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Hertz Charges Tesla Model 3 Renter $277 Fee for Gas, Won’t Back Down
The Drive ^ | 05/08/2024 | Nico Demattia

Posted on 05/09/2024 2:28:47 PM PDT by TexasKamaAina

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To: silent majority rising

I spent lots in rentals last year and most of it was on Teslas. There’s a “super charger” nearby that’s “free” and to my knowledge I’ve never paid a dime to charge a Tesla. Likewise out-of-state.

Other brands that can’t use Tesla chargers are another story. The 3rd party charging “ecosystem” is — like pretty much every other fascist (subsidized) program, a disappointing boondogle.

The Tesla itself is a really fine example of an exception to that rule - at least it always has been for me.


21 posted on 05/09/2024 3:05:45 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: Political Junkie Too

Not quite pennies.


22 posted on 05/09/2024 3:06:22 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: xoxox
Okay, dimes.

-PJ

23 posted on 05/09/2024 3:10:42 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

Disappointingly not too far under list last time I checked around here. Expected super bargains but found none.


24 posted on 05/09/2024 3:13:22 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: PGalt

they will get them just like Hertz.


25 posted on 05/09/2024 3:13:35 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: TexasKamaAina

Have Hertz point out where the gas is supposed to go. Where’s the fuel filler cap.


26 posted on 05/09/2024 3:25:25 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~A Bizjet Is Nothing But An Executive Mailing Tube ~)
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To: TexasKamaAina

DEI HIRES==

WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

I WOULD SUE HERTZ until it hurts them


27 posted on 05/09/2024 3:25:54 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: TexasKamaAina

THAT would be about 50 ++++ gallons if it applied.

I have a 1 ton dually Chevy truck with saddle tanks-—230 all on each....NOT near 50 ++ gallons.

Penske as trucks hold 52 gallons-—IF a car??? NO

AND CERTAINLY NOT A TESLA.

DOES MUSK HAVE TO EDUCATE HERTZ???


28 posted on 05/09/2024 3:27:59 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: xoxox
I was basing my comment on an article like this one from this same website: Ex-Hertz Tesla Model 3s Cost as Little as $14,000. Would You Buy One?

Excerpt:

Hertz is offloading used Tesla Model 3s from its fleet at a deep discount. They may be former rentals, but they're cheap enough that you have to ask yourself—would you buy one for $14,000?

Hertz initially ordered 100,000 cars from Tesla, but has since pushed back its EV adoption for a multitude of reasons. The company blamed high repair costs and recent price cuts on new Teslas for the decision in an earnings call reported by CNBC. It's possible that the arrival of the 2024 Model 3's "Highland" facelift may also have pushed Hertz to liquidate. In fact, Hertz is already offloading excess Teslas, sometimes for less than half what they cost new.

-PJ
29 posted on 05/09/2024 3:29:55 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Nervous Tick

Probably related to the same Indians who keep calling and asking if my house is for sale.

The Semi-polite “NO” has graduated to “F U” & screaming’ do not call me’......


30 posted on 05/09/2024 3:31:51 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: TexasKamaAina; Blueflag; All

Yeah, not sure why the guy did this if he was renting an EV: “...he paid for the “Skip the Pump and Save Time” option, which allows customers to bring their rental cars back without refilling the gas tank.” Sounds like a bit of incompetence on both sides...Hertz is now refunding the fee I see.


31 posted on 05/09/2024 3:41:49 PM PDT by Drago
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This guy should have read the rental agreement

The guy won a refund (eventually) due to his rental agreement. The car's battery was at 96% when he picked it up, and registered 96% when he returned it. The glitch was that some Hertz employee clicked the wrong checkboxes when the car was returned, and Hertz management wouldn't investigate until the guy's squawks reached the web for all of us to see. And now he's got his $277 back and will never rent from Hertz again.
32 posted on 05/09/2024 3:43:25 PM PDT by Colinsky
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To: Robert DeLong; adorno

OOPS. I forgot /s


33 posted on 05/09/2024 3:44:06 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: ridesthemiles

Pick out the name of some random town in Pakistan well away from the Indian border. Say “I recognize your accent because I was a linguist for a certain US Government agency and you grew up and lived within 50 miles of that town.” Since India and Pakistan hate each other so much this will set the caller off in a profanity laced rant that let you know you hit a home run.


34 posted on 05/09/2024 3:47:37 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: PGalt

🙂👍


35 posted on 05/09/2024 3:48:20 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: TexasKamaAina

Stop payment.


36 posted on 05/09/2024 3:53:41 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Drago

Well I’d have to read the ENTIRE article to know that ;-)

But in keeping with FReeper tradition ... I didn’t read it all before posting ;-)


37 posted on 05/09/2024 3:53:45 PM PDT by Blueflag (Very often renting a Tesla from Hertz has the lowest rental cost per day versus even a compact gasol)
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To: Colinsky

Changes the ENTIRE dynamic. Thanks for that.

Well I’d have to read the ENTIRE article to know that ;-)

But in keeping with FReeper tradition ... I didn’t read it all before posting ;-)


38 posted on 05/09/2024 3:54:32 PM PDT by Blueflag (Very often renting a Tesla from Hertz has the lowest rental cost per day versus even a compact gasol)
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To: TexasKamaAina

I remember when Hertz was considered an upper class elite rental. They are garbage now. I uses enterprise for business and am very happy .with them


39 posted on 05/09/2024 4:00:21 PM PDT by ground_fog ( My God this was from today!S)
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To: Blueflag

Common sense seems to prevail in most cases here.

The article is some nonsense drama.


40 posted on 05/09/2024 4:14:14 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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