Poll: Upset by 'test drive' through Burger King drive through?

[chipmunk]

I would encourage everybody to check their odometers before and after a SC visit. We took our car with 600 miles on it and picked it up with 760. Not cool. Of course they need to test drive...but 160 miles is outrageous.

 

[777dgt]

BTW - The title has a spelling error. Bugger has 2 g's in it.

Thought u meant thru.....not through.

 

[tga]

I suppose if they needed to drive it to test something I wouldn't care, so long as they didn't spill anything or make it smell like fast food.

But if they just took it to pick up lunch that's not cool.

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Put this way. If they drove your car to Burger King, you might be nice enough to to let it go, hey everyone got eat right? But what if your tire hit the curb or your paint got scratched while doing that? Do you get mad or do you think this incident can be avoided so your car will be fixed and back to you asap. Now you have to wait additinal days to fixed the scraping issues. The bottom line is don't give people chance to make mistake. Put your cash filled wallet exposed in a public neighborhood full of rich and educated people. Most likely your wallet will be gone also. So don't even attempt.

If the car is in for repairs and needs a post-repair test drive, why would you possibly care where they drive it? Risks of curbing or scratching the paint are pretty much the same, regardless of where they go.

 

[ModelXBoy]

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If the car is in for repairs and needs a post-repair test drive, why would you possibly care where they drive it? Risks of curbing or scratching the paint are pretty much the same, regardless of where they go.

At least you are not as mad if you found out they curbed your car while going to Burger King rather on a testing route.

 

[Mark Z]

Hey SC, Don't scratch or dent my car and you better remember to get a BK gift card for me.

(Don't worry about BK. The scratch and dent can occur at the SC without a test drive.)

 

[Lloyd]

In my car!

 

[vandacca]

Apparently, the Burger King drive-thru is a perfect spot to test the sensors on the Falcon Wing Doors. This will be a mandatory step for all repairs in the future.

 

[SMSMD]

Very Very Upset and angry. I will report my unhappiness so that it is documented in my records so that they dare not repeat it at a later date.

 

[andrewket]

Test drives are fine, and necessary. Bringing back smelly food that could spill is not. Many Tesla owners are very particular about bringing drinks into their cars. It's a risk Tesla employees should avoid.

 

[efusco]

Disappointed, yeah. Would consider it a bit inappropriate. But if they were legitimately doing a test drive they were going to do anyway and it was lunch time and they didn't eat in my car and make a mess...then really, it's just not worth getting upset about.

 

[engle]

I recently had my car serviced and I periodically checked the status in the app.

I noticed that the car was driving into a business not too far from the Service Center; curious to what it could be, I loaded up Maps and found out that it was the drive though at the local Burger King,

Would you be upset by this?

I would be quite annoyed because we have the veggie Ultra White seats. I won't even let my own son eat in the car anymore... let alone a stranger!

I would capture the image and email it to the service manager or one of my contacts elsewhere in Tesla if it happened to me...

PS. Now, if they brought you some takeout from Nobu without an idiot in a Ferrari rear-ending your X, that would be another story!

 

[sukhi]

If they must take mine through a drive through, it better be In and Out

 

[ccutrer]

They need to test drive it. Go ahead and go to lunch. But they better not be taking it through the drive thru, or take leftover food back into my car.

 

[Dazureus]

I don't think I would be. Now if this happened....

 

[TaoJones]

Taking a customer's car through a drive-thru could certainly be considered less than respectful - especially to those owners who don't allow food in their car as a general rule.

Never mind the elevated risk from the curbs and often tight access.

Yeah, that would be pretty offensive several different ways.

Tesla has an opportunity to be different from stealerships - this doesn't help. Not at all.

Disappointing.

 

[Superloud]

Driving through BK is ok unless the X has the vegan interior

 

[engle]

Driving through BK is ok unless the X has the vegan interior

My wife is a vegetarian and we have the vegan seats, but she still lets me ride in and even drive our X even though I'm an omnivore.

 

[omarsultan]

I like my Rocklin service guys and I figure a well fed service guy is a happy service guy. If they need to do a test drive to check out the car, not sure I care where they drive it. If something bad happens, its on them, but at the end of the day, I trust my service dept.

 

[Trnsl8r]

I vote yes. My SC always calls me before taking any test drives not already agreed upon. Surprised by this. And SC are usually next door to sales centers. I'm sure they could drum up a demo car if they really needed to make a burger run.

 

[CuriousG]

I like my Rocklin service guys and I figure a well fed service guy is a happy service guy. If they need to do a test drive to check out the car, not sure I care where they drive it. If something bad happens, its on them, but at the end of the day, I trust my service dept.

I picked up my brand new car right after Thanksgiving holiday. I know that the car arrived before the weekend. When I came to pick up Monday morning I was surprised to find it already had 45mi on the odometer. I can imagine that someone took it during the holiday weekend or it was used for test drives over the weekend.

Just confirmed in trip setting the variance was 40mi between odometer and tripmeter. On the vehicle transfer and reassignment form it shows 50 on the odometer but I think that's standard on all of them and gives them leeway to do as they please prior to handing over the keyfob. My last car (ICE) I bought new from the lot and it had less than 15mi on it and that's after I had taken a test drive. Who knows how many other test drives that's been on. One would think if you ordered your car, it would have less miles upon receipt.

I don't know if anyone knows how factory mode works but I assume it doesn't accumulate miles until they take it out of factory mode.