Well, if anything, your anecdote is almost evidence to the contrary of what's being claimed in this article. If there were some secret battery replacement procedure, they would have hooked up this tool that can simply detect that a battery is bad rather than driving it around, and even if that...
Wow, not sure I've seen someone talk for that long without saying anything before. He sounds like every pathological liar I've ever met, coming up with flimsy excuses to explain his was out of any problems he runs into.
You'll probably want to start talking to your dealer now. They can give you a much better idea of what allocations they have coming up, and how many people are on their waiting list. If you're not picky, you can probably get something without too much fuss, but if you want it build exactly to...