Hello everyone, I hope you all are doing well,
After a long time crunching numbers, researching, and finally, battling the inner demons, I took delivery of an LR Blue Model Y (R2-D2). In terms of the buying process, I was surprised by how complicated it felt. Tesla did a great job by having everything done through the website but it was a constant frustration due to financing. The finance team is very small for the areas they cover but having to wait 3-5 days for a response and no callbacks (voicemails were made) was frustrating. The main reason is that the car was scheduled to be picked up in two weeks, meaning that if I was not happy with Tesla's financing offer, I would have to rush to find a different bank. Getting the car itself was easy, signed the paperwork, got a few tutorials from an advisor, and left. Overall, since this was my first time buying in this format, future Tesla purchases will make more sense.
In terms of quality, the panel gaps were not present, I was surprised to see all the negative hype about panel gaps being wrong on my car. Either I am lucky or Tesla is stepping up their quality control. One other nitpick is the lack of physical buttons, I am sure I will get used to it but not having something like a physical glovebox button is annoying, not simplistic.
Overall, it is a well thought out car!
Thank you for your time.
After a long time crunching numbers, researching, and finally, battling the inner demons, I took delivery of an LR Blue Model Y (R2-D2). In terms of the buying process, I was surprised by how complicated it felt. Tesla did a great job by having everything done through the website but it was a constant frustration due to financing. The finance team is very small for the areas they cover but having to wait 3-5 days for a response and no callbacks (voicemails were made) was frustrating. The main reason is that the car was scheduled to be picked up in two weeks, meaning that if I was not happy with Tesla's financing offer, I would have to rush to find a different bank. Getting the car itself was easy, signed the paperwork, got a few tutorials from an advisor, and left. Overall, since this was my first time buying in this format, future Tesla purchases will make more sense.
In terms of quality, the panel gaps were not present, I was surprised to see all the negative hype about panel gaps being wrong on my car. Either I am lucky or Tesla is stepping up their quality control. One other nitpick is the lack of physical buttons, I am sure I will get used to it but not having something like a physical glovebox button is annoying, not simplistic.
Overall, it is a well thought out car!
Thank you for your time.
