New tyres for our Tesla Model 3, fitted at Tesla in Mulgrave Victoria.

Booking through the app was seamless, as always.

I asked previously, via the app, if I could have a loan car while they serviced ours, but they were all allocated. When I arrived, however, I asked again, and said I’d sit in the waiting room until they found one. A few minutes later, a Model Y became available.

This was the first time I was able to pair my phone with the loan car, which makes using it much easier. The process created a new profile, linked to my Tesla account, which later also appeared in our Tesla Model 3, so I will use that profile from now on, to share my preferred settings between cars.

The air con in the Model 3 has a “recycle air” button. But the the Model Y also has the “biohazard defence” button. I think it helps when sitting behind diesel spewing utes taking off at the lights 😉.

While waiting, I set up office in the Model Y in nearby Jells Park.

The tyres cost $427 each (Michelin Pilot Sport 4). The car has driven nearly 39,000km. At my request, they fitted the replacement wheel covers they had provided last time, since the originals had started to rattle when driving over bumps.

For the backstory of the tyre rotation check which prompted the tyre replacement, see: