Anything not fixable by Service Center or too much trouble that I should reject the car over? not sure if panel gaps, etc are easily remedied? I see all of the posts on issues but are they easy to fix?
M3P Black on Black if its helpful.
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Some things can be adjusted, for example the door/frunk/trunk gaps sometimes can be fixed by adjusting the hinges (if your SC is not busy sometimes they can do it on the spot). Also some minor scratches can be buffed out. However, any major scratches or paint issues, usually they take it to the body shop to get it repainted. You would have to decide yourself if a repaint is ok with you.
I have heard they now may have spare pre-painted bumpers also, but not sure if the paint match would be perfect. Any major dents or dings in the main body panels that is part of the chassis (not talking about replaceable parts like the bumpers, hood, doors, front quarter, but rather parts like the rear quarter panel for example) is definitely cause of rejection as there won't be easy fixes and it may affect your vehicle's value. However, the delivery center usually should reject those cars anyways before it reaches your hand. Note that anything that needs parts may take a long lead time (my car had rear glass needing replacement and the part took over a month to arrive).
For the interior, pretty much everything is replaceable without it being noticeable (unlike exterior issues which usually requires paint matching), so I personally did not stress over those as rejection issues, but again that's something for you to decide.
Whatever you do however, make sure you take plenty of pictures on delivery day and have a checklist with you. I used the following (copied the text into a word doc to avoid having to print the ads and to fit into one sheet), but there may be better ones.
Tesla Model 3 Delivery Checklist: Detailed and Complete | Torque News
Given Covid, I had contactless delivery last year so didn't have a rep go over car with me, so your experience may be different now. They had me report any issues found at delivery in the service app, with pictures attached. Also take screen shots of the app as proof you reported things at delivery (there have been past reports of those appointments getting deleted for whatever reason and then the proof is gone, although technically it should still be in their system).
If you end up going over the car with a rep, any issues they can't fix on the spot they would likely put in a "due bill". in such a case, make sure everything is written and get a copy yourself. Don't trust the rep to do things that they just promise verbally (they may forget). Also make sure an appointment is actually scheduled in your app, don't just trust rep to do it.