I recently rented a Model Y when visiting my 92 year old mom in Tennessee. Hertz was pushing them for about the same price as a Chevy Spark so of course I tried the Tesla.
Here are my takeaways:
1. The minute I sat in the car, it just felt like this is the future of what a car is going to be.
2. Yeah, they’re quick alright.
2 a: Quick, but weirdly not much fun without all the smoke and noise of a V8.
3. Where I live in Reno, NV, there are Tesla supercharging stations absolutely everywhere. Tennessee, not so much. There’s like two in the whole state, lol. Luckily my fancy hotel had a 3rd party charging station by a company called ChargePoint.
4. Learning how to charge it for the first time and having to download the ChargePoint app to do so was a PITA. There’s a small metal tab on the charge port of the car that prevents you from putting the charger in, or taking it out. You cannot put the charging cable in or out without first consulting with the almighty dashboard screen first. I had no idea that I had to consult the screen first and spent 20 minutes cursing the plug and wishing I’d rented the Spark. At 11:30pm in the pouring rain after traveling for 15 hours, this is not a fun experience. Oh, and did I mention finding an adapter that was stashed in the trunk. However, once you know about these things and you have the app set up, it’s a piece of cake.
5. Hearing my mom scream and laugh, and watching her hat fly off (with the windows CLOSED mind you) when I floored it was worth the price of admission.
6. Would I rent one again, or even consider buying one? Absolutely.
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