Model Y spottings: the good, the bad, and the ugly

[kevin1]

Like many people these days, my only interaction with the outside world is a daily walk/run. I've seen a few Model Y's delivered in the neighborhood and will be using this thread to share some photos and thoughts.

The Good

This car had the best exterior of the three. Although the hatch is slightly misaligned, all other body panels gaps seemed pretty consistent. It seems like a reasonable trade-off to get your hands on the car close to the release date.

 

[kevin1]

re attaching missing images

 

[kevin1]

The Bad

This car mostly looked good, but on closer inspection there is a huuuge gap on the trunk. Also, the chrome delete seems to make window trim misalignment harder to notice.

 

[kevin1]

The Ugly

Disclaimer: this one had a manufacturer plate. I'm guessing / hoping it is a pre-production vehicle.

The weird part about this car is that the trunk looks okay on the passenger side. But it's installed lopsided, so the driver's side doesn't seal all the way. Could almost fit my finger into the gap.

This car is also the first time I've seen the standard / Gemini wheels in person. The contrast between the light and dark gray sections was more noticeable than in the pictures on the website.

 

[Young Phenom]

More bad. Already had Tesla service fix the alignment of the hatch so now it's more centered with regards to each tail light. But the glass is much lower on the driver's side top of hatch and the gap is insane.

 

[KRG21]

That blue one has to be pre-production. That's a joke and far worse than anyone's personal car i've seen here or in person.

 

[myMY808]

Nice photos, but I'm guessing you're now on three owners' Sentry Mode videos?

 

[rotiv54436]

I wonder if this is common with earlier builds, i had a VIN in the 500's that had similar hatch issue, but i can always be re-adjusted. any idea if these are earlier VIN numbers? the white color doesnt look to bad.

edit: take that back, the plastic bumper color doesn't match the body color, i'm debating if i should switch from white to black now.

 

[kevin1]

Nice photos, but I'm guessing you're now on three owners' Sentry Mode videos?

Haha, would've been worth it

I wonder if this is common with earlier builds, i had a VIN in the 500's that had similar hatch issue, but i can always be re-adjusted. any idea if these are earlier VIN numbers?

Sadly I wasn't smart enough to take those down :'(

 

[InternetDude]

Some automakers would be embarrassed to let those cars leave the factory with such issues. But at Tesla if it rolls, it goes

 

[Young Phenom]

I wonder if this is common with earlier builds, i had a VIN in the 500's that had similar hatch issue, but i can always be re-adjusted. any idea if these are earlier VIN numbers? the white color doesnt look to bad.

edit: take that back, the plastic bumper color doesn't match the body color, i'm debating if i should switch from white to black now.

Mine is a 4xx build

 

[Highway18]

My vin is one of the last 15 made before the shutdown. Just picked it up this week. I am thrilled with the panel gaps compared to many complaints I have seen. The only location I am asking to have adjusted is the rear wheel well plastic surrounds that are slightly twisted where they meet the base of the rear doors.

 

[maximus96]

Looks like you're in Richmond

 

[kevin1]

I wonder if this is common with earlier builds, i had a VIN in the 500's that had similar hatch issue, but i can always be re-adjusted. any idea if these are earlier VIN numbers? the white color doesnt look to bad.

Went back to find the VINs. White one is roughly 3,000 and gray is 400. (VINs rounded to the nearest hundred)

Also here are some more images of a May delivery that I spotted at a public charger. The VIN is approx 4800 which is higher than the other two. It seems like rear hatch alignment continues to be a challenge even though the white one looked decent.

 

[Young Phenom]

Went back to find the VINs. White one is roughly 3,000 and gray is 400. (VINs rounded to the nearest hundred)

Also here are some more images of a May delivery that I spotted at a public charger. The VIN is approx 4800 which is higher than the other two. It seems like rear hatch alignment continues to be a challenge even though the white one looked decent.

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Mine has the same hatch glass issue.

Turns out even after the hatch being adjusted the glass itself was installed incorrectly.

Having it in at service again on Tuesday, service had to order a new pano glass roof and hatch glass just in case in their adjustment they damage either glass.

 

[qdeathstar]

Nice photos, but I'm guessing you're now on three owners' Sentry Mode videos?

Who is that weird man fondling my tesla?