Wiki Model S Delivery Update

[sorka]

@sorka Thanks for all your help with alignment issues here. But I gotta' ask... How the &^%$ do you know all of this stuff? Have you worked in a body shop before? Worked for Tesla on the production line or in service? Seriously, I consider myself fairly handy with fixing things but I would not consider doing all the adjustments you can do and have done. Not being sarcastic or negative here, I'd really like to know.

For example, I have a 3D printer and completely understood what you did with the bolts on the hinges. But I'd be afraid I'd damage the door (by dropping it) if I took it off. Plus I figure I'd put it back on worse than when I started.

The hardest part of doing any of this is overcoming the fear of screwing things up. I figure I'm going to break things. Pulling engines with a lift and rebuilding them with upgraded internals, upgrading intakes, turbos, fuel systems, etc, gives you thicker skin for trying new stuff. Panel alignment on an MS is childs play compared to a full Falcon Wing Door alignment where you have to use a shop hoist to prop up the door when you remove the primary and secondary struts and the full headliner just to be able to adjust the roof side hinge.





On my first attempt, I totally destroyed one of the secondary struts. Ordered one from Tesla in Fresno and it came in within 3 days so no big deal. Was $95. Everything went smoothly after that.

 

[aerodyne]

Badgers, badgers, badgers, badgers?

Hinges, meet hammer...

 

[cwanja]

Problem with reversing in to a space is Sentry is far less useful.

How so? The blind spot in the front from the cameras is just as there in reverse as it is pulling forward. Or am I missing something?

 

[empiredown]

The only thing you're missing is having something to bitch about...

 

[WilliamG]

How so? The blind spot in the front from the cameras is just as there in reverse as it is pulling forward. Or am I missing something?

If you reverse into a space, when you come and check Sentry mode because says, someone hit you (in the front, since the rear of your car is protected), you don’t have the repeaters providing you camera data since they’re facing the other way. We’ve had a few people not capture enough since you’re relying on just one front camera with a fairly narrow view this way. When you drive front first into a parking space, you have 3x cameras to provide video evidence.

If Teslas added recording via those front facing repeaters, that would be nice, but currently you can only view a live feed of them and they’re not recording for the end user.

 

[aerodyne]

For those of you contemplating delivery...and want to see the EPA certs for the 2024 LR, the docs are FINALLY up on the EPA site, dated 2/27/24.

Calculating the differential energy used compared to the 2022 test, I get 403 range instead of 405.

 

[SucreTease]

front facing repeaters

What on earth are those? Are they mounted on the hinges?

 

[n2mb_racing]

This seems like a pretty big difference from one side of the car to the other.

 

[n2mb_racing]

Also freshly curbed rim before delivery. It just gets better.

 

[aerodyne]

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Also freshly curbed rim before delivery. It just gets better.

That could be a tell....better look under the car.

 

[Michael Archer]

Wow, I have never taken delivery before but can't believe they gave it to you like that. And dirty...

 

[n2mb_racing]

That could be a tell....better look under the car.

They brought it in for service to replace the scraped up plastic under the nose. I guess they hit it then.

 

[n2mb_racing]

Wow, I have never taken delivery before but can't believe they gave it to you like that. And dirty...

It's completely covered in pollen and mud. It is pollen season here, but I think they washed it yesterday or something.

 

[Michael Archer]

I am supposed to take delivery next week (Have a VIN but not yet scheduled). I am not very optimistic after everything I have heard and seen here...

 

[n2mb_racing]

My hinges look like *sugar*.

 

[SucreTease]

I am supposed to take delivery next week (Have a VIN but not yet scheduled). I am not very optimistic after everything I have heard and seen here...

Bear in mind that the people who post on a forum are far more likely to be those who had a problem or otherwise dissatisfied. The vast majority of satisfied people are far less motivated to post about everything going well.

 

[WilliamG]

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This seems like a pretty big difference from one side of the car to the other.

That wouldn't bother me in the slightest. Very typical. Now the curbed wheel...

 

[n2mb_racing]

That wouldn't bother me in the slightest. Very typical. Now the curbed wheel...

It looks like they beat on the hinges with a hammer and then applied touch up paint. Rear driver's side door.

 

[n2mb_racing]

Should I be concerned about the hammering on the hinges and touch up paint?

 

[aerodyne]

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My hinges look like *sugar*.

Mine were way worse than that. But the doors were aligned, and touch up paint worked. I can see exposed primer where the door post hinge has moved.