Hi, thought might be value in talking around any common pickup issues when taking delivery.
For me generally it was very good. Vehicle presented well detailed. Strong wax layer all beading etc. Spotless inside. Yes I did measure panel gaps lol No problems. Looking at the vehicle stationery I just cant fault it - perfect. No I didnt send it to a mate at a panel shop to read paint thickness or something but my impression of the paint is that its better than new Aus delivered Porsches which all have orange peel on them. I dont say that lightly. Most Porsche fans will have the paint corrected. The way the vehicle was presented to me, no way Id consider paying for paint correction or even doing it with a bunch of my mates one weekend going all group fanboy on Tesla.
1. Bluetooth looping between trying to connect (wont) and initialising. This loop didnt recover itself on power off & waiting the two minutes. Only thing that did was the two steering wheel buttons style reset. Then it worked.
2. Wont connect to Wifi. I run a mesh wifi network with pro grade mesh nodes. Same thing above. Loop on init then no connect then loop again. Power off didnt work. Steering wheel reset did work.
Once I got connected it was curious to see the download peg at 9.8MB/s, I can do more on my primary WAN I think maybe Tesla cap it 10MB/s maybe. Its a substantial download would have preferred to see 50 MB/s I was impatient I can see why the delivery centres arent updating the firmware prior. They did charge to around 80% odd which was nice.
3. I hired a Tesla 3 prior to my own purchase to ensure I really wanted one. That rattled somewhere in the B pillar kinda drivers seatbelt assembly area somwhere around seated ear height dont think it was the seat or headrest pretty sure around the trim on the B pillar. That vehicle had some 5000KLM on it. Mine at 11KLM does it. Both vehicles dont do it at slow city speeds. Its more a highway 80 or 100 thing and Im still trying to figure out conditions that replicate it everytime. Its dam annoying. Right near my right ear when seated. On pickup the delivery crew were muttering something about "any issues" in the first 150KLMs but I was so wrapped with the vehicle it was like I'd seen giant soft boobies for the first time haha So Ive logged a service thing in the app and Ill see what they say. Dunno about this first 150KLM policy??
I've attuned to the vehicle very quickly. Its soooooo good. I dont like how I cant lower the drivers seat belt height any lower as I sit as low as possible in the seat and its borderline a neck issue on the belt. The Brembos are OK as calipers but the pads suck pretty much I'm going to look at better pads. I have part numbers from Tesla on their track pack pads around $800 so for that money its open season from anything with Pagid and so on. I had to disable the decel regen in the motor to bed the new rotors and pads in properly. Im very much missing proper lines on the brakes and a brake mastercylinder brace I really notice it but thatll get resolved quick smart. These brake "issues" arent counted for a road car theyre my commentary for my various needs. The issues 1 2 3 I consider to be generally applicable to a new road car experience.
For me generally it was very good. Vehicle presented well detailed. Strong wax layer all beading etc. Spotless inside. Yes I did measure panel gaps lol No problems. Looking at the vehicle stationery I just cant fault it - perfect. No I didnt send it to a mate at a panel shop to read paint thickness or something but my impression of the paint is that its better than new Aus delivered Porsches which all have orange peel on them. I dont say that lightly. Most Porsche fans will have the paint corrected. The way the vehicle was presented to me, no way Id consider paying for paint correction or even doing it with a bunch of my mates one weekend going all group fanboy on Tesla.
1. Bluetooth looping between trying to connect (wont) and initialising. This loop didnt recover itself on power off & waiting the two minutes. Only thing that did was the two steering wheel buttons style reset. Then it worked.
2. Wont connect to Wifi. I run a mesh wifi network with pro grade mesh nodes. Same thing above. Loop on init then no connect then loop again. Power off didnt work. Steering wheel reset did work.
Once I got connected it was curious to see the download peg at 9.8MB/s, I can do more on my primary WAN I think maybe Tesla cap it 10MB/s maybe. Its a substantial download would have preferred to see 50 MB/s I was impatient I can see why the delivery centres arent updating the firmware prior. They did charge to around 80% odd which was nice.
3. I hired a Tesla 3 prior to my own purchase to ensure I really wanted one. That rattled somewhere in the B pillar kinda drivers seatbelt assembly area somwhere around seated ear height dont think it was the seat or headrest pretty sure around the trim on the B pillar. That vehicle had some 5000KLM on it. Mine at 11KLM does it. Both vehicles dont do it at slow city speeds. Its more a highway 80 or 100 thing and Im still trying to figure out conditions that replicate it everytime. Its dam annoying. Right near my right ear when seated. On pickup the delivery crew were muttering something about "any issues" in the first 150KLMs but I was so wrapped with the vehicle it was like I'd seen giant soft boobies for the first time haha So Ive logged a service thing in the app and Ill see what they say. Dunno about this first 150KLM policy??
I've attuned to the vehicle very quickly. Its soooooo good. I dont like how I cant lower the drivers seat belt height any lower as I sit as low as possible in the seat and its borderline a neck issue on the belt. The Brembos are OK as calipers but the pads suck pretty much I'm going to look at better pads. I have part numbers from Tesla on their track pack pads around $800 so for that money its open season from anything with Pagid and so on. I had to disable the decel regen in the motor to bed the new rotors and pads in properly. Im very much missing proper lines on the brakes and a brake mastercylinder brace I really notice it but thatll get resolved quick smart. These brake "issues" arent counted for a road car theyre my commentary for my various needs. The issues 1 2 3 I consider to be generally applicable to a new road car experience.
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