Oh man... So it's true... Sigh...
They did say something about February's orders being full, and so my order was in the March batch. I don't know if that applies to the dealership or the factory. I'm thinking it's the former but hoping it's the latter so I don't have to kick myself for not going to a different dealer.
I work in an automotive assembly plant. I can almost guarantee you that your guess is incorrect. That just isn't the way it works.
Unfortunately, no. I guess these glitches are to be expected when you are one of the first to order a all-new car on a new assembly line.
Paint is supplied to the spray booth from a room called paint mix. There each common color has a tank where the paint is constantly stirred and pumped to the paint booth. In the supply cabinet at each robot there is a bank of valves that tie in to the pipes carrying paint. Todays robots use a cartridge system that fills via those valves. A cartridge will fill with the color for the next body while the robot is painting. Then a quick cartridge change and clean before starting on the next. You will have cars of all differnt colors being painted only spaced a few feet. There is a lot of down draft in the booth to control overspray. Clear coat robots dont use a cartridge system because every body gets the same treatment.
