Hey everyone...long time lurker. First time poster.
Long story short. My MS had a paint defect at delivery. I could take delivery and fix later or wait 3 months for a body shop to open up. (Denver just had a huge hail storm) I took delivery. Called a few months later to get it in the shop. They dropped off a loaner and took mine to a body shop. It's been there since Sept 13th. All they needed to do was respray the lift gate and bumper. They didn't have to do anything else.
Now...here's my issue. I have to drive to Chicago (from Colorado) for a wedding this coming Tuesday. My plan was to take my Tesla. (Never thought it would take a month for paint. Tesla told me two weeks MAX) According to the body shop my car will be ready "early next week" which is what they told me last week.
I let the SC know I wouldn't be able to return the loaner car until I returned from my trip, in case they finished it while I was gone. He told me not to take the car out of state. He said if I get pulled over I risk getting into trouble with out of state dealer plates. I told them that's a huge problem because last minute plane tickets are $1800 r/t. He offered me a Hertz rental car. Screw having to pay for gas.
What would you do?
- Screw it...Take the loaner
- Take the Hertz rental
- Go "steal" my car from the body shop
Thanks
John
Long story short. My MS had a paint defect at delivery. I could take delivery and fix later or wait 3 months for a body shop to open up. (Denver just had a huge hail storm) I took delivery. Called a few months later to get it in the shop. They dropped off a loaner and took mine to a body shop. It's been there since Sept 13th. All they needed to do was respray the lift gate and bumper. They didn't have to do anything else.
Now...here's my issue. I have to drive to Chicago (from Colorado) for a wedding this coming Tuesday. My plan was to take my Tesla. (Never thought it would take a month for paint. Tesla told me two weeks MAX) According to the body shop my car will be ready "early next week" which is what they told me last week.
I let the SC know I wouldn't be able to return the loaner car until I returned from my trip, in case they finished it while I was gone. He told me not to take the car out of state. He said if I get pulled over I risk getting into trouble with out of state dealer plates. I told them that's a huge problem because last minute plane tickets are $1800 r/t. He offered me a Hertz rental car. Screw having to pay for gas.
What would you do?
- Screw it...Take the loaner
- Take the Hertz rental
- Go "steal" my car from the body shop
Thanks
John