N4HHE
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My first 500 mile trip required 3 stops of about 30 minutes each. The last time I made that trip was in 2019 and each stop (same Superchargers) took just over an hour each. Have burned gasoline 4 or 5 times since because adding 3 hours to 9 hour day is no fun.One of the reasons I have no reservations about using the unlimited supercharging to the extent that I do, is knowing that Tesla's going to charge top dollar for replacing parts that could normally be repaired, nickel & diming, and then they pull stuff like the Pyro fuse, charge for replacing something that is internal to the HV battery, and still covered by warranty. It's not the old tesla anymore. They are now no different than any of the other manufacturers. It makes me quite sad to say that. Tesla was absolutely amazing in the early days.
Somewhere around 2016 a firmware “update” slowed my Supercharging in half. It still starts about 115 kW but quickly tapers to about 30 kW at 80%.
Will know what Tesla says next week. If big then I’ll consider alternate repairs before salvage. Don’t want to loose free Supercharging that I don’t use but once or twice per year.