So after a day using the car to go to the beach, pop into local town, pop out to get some bacon from the farm shop and pop over to local pizza takeaway, here’s my snagging list so far.
Rattling rear left door card - definitely needs sorting out, might just do it myself.
Lesser rattle rear left shelf area - might be a bit harder to track down/fix
Very minor/intermittent buzzing drivers side B pillar - probably won’t worry about it
Left headlight not aligned quite as well into bodywork lines/gaps as right side. Not severe enough to worry about - 2mm
Both rear outer taillights are not quite evenly aligned, same as above - no bother. 1mm
Very minor indentation left side of dash top (the black plastic flat section). Will just photo for lease company, not bothered.
Some very minor sticky tape residue - detailed will sort out in a few weeks when it gets ceramic.
So all in all, its the 2 interior rattles.
Some other thoughts :
Handling - it’s not the most natural handling car I’ve had but seriously addictive go-kart like behaviour and settles down really nicely on a steady motorway cruise - like it.
Ride - Pretty competent, struggles a bit with our awful local roads but soaks up motorway/a-road surface changes and undulations very icely - like it.
Performance. Goodness only knows what the Performance model is like as the LR is savage enough. I lovd my M3 and CSL, 335d, golf R32s, Impreza WRX and even going back to old Alfa V6’s. They were all great cars. We just got wife’s new car - a 14 plate Audi S3 which is rapid. None of them are even close to the LR, it’s laugh out loud enjoyable and really flexible waves of torque where you can build speed uphill like nothing I’ve experienced before. Stunningly good. Like it. A lot.
Practicality/Comfort - everything I need, plenty of room for a lanky driver and the wife, the boot is huge for this class of car and frunk tops it off. Seats excellent, had some reservations with no extendable leg bolster but it’s all good - the natural driving position helps with overall support. Front section of glass roof I found a bit annoying with sun glare as I sit quite far back, but the sun shadE accessory sorts that out whilst still letting some light through.
Design - love it. It’s like being in the future and completely relaxing. Proper example of a product design brief with no compromise or deviation.
Materials - They don’t match your perception of what we are used to being told 55k buys - but you know what, all the interior is soft-touch and it’s all really great. No complaints at all - it’s just different to what the Germans do. Once I have the 2 rattle areas fixed, job done.
P.s. invest in decent full-fit weather proof mats, the slightly cheap carpets will thank you for it.
Tech - the screen, nav, features and excellent audio system are totally intuitive, high quality and easy to operate. Games etc am not really bothered with but the overall tech package is well thought through and you don’t need to be only into Tesla to understand it. Accessible and good user experience. Wireless charging flawless and TACC has worked perfectly for me.... so far ....
Everyone that’s walked past the car today has stopped, stared, pointed and generally been jaw on floor, it’s a real talking point and people are genuinely interested in the whole concept.
Charging has been simpler than going to the petrol station. All I asked for before collecting was this side of the package to be flawless and so far so very good indeed.
Collection experience - very average but they had prepared the car well and there was nothing on a static inspection that I would have bothered mentioning to them. Will log the minor issues above but it’s just those damn rattles spoiling a 10.5/10 score so far.
Overall = 9.5/10.
