Ok bought a 2016 SL in deep pearl blue (stunning color BTW) bose and surround 5300 miles perfect battery
one problem. its not an SL. its an SV with premium package. so its missing ALL of the SL goodies and I definitely paid an SL price (little higher actually I really wanted the blue and not the black)
no leather seats. no fogs. no led lights no homelink no solar spoiler no sills etc.. etc..
I don't care for the leather (in fact that is why I wanted this one as it did not have leather did not realize this meant it was not an SL)
I don't want to give the car back (and they would not take it if I tried is my bet) and there is pretty much zero chance of a refund of the roughly $3000 value difference (I imagine I would have to sue to go that route)
it was advertised and written up as an SL and their leaf certified person (used to be certified) confirmed she thought it was an SL because of the premium package. (WTH even I was able to run the vin and confirm what it was once I realized might as well google this) do they not even check this kind of stuff in their own systems?
while many of the SL features are interesting they are not deal breakers for me as it has most of the juicy upgrades with the premium package. it has the nice wheels the surround view the winter package and the bose.
but one however is critical to me. The headlights. I have been spoiled these last 65,000 miles with the LED's on my 12 SV and I can't STAND the incan's the 16 comes with. they really are quite horrible. I deliver pizza and good night time illumination is important to me and the LED's are amazing in extreme.
IS IT PRACTICAL for a dealer to upgrade the car to LED headlights.? IE has that been done before? is there a process or procedure for that?
I started to try to do it myself (was going to swap with my 12 which I still have while insurance does its thing) and got no where as soon as I saw the plugs where totally different and it was not its own harness but part of the main harness. I am not messing with that much expensive stuff. no way. they are mechanically the same but not remotely electrically the same. 8pin connector versus 6 pin and separate connection for the vertical adjustment) that part is not important to me. but what are the extra 2 pins for ?
Here is what I have ASKED them as compensation. I want the LED headlights and I want a longer bumper to bumper warranty (miles and time asked for 4 years 60,000 miles which is reasonable) if I truly can't get the LED headlights I am going to ask for 5 years 100k bumper to bumper starting now. I doubt I will ever have to use it for much of anything but it would be fantastic piece of mind.
sounds like they might be willing to play on the warranty he has to call around about the LED headlights. I am hoping this is something that "can" be done IE can you pay to have it upgraded if it did not come with it.
suggestions? advice?
one problem. its not an SL. its an SV with premium package. so its missing ALL of the SL goodies and I definitely paid an SL price (little higher actually I really wanted the blue and not the black)
no leather seats. no fogs. no led lights no homelink no solar spoiler no sills etc.. etc..
I don't care for the leather (in fact that is why I wanted this one as it did not have leather did not realize this meant it was not an SL)
I don't want to give the car back (and they would not take it if I tried is my bet) and there is pretty much zero chance of a refund of the roughly $3000 value difference (I imagine I would have to sue to go that route)
it was advertised and written up as an SL and their leaf certified person (used to be certified) confirmed she thought it was an SL because of the premium package. (WTH even I was able to run the vin and confirm what it was once I realized might as well google this) do they not even check this kind of stuff in their own systems?
while many of the SL features are interesting they are not deal breakers for me as it has most of the juicy upgrades with the premium package. it has the nice wheels the surround view the winter package and the bose.
but one however is critical to me. The headlights. I have been spoiled these last 65,000 miles with the LED's on my 12 SV and I can't STAND the incan's the 16 comes with. they really are quite horrible. I deliver pizza and good night time illumination is important to me and the LED's are amazing in extreme.
IS IT PRACTICAL for a dealer to upgrade the car to LED headlights.? IE has that been done before? is there a process or procedure for that?
I started to try to do it myself (was going to swap with my 12 which I still have while insurance does its thing) and got no where as soon as I saw the plugs where totally different and it was not its own harness but part of the main harness. I am not messing with that much expensive stuff. no way. they are mechanically the same but not remotely electrically the same. 8pin connector versus 6 pin and separate connection for the vertical adjustment) that part is not important to me. but what are the extra 2 pins for ?
Here is what I have ASKED them as compensation. I want the LED headlights and I want a longer bumper to bumper warranty (miles and time asked for 4 years 60,000 miles which is reasonable) if I truly can't get the LED headlights I am going to ask for 5 years 100k bumper to bumper starting now. I doubt I will ever have to use it for much of anything but it would be fantastic piece of mind.
sounds like they might be willing to play on the warranty he has to call around about the LED headlights. I am hoping this is something that "can" be done IE can you pay to have it upgraded if it did not come with it.
suggestions? advice?