Hey guys, took delivery today and wanted to follow-up on my experience. In summary, everything went rather smoothly!
I was worried about the low VIN (x62xxx) but the manufacturing date was October of 2018. There was 6 miles on the odometer.
Two things:
- Inspection: The only issue that I could tell from inspection and running thru the checklist was a minor scratch and paint chip. The paint overall was nice, no splotches! There were a lot of marks which I thought were scuff marks but they ended up being glue? which came out with solvent. The DA/SA told me they go a little crazy with the glue gun. Although I'm not sure why it would be on the outside paint area of the vehicle. So they couldn't do the service on the spot but asked me to come back at some point to get it done (They must have been swamped) and in case I discover anything else (hope not!). The bottom bin of the rear trunk was crumpled. It almost looked like someone wrinkled up the fabric and then installed it. DA/SA told me this was normal... The seats back cover was also a bit crumpled at the edge as if it did not fit fully on the seat. DA/SA also told me there wasn't anything out of place in his opinion.
- Charge: The only other peeve I had was the car was only 50% charged which was probably from the factory. I had scheduled my appointment pretty early in advance but since they were swamped with deliveries (they had actually pulled the plug on my vehicle at some point during my inspection and charged another vehicle, so that reinforced the fact). I would think they would charge it prior to handing it over to you. You get a full tank of gas normally in a new car right?? It charged to about 60% when I finished signing but they pretty much shooed me out. I had a referral when I ordered but they couldn't even tell me if I had free 6 months supercharger credit available. Kinda annoying!
Notables:
- I was told that there is an emergency door opening mechanism in the front doors however that doesn't push the windows down when the door opens. This would damage the chrome trim, if used, and to me is a bit of a design flaw. Given that there will be almost no circumstance in which you'll ever need to use the manual release, I would have thought that prior to losing all charge or at low charge, it would move the front two windows down before/in case the electric door fails.
- The trunk needs to be fully closed especially during rain. If not, rain WILL get into the trunk. If you were out in the pouring rain, rain would be pouring into your trunk from the rear view glass with the trunk door open. This is a definite design flaw.
- Tesla really needs to improve with their delivery / service of the vehicles. In my case it the gripes were minor so I did not mind. But imagine when they get a lot more cars sold. Can you imagine how long you have to wait for service?
- Car drives and handles pretty much like what I remember during my test drive: fast, efficient, and tight. The regenerative braking almost does most of the car braking so that will take some getting used to.
Overall I'm super pleased with the delivery timing! I ordered the car on 10/25/18. I had changed from MR to LR RWD same day. It took less than two weeks for me to get my vehicle. My configuration was:
LR RWD, Solid Black, Black Interior, 18" Aero, NO EAP, Day 1 reservation holder, selected cash (but financed on my own thru credit union). Filled out all information requested on the website as soon as I could (license, insurance (generic), etc). So pretty vanilla (not sure if that helped).
Hope you guys get your vehicles soon!
