I've never had an Audi, nor do I have an interest in one. But, from just reading this forum, and perusing audiworld.com, I think it's fair to say that Audi would never have produced, let alone even attempted to deliver a vehicle with so many issues like OP's vehicle.
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Staggering amount of issues found at/after delivery. Considering returning the car.
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I've never had an Audi, nor do I have an interest in one. But, from just reading this forum, and perusing audiworld.com, I think it's fair to say that Audi would never have produced, let alone even attempted to deliver a vehicle with so many issues like OP's vehicle.
FYI: my trucking receipt indicated that my M3P+ was sitting at BNSF's Oakland railhead for a couple of weeks. In fact, it's still there according to the receipt. Yet, I took delivery last night.
I think that the truck delivery tracker is very accurate: it shows where that company is taking your vehicle. After that, your vehicle "vanishes", unless you know how to track the next segment, e.g., the train shipment itself (which I don't).
Alan
C141medic
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That really is a shame that they couldn’t have done something for you. I just don’t understand why they’d want to lose a customer?
jeffro01
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Get off your high horse for two freaking seconds... You are not entitled anything and never were in the first place. Should Tesla have delivered that car to you? No, absolutely not. Are you milking this for everything you possibly can? Absolutely.
Tesla took the car back, offered to build you a new one. What more did you want? A personal call from Elon?
Tesla isn't a perfect company, I'm quite frustrated myself trying to get ANYONE from Tesla to respond to a single email about my supposed Model X delivery coming up on Friday. That being said, my Model S is amazing and I couldn't ever see myself owning another car from another car brand ever again... Just the thought of having to navigate the BS that stealerships throw at you is nauseating enough.
The beauty here is everyone is free to make their own choices, no doubt. Enjoy your Audi that you can't take anywhere because there's no place to charge it...
Jeff
This. ^
I'm on my fourth Audi in a row and have been treated quite well by my dealer and my cars have been both very good and well looked after. The dealership where I bought my cars has always been good while others that I interacted with were utter crap. The thing is, I had choice. Where I now live, with Tesla, I have none as there's one single location in the entire metropolitan area. If those guys are sketchy, it will make for a pretty horrible ownership experience. The thing is, if this is what they're attempting to deliver, I'm dreading the prospect of dealing with warranty issues or, $DEITY forbid, a collision repair.
Still cheering for team Tesla but it's disheartening to see such quality and process failures.
...unless you want to drive more than ~120 miles away from home.
Still cheering for team Audi but it's disheartening to see such quality and process failures.
As mentioned above:
This type of fanboyism is what turns people away from this brand.
jeffro01
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I couldn't possibly care less... If people read comments in an online forum and decide from those comments that they don't want to buy a Tesla then that's on them, not me.
Jeff
I had more trouble with my 1 Audi than any of my Tesla's. I knew that transmission was going to fail. I took video evidence of the car not shifting gears and showed it to two Audi dealers. None of them could find a problem and warranty was about to run out. Dumped it.
Anyway @fnce_prof is free to do what he wants. I myself see the supercharging extension on the P Model till tonight as a gift and a sign on upgrading over the C63 AMG.
That's me though.
The universe does not allow hotness without craziness.
Everyone should settle down though, no need to get upset over someone's choice.
Tesla will do fine and I expect business to carry on as normal in 2019.
Anyway @fnce_prof is free to do what he wants. I myself see the supercharging extension on the P Model till tonight as a gift and a sign on upgrading over the C63 AMG.
That's me though.
The universe does not allow hotness without craziness.
Everyone should settle down though, no need to get upset over someone's choice.
Tesla will do fine and I expect business to carry on as normal in 2019.
Hehe, "promised autosense start/stop does not work properly". That's probably because it said FEUERWEHR on the vehicle in front.
Quite interesting. Tesla took the vehicle back. Even picked it up. Gave him a full refund. The poster suddenly becomes an Audi fan
Tesla went above and beyond any other auto manufacturer. I think we should have some appreciation for that. As far as quality is concerned, no automaker can produce perfection every time. Some get through the cracks. Check out all the issues with the 2018 Ford F-150
2018 Ford F-150 problems
The problem is if the brand is primarily sold to enthusiasts who are a lot more tolerant of its problems, the brand will remain a niche/enthusiast brand. The market, however, is expecting a lot more and both Tesla and the enthusiasts are underestimating how "demanding" the "regular" customers would be.
It's funny cuz a couple of years ago I did a consulting project with a partner of Tesla's and visited their NUMMI facility. Back then they were hiring experienced GM/Ford folks like crazy and I thought the production issues would be addressed relatively quickly. My impression was that they were a great technology innovator that had a lot to learn on the manufacturing process--how to build cars--but they would get there. Now that they have "ramped up", they need to learn how to properly sell cars, and quick.
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You're complaining about some fit and finish issues.. meanwhile new Ford F-150 owners are experiencing sudden brake failures. Imagine the news if Tesla brakes were suddenly failing
Ford F-150 Master Cylinder Problems Cause Huge Lawsuit
Ford F-150 Master Cylinder Problems Cause Huge Lawsuit
When you put it that way, it all makes perfect sense!
Your comment reminded me of this:
Enjoy your new car, wouldn't be my decision. UBS says Audi's new electric car shows industry has a long way to go to catch Tesla
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