stuff like red reflective coating on the lenses (they all have it now) and small changes like less noise inside while driving, and the way the boot closes etc). if you are lucky and exact timing of it, the computer inside you get the latest version, which is better because it supports updates for longer.
my friend with a older model tesla has this issue where if the front passenger seat is in a specific position, and nobody is sitting in it, the seat belt hits somewhere and makes a noise. ( I was actually the first to notice where the noise is coming from) it's easily fixed they just move the seat forward a bit, but this sort of thing gets fixed. these small niggles here and there. my friend actually has the model 3 where it dumps the rain water inside the boot if you open it after a rainy day. 😂 I expect that is fixed on new models.
Anyone know if an entry level Y would come to Australia like the 3 did?
No model Y stock in South Australia so this deal is only for select locations.
Damn.. just picked up a new y 2 weeks ago…
purchase a new one and return against old receipt?
And keep the cashback
Is it the new version?
Has anyone with an existing order received an updated invoice yet?
Yes with old price
I’ve heard you can cancel and reorder, but they just released the new Model 3 so I hear, maybe that will entice some people
Put down deposit for a Model Y RWD 2 weeks ago expecting delivery in Oct/ Nov. However there is a no stock ok WA so I am guessing i won't get the discount.
I wonder if it's possible to order from say a NSW dealership and have it delivered to WA?
Thanks opp, bought 2
Fair play to anyone that can get use to the speedo placement. I really didn't like it
S3XY Dashboard looks promising from what I have seen on YouTube. Would like to hear from anyone here who may have it aiready.
You get used to it very quickly. It sits in your peripheral vision as you drive.
I find it hilarious how people reject the car for only this.
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