TESLA MODEL 3 Review - 6 Months Later

My Tesla Model 3 Long Range is now 6 months old, and here’s my honest review on my ownership so far; the running costs, reliability and practicality. Would I have chosen the same car if I ordered one today? This is my UK Tesla Model 3 review.

Also this is the first Tesla video I’ve used drone footage, what do you think? I’ve changed my microphone setup too, hopefully it’s even clearer now.

Thanks for watching, Chris.

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[OSV]

Just ordered the model 3 refresh (2021)with the chrome delete. This is my first car purchase and first EV. Excited for the new experience.

[kaleidoscopeon]

You’re camera work is great. Way better than many of the big car reviewers out there who use shaky cams and headache inducing music to review cars.

[JRCarReviews]

Main poblem is still the price, they need to finish that factory in Berlin as soon as possible. Cost of shipping cars from USA is adding 10K € to the total price.

[nickfarrington]

Black screen after leaving it a while is a feature not a bug - it goes into deep sleep to preserve the battery. By the time you've got your seatbelt on and got ready to go, the car is ready. Great vid.

[SupeDefy]

I have no regrets. Yes, there are things that annoy me and can be better (I mean, you could say that about any car.) But the major things I care about like tech, range, battery efficiency, and performance more than makes up for it.
Almost forgot, Model 3 is one of the safest car you can buy at any price.

[FeatureRequest]

Great video. Have mine for year and it's been a dream. I only had a reverse camera black screen but after a few updates it was fixed. Cant imagine owning any other car besides a Tesla going forward. I live in the bay area and there are a lot of superchargers tesla is building even a lot more.

[EpicLBPTime]

Great video! My mum got a Model 3 Stealth Performance for 45K. It's an off-menu item. She should get it next month 😀

[BBHW]

A really excellent review of your Model 3 Chris. Many thanks. Like you I have a Model 3 Long Range and have absolutely no regrets buying the car. As you mentioned, the maintenance costs of an Electric Vehicle are significantly less than for an Internal Combustion Engine vehicle. However, another compelling reason for having an EV is the Octopus Agile tariff that we're on for our electricity and gas. We're typically paying around 5p per kWh as you are for electricity. However, from time to time we get an email from Octopus with an advance warning of 'plunge pricing' and what periods to look out for. Sometimes this happens more than once per week. That means we get nearly free electricity, free electricity or even get paid for the electricity we use! I also have the OctoWatch app on my phone which gives clear indication of when best to run washing machine, dryer, dishwasher etc as well as charge the car. So I set the car to charge during the appropriate periods accordingly. Hard to believe isn't it? Free fuel for your car! Nope. No looking back. I don't think I'll be going back to an ICE ever.

[JGS]

Beautifully produced footage of your M3. Just one point - I believe you've confused "Watts" and "kilowatts" with "watt-hours" and "kilowatt-hours". The Watt is the SI unit of power and the Watt-hour is a derived unit of energy and 1 Wh is the energy transferred by 1 W in 1 hour. It's equal to 3.6 kJ. For your video, your M3 has a battery energy capacity of 75 kWh (kilowatt-hours) but can charge at a power of say 150 kW.

[tommothomson]

Hi there. I went and bought a Model 3 AWD Long Range thanks in part to your honest reviews. I live about 10 miles from you and promise to wave if we pass on the road. One issue I have is water fogging in one of the rear light clusters. On line research suggests this is relatively common and Tesla will only replace if its more of a fault, ie over 50% of the light affected. I will give it a few days to see if it clears. Has anyone else had this issue?

[sw]

I’m in serious thought about getting one. Great review, thanks!

[JayWuOfficial]

Congrats on hitting your 6 months mark! I hit mine recently as well

[leoclarke]

Excellent thank you - I bought my M3 AWD last September - no issues at all, and I agree with all your points/ comments . We have Solar panels which also help charging too

[mowcowbell]

To keep the front bumper area easy to clear of bugs, I use Meguiar's Quik Wax. Spray on, buff out with a microfiber cloth. Bugs come off easily. Can also be used on windshield glass.

[ayrib]

Very nice appraisal of your Tesla Model 3 and I have got to say having owned mine for just under 3 months I have had no issues with
mine so far but to be fair because of lockdown I have not travelled as many miles as I normally would cover. Having said that I am confident that The Tesla
is a great car and I love mine.

[Jbiglin]

Well done Sir, from a US viewer. Really enjoyed how informative it is.

[derekwhite]

Very well done. Picture quality and composition, combined with clear articulate communication. No waffle or BS, you described your true experience. For future Tesla owners (me?) I appreciate your efforts. I subscribed and will use your codes if ever I get to the Tesla order stage. Thank you.

[enyaq_gorm]

Great video. I agree with almost all of your points, the only one I'd differ on is your response to the question about seeing snow and ice in the UK. I'm in southern Scotland and we fit winter tyres on our cars so will be interesting to see how the model 3 fares. The ride quality on country roads and even dual carriageways is very harsh, nice to see someone acknowledge that. I got my SR+ a week into lockdown so have only done 500 miles. It needs a new bumper due to paint defects plus the driver's door window had to be refitted. Edinburgh Service Centre guys have been awesome though. Really pleased with their service.

[MSPstance]

I just love your vids man, your voice and easy understandable accent makes it so soothing to watch ! you could easily do a carrier in voiceacting alone

[IvanLayton]

I agree. plain and simple, to many switches and so on to keep an eye on, pah! Everything in one place, Yay!