Took delivery on Saturday 21st. Raven Model X, Midnight Silver, 7 seater with FSD. Ordered on Aug 9th at Sunnyvale, CA. Picked up at the Fremont delivery hub at the first scheduled date.
Pickup was scheduled for 12:30PM. I arrived early with family around 11:30AM. We were greeted by happy smiling staff, and were told to help ourselves to coffee and/or snacks. The staff was very courteous. They said the car was not there yet, but promised that they will work promptly to bring it from the lot. After about 30 minutes, another staff member told me that the car was there, and was being detailed in the back. 30 minutes later, exactly at the scheduled time, a perfectly detailed Midnight Silver rolled into the parking lot complete with fresh tire shine! It was perfectly clean, not a spec to be found.
I was very nervous after a month of reading bad experiences here, so had scheduled ample time for a very detailed inspection and went equipped with the "Model X Delivery Checklist" from this forum, which has several pages of line items. Went through each, one by one. Head lights... check. Windshield glass... check, falcons doors... check. wipers swing... check. Window roll up... check... But despite looking very very hard, I was not able to find any major issues. I was literally trying to find issues that weren't simply there. My teenage son literally kneeled and looked under the vehicle for any loose covers, and under the second row seats for any unfastened seat trims etc! The delivery specialist was very calm and patient, despite the fact that we were acting like cynical maniacs!
I literally ran my hand over the entire paint surface looking for orange peel, scratches, dents/dings, or insufficient paint or unpainted edges, inferior clear coat or dirt under clear coat. Behind the trunk door, I found an area that felt rough to the touch... AHA! The delivery specialist immediately took the car back to the detailing guys in the back and when it came back after 10 minutes it was perfectly smooth like the rest of the body!
After 2 full hours of looking for issues with a vengeance, next to a delivery specialist with a 'be my guest' attitude, I was able to get 4 items into the due bill, 3 of which are so minor/false positives that I won't even pursue. The delivery specialist noted them down without prejudice or push back.
1) Diver side rear corner glass window is not seated properly. There's a slight (may be 2-3mm) bump against the door trim. (see picture). Door handles align perfectly, between the falcon doors and the front doors.
2) Looked like the hood could use slight adjustment to even out the gaps on both sides. But sometimes I don't even see this. Won't pursue.
3) Same with trunk door. Also the part of the tail lamp thats on the trunk door doesn't align perfectly with the part on the body in the z direction. They are at the same level at the bottom, but as you go up, the part on the body protrudes out a bit. But then looks like both sides have the same 'defect'. May be it is part of the design? Won't pursue.
4) As we prepared to leave, it was 85F outside and the car had been in the sun for 2 hours. The air conditioner compressor sounded a bit rough listening from the cabin with fan speed set to lowest to reduce other noise. It was as loud as an ICE engine idling. Got it noted down anyway just in case.
Scheduled a service for next week to follow up on these.
Overall, I am extremely satisfied by the delivery experience. I would rate it on par or better than what I have experienced at the likes of BMW. And I never treated them with such mistrust as I have these guys, or acted as weird as I have with these guys. In the end I told them how good they were and thanked them profusely for their patience and professionalism.