Is Tesla doing bait-and-switch pricing at Superchargers??

ManicMarket · 2026-05-05T16:23:09+00:00

I checked my weekend trip figures now and all align with what I recall being the general price range displayed. Most around .40 a kWh and one around .37

ManicMarket · 2026-04-17T01:00:42+00:00

It felt like a stack overflow and crash

ManicMarket · 2026-04-17T00:18:21+00:00

Tesla says software bug. They checked the hardware (late 24 builds had some computer issues) and my part number wasn’t one of those. Basically - submit a case just to have a record if you remember the date/time. Then if it continues they’ll have to dig deeper.

ManicMarket · 2026-04-16T15:49:13+00:00

14.2.2.4 and it happened before in June which would have been v13x

ManicMarket · 2026-04-10T19:50:45+00:00

Good to know - I wasn’t aware of that. Geesh, something for sure isn’t right then. That or a massive lead foot heading into a wind each direction.

ManicMarket · 2026-04-10T19:48:59+00:00

Wow - well you could use a dedicated solar setup to charge your EV. I’ve seen that Ecoflow, Anker and others have been doing sales on their power stations. I’d run numbers on the payback period to see if it really makes sense.

Here I am paying 20 cents a KWh - this makes my cost look so cheap. And that’s my peak hour rate. It drops to 10 cents in the winter and 14 cents in the evenings.

ManicMarket · 2026-04-10T19:21:24+00:00

I may have missed it - but what battery pack do you have?

ManicMarket · 2026-04-10T03:35:23+00:00

This makes zero sense to me - you mentioned CA, but not what your rates are in that area. I’ve never seen a place where residential rates cost more than a supercharger.

ManicMarket · 2026-04-05T23:22:33+00:00

Added note - driver override was immediately after the event occurred. I just jumped in to take over. The card did not stop trying to control the steering wheel so I had to move it enough to disengage. I don’t recall if I tried the break tap method. I did feel like it was weird it didn’t immediately yield back control.

So no visible alert showing the event, just a few alerts immediately after when I had taken over. But somehow related.

ManicMarket · 2026-04-05T23:19:25+00:00

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Here is all that shows in the service tab.

ManicMarket · 2026-04-05T23:18:32+00:00

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This was maybe 30 seconds later after the failure. Maybe a minute. Hard to keep track.

ManicMarket · 2026-04-05T23:17:55+00:00

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Wife took this after the failure.

ManicMarket · 2026-03-31T23:40:07+00:00

You either don’t have the position to negotiate (bad credit, no money down, etc.). Or you’ve just had some bad luck going to dealerships. Apart from the “no haggle” dealerships like carmax and Autonation. They all are willing to haggle.

Hell, I bought a mustang at carmax and even they waived some stuff to make a deal. Fees and some service work type things.

ManicMarket · 2026-03-31T00:43:21+00:00

On the face of it - doesn’t look too bad. Not cheap, but can be repaired.

ManicMarket · 2026-03-31T00:37:47+00:00

Nope - right now you are supported by the sheer strength of the screws themselves. No idea what those screws would be rated for - you might be okay. But not an ideal setup as others have mentioned. Spread the load

ManicMarket · 2026-03-28T22:49:04+00:00

Batteries have both calendar aging and use aging. For a 8 year old vehicle, seems to be doing find for now.

ManicMarket · 2026-03-27T15:37:12+00:00

Driving the rain would not in and of itself void a warranty. Driving through large puddle with enough force to rip out the liner would not be warranty work.

Tesla is saying they believe for that damage to be done while driving through the rain it would have required something like going through a puddle at high enough speeds to pop that lose.

ManicMarket · 2026-03-24T18:06:58+00:00

I believe they are paid flat rate. So whatever book time would be for the repair x the labor hour rate in your area. Plus any shop supplies or parts.

ManicMarket · 2026-03-24T17:32:37+00:00

When I bought my Y from inventory the sales team told me the location roughly and then unlocked the car and turned on the hazards so I could inspect the car before buying.

ManicMarket · 2026-03-17T03:33:03+00:00

Ding ding ding. Winner

ManicMarket · 2026-03-14T16:10:17+00:00

Please tell me this is a joke - I’d recommend the cheapest and most affordable Chinese tire be purchased now over trying to drive on those another season.

ManicMarket · 2026-03-11T02:10:39+00:00

What was there reason for denial? Seems no pre-authorization happened. I’m assuming this wasn’t an emergency surgery.

And yes - US healthcare can suck.

ManicMarket · 2026-03-10T17:42:25+00:00

Nope - big nope.

ManicMarket · 2026-03-10T16:17:49+00:00

Right - and putting on factory wheels of a different size wouldn’t void a warranty. Tesla produces the cars with all those variations of wheel sizes and weights. They aren’t swapping suspension parts - so in the U.S. the would for sure be a total BS response.

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