[fastliz]

Oh, it DOES bother me. But, I also feel I have to be practical. First, I realize (assuming I'm correct) that this will not affect the integrity, mechanical soundness, or longevity of the car. Secondly, I don't want to WAIT for another Elise! I WOULD, however, like to hear what the dealer has to say about it and what concessions may be offered.

I agree that it was a stupid mistake (and this dealer sells Aston Martins, too!). I'm willing to accept the idiosyncracies that owning a Lotus entails. Thanks to this forum, I'm well-aware of them and won't freak out as a result. But, this is different... This is DAMAGE done at the dealer (unless they put the car on a lift at the port of arrival for some reason). AND... I wasn't told about it. That's not cool. I can laugh about the A/C fan control knob falling off. But, this is different. I haven't yet even spoken to PBMC about this, yet. I'm busy during the day. I did email Ryan Moore (works at PBMC), who monitors this site, with a link to this thread. I haven't heard back from him, yet. My salesman was Lance Payne. Both Ryan and Lance are really nice guys, so I expect we can arrive at a cordial settlement of some kind. At any rate, I'll be in for the 1000-mile check soon enough. I've got a list of things to tell them... Most of which fall under the idiosyncracies department. The overspray / white pox is a fairly major one, but I plan on taking care of that myself.

Mike