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I would recognize that post to like ratio anywhere. Even with a name change!
EndlessPlaid
⚡EV/Tesla Nerd 🔋
Lol awesome! So nice to see you back!
Yeah but that probably involves working.Want your cars quicker? Get a job in Tesla. Someone ordered a MSLR at the beginning of the month and already got it
And the car has the older lights!
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Ormond
Endless Peacock
It’s listed in my signature.Last time I got a car at EOQ was the same, you get or you loose it.
Which config is it? Asking for a friend
So it turns out they repainted my drivers side rear fender. I probably never would have known if they didn’t leave polish spatter on the inside of the rear passenger door. Then I notice the rear triangle window was really dirty. Then while cleaning that I notice tape residue on the trim from taping it off.
What gets me is the car was supposedly being detailed and charged Wednesday. Turns out I had the day off Friday and thought I would check it out before delivery scheduled for Saturday and possibly pick it up early. I get there and I ask if I can see it. He says no, those are the rules. It was early morning and asked if I could pick it up that night. He checks schedule and he says today looks better than Saturday (which was gonna pour).
He goes away for 20 minutes. Comes back and says, let’s leave it on Saturday. I said Fine.
Now I know why. It was in the F’n body shop being painted. What gets me the most is being flat out lied too. Even if it was fixed perfectly I hate being lied straight to my face.
And the fact the body shop didn’t bother to avoid polish spatter on the inside or bother to clean it up. If your gonna hide that you painted it, why stop at leaving obvious evidence that you did. So a careless moron painted my car.
Peabody MA SC.
What gets me is the car was supposedly being detailed and charged Wednesday. Turns out I had the day off Friday and thought I would check it out before delivery scheduled for Saturday and possibly pick it up early. I get there and I ask if I can see it. He says no, those are the rules. It was early morning and asked if I could pick it up that night. He checks schedule and he says today looks better than Saturday (which was gonna pour).
He goes away for 20 minutes. Comes back and says, let’s leave it on Saturday. I said Fine.
Now I know why. It was in the F’n body shop being painted. What gets me the most is being flat out lied too. Even if it was fixed perfectly I hate being lied straight to my face.
And the fact the body shop didn’t bother to avoid polish spatter on the inside or bother to clean it up. If your gonna hide that you painted it, why stop at leaving obvious evidence that you did. So a careless moron painted my car.
Peabody MA SC.
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I don't wanna jinx my delivery date so I can't comment until I have A$$ in SEAT and I'm driving off the lot!
BruceR61
Member
Smart. I am sure my complaining was the basis of the delays.
Hayseed_MS
Spreader of "Endless Non Sequitur"
It would be the lack of character (lies) that would chap my bum as well. During my delivery issues, I told my SA to "stop pissing on my head and tell me it is raining". He laughed, agreed, and asked if he could use it. They need to be profession, man-up, and deal with the situation.
I am so jealous of both the new headlights and the new taillights. Did anybody find out if they are retrofittable?
GrnSqrl
LR,blk/blk,19”,rcd 8/25;VIN4392; only waited 235d
See post 673. Courtesy of @omarsultan
Accessories for 2021 Refresh Model S Plaid/LR
I picked up a gold one from EBay, but would prefer something closer to my wheel color. Also would like to black out the front piece before applying. Guess I should look at plastidipping it.
teslamotorsclub.com
It’s confirmed that they definitely might be, but it’s also confirmed they may not be. That’s the best intel we’ve got at the moment. Pretty much on par with all moments.
One of my favorite amphorisms! Sometimes referred to as “Hanlon’s Razor, or “Heinlen’s Razor.”
EvolutionTeʂla
Member
It's Plaid delivery day! Well not so fast. 
During the inspection of the of my new Plaid we noticed it had a few small issues with the paint (a deep rock chip, a tiny bubble, and a faint vein in the paint - almost like the worm in the airbag, but more subtle), so unfortunately it's off to the body shop to be repainted and I need to wait 'till the end of the week to pick it up. There were also some ripples in the back seat cushion, but they said that can happen due to the seats being folded down during transport so we'll see if that corrects itself. It was missing the lower trunk shelf but everything else seemed in order.
At first, I was honestly a bit underwhelmed by the interior since it had been hyped up so much, but the more I explored and fiddled around with it, the more I appreciated the improvements compared to my 2017 75D. I'll skip some of the obvious ones like the awesome new centre console, cool HVAC, etc. and mention a few more subtle things I noticed:
- The doors and handles felt more solid (a bit difficult to close, but the same thing happened with my 75D and got better over time)
- The mirror didn't creak and rattle at all when I closed the door with the window down (it was pretty bad in my 75D)
- The new tail lights look awesome in person. It was sad seeing my car drive away to the body shop, but it sure looked nice while it did!
- I was surprised how big the front calipers were - seemed much bigger than on my old car. It's a shame that they're hidden away with the black paint - those puppies are getting painted as soon as I can.
- The back seats seemed much more comfortable than before, especially with the nice, wide, plush arm rest, and there was plenty of leg room. I have to disagree with Sandy Munro here.
- Lots of subtle little touches like soft-open coat hooks - even the little cover for the cigarette lighter plug had a tiny soft-open door cover - so cute!
- I like how the inside of the trunk hatch is carpeted now. The old one was cheap hard plastic that got easily scratched. I imagine this helps with sound isolation as well.
- I never saw this before, but the hood has a new rubber seal at the very front (in addition to the rubber seal that surrounds the frunk) to presumably keep the area under the hood and around the frunk free of dirt, and maybe help with aero.
- The windshield washer fluid cap is further forward which will make filling the fluid easier than before, since it used to be tucked up under the hinge.
- The new charge port was surprisingly robust. I thought it would be closer to the M3 or MY charge port but those are very flimsy in comparison. There are actually two little arms that hold the door and the whole assembly is quite smooth and solid. I do miss the LED ring, but it's not a big deal. Speaking of charging, I haven't come across this before...In the Additional Vehicle Information screen, it says "CCS adapter support: Enabled" Is this new to the refresh 2.0 model S with the new charge port? Presumably the upcoming CCS charger won't work on older models?
- I like how dark the housing of the new headlights is. Looks great with the red paint and I think it would be awesome on a white car.
- I wasn't using a panel gap measuring gauge or anything, but I thought the panel gaps looked great. Door trim and tail light assemblies were nicely aligned.
- OK, I'm getting really nitty-gritty here, but even the glove box had a nice deep thunk when opening. It sounded much more solid than before.
- I like how the new mobile charger case has a velcro-like material on the bottom so it doesn't slide around in the frunk or trunk. Nice touch.
Other, slightly less positive observations:
- The UI is obviously super snappy and responsive and I was impressed how quickly it loaded things like YouTube, which was still quite slow with MCU2. However, I was surprised that it didn't seem to be able to play 4K 60fps or even 1440p60 videos smoothly, given the purported gaming performance, but 1080p played just fine. Has anyone else noticed this? The video I tried was in HDR too, which might have been part of the issue. Either way, perhaps this could improve with future software optimizations. Sky Force Reloaded, which often had some hitches in the framerate on MCU2, was buttery smooth though, ha ha. Bring on The Witcher III and Cyberpunk!
- I can see why Tesla wanted to have the tilting screen. I'm so used to how the old vertical screen was tilted toward the driver and I wish the new one was angled more toward me (but having the option to have it centered again when watching Netflix with a passenger would be essential). Fingers crossed that they have a retrofit option for the little articulation motors behind the screen in the future to enable this functionality.
And to think I haven't even driven it yet! I can't wait to see what improvements I'll discover once I get it out on the road!
Oh, I forgot to mention. They just got a red Plaid Model S in the showroom at my local SC, so if anyone is in the Oakville, ON area, you can check it out in person (new lights and all).
During the inspection of the of my new Plaid we noticed it had a few small issues with the paint (a deep rock chip, a tiny bubble, and a faint vein in the paint - almost like the worm in the airbag, but more subtle), so unfortunately it's off to the body shop to be repainted and I need to wait 'till the end of the week to pick it up. There were also some ripples in the back seat cushion, but they said that can happen due to the seats being folded down during transport so we'll see if that corrects itself. It was missing the lower trunk shelf but everything else seemed in order.At first, I was honestly a bit underwhelmed by the interior since it had been hyped up so much, but the more I explored and fiddled around with it, the more I appreciated the improvements compared to my 2017 75D. I'll skip some of the obvious ones like the awesome new centre console, cool HVAC, etc. and mention a few more subtle things I noticed:
- The doors and handles felt more solid (a bit difficult to close, but the same thing happened with my 75D and got better over time)
- The mirror didn't creak and rattle at all when I closed the door with the window down (it was pretty bad in my 75D)
- The new tail lights look awesome in person. It was sad seeing my car drive away to the body shop, but it sure looked nice while it did!
- I was surprised how big the front calipers were - seemed much bigger than on my old car. It's a shame that they're hidden away with the black paint - those puppies are getting painted as soon as I can.
- The back seats seemed much more comfortable than before, especially with the nice, wide, plush arm rest, and there was plenty of leg room. I have to disagree with Sandy Munro here.
- Lots of subtle little touches like soft-open coat hooks - even the little cover for the cigarette lighter plug had a tiny soft-open door cover - so cute!
- I like how the inside of the trunk hatch is carpeted now. The old one was cheap hard plastic that got easily scratched. I imagine this helps with sound isolation as well.
- I never saw this before, but the hood has a new rubber seal at the very front (in addition to the rubber seal that surrounds the frunk) to presumably keep the area under the hood and around the frunk free of dirt, and maybe help with aero.
- The windshield washer fluid cap is further forward which will make filling the fluid easier than before, since it used to be tucked up under the hinge.
- The new charge port was surprisingly robust. I thought it would be closer to the M3 or MY charge port but those are very flimsy in comparison. There are actually two little arms that hold the door and the whole assembly is quite smooth and solid. I do miss the LED ring, but it's not a big deal. Speaking of charging, I haven't come across this before...In the Additional Vehicle Information screen, it says "CCS adapter support: Enabled" Is this new to the refresh 2.0 model S with the new charge port? Presumably the upcoming CCS charger won't work on older models?
- I like how dark the housing of the new headlights is. Looks great with the red paint and I think it would be awesome on a white car.
- I wasn't using a panel gap measuring gauge or anything, but I thought the panel gaps looked great. Door trim and tail light assemblies were nicely aligned.
- OK, I'm getting really nitty-gritty here, but even the glove box had a nice deep thunk when opening. It sounded much more solid than before.
- I like how the new mobile charger case has a velcro-like material on the bottom so it doesn't slide around in the frunk or trunk. Nice touch.
Other, slightly less positive observations:
- The UI is obviously super snappy and responsive and I was impressed how quickly it loaded things like YouTube, which was still quite slow with MCU2. However, I was surprised that it didn't seem to be able to play 4K 60fps or even 1440p60 videos smoothly, given the purported gaming performance, but 1080p played just fine. Has anyone else noticed this? The video I tried was in HDR too, which might have been part of the issue. Either way, perhaps this could improve with future software optimizations. Sky Force Reloaded, which often had some hitches in the framerate on MCU2, was buttery smooth though, ha ha. Bring on The Witcher III and Cyberpunk!
- I can see why Tesla wanted to have the tilting screen. I'm so used to how the old vertical screen was tilted toward the driver and I wish the new one was angled more toward me (but having the option to have it centered again when watching Netflix with a passenger would be essential). Fingers crossed that they have a retrofit option for the little articulation motors behind the screen in the future to enable this functionality.
And to think I haven't even driven it yet! I can't wait to see what improvements I'll discover once I get it out on the road!
Oh, I forgot to mention. They just got a red Plaid Model S in the showroom at my local SC, so if anyone is in the Oakville, ON area, you can check it out in person (new lights and all).
They gave me an old one. Gotta pick it on Friday. What is a loyalty advisor . It’s my second Tesla tooBetter not be. I’m going to raise a tremendous stink if that proves to be the case.
My Loyalty Advisor has been straight with me this whole journey and has stated on numerous occasions it will be a new build.
On a recorded line.
Maybe this is old news but I had been assuming that the reason there is no ANC showing on my 3/2022 built Model S is the firmware was behind the date when ANC was released. It's not! It's well after that. I have version 2021.43.202 the initial ANC release was 2021.40.5 back in early November. ANC is explicitly removed from the same release notes found on earlier built cars that have it in their release notes.
I also noticed this consistent delay of getting new firmware on new cars.
I think I know what's going on. It's CHIP Shortages !!!
So they switch to a new chip, don't have time to rewrite software and pull that feature from software and ship it.
So we are stuck in the "Virtual Field" waiting for software to be written (again).
This may or may not be related to Refresh 1.0 vs 2.0 because I know others with Refresh 1.0 that don't have ANC either.
These cars could be different (way more than usual) every few months with every one having different chips and may be a nightmare to support consistently. Handling chips going obsolete is normal and they have the means of supporting that. But to this level it could get extremely complex to support (partly because it's hard to test every configuration).
This could be the worst time to buy a Tesla. Is Refresh 2.0 gonna be "stable" or are we in the middle of many more chip supply issues to come?
It could be a long wait for ANC or normal updates for many cars. Hopefully there is a chip in there to program.
I've been thinking I just need to get the latest update. No, I need to wait for them to write the code for my (different) car and then get that update.
I also noticed this consistent delay of getting new firmware on new cars.
I think I know what's going on. It's CHIP Shortages !!!
So they switch to a new chip, don't have time to rewrite software and pull that feature from software and ship it.
So we are stuck in the "Virtual Field" waiting for software to be written (again).
This may or may not be related to Refresh 1.0 vs 2.0 because I know others with Refresh 1.0 that don't have ANC either.
These cars could be different (way more than usual) every few months with every one having different chips and may be a nightmare to support consistently. Handling chips going obsolete is normal and they have the means of supporting that. But to this level it could get extremely complex to support (partly because it's hard to test every configuration).
This could be the worst time to buy a Tesla. Is Refresh 2.0 gonna be "stable" or are we in the middle of many more chip supply issues to come?
It could be a long wait for ANC or normal updates for many cars. Hopefully there is a chip in there to program.
I've been thinking I just need to get the latest update. No, I need to wait for them to write the code for my (different) car and then get that update.
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Pretty sure my November build says the same thing.
People really need to, you learn so much just from this thread alone
I love it congrats on the new toy! BTW, how helpful/annoyed are the people when you go through the car thoroughly? I feel you shouldn't have to for a $100k car.... Qualith control should really catch some of that nasty gap stuff.
Got it on Friday last week. Sat in the garage until today. Finally had a chance to take it out.
Car was flawless at delivery - no gap issues, no trim issues, no other noticeable qc issues.
Love the interior. It’s great but detail, surfaces, etc def not on par with Benz and the big Audi’s (I am not a BMW interior fan).
Driving it is F&$&ing amazing. I love this car.
Car was flawless at delivery - no gap issues, no trim issues, no other noticeable qc issues.
Love the interior. It’s great but detail, surfaces, etc def not on par with Benz and the big Audi’s (I am not a BMW interior fan).
Driving it is F&$&ing amazing. I love this car.
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That’s my build, too. The best build, obviously.
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