Thanks a lot very useful. I always have my new cars detailed but have often delayed this till after the car is ‘new’ like your detailer said. I’m just frustrated the weather is so bad as even the 1 hour trip with stone/ salt can mess up the paintwork. I want to PPF the front end too.
There is a secondary safety catch which is retracted automatically when you purposefully open it, if it opened by accident then the catch would hold it so there are no safety issues.
Not a big fan of considering respray later rather than PPF first. Had a dealer once (granted it was for a high performance car - like the Tesla
) who claimed my car was in an accident as the paint thickness didn’t match when I came to sell. And I kept telling them the last owner told me they had a respray for stone chips and I thought it was so nice of them to do that before selling it I got mine via SMS about 1 week prior to delivery date... Left me plenty of time to figure out insurance etc. (went with Churchill in the end)
Typically 7 days before, if not earlier. If you contact CS they will normally tell you (or forces them to allocate one) 14 days before. You can always get insurance on the VIN number but you may need to call them to do it this way, then you update them once you have the reg.
I’ve also had the same ‘your Tesla is available earlier than expected’ text and managed to move from 9th to 6th Dec from Leicester. Had to completely redo insure though as they wouldn’t let me move the start date!
That is annoying. Strange they couldn't simply bring forward the start date. I imagine these insurance companies must enjoy forcing their customers to go through the whole process again from scratch! Fortunately, I haven't gotten around to arranging insurance as I've been waiting on my number plate.
I pestered CS via live chat a couple of days ago and they wouldn't give me my reg, but I asked again this morning (12 days until collection) and they sent it straight through via text.
I was also expecting it 7-14 days prior to delivery, but I just got a text with my VIN and registration now, and I’m not due for pickup till the 18th of December. So I guess it can vary even more wildly.
I'm collecting on the 7/12 and got.mune from CS on 23/11
Indeed, the silly thing is that I could have changed my personal details, drivers insured, home address and car registration but not the start date. They said the reason was to avoid a fraudulent claim if having an accident before start date and then altering after the fact. But somehow the facility to completely change car, address and driver is not an issue!?
