kjyam98
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Picked up my car today. So far all of my concerns were for nothing. Not knowing about these forums is probably better than knowing about them pre-delivery... View attachment 396671 In reality I learned a lot but also scared myself almost to the point of not buying.
My car has no swirl marks in the clearcoat. That is something I have read about "a lot" on here, other forums and Reddit. My delivery center, Highland Park IL, did a great job detailing the car and not messing it up. I looked over the paint at home with a good light and I can't find any flaws. I'm not an auto detailer but nothing seems out of the ordinary. I also notice no panel gap issues. I inspect our 2012 Camry Hybrid and it's chrome doesn't line up on the drivers side. I never noticed after all these years until reading forums.
I get that these issues *do* happen. I actually checked out one of the other 3s being picked up and I didn't see anything wrong with it externally.
My car is dead silent. I know it is new and squeaks and rattles come with age but off the lot it has no issues. It also has substantially less road and wind noise than our 2012 Camry hybrid.
When we picked it up there were two other 3s being delivered, a family deciding between an S and X, and many test drives occurring. They were very busy and I had in my head it would be dead because "no demand" (once again Internet FUD).
SR+, MSM paint, purchased before the $500 and $2000 price increases. Next weekend I am going to ceramic coat it (DIY).
Autopilot is enabled and we didn't do anything and the delivery specialist was confused then said "must be a trial." I have read of trials but we didn't enable it and the car had 15 miles on it.
One thing I don't like is how dark it is inside with the interior lights. I hope they software unlock the "ambient lighting" for a reasonable price. I'd buy it. I'd also possibly buy premium audio if it sounds better without the amp installed. Right now it is better than our Camry but not blow me away impressive.
I also have a 500GB hard drive installed, 400GB for dashcam and Sentry and the rest for music.
Congrats on your new ride! I picked up my SR+ last month and the AP trial was already enabled (30 days just ended - so no more AP for me)