Sure, but they can only repair up to 3% of the value of the car (parts + labor) without disclosing it to you per California law.
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LOW VIN!!! Should I be concerned?
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Sure, but they can only repair up to 3% of the value of the car (parts + labor) without disclosing it to you per California law.
Here is a pretty generic article on the topic
Your brand new car might not be completely new after all
Each state has different laws - 5%, 10% of total cost. What is included (some can replace wheels, tires, glass, bumpers with OEM and it doesn't apply towards the cost).
Some have to tell if you ask, some don't have to tell at all.
You do realize ALL dealers rework cars and then sell them with the customer never knowing the difference. The difference here seems to be Tesla buyers on this forum are obsessed with VIN numbers. I know because I was one of them
Of course, but in this case, Tesla has made fairly significant changes which improve the comfort of the vehicle. I wouldn't consider the seat re-design and windshield re-design to be minor "rework". Generally the established automakers won't make changes like this within a model year. If Tesla gives me a really hard time about it, I will accept the vehicle. But as long as they're willing to match me with a different VIN, I'll wait a few weeks more. IDGAF if they repaired a panel or touched up some paint (provided rework quality is good). IDGAF about the mfg date being 2 months old or 3 months old. IDGAF 05xxxx vs 07xxxx VIN. IDGAF if the odometer reads 1 or 41. I do care that the car is built after the production line changes around May~June, and since Tesla's VINs are roughly in order, that puts 0070xx out of the running.
Sadly, there seems to be no scientific data (db levels, spectrum analysis) that I can find on the wind noise reduction between the newer VINs and the early productions.
The only thing I can find are multiple consistent reports of newer VINs being subjectively "significantly" (whatever that means) quieter. I admit, I'm running on nothing more than personal anecdotes of people on these (and similar forums). This is one of those areas where I expect my $52,000 Tesla to be better than my $30,000 Leaf it is replacing.Now that I'm done complaining, I can't wait for my damn car. I just got the HPWC in the mail today.
It goes on the wall this weekend.
Jedi2155
Model 3 has Arrived.
Thank you to those that unearthed the United Road VIN search site. Related to that are there any other shipping sites that people have been using?
it is funny at this point.... I must say there are some dumbest people working in delivery for one of the smartest man.
Good catch. Yes, 62x. They are already over 117K vins and AWD just started in July so it must’ve been in one of the first batches. If so, why would it take so long to get to me?
Hard to say why, but I can tell you I was at the Salt Lake City Tesla lot today and saw several performance M3s with VINs in the 60s and they looked great! No paint or panel fit issues. All had factory wrap for shipping so they definitely were not re-worked rejects.
voip-ninja
Give me some sugar baby
In Soviet Russia, rework is always lurking, even under shiny shipping plastic wrappy things.
Ready to pounce on you like tarantula!
Thank you to those that unearthed the United Road VIN search site. Related to that are there any other shipping sites that people have been using?
Probably just an early-ish batch. I got a 72xxx built some time late August, and I’m sure the only difference between our cars is the color. Nothing to worry about.
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