[Nor Cal Al]

I haven't seen the ad but I have CN1893 - build 128. The 1893 is/are the last digits for the serial number. My build was around December '03. I received my car in April of '04. My guess would be a build of early '04.

And yes, they had paint job quality problems at that time. Mine has some blems that were never fixed. My local painter said the only proper way to fix was a complete paint job, which was the typical solution at that time.