Seems like you ran into to an area with low mobile data coverage/weak signal crossing the bridge. Good to see it picks up again fast when the signal/coverage is better. :-)
Love this guys videos. So natural. Informative and scenic. Boy does he know his Tesla. Deserves more and more subscribers and comments. I'm waiting to order my Model Y. Still can't get a definitive answer anywhere as to when the UK models will come with the comfort suspension. If anyone really does know please let me know. Then I'll be driving from Kent to Scotland and taking in those views.
I have a Kona EV. Test drove a Model Y a few months ago and found it very firm. I'm of an age so comfort over handling for me. I've tried everywhere and cannot get an answer to when we will get the comfort suspension. When it is my order will go in !
I took delivery of a Model Y Performance on 1st March and thus far I have absolutely no complaint with the suspension, which on paper should be firmer than Ian's Long Range. My previous car was a Q4 ETRON with electrically adjustable suspension and I think that the MYP is no harsher on the road. If you haven't done it yet it's well worth while getting an extended Tesla test drive and doing some decent miles on it to see what you think of the suspension. I was able to arrange a test drive with Tesla Glasgow where I picked up a MYP at 15:00 one day and returned it the next day at 09:00, drove about 87 miles and was increasingly convinced that the suspension was absolutely fine, even on some rough Ayrshire roads!
Another great video, first real road trip for me is to Darlington from sunny Essex in a couple of weeks time. Your videos have really helped take away any anxiety and turned it into excitement!!
Model Y turning circle is the wrong description for it. "Turning Arena" would be more appropriate. It is indeed terrible. My Volvo 850 has a lovely 7 feet less.
Perhaps using some clever torque vectoring and braking, Tesla can make the car oversteer a bit. Like the ford bronco. Won’t be great for tyres but perhaps ok at low speeds.
WOW. A double button reboot WHILE you are driving? I've never seen anyone try that before. In fact, I had to do one myself yesterday because the 'limited regen' icon was on even though the battery was at 75%. I pulled over and stopped, but my reboot failed to fix the problem :-( Anyway, you doing it WHILE DRIVING is legendary mate !!! I'm very impressed.
Sure! Try it! Remember that you are only rebooting the navigation/entertainment bit. Stick it on autopilot and you retain at least cruise control whilst it reboots
Ian. I’ve had the same loss of map data in parts of West Lothian and Fife consistently. It does come back but a 2 button reboot didn’t sole fit. I was getting LTE signal but I suspect it could be a blind spot. Great videos btw
Great five-parter, Ian. I watched the first 3 in New Zealand, where I've been for the last month (and saw a good few Teslas out there). This last episode has whetted my appetite for our first trip of the year up the A1 from Hertfordshire to East Lothian in a few days. Suspect I'll be topping up at Purdy Lodge just like you did! And I'd echo your thoughts about the joys of touring in Scotland. I passed my test in 1990, and almost the first thing I did was drive from my then-home in Essex to Kyle of Lochalsh, just because I could 😀
Agree with your enthusiasm for this car, but I am a little less tolerant of the appalling turning circle and sadly it is one of the few 'sub-optimalities' Tesla is not going to be able to fix in software! Makes it a real pain to maneuver in dense UK car parks. Interesting to see how FSD copes with that sort of back and forth maneuver you needed to get round that tight car park entrance, especially without radar to precisely judge clearances. They could help a lot in software though by showing forward and rear facing flank cameras when maneuvering at slow speed, or maybe getting the finger out on the oft-requested synthetic drone-view camera.
Why lease if you love it so much? Seems like long term ownership will be cheaper for you in the long run. Just waiting for my MYLR in the next few weeks so really learning from your trips.
Five per cent for preconditioning seems a lot of energy thrown away from the stored amount in the battery. Does this just give a faster charge or do you reclaim that lost mileage somehow ? Surely that is a big hit on efficiency, Five per cent on my Model 3 RWD would be 3kwh and at my usual efficiency of 200wh/mile I’d lose fifteen miles from my range. If I am not bothered about speed of charging can I stop it losing that by switching off the preconditioning ?
You're absolutely right. Preconditioning is to heat the battery to quicken charging - a cold or luke warm battery causes cold gating but is that really a problem. Do you really have to have fast fast charging and is raising the temperature of the battery above manufacturers recommended maximums really beneficial in the long term.
@justgetatesla I’m doing my first big trip from Notts to Dundee on Thursday. Looking at going East side and Supercharging at Adderstone, or should I hit A66 and travel up West side via Perth etc Any tips?
@@justgetatesla Hi yeah I’ve done both routes a fair bit just never in an EV. Just wondered if you have a preference or if there are any gotchas as I’m travelling in the afternoon/evening?
Hi Ian. Looking at the top right of your screen @ 6m:14s I can see 1 lightning bolt, then 2, then 3. I can also see you have many 50kW chargers on the list. I tried to duplicate this on my screen today here in Melbourne Australia, and all I get is 1 and 3 bolts, but not 2 (which is what I use most of in the outback)... Any idea why they might be missing? Thanks & Regards, Greg. Oh also, I picked up a PS4 game controller today to have some fun ;-). You are a bad influence on me ;-)
@@justgetatesla Hmmm maybe you are correct. It would make sense for Tesla to 'not' include other chargers, just so they could make more money (or maybe I am being too cynical).
Why does it charge to a level that gives you 27% at the next charger….Dundee? Surely better to arrive at 5-10%, shorter charge and then faster at the next stop? Anyway to adjust this in the settings?
@@justgetatesla cheers……I’m two months into ownership and only needed one SuC stop so far………I was due to arrive home on 2% on a 400 mile trip……so grabbed 10% to make sure. That was 400 miles around Wales in my new M3 LR RWD…….super efficient long range vehicle!
A decade ago I had to drive at *cough* 70mph officer a lot. These days I find that cruising just below the speed limit is no slower than at the speed limit. That isn't to say I don't cruise at 70 and *cough* 70, just not all the time
@@justgetatesla haha fair play. I just got a model Y LR, your videos are great to watch. I wonder if there is a big difference in range from driving at 65 or 70mph. I guess you are not really shaving off too much time between them
Great question. Total charging cost including a full charge at home before leaving and the charge at my friend's house was £119.33. Which divided by 1,121 miles is 10.65p per mile
don't agree with you saying that wind energy is clean and renewable, first look up stuff then talk because you are completely wrong with saying that it is clean. And no i am not against electric cars because i actually have 2 electric cars.
@@justgetatesladid I say burning coal is clean? NO! look at this picture and dare to say that wind energy is clean "www.letribunaldunet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cimetiere-pales-eoliennes-recyclable-enterres-720x405.jpg"
got my Model Y LR on Monday, it's a dream to drive😇
Live in Durham but around Northumberland and Scotland quite often. Just got an MG4 and I think the Adderstone chargers are going to be very handy.
Seems like you ran into to an area with low mobile data coverage/weak signal crossing the bridge. Good to see it picks up again fast when the signal/coverage is better. :-)
Love this guys videos. So natural. Informative and scenic. Boy does he know his Tesla. Deserves more and more subscribers and comments. I'm waiting to order my Model Y. Still can't get a definitive answer anywhere as to when the UK models will come with the comfort suspension. If anyone really does know please let me know. Then I'll be driving from Kent to Scotland and taking in those views.
Thanks very much! TBH I don't think the current suspension is a problem - not as hard as BMW M-Sport or Audi S-Line
I have a Kona EV. Test drove a Model Y a few months ago and found it very firm. I'm of an age so comfort over handling for me. I've tried everywhere and cannot get an answer to when we will get the comfort suspension. When it is my order will go in !
I took delivery of a Model Y Performance on 1st March and thus far I have absolutely no complaint with the suspension, which on paper should be firmer than Ian's Long Range. My previous car was a Q4 ETRON with electrically adjustable suspension and I think that the MYP is no harsher on the road. If you haven't done it yet it's well worth while getting an extended Tesla test drive and doing some decent miles on it to see what you think of the suspension. I was able to arrange a test drive with Tesla Glasgow where I picked up a MYP at 15:00 one day and returned it the next day at 09:00, drove about 87 miles and was increasingly convinced that the suspension was absolutely fine, even on some rough Ayrshire roads!
Another great video, first real road trip for me is to Darlington from sunny Essex in a couple of weeks time. Your videos have really helped take away any anxiety and turned it into excitement!!
Model Y turning circle is the wrong description for it. "Turning Arena" would be more appropriate. It is indeed terrible. My Volvo 850 has a lovely 7 feet less.
Yes, you need to plan the turn :-)
@@Bjornar_Gjostol They need to add that "Turn plan" into the satnav as a waypoint. I'll tweet Elon and ask for an OTA fix for it.
"turning area" 🤣
Perhaps using some clever torque vectoring and braking, Tesla can make the car oversteer a bit. Like the ford bronco. Won’t be great for tyres but perhaps ok at low speeds.
@@hmi1750 Not at parking or manoeuvring speeds.
Some great videos, the Scottish views are always amazing, never the same,as you drive it will keep fascinating you
WOW. A double button reboot WHILE you are driving? I've never seen anyone try that before. In fact, I had to do one myself yesterday because the 'limited regen' icon was on even though the battery was at 75%. I pulled over and stopped, but my reboot failed to fix the problem :-( Anyway, you doing it WHILE DRIVING is legendary mate !!! I'm very impressed.
Sure! Try it! Remember that you are only rebooting the navigation/entertainment bit. Stick it on autopilot and you retain at least cruise control whilst it reboots
Love your videos and for a soon to be Tesla owner in the next 72 hours, extremely helpful
Wait till the warmer weather and then see your efficiency numbers. For my M3 it was 266 wh/mile in March and 222 wh/mile in June!
Be nice if you could do an Edinburgh video sometime. My favourite city.
Ian. I’ve had the same loss of map data in parts of West Lothian and Fife consistently. It does come back but a 2 button reboot didn’t sole fit. I was getting LTE signal but I suspect it could be a blind spot. Great videos btw
Thanks! I suspect it's software. It'll get fixed on the next update probably
Great five-parter, Ian. I watched the first 3 in New Zealand, where I've been for the last month (and saw a good few Teslas out there). This last episode has whetted my appetite for our first trip of the year up the A1 from Hertfordshire to East Lothian in a few days. Suspect I'll be topping up at Purdy Lodge just like you did!
And I'd echo your thoughts about the joys of touring in Scotland. I passed my test in 1990, and almost the first thing I did was drive from my then-home in Essex to Kyle of Lochalsh, just because I could 😀
"watching in New Zealand" puts a huge smile on my face ☺️
Agree with your enthusiasm for this car, but I am a little less tolerant of the appalling turning circle and sadly it is one of the few 'sub-optimalities' Tesla is not going to be able to fix in software! Makes it a real pain to maneuver in dense UK car parks. Interesting to see how FSD copes with that sort of back and forth maneuver you needed to get round that tight car park entrance, especially without radar to precisely judge clearances. They could help a lot in software though by showing forward and rear facing flank cameras when maneuvering at slow speed, or maybe getting the finger out on the oft-requested synthetic drone-view camera.
It's the fat tyres! My Volvo S90 was just as bad
@@justgetatesla No, its the frunk. To have a big frunk there has to be other compromises!
My screen also throws a track at times, when this happens I link it into my phone on my hotspot.
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Why lease if you love it so much? Seems like long term ownership will be cheaper for you in the long run. Just waiting for my MYLR in the next few weeks so really learning from your trips.
I didn't say it was leased. My company purchased it
Five per cent for preconditioning seems a lot of energy thrown away from the stored amount in the battery. Does this just give a faster charge or do you reclaim that lost mileage somehow ? Surely that is a big hit on efficiency, Five per cent on my Model 3 RWD would be 3kwh and at my usual efficiency of 200wh/mile I’d lose fifteen miles from my range. If I am not bothered about speed of charging can I stop it losing that by switching off the preconditioning ?
You're absolutely right. Preconditioning is to heat the battery to quicken charging - a cold or luke warm battery causes cold gating but is that really a problem. Do you really have to have fast fast charging and is raising the temperature of the battery above manufacturers recommended maximums really beneficial in the long term.
@justgetatesla I’m doing my first big trip from Notts to Dundee on Thursday. Looking at going East side and Supercharging at Adderstone, or should I hit A66 and travel up West side via Perth etc
Any tips?
See various videos on the channel - the scenic and direct route is A68 direct. Scotch Corner to Edinburgh is easy once you top off at either end
@@justgetatesla Hi yeah I’ve done both routes a fair bit just never in an EV. Just wondered if you have a preference or if there are any gotchas as I’m travelling in the afternoon/evening?
Hi Ian. Looking at the top right of your screen @ 6m:14s I can see 1 lightning bolt, then 2, then 3. I can also see you have many 50kW chargers on the list. I tried to duplicate this on my screen today here in Melbourne Australia, and all I get is 1 and 3 bolts, but not 2 (which is what I use most of in the outback)... Any idea why they might be missing? Thanks & Regards, Greg. Oh also, I picked up a PS4 game controller today to have some fun ;-). You are a bad influence on me ;-)
I guess it depends how they categorise local chargers?
@@justgetatesla Hmmm maybe you are correct. It would make sense for Tesla to 'not' include other chargers, just so they could make more money (or maybe I am being too cynical).
Why does it charge to a level that gives you 27% at the next charger….Dundee? Surely better to arrive at 5-10%, shorter charge and then faster at the next stop? Anyway to adjust this in the settings?
Not that I know of. I delete charging stops then allow it to put them back in. Usually the suggestions are more sensible then…
@@justgetatesla cheers……I’m two months into ownership and only needed one SuC stop so far………I was due to arrive home on 2% on a 400 mile trip……so grabbed 10% to make sure.
That was 400 miles around Wales in my new M3 LR RWD…….super efficient long range vehicle!
How come you are driving at 65mph instead of the National speed limit on the dual carriageways? Is the range that much better? Great video btw
Ignore my comment, you just explained it in the video 🤣
A decade ago I had to drive at *cough* 70mph officer a lot. These days I find that cruising just below the speed limit is no slower than at the speed limit. That isn't to say I don't cruise at 70 and *cough* 70, just not all the time
@@justgetatesla haha fair play. I just got a model Y LR, your videos are great to watch. I wonder if there is a big difference in range from driving at 65 or 70mph. I guess you are not really shaving off too much time between them
How much did the 1100 miles cost?
Great question. Total charging cost including a full charge at home before leaving and the charge at my friend's house was £119.33. Which divided by 1,121 miles is 10.65p per mile
don't agree with you saying that wind energy is clean and renewable, first look up stuff then talk because you are completely wrong with saying that it is clean.
And no i am not against electric cars because i actually have 2 electric cars.
No you're right. The smoke coming out the top of the turbines as they burn coal should be the giveaway...
@@justgetatesladid I say burning coal is clean? NO! look at this picture and dare to say that wind energy is clean "www.letribunaldunet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cimetiere-pales-eoliennes-recyclable-enterres-720x405.jpg"