This issue is frustrating to me but I agree with the advice that it is not worth obsessing over. Still, the problems of this case are happening to others and could present significant financial and other issues to some potential buyers, so I think it's worth documenting this case here. If I have a blue SL+QC in my garage within a month or two I will probably just look back on the whole thing as a good story to tell my grandchildren someday (if my kids would ever give me any). So anyway, here's the latest wrinkle.
I finally got the automated email that my Leaf will be at my PD in a few days. My PD, however, tells me that it is an SV, not the SL I upgraded to. In fact, the VIN on that SV is the one earther originally entered into the MNL spreadsheet. The PD says he was like me in that he originally ordered an SV then upgraded. They found him an SL, apparently, since he is now describing his adventures driving the SL. So this SV is not only not my upgraded SL but is also not even the SV I originally ordered. It is a reallocated one. That leaves the question as to what, if anything, did they build for me? Unless they cancelled or lost my original order entirely something should have come off the assembly line based on my original order. For all I know they did build me an SL and then reallocated that to someone else after it arrived here in the US because the CS people looked at the dashboard and thought I was supposed to get an SV. Or maybe there is a second SV coming to my PD so that I will have two SV's to reject. I think the first thing that is necessary is to find out what actually got built for me and track that down.
CS and my PD both tell me they are trying to resolve my situation by finding me an SL+QC. I believe they are sincere, but I have no faith in that happening, so I ordered another Leaf (blue SL - exact same configuration). I was told by CS I could do that but I would be subject to their strict policy of filling orders in the order they are placed. ( :lol: :lol: ) If only it were so! An interesting sidenote to this is that now I have been invited to apply for the EV Project. I was rejected before and Nissan kept telling me it must have been due to my zip code or some other factor, since the EV Project doesn't even know what my configuration is when they declared me not eligible, but I'm not convinced of that. I don't know for sure, but it would be a funny and positive turn of events if I get into the EV Project now, but of course, that should have happened back in February when I upgraded to the SL.
Lastly, I have now been told 4 different days by CS that they will call me "today" to discuss my situation. I did get 1 call (after I called back to complain that they did not return my first call), but it was not by the guy who promised to call. I think they are overwhelmed and are likely to say or promise anything to get you off the line. My only solid encouragement at this point is the fact that earther did get his upgraded car. Maybe I'll pm him to find out what magic buttons he pushed to get it. It would be ironic if in fact he got the SL that originally was destined for me. This is at least theoretically possible; since he ordered before me, it may have been that his original car (SV) had already been manufactured before the EV Project announcement in the Bay Area, but mine wasn't. In other words, maybe his was being shipped when he upgraded, but mine was yet to be manufactured, then mine was upgraded to an SL and after both arrived in the US someone here saw my dashboard and erroneously gave him mine and me his. earther, if you're reading this, don't worry, I don't hold you responsible for anything and I'm not going to come after your car. It's unlikely that was the car destined for me anyway, but it would be an interesting twist to the story. I didn't even want to post your identity until I was sure you got your car, but that has happened, so you're golden now. Congratulations and enjoy it. Tell me how I can do the same.
Of course if my Plan B, the second Leaf order, ends up being the final resolution and I don't get my car until 2012, and that in turn results in lost tax incentives, now we're talking financial damages of over $12,000. Well, as a retired litigator with lots of time on my hands I feel confidant I can persuade Nissan to reimburse me for any such losses.
