Cleaned out my garage today to make room for my Tesla X. I will be picking it up tomorrow 4/25 in Fremont. It has been two years since I reserved. I configured late Jan 2016, 6 seats, multicolor white, autopilot, 90D, Vin 29xx. I am ready with my checklist. Just curious if they make you pay and sign all the paperwork before you see and inspect the car? My DS said I would only have 30 min to get to know the X and if I needed more time I would have to come back, 15min to sign paper work and about a 1 hour tour (not in that order). Any helpful tips when inspecting the car would be greatly appreciated. Not sure why they think 30 min. is enough time to learn about (autopilot, summon, self park, etc)
This is my first Tesla.
Their goal is to make you pay and sign all the paperwork before you see and inspect the car, yes. But I got around that quite easily:
My Fremont delivery was 3/22. We did the factory tour, first. I wanted to see my vehicle for a brief inspection before I signed any paperwork, since the lease is a binding contract. I was there on 3/20 to run the X checklist for my friend's delivery, and noticed his P90D had summer tires on it. I had an email from my DS that my P90D with the Subzero package was supposed to have all-season tires. (Later they changed to summer performance tires for P90D[L] and all-season for 75D/90D.)
I told the DOS(?) (Delivery Orientation Specialist) I need to check the type of tires before I sign anything. She led me out to the big white tent in the parking lot (since taken down). Of course, mine also had the summer tires on it like my friend's. Showed my email, and said I live right here in Fremont and can come back to pick it up after the tires are swapped, so no wear is put on these tires. It's approaching end-of-quarter and I hadn't signed anything yet. DOS made a quick phone call to my DS, and a future tire swap at the SC was put on my due bill. Then I went inside and happily signed the paperwork.
Anyway, my point is you can use any excuse you want to get out to see your vehicle, first, before you sign anything. That way, you'll have the most leverage in case you do notice something amiss that can't wait for a future SC appt. I also agree with the person who recommended getting their earlier if you plan to run the full X checklist and not just the cosmetic portion of it.
I didn't bother with the test drive, since I'd test driven P90D Model S before, and rode in the Model X at Elon's event.
Congrats on picking up your X, and also happy to read that
@ModelXBoy is finally about to receive his original X back!
