Tesla Model S P100D boot misaligned

Tesla Model S P100D boot misaligned

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moonigan

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2,127 posts

240 months

Thursday 6th December 2018
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I was stuck behind one of these a couple of days ago and couldn't fail to notice the misaligned boot. I didn't realise at that time that it was a £130K car !! Is this kind of stuff the norm for Tesla? This would drive me nuts on a £20K car never mind something that costs £130K.


Daaaveee

909 posts

222 months

Friday 7th December 2018
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Pretty common on Teslas unfortunately, the fit and finish is very poor considering the list price, but its the price you pay for the drivetrain I guess?

Heres Johnny

7,175 posts

123 months

Friday 7th December 2018
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This was the paint finish on my brand new Aston Martin a couple of years back, a company who once prided themselves on the quality of such things. My wife had a new BMW once and it filled with water when it rained, we subsequently rejected it. I'm not sure what point you're making other than Tesla are like every manufacturer and they have off days. If you'd posted a picture of 4 of them, all lined up next to each at a dealer, then you'd have a bit more of story.


Anglade

239 posts

119 months

Friday 7th December 2018
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Heres Johnny said:
Tesla are like every manufacturer and they have off days.
Not really.
I'm a big fan of Tesla but the continued difficulties they have had in achieving an acceptable standard of finish of newly delivered cars is very well documented.

BMW330enut

101 posts

90 months

Friday 7th December 2018
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Just read the latest driver satisfaction survey. Tesla came off as the worst brand, despite most owners being fanboys.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 7th December 2018
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BMW330enut said:
Just read the latest driver satisfaction survey. Tesla came off as the worst brand, despite most owners being fanboys.
Really? Where’s that? The ones I’ve seen generally have them midway-ish.

moonigan

Original Poster:

2,127 posts

240 months

Friday 7th December 2018
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Heres Johnny said:
This was the paint finish on my brand new Aston Martin a couple of years back, a company who once prided themselves on the quality of such things. My wife had a new BMW once and it filled with water when it rained, we subsequently rejected it. I'm not sure what point you're making other than Tesla are like every manufacturer and they have off days. If you'd posted a picture of 4 of them, all lined up next to each at a dealer, then you'd have a bit more of story.
Did it leave the factory like that? The supplying dealer should have rectified that before you got it which I suspect they did afterwards without too much hassle. Aston Martin and BMW are established brands Tesla are not so they should be taking extra care to ensure the fit and finish of their product matches the cost. They only have one USP that I can see and in 2-5 years every major brand will be offering the same kind of vehicle at which point why buy a poorly built Tesla when you can buy a better Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Honda, Volvo, Porsche, Toyota, Dyson, etc.

Heres Johnny

7,175 posts

123 months

Friday 7th December 2018
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Anglade said:
Heres Johnny said:
Tesla are like every manufacturer and they have off days.
Not really.
I'm a big fan of Tesla but the continued difficulties they have had in achieving an acceptable standard of finish of newly delivered cars is very well documented.
I'm on my second Tesla, you don't need to tell me that.

My point is that 1 picture of a misaligned boot tells you nothing.