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Yeah that's what I'm thinking.For 40K I’d squeeze them in with a shoe horn!
Probably my final update on this rental. I have now received the Supercharging and Road Toll bills.We have now finished the rental, here is the report:
The rental clerk was pretty blasé and told us that the car was 30 minutes late. We asked to speak with the manager and then the car was suddenly available immediately.
It was a 2022 Y with 20k miles and 20" induction wheels. It worked flawlessly the whole trip. It was clean and the only damage at pick up was curbed wheels. I'm totally fine with that.
The rear tires were down to their wear ribs at 2/32", 1.6 mm, which I think is the legal limit in many states. Could be dangerous at speed in heavy rain. Unfortunately I didn't notice it until after pick up, otherwise I would have rejected the car.
The range was impressive for 20k miles, with almost no degradation. 310 miles at 100%, vs 318 new. View attachment 959224Remarkably good, especially if assuming that renters don't always baby the battery.
I haven't gotten the bill for road tolls and supercharging yet, but since I read that it can be sketchy, I will report back if there are any surprises.
$9.99 “convenience fee”? Is it possible to use your own ezpass or pay cash at the booth?Probably my final update on this rental. I have now received the Supercharging and Road Toll bills.
All according to the original contract, no surprises.
- Road tolls were passed to my bill plus a convenience fee of $9.99 per day of tolls.
- Supercharging was passed through with no fees added.
Yeah. Hertz has a "faraday cage" box on the windshield where you can slide the E-ZPass device in and it won't register via the automatic toll lanes.$9.99 “convenience fee”? Is it possible to use your own ezpass or pay cash at the booth?
It generally works, but not always. I brought my NH EZPass to Miami-Dade last February on a Tesla/Hertz rental. I even put the rental plate on my EZPass account temporarily. It was correctly read on a few of the Expressways there as well as the Rickenbacker Causeway to Key Biscayne, but the Dolphin Expressway for some reason didn't read it, even though the Dolphin supposedly accepts EZPass. I later got a bill for about 4 days of $9.99/day of "convenience fees" for a total of nearly $40 above and beyond the tolls (which were like $15). I called PlatePass and emailed all my charges from the other toll roads showing how they were all correctly read and PlatePass removed the fees.Yeah. Hertz has a "faraday cage" box on the windshield where you can slide the E-ZPass device in and it won't register via the automatic toll lanes.
I haven't tried bringing my own device from out of state to try but I'm guessing it would work.
I've had Hertz Teslas run software updates during the rental - several times actually, and on one week rental I think it ran two updates. I once saw in the rental agreement fine print it said not to run updates, but though I didn't run the updates myself, it ran anyway. Hertz probably put that prohibition against updates in there so that if you get disabled due to software issues, they can make you pay more (somehow.) In all my years reading Tesla blogs, forums, and YouTube videos, I have seen very few, if any, stories of Teslas becoming disabled after updates. It's probably happened, but not enough to gather many FUDsters to blow smoke about it.Has anyone had the guts to try and do a software update during a rental period? I've had two cars now that show pending updates but I haven't had the guts to push one through incase the car boots and I'm locked out or something, lol
I have an upcoming reservation in October in Los Angeles and I would REALLY love to be able to use the app... I'm hoping I just get a car that's already updated enough, but if not I can easily hot spot to the car and download an update...
Anyone want to test this? Otherwise maybe I'll do it first thing in the parking lot so if I have issues I can just walk back over the the Hertz counter and play dumb, lol
Yep. Got to the hotel, parked in the garage and hit the update button. Came back later for dinner and everything was fine. Not sure what version I went from - to but no issues. Forgot to delete all my previous navigation addresses when I dropped the car off. Interesting to see what other places Hertz renters went to.Has anyone had the guts to try and do a software update during a rental period? I've had two cars now that show pending updates but I haven't had the guts to push one through incase the car boots and I'm locked out or something, lol
I have an upcoming reservation in October in Los Angeles and I would REALLY love to be able to use the app... I'm hoping I just get a car that's already updated enough, but if not I can easily hot spot to the car and download an update...
Anyone want to test this? Otherwise maybe I'll do it first thing in the parking lot so if I have issues I can just walk back over the the Hertz counter and play dumb, lol
Also, it's increasingly impossible to pay cash at a toll booth as the booths have all, largely, gone away. Miami-Dade is all electronic. There were booths on the Rickenbacker Causeway, but they were closed. MA is all electronic, as is NH in the evening/night. ME keeps like 1 staffed, cash booth in each direction open on I-95/Maine Turnpike and the lines waiting to pay Can. Be. Epic. Most of all the express, toll lanes in VA that I saw a few years back were all electronic as well, IIRC.$9.99 “convenience fee”? Is it possible to use your own ezpass or pay cash at the booth?
I was more worried there was a PIN assigned or something that upon a software update or restart I might be asked to enter. I never lock my vehicle down at all so I don't know what might be possible, etc.I've had Hertz Teslas run software updates during the rental - several times actually, and on one week rental I think it ran two updates. I once saw in the rental agreement fine print it said not to run updates, but though I didn't run the updates myself, it ran anyway. Hertz probably put that prohibition against updates in there so that if you get disabled due to software issues, they can make you pay more (somehow.) In all my years reading Tesla blogs, forums, and YouTube videos, I have seen very few, if any, stories of Teslas becoming disabled after updates. It's probably happened, but not enough to gather many FUDsters to blow smoke about it.
Oh and you can use your cloud profile as well. Awesome
Hertz allows app access
Track charge status is available.such as be able to check remoteley the charge status when Supercharging (but I don't know is this feature is available).
Track charge status is available.
You have to scan a QR code that shows on the screen in the rental. See the video.Can you describe the steps for actvating the Tesla App access to a rental car?
You have to scan a QR code that shows on the screen in the rental. See the video.