Got a new, white Model 3, and the quality is dreadful [Humor: Model 3 toy]

[caps04]

That's a pretty expensive kit. Did you finance? How much is the monthly?

 

[Stratusbill]

I had read on the Internet about the quality of Model 3 paint etc, and but this is worse that I could ever have imagined.

Now, before anyone says I shouldn't have accepted the car if it was in such bad shape, know this: I didn't have a choice to accept or reject the car as it was just delivered and left outside my garage.

To be fair, I got a great deal on it (just under $3), but still.. do you think this requires a SC visit, or do I just live with it?

1.) There's clearly a massive paint chip in the front passenger door - in the white paint. How the delivery specialists didn't see it is beyond me.

2.) I don't recognize those wheels as having been sold on any other Model 3. I was expecting Aeros. Do you think the delivery specialists just swapped out the wheels and hoped I wouldn't notice?

3.) The headlights look really bad, and are clearly mounted off-center.

4.) There's also clearly front bumper damage in the paint. Looks like it was bottomed out on some steep driveways before making it to my house.

5.) I haven't even been able to get into the car to check the interior. I'm dreading what I might find.

6.) The Tesla logo on the hood is far too close to the front of the car, and slightly off-center? HOW did the factory miss this?

7.) The factory over-sprayed the white paint onto the mirror glass, so they're essentially non-functional at this point. I think this is why I can't get into the car, as it appears the factory sprayed the door handles with white paint, too. This is probably why the door handles don't work, sigh. Who authorized that?

And don't even get me started on there being no wipers... in Seattle where I REALLY need them. How did this pass QA testing?

So, do you think I have a right to be grumpy about this, or am I just overreacting?View attachment 423349View attachment 423350View attachment 423351

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I had read on the Internet about the quality of Model 3 paint etc, and but this is worse that I could ever have imagined.

Now, before anyone says I shouldn't have accepted the car if it was in such bad shape, know this: I didn't have a choice to accept or reject the car as it was just delivered and left outside my garage.

To be fair, I got a great deal on it (just under $3), but still.. do you think this requires a SC visit, or do I just live with it?

1.) There's clearly a massive paint chip in the front passenger door - in the white paint. How the delivery specialists didn't see it is beyond me.

2.) I don't recognize those wheels as having been sold on any other Model 3. I was expecting Aeros. Do you think the delivery specialists just swapped out the wheels and hoped I wouldn't notice?

3.) The headlights look really bad, and are clearly mounted off-center.

4.) There's also clearly front bumper damage in the paint. Looks like it was bottomed out on some steep driveways before making it to my house.

5.) I haven't even been able to get into the car to check the interior. I'm dreading what I might find.

6.) The Tesla logo on the hood is far too close to the front of the car, and slightly off-center? HOW did the factory miss this?

7.) The factory over-sprayed the white paint onto the mirror glass, so they're essentially non-functional at this point. I think this is why I can't get into the car, as it appears the factory sprayed the door handles with white paint, too. This is probably why the door handles don't work, sigh. Who authorized that?

And don't even get me started on there being no wipers... in Seattle where I REALLY need them. How did this pass QA testing?

So, do you think I have a right to be grumpy about this, or am I just overreacting?View attachment 423349View attachment 423350View attachment 423351[/QUOI.
I’m beginning to think some of these negative posts are fake. I own 2 Tesla’s, an S for the past 18 months and a 3 for 2 weeks. Both are absolutely perfect. The S had a problem with one of the steering wheel roller switches after a year of use, but that was it. The 3 is a dream. Zero defects. I have 10 friends who own Tesla s and none have any complaints. The laws of probability say it is unlikely that I and my friends could be so lucky. What is going n??

 

[Stratusbill]

Oops. I fell for it.

 

[steve1313]

You clearly bought the base model 3.

 

[jrh007]

I had read on the Internet about the quality of Model 3 paint etc, and but this is worse that I could ever have imagined.

Now, before anyone says I shouldn't have accepted the car if it was in such bad shape, know this: I didn't have a choice to accept or reject the car as it was just delivered and left outside my garage.

To be fair, I got a great deal on it (just under $3), but still.. do you think this requires a SC visit, or do I just live with it?

1.) There's clearly a massive paint chip in the front passenger door - in the white paint. How the delivery specialists didn't see it is beyond me.

2.) I don't recognize those wheels as having been sold on any other Model 3. I was expecting Aeros. Do you think the delivery specialists just swapped out the wheels and hoped I wouldn't notice?

3.) The headlights look really bad, and are clearly mounted off-center.

4.) There's also clearly front bumper damage in the paint. Looks like it was bottomed out on some steep driveways before making it to my house.

5.) I haven't even been able to get into the car to check the interior. I'm dreading what I might find.

6.) The Tesla logo on the hood is far too close to the front of the car, and slightly off-center? HOW did the factory miss this?

7.) The factory over-sprayed the white paint onto the mirror glass, so they're essentially non-functional at this point. I think this is why I can't get into the car, as it appears the factory sprayed the door handles with white paint, too. This is probably why the door handles don't work, sigh. Who authorized that?

And don't even get me started on there being no wipers... in Seattle where I REALLY need them. How did this pass QA testing?

So, do you think I have a right to be grumpy about this, or am I just overreacting?View attachment 423349View attachment 423350View attachment 423351

I don’t see how you can blame Tesla when the car was even wrapped on delivery.

 

[ColoradoFun]

I think you should get a wrap or ceramic coat now to protect it going forward!

 

[Zifnab]

Jeez. I definitely fell for this until I zoomed in on the photos after reading... Yikes. I was a bit confused on the "It was only $3" bit... but figured maybe you typo'd that or I read it wrong.

Good one XD

 

[patrick80132]

Get a ceramic coat-quick before more damage

 

[verystandard]

I had read on the Internet about the quality of Model 3 paint etc, and but this is worse that I could ever have imagined.

Now, before anyone says I shouldn't have accepted the car if it was in such bad shape, know this: I didn't have a choice to accept or reject the car as it was just delivered and left outside my garage.

To be fair, I got a great deal on it (just under $3), but still.. do you think this requires a SC visit, or do I just live with it?

1.) There's clearly a massive paint chip in the front passenger door - in the white paint. How the delivery specialists didn't see it is beyond me.

2.) I don't recognize those wheels as having been sold on any other Model 3. I was expecting Aeros. Do you think the delivery specialists just swapped out the wheels and hoped I wouldn't notice?

3.) The headlights look really bad, and are clearly mounted off-center.

4.) There's also clearly front bumper damage in the paint. Looks like it was bottomed out on some steep driveways before making it to my house.

5.) I haven't even been able to get into the car to check the interior. I'm dreading what I might find.

6.) The Tesla logo on the hood is far too close to the front of the car, and slightly off-center? HOW did the factory miss this?

7.) The factory over-sprayed the white paint onto the mirror glass, so they're essentially non-functional at this point. I think this is why I can't get into the car, as it appears the factory sprayed the door handles with white paint, too. This is probably why the door handles don't work, sigh. Who authorized that?

And don't even get me started on there being no wipers... in Seattle where I REALLY need them. How did this pass QA testing?

So, do you think I have a right to be grumpy about this, or am I just overreacting?View attachment 423349View attachment 423350View attachment 423351

Sorry to hear your experience, did the delivery specialist worked out with you eventually to smooth things out? I agreed that the white paintjob on this does looks subpar consider there is extra charge for the paint.

How's the FSD or AP working out on traffic by the way?

 

[JRP3]

Well trolled.

 

[UFO_FPV]

LOL Got me.

 

[Crgkart]

no point to complaint when you M3 came with free tint.

 

[MrBadger]

got me. thankyou for lightening the day

 

[ICE collector]

I had read on the Internet about the quality of Model 3 paint etc, and but this is worse that I could ever have imagined.

Now, before anyone says I shouldn't have accepted the car if it was in such bad shape, know this: I didn't have a choice to accept or reject the car as it was just delivered and left outside my garage.

To be fair, I got a great deal on it (just under $3), but still.. do you think this requires a SC visit, or do I just live with it?

1.) There's clearly a massive paint chip in the front passenger door - in the white paint. How the delivery specialists didn't see it is beyond me.

2.) I don't recognize those wheels as having been sold on any other Model 3. I was expecting Aeros. Do you think the delivery specialists just swapped out the wheels and hoped I wouldn't notice?

3.) The headlights look really bad, and are clearly mounted off-center.

4.) There's also clearly front bumper damage in the paint. Looks like it was bottomed out on some steep driveways before making it to my house.

5.) I haven't even been able to get into the car to check the interior. I'm dreading what I might find.

6.) The Tesla logo on the hood is far too close to the front of the car, and slightly off-center? HOW did the factory miss this?

7.) The factory over-sprayed the white paint onto the mirror glass, so they're essentially non-functional at this point. I think this is why I can't get into the car, as it appears the factory sprayed the door handles with white paint, too. This is probably why the door handles don't work, sigh. Who authorized that?

And don't even get me started on there being no wipers... in Seattle where I REALLY need them. How did this pass QA testing?

So, do you think I have a right to be grumpy about this, or am I just overreacting?View attachment 423349View attachment 423350View attachment 423351

Well the question is did you pay for the white paint or not, if you did, youre probably due a refund since white is now the standard color. Hopefully most of the flat colors will be standard.

 

[OCR1]

Has anyone bought the $250 model from Tesla? Is it really worth that much?

 

[Carletto]

I had read on the Internet about the quality of Model 3 paint etc, and but this is worse that I could ever have imagined.

Now, before anyone says I shouldn't have accepted the car if it was in such bad shape, know this: I didn't have a choice to accept or reject the car as it was just delivered and left outside my garage.

To be fair, I got a great deal on it (just under $3), but still.. do you think this requires a SC visit, or do I just live with it?

1.) There's clearly a massive paint chip in the front passenger door - in the white paint. How the delivery specialists didn't see it is beyond me.

2.) I don't recognize those wheels as having been sold on any other Model 3. I was expecting Aeros. Do you think the delivery specialists just swapped out the wheels and hoped I wouldn't notice?

3.) The headlights look really bad, and are clearly mounted off-center.

4.) There's also clearly front bumper damage in the paint. Looks like it was bottomed out on some steep driveways before making it to my house.

5.) I haven't even been able to get into the car to check the interior. I'm dreading what I might find.

6.) The Tesla logo on the hood is far too close to the front of the car, and slightly off-center? HOW did the factory miss this?

7.) The factory over-sprayed the white paint onto the mirror glass, so they're essentially non-functional at this point. I think this is why I can't get into the car, as it appears the factory sprayed the door handles with white paint, too. This is probably why the door handles don't work, sigh. Who authorized that?

And don't even get me started on there being no wipers... in Seattle where I REALLY need them. How did this pass QA testing?

So, do you think I have a right to be grumpy about this, or am I just overreacting?View attachment 423349View attachment 423350View attachment 423351

My experience has been completely the opposite! I am very happy and did not have all the problems mentioned. I am sure there are lots of other owners that can say the same. A black dot in a bucket of white paint doesn't turn the paint black!!

 

[Carletto]

My experience has been completely the opposite! I am very happy and did not have all the problems mentioned. I am sure there are lots of other owners that can say the same. A black dot in a bucket of white paint doesn't turn the paint black!!

 

[notrhj]

Ya but does it have HW3 ?

 

[WilliamG]

Ya but does it have HW3 ?

Just checked. No HW3. No HW, period.

 

[lolder]

Lest some FUD spreader only quote your thread title it should read , - - - - -, white Model Model 3, - - - .

Seriously, don't even give a hint of an opening to Tesla's enemies.