{"id":1146,"date":"2025-09-04T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:24:57","slug":"im-sending-my-tesla-back-early-and-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1146","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m sending my Tesla back early and here&#8217;s why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nearly three years ago a good friend of mine who works for a major vehicle leasing firm alerted to me to a great offer to lease a new Tesla. We are members of the same cycling group and we&#8217;d had conversations before about leasing as I had had my eye on a Tesla Model Y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had been thinking about taking the plunge and leasing an electric car for some while but had been hesitating and waiting for a modification to the suspension on the Model Y as the first cars were known to have quite a &#8216;crashy&#8217; ride (more about this later). Yes I know it&#8217;s a bit of an engineer nerdy thing but it&#8217;s the way my brain works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal was for a new model on the range, a rear wheel drive car with a &#8216;standard&#8217; range which is around 57 kwh equating to around 230 miles. This car had the suspension modifications to improve the ride from that of the first cars.. I had really wanted the longer range battery with 4wd but the cost of those cars was quite prohibitive at the time and this was too good an offer to miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I completed all of the paperwork and took possession of the car at Southampton Docks on New Year&#8217;s Eve 2022. The car was fresh off of the ship from China (I was told that Chinese cars at the time had the best build quality of any Tesla cars)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So now I&#8217;m coming to the end of the lease and I&#8217;d like to reflect on my experiences with the car and why I&#8217;m sending it back early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tesla-for-blog-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tesla-for-blog-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tesla-for-blog-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tesla-for-blog-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tesla-for-blog-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tesla-for-blog-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davidseall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tesla-for-blog-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Things  I liked<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>Tesla supercharging network<\/strong>&#8211; this is an amazing integrated system which means effectively that there is no such thing as range anxiety. It connects continuously with the car to<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Map your journey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tell you where you need to stop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tells you how much charge you will have when you get there<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Has fast 250kw chargers. The charging speeds are slower when you start and then start to tail off down to around 50-70kw when your battery gets over 80% charge. It&#8217;s a bit like watching the final stages of an old fashioned disk defrag on windows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure a bay is available for you to use- owners of cars which are fully charged are penalised by a charge on their credit card if they leave the car connected. Occasionally at peak times limits of 65-80% charging are in place.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To run the system optimally it seems Tesla want you to charge &#8216;little and often&#8217; to free up capacity and get you moving&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only once have I arrived at a Supercharger station to find that all of the charging bays were full and that was at Eurotunnel Calais. Within five minutes a bay was available<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>smaller battery size wasn\u2019t a significant problem<\/strong><ul><li>It almost perfectly matched the capacity of my bladder!<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>In the summer I usually got 200 plus miles nearer 220 with gentle driving<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>In the winter it would go down to 170-180<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Being an LFP battery charging to 100% at home was the norm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I understand that Tesla source this battery from BYD so that\u2019s a problem for Tesla moving forward<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After nearly three years of driving , including over 6000 miles of Supercharging, the battery still charges to 100%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The car was&nbsp;<strong>ridiculously cheap to run<\/strong>&nbsp;via home charging overnight- We also have solar and batteries at home which helps reduce bills further<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>customer support is fantastic<\/strong>&nbsp;both online and at the local service station. It\u2019s a highly automated process and for some faults, I had an annoying rattle coming from the rear view mirror,&nbsp;&nbsp;this was fixed at home. The guys at the Shalford Tesla centre were great. Other brands could learn a lot from this.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tyre wear was normal<\/strong>&nbsp;compared to an ICE car- don\u2019t believe the rubbish in the Daily Fail.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Performance is blistering<\/strong>&#8211; in fact I usually drove in \u2018chill mode\u2019. The instant power delivery enables you to accelerate out of awkward situations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>One pedal driving with auto regeneration is great&nbsp;<\/strong>and the brakes themselves had great stopping power and  show no signs of \u2018grabbing\u2019, however regeneration doesn&#8217;t come into play when the battery is at 100% so be careful!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Steering is direct<\/strong>&nbsp;and the car is enjoyable to drive on B roads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>control screen<\/strong>&nbsp;in the car has sensibly set out menus and shortcuts, so one isn\u2019t distracted as much as one would think. There are lots of ways to set the car to your own requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>speed indicator<\/strong> is easy to see and not too far away from your driving eyeline. The size of the font was increased and that was an improvement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>semi auto drive<\/strong>&nbsp;mode was amazing meaning long distances and the M25 were not a problem- my son managed to turn the screen into \u2018Super Mario\u2019 mode when this was on so it was easy to remember!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sentry mode<\/strong>&nbsp;is great when parking the car giving you complete surveillance of the vehicle from your phone &#8211; but eats battery when left on overnight!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The seats were comfortable and the interior space is impressive with<strong> plenty of head and leg room<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The space inside with the \u2018frunk\u2019 and below boot floor recess meant it was a&nbsp;<strong>pretty cavernous car<\/strong>&nbsp;for long trips with loads of safe stowage spaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The car was so easy to drive on&nbsp;<strong>long trips abroad<\/strong>&#8211; two trips to Austria for skiing, a trip to the French alps and a tour of Germany and Switzerland \u2013 all pretty effortless<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charging in France is generally very good.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tesla gave me 5000&nbsp;<strong>free miles<\/strong>&nbsp;to use at Superchargers and then gave another 1000 on top of that<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Software updates<\/strong>&nbsp;were frequent and easily done. The car is now a better car than when I got it with some major upgrades and features. In fact one could argue that the Tesla is more of a computer on wheels than a car. All of the systems are very intuitive and easy to use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The panoramic sun roof gave a lovely natural light in the cabin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remotely pre-conditioning the car at home from the phone to heat the interior and warm the battery was very useful in the winter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There\u2019s loads of stuff on the screen for entertainment like YouTube and Netflix although I rarely used this.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018Dog mode\u2019 is a very clever idea to enable you to leave pets in the car.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Things that aren&#8217;t so good<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The car is&nbsp;<strong>Insurance Group 50<\/strong>&nbsp;so be prepared for a big quote!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has the&nbsp;<strong>turning circle<\/strong>&nbsp;of HMS Vanguard (google search that) It\u2019s incredibly difficult to manoeuvre with a useless turning circle (I think that this has been improved on the facelifted Model Y)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The car is also&nbsp;<strong>very wide-<\/strong>&nbsp;you leave it in car parks at your peril<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The quality of the&nbsp;<strong>paint is thin and poor<\/strong>. I had an optional metallic paint (which then became the standard, meaning that my BIK was above what it needed to be) It just seemed to attract dirt and dust more than the paintwork on a quality car should despite using high quality shampoos and waxes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Body panels feel incredibly thin- ditto car park spaces again<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The auto-wipe of the windscreen relies on the cameras- rather than a $1 sensor which Elon Musk refuses to pay for- it doesn\u2019t work!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ride is still very firm and on some surfaces very poor vibrations and harshness. The extra weight of the Model Y body on the Model 3 floorpan is crying out for an air suspension option ( I drove this on a Model S years ago and it was amazing) I do understand that the facelifted Model Y does go some way address this apparently<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The cabin quality is ok but not quality, the carpets are rather \u2018brillo pad\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The rear parcel shelf is&nbsp;<strong>cheap and nasty<\/strong>&nbsp;as is the removeable floor panel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sharp throttle response can make some passengers&nbsp;feel <strong>car sick<\/strong>&#8211; particularly in the back<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When the car was collected I found out that there were&nbsp;<strong>no parking sensors<\/strong>&nbsp;(another Musk cost cutting mandate) after a wait and then three different upgrades the solution was delivered using cameras. This works very well but surely this should have been an augmentation to the parking process rather than a replacement?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There\u2019s no Apple Car Play or Android which may frustrate some.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Supercharger cables are only long enough to charge cars with charging points either on the passenger side rear or driver side front. Non Tesla cars which have ports elsewhere on the car take up two bays<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On newer cars the shifter stalk has been removed and the wiper function moved to the screen just leaving an indicator stalk. Another cost cutting measure that just grates with me.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New cars also now no longer supply a charger that connects to a 13 amp plug, it&#8217;s an extra.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roof bars have to be fitted at a dealer and then remain on the car- those fixing them at home run the risk of cracking the glass roof. This is a bit of a pain for someone like me who likes to carry bikes on the roof.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No idea why the adverts on Spotify sometimes were for an American audience!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So what&#8217;s the overall verdict on the Tesla?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the shortcomings I&#8217;ve mentioned, in the overall scheme of things it has been a great car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have enjoyed driving it and became a real &#8216;Tesla bore&#8217; explaining to anyone who will listen how great it is. I would highly recommend the brand as an entry car into the EV way of life, particularly if you fear range anxiety. The Tesla Supercharger Network system is superb particularly in the UK where we don&#8217;t yet have the charging infrastructure of countries like France. In comparison with regularly filling up with fuel, charging at home is just so good. The car is always fully charged and ready to go. The average stop at a Supercharger is roughly 20-25 minutes with time to stretch the legs, use the loo, buy a coffee and catch up on a few emails. I don&#8217;t think that takes much longer than using a fuel station and then parking again and walking to the services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite at one point thinking that my mileage would be getting close to the maximum, I now find It&#8217;s significantly under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last six months I have been evaluating the cars are in this family SUV market and to nobody&#8217;s surprise, there are a lot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think that with the speed of innovation and the constant introduction of new models and makes in this sector leasing makes good sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing I have learned when leasing a car is to look for deals where manufacturers have made a big batch of cars to a certain specification and then put them into the leasing system. This is where one can get real value for money. Building your own car to a specific spec negates that benefit and also means that you will probably have a long wait time- I was quoted 32 weeks for one car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A great place to find where a lot of the deals are is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaseloco.com\/car-leasing\/search?matchtype=e&amp;device=c&amp;campaign=16502190366&amp;adgroup=134567658415&amp;keyword=leaseloco&amp;adposition=&amp;creative=645166134600&amp;location=9046836&amp;extension=&amp;network=g&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_campaign=16502190366&amp;llit_code=google_adgroupid_134567658415_keyword_leaseloco&amp;utm_medium=Cj0KCQjw_L_FBhDmARIsAItqgt5rnJUYCnjoZlPdp9-Eswuj9-KlxKC4ReAPgtH6BXwL4Np4WifuB4waAstiEALw_wcB&amp;cq_plt=gp&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=16502190366&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACx3mhP4DeoOH--yi6DfRVPMN_6kT&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw_L_FBhDmARIsAItqgt5rnJUYCnjoZlPdp9-Eswuj9-KlxKC4ReAPgtH6BXwL4Np4WifuB4waAstiEALw_wcB\">Leaseloco<\/a> and there are many websites like it. Also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DefinitelyNotAGuru\">this chap&#8217;s regular YouTube channel<\/a> gives you a heads up on what&#8217;s around. I have also listed some other YouTube channels below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So in summary, if you find a good deal you have to act very quickly. Hence the necessity for sending the car back early. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also think in this context that the Tesla Model 3 is probably better value than the Model Y at the moment but then again Tesla change their prices at the drop of a hat, another reason for leasing rather than buying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will my next car be a Tesla?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sorry to my Tesla loving friends but the answer is <strong>no<\/strong> and here are the reasons why<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There\u2019s a lot more competition in the market than there was three years ago and many of the other manufacturers have caught up with the tech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The constant penny pinching, particularly regarding the driver interface, I find grating. As an engineer I respect seeing good design and clever ideas. Whilst this is very much the case with the software side of the car, the mechanical side is being driven by cost and not quality. The ridiculous buttons on the steering wheel on the Model 3 instead of an indicator stalk takes the biscuit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The car is costed as a quality car- cheaper cars now have better build quality and extra functionality and are thus far better value for money. Just look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B_iWt01Dd3Y\">this car<\/a> currently available in China but on the way to Europe in a couple of years and priced around $35000. It took 200000 orders in less than an hour when it was launched in China.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tesla don\u2019t seem to be interested in cars anymore. They\u2019ve wasted so much money on the truly hideous Cyber Truck when they could have built an entry level car instead. They are in huge trouble in the Chinese market where domestic cars are cheaper and arguably better.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I probably would have stayed with Tesla but the whole &#8216;political thing&#8217; made me look at alternatives. One of my mentors once told me the best way to p**s someone off was to start an assault on their values.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tesla\u2019s values seem to have changed from being a brand that was going to help the world move to a more sustainable future, to a company obsessed with \u2018robotaxis\u2019 (why not ride a bike or get the bus\/tube?) and humanoid robots. To me that means a reduction in R&amp;D and product improvement in their automotive business just when the competition is investing more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I suppose that the question I haven&#8217;t answered is will my replacement car be an EV?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer is of course <strong>yes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The benefits of cheap running costs, easy driving and a great ownership experience mean that I would never go back to an ICE as my daily transport. I think that in twenty years time filling a car with petrol will be looked upon as the equivalent of feeding hay to a horse. I would add that I do have a forty year old classic but that usually does fewer than 1000 miles a year. I think electrification will be that vehicle&#8217;s fate in the future too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think if some of my frustrations with the company were addressed then I would consider another Tesla in the future. The leadership of the company need to get back to what they were originally trying to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, when I&#8217;ve put a few miles on the new car replacing the Tesla, I will give a verdict and I will find out if I&#8217;ve been wrong!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for reading. Please leave a comment here or on the LinkedIn post that directed you here. I&#8217;m always eager to learn if my opinions resonate or jar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the links<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@whatcar\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@whatcar<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@carwow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@carwow<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RyanShawtech\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RyanShawtech<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JustGetATesla\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JustGetATesla<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Electrifyingcom\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Electrifyingcom<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TimRodieDrivesStuff\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TimRodieDrivesStuff<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Autotrader_uk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Autotrader_uk<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AutoEV\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AutoEV<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CarGurusUK\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CarGurusUK<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RSEV\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RSEV<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@fullychargedshow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@fullychargedshow<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly three years ago a good friend of mine who works for a major vehicle leasing firm alerted to me to a great offer to lease a new Tesla. 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