Greetings all - had a delivery appointment earlier today and noted the following issues on the X. Should it be relevant the build date was on/about April 4, 2023.
Asked to postpone delivery until tomorrow to investigate further and was hoping for the wisdom of TMC here to see if the issue really is an issue as well as double check my reasonableness as a customer.
Been a happy Tesla owner for ~6 years now and ideally would like a 100% perfect car but also understand the pragmatic nature of Tesla and hoping the group can give guidance as to "no, you need to push Tesla on that" or "well...you're kinda making a mountain out of a mole hill".
Here's the issue that's worrying me: the passenger falcon wing door, specifically the alignment and paint quality of where the it meets the rear hatch - the part in the yellow box below.
Zooming in there appears to be (?) an alignment issue (see below)
...but do not know if this is a benign issue or something that'll metastasize into a larger problem later on. Again while I'd like a 100% perfect car, there is some "within [tesla] spec" I'm willing to tolerate, but not if it's going to create issues down the road.
The second issue in the area is what I think is a paint defect - see below:
...that's in the same spot but the paint defect is on the rear hatch part, not the passenger FWD. Like the alignment question I asked above, I do not know if this is just a benign 'within spec' deviation that's annoying but not material or if it's something that needs to be addressed.
Not sure if this helps or not but here's the other side of the car for comparison which appears (?) to be in good order:
Lastly there also appeared to be some blemish on the paint on the passenger FWD near the rear wheel well. Again uncertain if this is just a cosmetic issue or something that needs a more serious fix:
I know @holeydonut and @rpo recently had a negative experience and hoping to get some critical viewpoints here.
As always appreciate any insight or wisdom the group can share and thanks in advance.
Asked to postpone delivery until tomorrow to investigate further and was hoping for the wisdom of TMC here to see if the issue really is an issue as well as double check my reasonableness as a customer.
Been a happy Tesla owner for ~6 years now and ideally would like a 100% perfect car but also understand the pragmatic nature of Tesla and hoping the group can give guidance as to "no, you need to push Tesla on that" or "well...you're kinda making a mountain out of a mole hill".
Here's the issue that's worrying me: the passenger falcon wing door, specifically the alignment and paint quality of where the it meets the rear hatch - the part in the yellow box below.
Zooming in there appears to be (?) an alignment issue (see below)
...but do not know if this is a benign issue or something that'll metastasize into a larger problem later on. Again while I'd like a 100% perfect car, there is some "within [tesla] spec" I'm willing to tolerate, but not if it's going to create issues down the road.
The second issue in the area is what I think is a paint defect - see below:
...that's in the same spot but the paint defect is on the rear hatch part, not the passenger FWD. Like the alignment question I asked above, I do not know if this is just a benign 'within spec' deviation that's annoying but not material or if it's something that needs to be addressed.
Not sure if this helps or not but here's the other side of the car for comparison which appears (?) to be in good order:
Lastly there also appeared to be some blemish on the paint on the passenger FWD near the rear wheel well. Again uncertain if this is just a cosmetic issue or something that needs a more serious fix:
I know @holeydonut and @rpo recently had a negative experience and hoping to get some critical viewpoints here.
As always appreciate any insight or wisdom the group can share and thanks in advance.
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