So last week I got an email from my DS saying “I just wanted to let you know your Model S is going through Paint”. The next morning my Dashboard said ‘In Production’. Just a few days later it changed to ‘Being prepared for pickup or delivery’. I was told a while back that delivery would probably be the week of June 2[SUP]nd[/SUP], even though my dashboard still says Late May. I don’t have an exact date yet. I know I should be excited, and part of me is, but I’m mostly sick with anxiety over how to care for the car. This car is so far above and beyond anything I’ve ever driven. My current vehicle is an almost three year old mid level Town & Country minivan with 86k miles. That’s all I own. I’m a single dad with three young teenage boys and a full time job, car care is very low on my list of priorities. I’m afraid I’ll be constantly stressed over trying to keep my new car looking new. They throw a lot of rock salt and dirt on the roads around here during winter, and my kids have friends down miles of dirt back roads. I think I need a full Xpel wrap, but I’m having a hard time stomaching paying over a month’s salary for it. I’m also having no luck finding a good place near me to do it, or one that will also do any needed detail prep work. They’ll wash the car, but any detail work will have to be done somewhere else. I can’t get any recommendations on where to go. Even Xpel support hasn’t replied to my email asking for help. I never even knew there was such a thing as paint protection until I started reading this forum. This whole thing has made me just sick. I can’t even check my dashboard for delivery updates anymore, because it upsets me to see that beautifully rendered car staring at me. I don’t know what I was thinking, someone like me owning a car this nice.
