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Wednesday 14 October 2026

Five days with Tesla's basic Model 3: what you get

X user @ryanjaycowan spent five days with Tesla's cheapest Model 3. In Australia it's the $45,900 Model 3 RWD. Here's what you get and what's cut.

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What's Tesla's cheapest Model 3 actually like to live with? X user @ryanjaycowan has spent five days finding out. On Wednesday morning Australian time, he posted a video on X with a simple caption: "5 days living with the new 'basic' Tesla Model 3 ..."

A white Tesla Model 3 driving past a modern glass building — Image: Tesla / X

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