Just an update and apologies it is "late"....with a few questions (if the questions doesn't get answered Ill ask in new topic)
Disclaimer: Have not looked at this vehicle in pure sunlight at my own home, at my own movement yet. I plan to do this tomorrow as I work today. This information is just based on the 1.5 hours I spent at the delivery process.
Picked up VIN 51xxx White/Black 19" No Tow, No FSD, yesterday (9/26) at Irvine Parking Garage (along with about 500 other people lol more on to that later).
I was skeptical of this location, vs a proper delivery location, but if you are picking up here, to me, it is just like a delivery location, they just need more space. Best advice I can give you for this location.....BRING a good flashlight, AND ask for them to move your car to a spot that gets good light. I was parked on the inside SUPER close to another vehicle. DARK, and couldn't open doors enough. After spending 30+ minutes trying to look at everything, I got fed up and just asked NICELY to just move it "over there with more light", super helpful and they moved it no problems. I did everything about 3 times minimum. So, opening door, closing. Trunk, open close. Frunk open close. From inside cabin, from outside cabin. Each seat belt. etc etc. I am sure it was excessive, but meh.
Issues (all will be fixed by them question on this though):
* One tiny tiny tiny paint scuff on the front bumper between the headlight. About 2-3 inches long, but about a hair width. Almost like drawing a line with a pencil. Luckily I saw that even in the "dark" area, however, was even easier to see once car was moved.
* The a pillar on the passenger side, right near where the dash meets, tiny little scuff/scratch probably when dash was being put in or something, scraped a bit
* Driver side back seat, black plastic trim, near doorwell on bottom had like a hard protruding section in the black plastic, and when plastic is stretched and pushed, it turns "white".
Issues (that they said were "in spec" or "would not be fixed, yet".....
* Passenger door, when closed with "normal" strength would not close all way, was told this is the plastic seal needs to give a little and be a little more pliable, since it was new, needs to soften a bit. I would say 2/10 times with a normal push close, it would close, other than that would need a bit of a harder close. Closing from the inside was perfect each time. I am assuming that when on the inside, you pull the door closed the WHOLE way, giving it that extra strength, as opposed to the outside that when you close you tend to let go of the door
* Rear Driver side door same issue as above.
* Rear driver side door, is SLIGHTLY miss-aligned. Was told this was in spec, I don't care, I added to my service appointment anyways (more on this later). I would say 1/8th or less of an inch up. If you run your finger from rear door to front door, your finger will catch it, or if you are looking from the rear to the front at a side angle you will catch it. Thing is, even after catching it, and even after I KNOW it is there, walking back to the car, I don't even "see" it.
* Both coat hangers (more of the driver side) are kind of "sagging" a bit. something I didn't mention to them as I forgot, but included it in my appointment.
The good:
Panel gaps! Seriously!
After seeing every picture here, after seeing all the horror stories. Wow. I felt I was the lucky one. I didn't notice ANY panel gaps EXCEPT for the rocker panel, and from what I can see, I would have thought that was NORMAL otherwise, as it is NOT even that bad/noticeable
Did NOT see any bumper color front or back discoloration. Only thing I could tell from either, is that the bumpers are "plastic" vs the "metal" body. What I mean by that, is if you get the right sunlight, and the right angle, you will see the body "sparkle" but the bumpers "shine" instead.
I will post pictures later as they are on my phone, getting ready for work, and will want to look at it in my own sunlight lol!
My question:
They said they were going to note my account for those 3 fixes, and get it taken care of (probably have to email them). But I did NOT see a service appointment, am I just supposed to create my own service appointment for those fixes, and my account is just noted to fix them? Or were they supposed to create the service appointment for me? (because they didn't). Either way I created a service appointment with all the fixes and will be calling them on monday.