20,000 Miles in 12 months - here is my Honest Review of my Tesla Model Y Long Range 

6 months and 6K miles of MYP ownership and I wholeheartedly agree with you. I also think it's the best car I've ever owned and I'd order it again without a second thought.

Great video. I am 83 years old and bought my 2021 Model Y because of Auto Pilot and FSD. It is great for older people that have lost some reaction time and vision. The ride is a little stiff and the tires must be rotated, because the rear tires wear faster than the front ones. Other than that, I can't find any faults and love this car.

Picking up my MYP tomorrow and enjoying your videos , been really helpful

thank you for giving an honest review with a balanced view, those are pretty hard to get in a world where people either love it or hate it, both with a passion!

Great video that totally sums up exactly how I feel about our month-old Tesla Model 3!

Perfect timing. I’m literally just about to lease a MY and can’t wait to have some fun.

Great video as usual. Earlier this week I put and order for the new model 3. So now I have to come over to Scotland as I said I will to experience the amazing places you've shown us in your videos as soon as the car arrives and weather will be sweet and warm.

Hi Ian, good review. My average on 1yr 17,500 miles about 306wh/m so 3.25 m/kw Octopus Go and solar, it has cost me less than 3p a mile on energy. Insurance £680. I reckon about 23k on my tyres. Can get 2 dumpy bags in the back to the dump. Autopilot brilliant on motorways and dual carriageways for the most long distance tireless driving ever. Excellent stereo. Over the air updates brilliant. No servicing. No car tax. Superchargers on a trip, brilliant and they all work,. As soon as they bring in the updates like the new model 3 to the Y I will be ordering a new one. Best car I have ever owned in 50 years of driving and I was a petrolhead.

I’ve had my Model Y for 2 years - 47,000 miles, zero issues. All I’ve done is change tires (once) and add wiper fluid. Flawless. Awesome daily driver and road trip car. I agree it is tuned (suspension and steering) more sporty - if you’re used to a floaty, mushy, bloated American car feel, this will feel stiff. But if you like a ripping, road gripping feel, you will love it. This car is so powerful that there is no way it would work with mushy suspension & steering.

I have the same age of model Y Long Range in red with the white interior, I have done 38k miles in the last year including driving from Perth to northern Italy and back and I love it. 😊

100% agree, it is a monster of a car, I have the exact same model and year, perfect for me and moves like a train when you want ... a beast !

A fabulous, informative analysis - easily among the best ive seen or heard...and I live here in Calif which is Tesla country. Will view all your other vids...!!

I watched countless videos in the weeks leading up to buying one and plenty more in the 6 months since taking delivery and I can honestly say this is the best, most balanced, concise and accurate review of Tesla ownership I've come across. You've totally nailed my experience and you're right, I also absolutely love it, warts and all.

I have done 25k in my Skoda Enyaq IV80x in less than a year, a lot of it was pulling a trailer, I'm off to France today pulling said trailer, fabulous car.

Great review, thanks for posting. The glass roof becomes more of a liability in the southwestern USA as the sun absolutely bakes you. Most owners put up a sun shade during summertime.

Great video btw, Totally agree, I have a 23 model year and the suspension is pretty good now,

Thank you for an unbiased and entertaining film and as a consequence I’ve just subscribed! I agree wholeheartedly with your findings, flawed genius from an industry disruptor. Look forward to your next film to see if what you would change aligns with my experiences too🤣. I strongly suspect they will!

Great video !!!!! Thank you very much !!!!!! Cedric 🇫🇷

I have driven model Y and it was the best driving experience I ever had.

Great Video and I agree with pretty well everything you said. I've had my MYP for about 4 months and done about 7000km and love it. I find suspension firm but not uncomfortable. Recently I did 150km on Australian gravel roads and was blown away by how it handled on gravel. I attributed that to the "traction control" but when I got home I eventually found out I had not turned the Traction control on! Insurance wise it was only AUS$100 more than our 3 year 4WD which was insured for half the value of the Tesla. I use excess Home solar to charge it on most days and it costs me 1c/km to do this which is all I get for any excess solar from my electrical utility.

Great honest review

Great review thanks. I would like to add that the 2023 Y rides much better and does have the comfort suspension. We came from a 21 Model 3, and our Y is certainly and softer more compliant ride. My wife picked up on this immediately too when collecting the car.

I've had my 2023 MYLR for a little over a month. I will never go back to an ICE automobile again! I also tow a jetski though the range does take a hit - it's not a dealbreaker! Great Channel! Love the UK heading there in December! Cheers!

Had mine two weeks now, done 300 miles. Bought using your referal and using your videos before deciding to buy. So far very impressed with mine . Went for black, black wheels and white interior

Great video. Personally I have a Kia EV6 AWD, absolutely love it. I find my self taking people out in it at every opportunity. Everyone knocks EV's till they actually go out in one, and I've come from Boy racer chipped Fiesta ST's, Focus ST's and Subaru WRX Impreza's. This car our performs all of them.

Good honest review 👏

Not sure when it may be released in the UK, but Tesla sells insurance in the US. I switched to them to save some money. I pay an equivalent of£53.50 per month.

Great review, we will be ordering one soon.

I’ve had my MY LR for almost a month now and I am impressed. I think Tesla has got the accelerator regen feel just perfect. I have a VW ID.3 and it can’t compare.

Hey Ian, great review of your current experience with the Model Y. Looking to get one through my business as well but curious to know if you were able to reclaim the full 20% VAT or only 10%. I’ve asked my accountant but they’ve “suggested” to go down the PCH route…Thanks in advance and keep up the great content.

The matrix headlights are really good though, I know they aren’t active yet, but they are so much better than the older style lights,

I like my Y so much so, that I love it when my wife asks me to go on an errand 😂😂😂

I own a 2023 Model Y RWD and agree totally with all you say. I test drove one last year but the suspension was too hard for my old back. Test drove one earlier on this year with the comfort suspension, night and day difference hence why I now have one. Tesla UK assured me that all cars built from the start of this year have the comfort suspension. My biggest regret is that I can't play my music in such an expensive tech laden car which is nuts. I have all my songs on a usb stick that will only work if I use the port in the glovebox which means disabling the dash cam and sentry modes. I bought a splitter designed for Tesla cars but it doesn't work on the newer model Y's which is just ridiculous. If anyone knows what does work you'd make my day. By the way you use the right hand scroll wheel to use Tesla commands not the left one !

Great video, sir ! Did i see Aberdeen docks ? Im so close to buying a used Y , im seeing 72 plates now at trade auction for around £35/£38k . When my e niro lease ends ( which i love ) , im going to buy a MY. I will miss the flappy re gen paddles on my e niro though.

My LR model Y is 15months old with 30k miles. No regrets even given the perceived high price tag. It's the Swiss army knife of cars. I have the roof rails and tow bar. 2 kids, 2dogs and white interior no problem. Used to camp out in multiple times. Insurance the first year was £500 then this year the insurance jumped to £900. New tires after 30k cost £800 kwikfit.

Thanks

I've had my mine for 9 months and 10,000 miles and I love the car and its cheap to run. My negative observations include: 1) Mine is blue and it feels as if it scratches and chips just by looking at it the wrong way, the paintwork is very poor. 2) the Tesla vision (no parking sensors fitted) works well in reverse and so long as it’s not raining, Tesla Vision for forward parking is useless. Tesla need to fit a camera on the nose and that may sort it. 3) The automatic wipers are rubbish and need sorted; every other car I've owned with auto wipers was far superior. The wipers go at hyper speed with its dry and when it’s raining they seem to ignore the rain. 4) The phantom braking on cruise or autopilot is awful, its fine on motorways but not A roads in the northeast of Scotland. If it sees a bus, van or truck coming the other way it panics and brakes. Again, every other car I’ve owned with adaptive cruise was superior and that includes a Skoda Superb from 2016. 5) Agree with Ian, the build quality is very poor, so many squeaks and rattles. I’ve had it back to Tesla a few times to look at squeaks and rattles and no joy.

Interesting review from a certain point of view only issues I have with it is the effective tax subsidy in place will no doubt be removed over time and the means required to afford to buy it Initially which rules out a lot of the population. What will be the expected cost per year over the lifetime of the vehicle? I reckon the service life for me would be about 14 years though it's debatable might be better on EV.

Had my Model 3 Performance for over 4 years now. Still a thrill to drive every time I get in it. The novelty definitely hasn't wore off! No intention of selling it whatsoever.

2023 has the comfort suspension. Way better than the initial suspension I test drove when they first came out. I have the 19's Very comfortable on good roads but you can still feel expansion joints and road repairs but it's not Go Kart stiff.

Great video. Test driving a 3 next week. Currently in a bmw m140i with 430hp and an exhaust note to compliment it. At 34 mpg on premium unleaded, and no facility to home charge, terraced house, except on a 3 pin, but have superchargers not far from us, would it be a viable consideration. Only commute 24 miles a day for work.

I’ve had a MYLR for 14 months. Generally, it’s great for the reasons you describe in your video. I opted for the 20” wheels and the ride is almost unbearable at times, particularly at lower speeds over the UK’s increasingly potholed roads. I also opted for the enhanced AutoPilot and I don’t think it’s worth it. Summon doesn’t work as it does in the US, and the other features don’t command the extra cost. Great video though.

Just bought a 23 Y LR, 3 months old now with 5k miles, paid extra for grey, which is free now😢, also had a seat sensor fail which prevented the car from locking, repaired by Tesla mobile tech, got a flat tire ended up fixing myself with plug and buying a pump while on a road trip, tire repair shop wouldn’t plug it and didn’t want to try and fix it without having a replacement tire on hand btw replacement is over $300. Also steering rack failed leaving me stranded, Tesla did tow the car and fix it free, providing me with a loaner. It was over 200 miles from home and they wouldn’t deliver the car son8 had to drive back to return the car and pick mine up, All in all still happy with the car, really love the acceleration,

2023 Tesla mylr. Most important thing to me is dog mode. Also the fact that auto drive is linked to dojo. The damn thing learns new stuff every day. Absolutely amazing.

I'm sure if the project Juniper/refresh Model Y has started retooling the factory as of right now, Tesla didn't rest on the laurels. Perhaps they'll adress the driving experience and the famous NVH issues people likes to talk about. Wait until Bjørn gets his hands on the '24 refresh.

Great video! A basic question: when home charging, how long does it take to fully charge?

Even the 2023 softer suspension set-up is firm. Okay at higher speed, even on UK roads, but at its worst running around bumpy urban roads. When you add in the minor creaks and rattles, it’s not the most refined around town. We like ours as a comfortable motorway cruiser and large load carrier. Minimalist calming interior. Apple Carplay would be good, plus bigger screen icons.

Love the model Y. But I really wish they would equip a HUD. I just find looking at the speed on the central screen distracting (IMO) Also having been a rear passenger in one, there needs to be stowable cup holders, because the arm rest is next to useless, especially if on a long journey. Other than that, it is an absolutely brilliant car! It is very, very clever 👍🏻

Only had my model Y for just under 3 Months and I agree with 90% of everything you said except the X factor maybe in another 6 months 😃

I love to have the phone as a key and that there is no start button. You just jump in a drive away. It’s really awkward to drive any other car afterwards, even other EVs like the EV6. Also cool that I can just send a key to my car to a friend via WhatsApp.

I am getting the Model Y on the 15th of December. I shopped around for car Insurance. My current model 3 is costing me £537 for the year, and the Model Y is going to cost me £772 with Admiral Insurance. I thought that was quite steep, considering I've got 10+ years NCD, and no accidents or claims. I would recommend adding your car to a multi-cover policy. This is how one can get a cheaper deal. Auto-pilot where I live in the UK works great. It works well and it is constantly learning. Sure, my hands have to be on the wheel, but so what! It is definitely a car I want to get into every day. Every time I drive it it makes me smile. The Tesla Model 3 is the best car I've ever had. I am hoping the Tesla Model Y will surpass that!

Agreed. I have had mine for a year and have done 52,000 km. I got the bigger wheels and the ride and range is not quite so good. Insurance has halved though is now €460 but I insure it privately. Your tax benefit more than makes up for it. I am in Ireland and our Tesla charging network is not so great but I’ve had no problem doing long journeys. Would buy it again in a heartbeat. Great video as always.

Thanks for the review. Definitely for a type of person that I will never be.

How have you got on with Tesla vision and lack of sensors? Car can’t -park? Blind spots everywhere. Windscreen wipers come on in day and hit and kiss with rain? Lots of reports of these kind of issues with Tesla vision only cars. Is that your experience?

Ordered mine . Due in march . Uk road trips incoming 😂

All the gimmicks like light show & Mars etc. but i still can't find how to reduce/silence radio volume when sat nav speaks. I know radio & satnav have can have separate volumes but one talks over the other. Radio silences for phone calls so it must be doable.

I want to get 1 but i concern about the insurance. I beleve the insurace should be cheap on these car. Becuase of the safety

this is why tesla doesn't need to pay for advertising

Is the X factor comparable to the old VW Beatles of the 1960's? In the US we had a "love bug" affection for that car.back then.

Is your top leaking (3:37) ?

Im really thinking about getting one but the ride does put me off as I don't do many miles and the roads near me are awful surfaces

Please tell us about depreciation, which is often the most expensive part of car ownership. Also, how can you buy a secondhand EV knowing whether the battery has degraded and the car is good value or not?

Very much debating to get a model y but I just know with my luck I'll hit the buy button and the next day electric tariffs will go through the roof.

Standard app for scheduled cheap rate charging is pants…..can’t set start n finish times. Have to use work around.

Just a quick comment on the purchase price of the Long Range Model Y. GBP54,000 = AU$104,000. The same car in Australia is AU$84,000 (including all taxes etc). That is = GBP46,500 !!! And I thought we were paying a lot...

But, where does the add-blue go??

yes the newer model Y have a better suspension maybe you should do a trade in. Tesla is always upgrading and fixing stuff.

Apart from the hard suspension its amazing. Best car i have ever owned.

Back into the garage and the play will be in the correct side! It's actually safer to back ín and drive out forward.

Good video and I agree with most of that. I have a Model 3 and it’s a fantastic car. Good drive, cost effective (also bought through my company), good tech and all the practicality I need. What I would disagree with is the X Factor side of things. The car is amazingly easy to live with and as a car to get from a to b, efficiently, not much (if anything) can touch it. Would I just go for a ‘fun’ drive in it though? (as I have with some other cars I’ve owned). The answer is no. For me the one thing that lets it down (in a weird sort of way) is that it is so good. For me it lacks personality and is simply a tool to get from a to b. I’d love to own a 997 Turbo to sit alongside this in the garage, as that is a car I would just drive for the fun of it. Pretty impractical compared to the Tesla, far less efficient and more costly, but it has wonderful hydraulic steering (so you can feel what is going on), amazing suspension and handling, a superb manual gearbox, the flat 6 sounds amazing and it looks gorgeous. It puts a smile on your face. For all of the Tesla’s good points (and I do like driving it) it just doesn’t quite do that for me.

Although not a Tesla owner, i am an EV owner of almost 3 years and have had a etron 55 and now a Q8 etron during that period. Your views on Tesla, the ride. financials tech etc very much reflect mine and I can see the appeal. I do think you do a disservice to CCS operators who are working hard to improve the system and, doing around 22,000 miles a year, I don't have any real issues. I find new multiple charger stations appearing all the time. You express the benefits of company ownership (this reflects my position very well) and salary sacrifice schemes and these are two issues not often mentioned. Ofcourse, that is not appropriate for everyone and more emphasis needs to be placed on on street charging and destination charging to make it easier and cheaper for more people. I also think that something, not as strong in a Tesla, but better in others (particularly etron's,, is the charging curve. Important to understand this if you are road tripping as the charging curve is very different between a model Y and an etron for example, and the way you charge can be governed by that. My choice was EQE Suv, iX and eTron q8. EQE wasn't available in high spec, I just could never admit to owning that iX grill and the Q8 eTron is the best car I have ever had.

Seen an article in the Evening Standard which says that Tesla have sold their UK Supercharger network to EV Group. It claims that the chargers will be rebranded ‘EV Point’ and opened up to all EV drivers. Does this mean the low cost, high speed charging, benefit of owning a Tesla is potentially lost.

Had mine 4 months - done 4K miles, MY23 RWD. Had two replacement screens due to constant black screen issues - can’t fault the Tesla service though. The way it drives is great, range is supposed to be 283 miles but had never quoted more than 260 and has never delivered more than 210. Clearance is poor I agree and can be problematic on quite a few roads and any with speed bumps. Mudflats scrape constantly. Quality of interior is pretty good - better than the reputation. The pleather seats are a bit too plasticky for me and mark easily. Roof trims creak and rattle a lot which is made worse because the car runs so silently. The tech is what really annoys me - the lack of phone integration would be fine if their own ecosystem worked well - anything to do with phone calls or messages is truly diabolical! Speech recognition for sending messages is the worst I’ve ever experienced and I’ve tried all different ways of talking - it produces a load of utter nonsense - in order to ‘retry’ you’re supposed to be able to double tap - it doesn’t ever work and instead usually just sends whatever nonsense it’s just captured. The screen itself and the controls within are too distracting - some windows can be swiped down out of the way - others have a tiny X - which is extremely difficult to hit on the move. The auto wipers are ridiculous - they go crazy in a faint mist and don’t bother in torrential rain - if you’re on Autopilot they just seem to come on most of the time whatever the weather. That leads me to Autopilot - I have the basic version with lane keeping - it’s absolutely rubbish - I have no confidence that it’s not going to ram me into a car to the left or right - when passing junctions on a Motorway it will usually just try to pull me to the left extremely harshly and without warning. Then there’s the sensitivity of the wheel - the level of stress involved in holding the wheel neither too lightly or with any pressure is not worth ever using it since it never seems happy so driving it with Autopilot is emotionally draining and often terrifying. It’s the worst ‘lane keeping’ aid of any car I’ve had from VW, Skoda, Subaru, MG and Hyundai. I can genuinely say I’m utterly baffled by Tesla’s hi-tech reputation ?? I don’t want another one, I don’t even want the one I’ve got.

Nice car I wouldn't mind having one myself but they're pretty expensive the only thing I don't care about Tesla's is they don't give you a spare tire that can be a big problem if you're in the middle of nowhere just my opinion

did you i love electric more than fuels cars also my favourire electric vehicle is a tesla modey performance

Why is your map rotating while you’re parked? That doesn’t look right, it should be absolutely still. I wonder if the compass is not quite 100%….

6 EVs tested on a mountain road course. All but the Chevy Bolt had AWD and costvat least $20,000 mote then the Bolt. Only 2 cars survived! The Tesla and the poor little front wheel drive Bolt. The Bolt won!

Have you got a fire extinguisher ?

Insurance is a big problem ... With the money saved you could get 5-7k free petrol/diesel miles . I love the Tesla but the insurance is ridiculous even for a 50k car with group 50 Insurance . The luxury tax ( or whatever it's called) will also be applied .

AXA insurance recognises that EV drivers cause 50% more accidents, hence the insurance cost raises

Space for a spare wheel?

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I am a company car driver, but I opt out of the scheme and receive a monthly amount. I disagree the Tesla is best, I drive a Skoda Superb 2.0 tdi for less than the overall cost of a Tesla and all fuel is paid for when doing business miles. In 32 months it has cost me 25p per mile, which includes buying the car outright. I get 55mpg at 70mph, £20 tax, 15p per mile for fuel

if you have a MY LR … download acceleration boost. It’s a bargain.

What is the point of all that power if its not quick

Dude how is your cost per mile for charging at home £0.04 per mile that would mean you’re paying £0.15 per Kw/h?

May 2024....anyone know if they've softened the suspension yet?

And there you go a company car it may be practical for a company car but doesn't as a private car ownership because of the benefits you get as a company car and if you only need to charge at home then way is there so many EV's queing at motorway services to charge

Lovely little echo chamber you got going here! Please explain in what way diesel is highly combustible?

PLEASE get your lenses from your glasses replaced by aspherical ones. That will free us of the distorted view around your head from the outside of the glasses

9 months, 23K miles in. Yep, it’s good.

i would buy a model Y but the view out of the back does not look great

I do 40k a year. Love my MYLR

6000 Kilometer (3700 miles ) in 3 months. Model Y RWD .

Fine if you can afford one !

Yes charging every night is much easier than just stopping by a gas station once a week and spending 5 minutes filling it with gas. And also lots and lots of power never got anyone into trouble. Sure you need to merge onto the interstate, but you don't need 0-60 in 4 seconds (especially given what it probably just did to your range). And you're already spending some money on stuff Tesla decided you were responsible for. Wait till ALL of Tesla's car issues are up to you to pay for. Insurance is going up in the US as well. The fact that Tesla doesn't have a maintenance schedule isn't a good thing. The maintenance schedule is something that it's taken older car manufacturers years to create through decades of experience. You'll find out what the service intervals SHOULD have been once we get a few more decades of EV production. And lastly, having a display with ALL your controls in one unit is a bad idea. It represents a single point of failure. Why did Tesla do this? because it's simple and cheap (not the software, the hardware). Coming up with good physical interfaces for cars and aircraft is a tough job and one Tesla doesn't really know how to do yet. When the monitor cable comes loose, how do you even drive the car?

It's great that you like EVs, but I haven't seen anything in this video that makes want one.

Can buy one second hand for £40k

So, ignoring that Tesla have been knocking around £9k off of brand new cars because demand is dropping, the insurance costs are going through the roof for EVs, the depreciation is horriffic, the alleged range is overstated hugely and there is a problem nationally with EV charging points, we should ignore them and buy one ? Are they mad or what ?

Aviva no longer will insure model y . EV ins is now goin through the roof. Expensive to fix. Parts hard to get hold of. Cant take em to em local garage to fix em. Insurance companys realising the probs now. Il stick with my v8 5.5L thanks. £311 to insure