Tesla Model Y Overview 

Thanks. I'll try and keep that vibe. 😀

Thank you so much, so very kind of you to say. Please share it with as many folks as possible. ☺️

Thank you for taking the time to let me know that. Glad you’re enjoying it.

Thank you for the kind words.

Thank you so much, that's very nice of you to say. ☺️

Thanks for the comment. I’m glad you enjoyed the production value. I do that for a living so thankful it was noticed. ☺️

Thanks so much for the lovely comment. I'll try my best to keep up the pace. ☺️

Thanks Sam, so nice of you to say. I'm glad you enjoyed it. ☺️

Thanks Robyn for the kind words. I think you'll love the car. We are super happy with it. Just got back from a week in Apollo Bay and for someone who has done a lot of long drives but has never really loved it. The Y was lovely to drive and made it a lot more pleasant. I'll do a video about that as soon as I recover from making this one. 🤣

Thanks for the comment. Super glad you found the video helpful. I hope you enjoy your Y as much as we are enjoying ours. ☺️

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a lovely message. So glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully you’ll enjoy some of my other videos and learn a bit from them too. 😀🙏🏻👍🏻

Kia Ora and thanks for the comment. Glad you found it helpful and entertaining.

Thanks. Glad you found it useful.

Thank you for the kind words. I do try quite hard to do good work. ☺️ Feel free to share it far and wide. 🙏🏻👍🏼

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Thank you, I appreciate you saying that.

Thanks so much for the comment. I may look super comfortable and natural, but it takes about 4-5 tries at least for most sections to get that. I am a very good editor. 🤣

Thanks, those are very much the two things I was going for. 😀

BTW, if you thought this was funny, go back and look at the previous video where I show what happened when I first tried to film this one on my own.

Thank you, that’s very kind of you to say and take the time to leave the comment. You can use my code when you get a second Tesla. 😂

Thanks Phil, Hope you enjoy your Model Y as much as we are enjoying ours. I am a bit jealous of you UK folks as you have the option of the long range model. We only get the Standard and the Performance here and the P model isn't coming till next year I think.

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say. To be fair to others film production is my day job, so I have the skills and gear already. 😉 As for the low sub count, well I've gotta start somewhere, hopefully loads of people share my videos and can help grow that number. 🙏🏻😉

Thank you for you kind words. Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you get your car soon. We are still loving ours. ☺️

Awesome, thank you! Very kind of you to say.

Thank you, I'll try my best to keep it up. ☺️

Hello back from Melbourne. ☺️ Thanks for the kind comments

Thank you, you're making me blush. 😊 If you enjoyed that, you should check out the "not review" video I put out before this and the one I put out a couple of days ago that has loads of bloopers.

Glad it was helpful!

I do find I use voice commands quite a bit. But to be honest I alsoI often forget that I can do some things with the voice commands too. 🤣

Thank you.

Thank you.

BTW, if you thought this was funny, go back and look at the previous video where I show what happened when I first tried to film this one on my own.

Thank you. I'm glad you found it helpful. I would certainly not say that I am a professional when it comes to cars. 🤣 I hope you enjoy your model Y as much as we are still enjoying ours. Please let me know how it goes when it arrives. 😄

Thank you for the comment and the sub.

Thanks mate.

Thanks Ian, why would anyone drive on the other side of the road? 🤣

Thank you very much for the kind words.

Thank you very much for the kind words. I am glad you enjoyed it. :)

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Thanks.

Hi Randy, thank for your comment. I am planning on doing videos about those types of topics. Though from what I can tell at the moment a lot of the answers to your questions is that it depends. 😉 How much extra stuff you have packed in the car, how much head wind or tail wind you have. Are you doing city stop/start driving or are you doing highway driving. All these things and more can effect the cars range. In regards to cost, well that can also vary a lot. We have solar and so try to charge the car during the middle of the day when it will be getting all it's charge from our solar panels (kinda free if you ignore what the panels cost us). But when on road trips we may want to use a super charger which at the moment costs 0.69 cents per kw in Australia. Though if we don't need a huge fast charge there are free chargers we could use. Or there is a middle option which is non Tesla fast chargers which aren't free but cheaper than the Tesla ones. On the bright side for me, this means I have loads more content to create to talk about all these things in the future. ☺️ P.S. we will have to agree to disagree as to which side is the correct side for a steering wheel. 😜

Thanks Marvin

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Thanks so much!

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. ☺️

Thanks Nathan

Thank you so much. I appreciate the sub and hope I can keep you entertained.

Thanks for subbing

Thanks for the tip Carl, and thanks for your kinds comment.

Interesting. Does that mean the verbal command over-rides the PIN (if you have it enabled) ?

Thanks for the kind comment. 😄

Thanks. :)

Thanks for your comment. I think it's a mix. For those of us who love being on the cutting edge of tech, totally the place to be. But I think also there still needs to be electric cars that look and feel like todays cars but just so happen to be electric. This will help folks who aren't really into tech to make the move the electric.

Thank you very much. I hope I can keep you informed and entertained.

How come you look just like Bjorn Nyland (joke) ;-)

You are too kind. 🙏🏻

That’s awesome. Glad you’re enjoying it. 😀

Thank you Joseph. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for the feedback. 👍🏻

Glad you enjoyed it. ☺️

BTW, if you thought this was funny, go back and look at the previous video where I show what happened when I first tried to film this one on my own.

I also like to say or agree and support the points being made in videos regarding the features or the ability or inability of the car as i am being consumed by one now. Regarding trust of the car with autopilot i like to say, I don’t trust the car auto stuff although its very good and I always trust the driver bcos they are more traffic aware than the car.

It's a challenging one. The autopilot is certainly good, but not perfect. I think it would be better called a driver aid. Keep in mind, I've only had the car for a few weeks and only driven about 2000km in it. But my finding is that it certainly helps me and makes driving easier, but I can't rely on it completely and still have to pay attention to the road and conditions.

@@Dan007LoveKhmerMusic There is one HUGE problem that Lee probably had not experienced in his few weeks of ownership, and that is PHANTOM BRAKING. It can be downright dangerous if there is someone close behind you. Usually happens on bright sunny days, when there are shadows on the road. The forward camera picks up a shadow under a bridge for example, and the computer can have a heart attack (but not always). It can then slam on the brakes going from 110kph to 80 in no time. Quick fix is to have your right foot hovering over the accelerator when you see a shadow coming up. If PB happens, just mash the gas pedal to get out of the problem braking.

Thank you

Thank you for taking the time to leave such a lovely comment. So glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully you enjoy some of my other videos. :)

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. ☺️

Thank you for the kind words. Glad you found it helpful. Hopefully you can find some of my other videos helpful too. 😀

@@notacarguy_au Oh I definitely have already! I’ve been binging on some of your other videos and you have sold me on a future purchase of a Tesla Model Y.

@@ProXcaliber Very cool. I hope you enjoy it as much as we are enjoying ours. I was chatting to a mate of mine the other day who got a Model Y around the same time I did and he was saying "It's just fun to drive". And as someone who generally doesn't really enjoy driving, even I think it is fun to drive. ☺ If you do end up getting one, please use my referal code and then we can both get some extra credit from it. 😉

@@notacarguy_au I do have just one question, if it isn't too much of a burden that is, more of a request really. Would it be possible for you to do a video a bit more in-depth of the trunk space? Maybe using some common household items, boxes, possibly a stroller, or maybe even a Costco run. My only current concern is the trunk space because of the slanted roofline. We (my family and I) currently own a crossover, and the trunk space for a family of 4 is our biggest worry. We know car seats will fit fine passenger wise, but we aren't too certain about how things will fit in the trunk. Even any info on this, rather than a video, would be greatly appreciated!

Sorry for the late response, I was trying to be clever and even shot a short video to answer your question, but wasn't short enough to use as a short. 🤦🏻‍♂️ But in summary, it will take a bit of "kid stuff Tetris" but I think you should be able to fit all your stuff in fine. :) Also, don't forget you have the rather enormous under trunk space and the frunk. If you have a Tesla store or place near you, perhaps you could go in one day and ask to see if you can fit your stuff in a demo car?

That's very kind of you to say. Thank you. :)

Hi David, Thanks for the kind comments, I'm very glad you found the video helpful. I think in regards to which one to get, well that of course depends on what you need and what you want. It also depends on where you are in the world. For example, I think the Model S and X are only really available in the the US at the moment. I recently rented an older Model S whilst in New Zealand and one of the things I noticed that I missed from my Y was how high up you sit. The sedans so sit quite low. Now of course if you like that, then it's great, but I certainly prefer sitting higher up in the more SUV like Y. Well worth going for a test drive of each and seeing how they feel for you. I don't think they do this anymore in Australia, but you used to be able to "test drive" the car overnight, which I think would be great as you get more of an idea of how they work rather than just a 30 minute test drive, which is what they do now in Australia. May also be worth maybe renting one for a weekend to see what the experience is like.

Thanks Zoran, we all have our own skills and talents that help us through life. 👍🏼

Thanks Bill. Much appreciated. Be sure to share it far and wide. 😉

Thank you. Will try to keep it up. 😀

Hey Ryan, yeah, small world when you're looking for locations to shoot and be allowed to drone. 🤣 Was lovely to meet you too, thanks for taking the time to chat. Glad you enjoyed the video, very kind comments. ☺️ I assume you're going to Fully Charged? We should convoy up. 😉

@@notacarguy_au Thanks mate ! Yes, we are going to fully charged !! Still yet to plan our trip but will let you know ! Will u go up with your family?

@@RyanCowan Like you're planning, the "negotiations" of if the family is coming with are ongoing. 😉

Thanks, much appreciated. ☺️

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks, you know I don't think I ever actually ended up editing the Apollo Bay stuff. I shot some content, but never did anything with it. But if you're looking for something like a family road trip, I uploaded one to Adelaide a few weeks ago you can watch. ☺️

A very good point. I believe the MG ZS and the Atto 3 are in the $44k ish range. So there are "cheaper" options. Though cheap and expensive are relative terms. My aim with this channel is to focus mostly on the experience of using an EV. As I've found in conversation with EV sceptics there seems to be a fair bit of, to be polite, misunderstanding as to what owning and using an EV is like. 😉

Thank you.

Thank you for the tip, I think I did discover that eventually. 🤣 I am so used to it now I pretty much do it without thinking.

Thanks for your comment. For opening the boot from my watch, I am using the Tessie App.

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

I think you're referencing one pedal driving? If that is what you mean, yes it is pretty good once you get used to it. ☺️

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it. ☺️

Thanks, as with most things it depends. I think the car is certainly higher than lower cars (Which I appreciate it kinda obvious. ☺️) I don't think it's very high though. I think if you came at the curbs from the side, it would be ok. But front on, I think you'd still catch the black plastic bits at the bottom. Of course your mileage may vary depending on the size of the curb.🤷🏻

Thanks for the info. That is much easier to do. I love how there are so many little things that I keep learning about the car. There seems to be a really good community of Tesla folks who are very kind and helpful.

I got the Tesorries ones, but I was also looking at the Jowua ones, but they were out of stock. Funny story, I got emailed about a week ago from Jowua asking me if I'd like to review some of their stuff. Unfortunately for me, I already got almost everything I wanted from them. But they are sending me a few things things to review that I was looking at but didn't get (video of that coming in a few weeks hopefully) Something I like about the Jowua ones is that they have a clever little lip for stashing umbrellas and such. Anyways, they've given me a discount code, so if you're interested in their ones my code is "EVEASY" or you can use this link (BTW, I do get a bit of commission on anything that is bought via the link, in the interests of full disclosure ☺️) www.jowua-life.com/EVEASY

I was chatting a friend of mine just last night. His wife has a Model 3 and he doesn't drive it that often. He was asking if you could find like creep. So he didn't know about it. He will get onto one pedal driving, but he wants to have a middle ground whilst he gets used to it. I found it took me less than a day to get used to it and I've never looked back. ☺️

Many years ago, as a member of the BMW Car Club, I was trained on how to use Left Foot Braking correctly (even in a manual car). Since driving the Tesla, I use Left Foot Braking 100% (when required, which is rarely). Stick with it, LFB is much faster than using the right foot. Example: I'm cruising along and someone noses out of a driveway ahead - I immediately hover my left foot over the brake. Same with traffic lights that have been green for a while - chances are they will change and you may need to actually USE the brake, sometimes quite forcefully. Regen is good for most things, but LFB is always the best backup IMO.

Unfortunately I’m gonna miss the get together as I’ll be in New Zealand shooting content for a client. Hopefully can make it to the next one.

It really is a great movie. 👍🏼

@@notacarguy_au My Dad introduced me to Blazing Saddles when I was a kid. We both used to sit there nearly wetting ours with laughter.

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Funny you say that. I was just chatting to my wife the other day and we realised that often when driving around we think a Model 3 or Model Y is coming towards us and it turns out to be a Porsche. Not sure if other people have this, but it seems they looks similar to us from the front. 🤣

Thanks.

Hi Rachel, yes you totally can remove your foot from the pedal. Though I recommend keeping it near by incase you need to take over at any time. So It's not like you then then sit cross legged when autopilot is on. 🤣

I haven't really looked that closely at it, but will have a look next time we are out in the car and let you know.

Thanks, I'll have a look. I love finding out about little nuggest likes this. ☺️

I'd be happy to start a patreon if you're "volunteering" to pay for it. 😉 I am keen to get it, but my bank account needs some time to recover from the cost of buying the car.

So glad I happened upon this video. Getting my model Y in January

Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed. Be sure to share with your friends and enemies. 😉

Which type of Model Y and colour are you getting?

Hi, thanks for the kind words. These are the floor mats I've got. I've only had them a few weeks, but so far they have been really good. tessories.com.au/product/model-y-3d-floor-mats/

@@notacarguy_au I have similar floor mats, and they are a real problem to clean once mud gets on them (because of the highly textured surface). Personally, I would prefer something smooth and easy to hose out. Just my opinion.

@@greghudson9717 That's interesting that that's been your experience. It could be that I haven't gotten mine "that" muddy, but I've found them pretty easy to hose down every few weeks to clean them off.

@@notacarguy_au I have to hose my floor mats then scrub them with a stiff brush to get the mud off, and, they don't stay clean for long ;-)

@@greghudson9717 Sounds like you are just having too much fun with your car. 🤣

Thanks, these are the ones I got. I'm planning on doing a video about the accessories I've gotten in a few weeks time. tessories.com.au/product/model-y-3d-floor-mats/

Hi Scott, it's a combination of two things I got from Amazon. Thankfully I haven't had a need to use it, so no idea if it's any good. But here are the two things I got. www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0B3RMKL4S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09Q5Y4947/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I bought a Ryobi One tyre pump from Bunnings. I keep it in one of the rear side pockets (with the battery removed). And I have the plugs on order from Amazon.

olá Leonel and obrigada for the nice comment. I have the SR+ I think it what it is called in Europe. In Australia we can only get the SR+ and Performance models. And the Perfomance models aren't arriving til Nov or early next year I believe.

That's fair. 😉

Does it help that I like coffee flavoured things? Love coffee ice-cream, coffee cake and coffee milkshakes. I wonder if it has anything to do with all the sugar in those things? 🤔🤣

Thank you very much for the kind words. Hope I can keep entertaining you.

No worries, here you go. I've been very happy with them so far, will do a video about all the accessories we got. Though I want to do a few other videos first. tessories.com.au/product/model-y-3d-floor-mats/

Hi Dave, I haven't bought Enhanced auto pilot. I'd like to, but I think my bank account needs some time to get over the shock of buying the car first. 🤣 I am also not sure how much I would use it. I've heard mixed reviews from people who I know who have it. To be frank, I think I want it mostly to show off to people with the Summon function. But not sure that $5100 AUD is worth the show off points. 😉

@@notacarguy_au good to know- sorry another question - are you happy with the cars power and ride quality, I have seen a lot of reviews that say it is somewhat firm. For reference I am looking to change over from a 2021 Audi Q3. I have a test drive booked in Richmond next Friday but just trying to gather as much info. Like you I predominantly drive around town ( Melbourne’s north east)

It's hard for me to say. As the name of the channel suggests, I am not a car guy. 🤣 So I would most certainly say that I don't have a very refined opinion. The ride feels very comfortable to me, but I was coming from a 2011 Kia Cerato coup. So am used to be much lower and I am guessing that means the old car was a bumpier ride?

I am not 100% sold on it being safer, but I am really enjoying it.