Picked my X90D up yesterday. Good experience overall- unlike any other previous car purchase. Very low-key, stress free. Paperwork took about 5 minutes (had to wait about 20 minutes for them to put the paperwork in order).
Fit and finish overall exceeded my expectations, especially having read though some previous owners’ experiences.
A couple of minor issues:
- A portion of the rubber seal that touches the top anterior surface of the right front passenger door sticks out by about 4 mm when the window is closed- kind of like a little appendix. I haven’t yet noticed significant wind noise, so I won’t complain about it.
- When the third row seats are folded, a segment of cloth tube is exposed (normal) behind both seats. Well, behind one of the seats, they neglected to place the cloth tube, so I have 2 wires (both of course housed in their respective sheaths) “exposed”. I showed this to the DS, and I’ll probably have it addressed at my 12,000 mile checkup.
I know you want to know about the body panels don’t you. My X has some very minor alignment issues, but not enough for me to have them address them- I’d like not to risk any unnecessary cosmetic damage. I’ve seen alignment issues on colleagues’ MBs, Porsches, and Maseratis. No biggie. Also, I scoped out other X’s and S’s on the lot being prepped for pickup, and they too had
minor alignment issues.
I also know that you want to know about the ghosting. It’s there for me, but isn’t an impediment. My wife doesn’t really notice it.
I had the salient points of the Delivery Checklist in the back of my mind, so I didn’t take my paper copy with me while doing the walk-through.
The product specialist was chill, patient, and recognized I already knew as much about the car and Tesla Corp. as the average Tesla employee, so he basically showed me a few key features and that was that.
The car is BEAUTIFUL. I mean, I am driving the Starship Enterprise. I’m driving a work of art. For my wife and I, coming from a blue collar, Toyota/Honda background, no other word describes our ecstasy except “blessed”. We’re truly, utterly blessed to have been able to afford this car, and we pray we’re able to make use of it in good health.
We got the MC White color, and it’s gorgeous. It’s got pop. This of course is absolutely subjective, but we absolutely love the color combo we got.
I hadn’t test driven a “regular” 90D before driving ours, so I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of driving experience in a non-P version. I have to say I was shocked by the power the 90D has. My wife and our toddler absolutely loved it every time I slammed the pedal to the metal. Acceleration is effortless. It’s as smooth as gliding a butterknife through soft butter.
The falcon wing doors draw crowds. I hadn’t expected random folks to stop to take photos of our ride- would have been nice had they sought permission first but- oh well.
About a half hour after having left the Service Center, it occurred to me to test my Tesla app out. I had remembered reading on the forum that the app hadn’t worked for some people. Lo and behold, my app logged me into the car, and I achieved another level of amazement. I had never had a car that I could communicate with in this manner- and the thought of it only getting better gave me a nerdgasm.
I sincerely thank the active and supportive members of this forum. As nerdy as it sounds, I really feel I’m part of a special (not elite) group- a family of sorts- and for that and much more, my wife and I are truly thankful.
