You don’t have to accept the slot, however you will essentially be put to the back of the queue.
This must happen a lot! My M3, lol just no, Model 3, was one I ordered on the accelerated delivery after the exact spec one I'd been after happened to come up a few weeks ago - red or blue, LR, wheel upgrade, enhanced autopilot. They were originally going to deliver it on a day in the last week of Feb and allocated me a 71 plate, but I said I wanted to wait until March and get a 22 plate so they allocated me one the next week. Low and behold it turned up yesterday on a trailer, the guy dropped it off and it had the original 71 plate on there. They don't register the cars until you accept them, so I knew it was just the wrong plates and after ages on hold to Tesla and someone calling me back, they got some new plates made for me and driven to my house from the local service centre which is about 30 mins away.
This must happen a lot! My M3, lol just no, Model 3, was one I ordered on the accelerated delivery after the exact spec one I'd been after happened to come up a few weeks ago - red or blue, LR, wheel upgrade, enhanced autopilot. They were originally going to deliver it on a day in the last week of Feb and allocated me a 71 plate, but I said I wanted to wait until March and get a 22 plate so they allocated me one the next week. Low and behold it turned up yesterday on a trailer, the guy dropped it off and it had the original 71 plate on there. They don't register the cars until you accept them, so I knew it was just the wrong plates and after ages on hold to Tesla and someone calling me back, they got some new plates made for me and driven to my house from the local service centre which is about 30 mins away.
A bit annoying at the time, but everything else is perfect about the car and I'm really happy with it. The price increase yesterday was a nice surprise - I had originally been looking at year old cars, but they were only a small amount cheaper than a brand new ones, so with an accelerated delivery it was a no brainer to get brand new and I'm even happier I did that now that they went up.
and annoying all of my friends/family by banging on about Tesla's non-stop, I have finally placed an order for a Model 3 in blue as well! Any other issues or quality concerns that you've seen out of interest?
Thanks! No quality concerns so far, pleasantly surprised. The fit and finish is on a par or maybe better than my outgoing 2018 w205 AMG Mercedes C63.Looks fantastic!
After creating this thread almost 7 years ago
Do you plan on applying any paint protection or anything similar?
I'm debating getting some PPF on the front of the rear arches, based on the stonechips on a 3000 mile year old car I viewed (a red one though), and from some other pictures of similar damage on the Tesla Model 3 Facebook group. Although maybe just getting any stonechips fixed on the arches by a specialist company if it happens would mean stronger paint.
On Monday I'm taking it in to get the side windows tinted by a well renowned local place who have worked on a lot of model 3s, I'm going for a light tint on the front side windows and a medium on the rear sides. He can do the roof as well, but I like the clear bit at the rear, and I think a full roof tint would make it too dark. If I change my mind I can get that done in the future.
This is the guy I'm getting them done by, he did my CR-V in 2014 and it was a great job, now he seems to be doing Teslas all the time!
I've placed an order for my replacement model 3. Just got to wait for Tesla to accept my rejection of the model 3 I've got now.
Going for midnight silver metallic. Planning on having XPEL stealth fitted which will make it look exactly like this (car on the right):
My 911 suffered the same issues. Obviously you can't do much about bumpers (generalising here) as cars all tend to have similar sized ones, it's just general exotic cars have a very low front end as the engine is normally at the back somewhere.I've placed an order for my replacement model 3. Just got to wait for Tesla to accept my rejection of the model 3 I've got now.
Will be going full PPF and window tint on the roof and rear windows
The paint on the bumper and bonnet is woefully thin, plus the shape of the car (due to aero) seems to be a magnet for stones.
The weird thing is, the Performance hasn’t changed in the last two price increases. My brother’s M3LR (which he picked up last week) was around £7k cheaper than a Performance, the same build today would see his car at £58,190, £1,800 off a base M3P.Another huge price increase last night.
M3 up to £46k
M3LR up to £55k (same as the MYLR)
To think I had an 3LR on order for £48.5k just 5 months ago
Tomorrow, which is fine as the weather here is meant to suck today but be nice tomorrowCollection day today? On my way to Southampton to collect my Y
Another huge price increase last night.
M3 up to £46k
M3LR up to £55k (same as the MYLR)
To think I had an 3LR on order for £48.5k just 5 months ago
