Collected today and I haven't stopped smiling since !!
Picked up from SC Dartford and arrived a little early (1 hour early, to be exact, such a child !!).
They process was really smooth and the staff very friendly and engaging. Not at all irked by the fact I was there jiggling around like an overgrown kid that's eaten too many E numbers.
The car sitting on one of their slow gen 2 chargers, they don't have any superchargers there, which surprises me considering the proximity to the M25 and blue water.
The car was a little dirty, but they were very apologetic about it and offered to have it washed off, but being the large man child I am, I didn't have the patience to wait and seeing as I had a 30 mile drive home on M and A roads, would have made little difference.
The car was also sporting a set of new green tab plates in error (they are not yet legal), mine being the only one, so someone clearly had a brain fart. Although they quickly made up some GB plates and let me keep the green tabs, which was appreciated. As a side note, they are now printed on metal, which was a surprise to me, but made that's how its done now ?!
The issue with the faulty side repeater camera seems to have been resolved with the latest batch, as none of the 3's that I spoke to were defective. Hopefully, this is the same for everyone or we just got lucky.
After giving my car and a few of the others (for comparison) a thorough inspection, the build quality seems vastly improved from the stories I've heard, with one exception, the boot alignment.
Out of the 8 or 9 cars I saw, paint and panel gaps looked consistent throughout, in regards to doors/windows/roof, but all seemed to be suffering with poor boot alignment, so be vigilant.
Mine was actually causing damage to paint, on both boot and bumper. It was noted by the chap conducting the handover (again was very apologetic) and a service appointment straight away. Be sure to take pictures and video of everything when collecting, as a safety net as they will be geo tagged and time stamped should you need evidence .
To everyone still waiting to collect, I feel you're pain, but the wait is definitely worth the reward !!
