as I drove it out of West Drayton
Heathrow is probably the worst delivery center...
To be honest we can all scream about the injusteces, but we need to step back from the picture a bit.
The value proposition of an M3 is sound, otherwise we would not be buying them. So what we have here is Tesla holding all the cards. The cars are not in lots, they dont need to make fancy leather options to sell them, they re supply constraint, so they get away with a lot....
For every person rejecting a car or going online and swearing never to buy Tesla there are 10 people who see them for the first time and want *only* a Tesla. So with that territory comes a lot of arrogance and complaisency.
Rejecting a delivery is absolutely the right approach even if it's a bit painfull. If you want a 5 star experience go get .... ??? *sugar*, i wouldnt want to go to a BMW/Audi? Mersedes stealership even if the cars are better built. The dealerships are even more arrogant than Tesla. But yeah, your eventual delivery will be better, if not the fleasing experience.
Also think of it from a Tesla employee point of view, especially during end of quarter rush. You are not *their* customer, they get no commission and there is a queue of other customers a mile long. "Don't like the car? Move along, dont waste my time..." or at best "Sorry thats all I can give you today, better luck next time".
When it's your first Tesla thats painfull... When it's your second Tesla, you can say, sorry fellas, do better. They will have to improve there, it will just take time. When there are 10 identical cars in the lot they can let you choose from and no customers queuing up, then you will get perfect panel gaps.. Until then...