I forgot to mention that I used my old Surpass in the same position as my condo pass and it worked well. It did not when i tried to put them adjacent to each other. My guess is that most newer cars may have a smaller clear area than do the older cars. That is just a guess. For me, remote mount Surpass eliminated the question, but HOV sticker will not help now either, so i must pay all the time. I do not really mind that, to be frank.
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External Mount Sunpass and 95 Express HOV Exemption
- Thread starter randompersonx
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modelx007
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Sunpass
I called sunpass to order my external transponder and they opened a ticket. A week later I received it with a charge of $21 to my credit card from my account. Is it normal for them to charge as they never told me this when they opened a ticket. I was just told someone would contact me.
Next question, I assume when my model s arrives at service I should drop it off so they can install it when prepping it.
I called sunpass to order my external transponder and they opened a ticket. A week later I received it with a charge of $21 to my credit card from my account. Is it normal for them to charge as they never told me this when they opened a ticket. I was just told someone would contact me.
Next question, I assume when my model s arrives at service I should drop it off so they can install it when prepping it.
Hi Howard,
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Thanks.
Larry
FloridaGary
Member
Agreed. I live in the Orlando area and travel toll roads once per month. I tried Larry's suggestion to place it on my rearview mirror, but according the SunPass charge activity, I received a ITOL which means it didn't read my mobile transponder and they charged by reviewing the picture of my license plate which is registered with them. The charges were the same as when it read my transponder in my previous car, so I am not going to bother with an external mount behind the nosecone. I don't see a need for it and will just keep it in my glove box.
Bill D
Member
This continues to be a mystery to me. We haven't been on 95express lanes in a while, but we've not charged 95express tolls in our P85, which has an unshieldable transponder behind the nosecone.
Yesterday, we just received the 95express exemption letter for our other Tesla (P90D), which also has an unshieldable transponder behind the nosecone. I'll be using the P90D on 95express tomorrow so I'll report here whether or not I'm charged.
I realize that toll-by-tag with no transponder always works with the 95express exemption, but I like having a transponder for instant reporting and use in other states.
Bill D
Member
Today, I drove on the 95express lanes with our P90D, which has an unshieldable transponder behind the nosecone and I was charged. Previously our P85, which also has an unshieldable transponder behind the nosecone was not charged. Both are registered as exempt.
Jeremy Aber
Member
Hi Jeremy,
Welcome to the forums.
I was following Ron's lead from an old posting. Here's his photo:
Anyone got SunPass working yet? (Florida) - Page 3
Larry
On my P85D I have the unshieldable nosecone transponder also. I was not charged for several months, but since 2016 I have been charged. Possibly their processes have changed, I do not know. Anyway I do not actually object to paying anyway. I question whether >$100,000 cars ought to have exemptions anyway. I guess I am revealing my political position.
Jeremy Aber
Member
Bill D
Member
Your political position? - You may be onto something here! - Maybe starting in 2016, Sunpass is "Feellin' the Bern" and decided to no longer be "rigged in favor of the millionaires and billionaires".:smile:
I don't know the political backdrop for the 2017 planned elimination of LEV exemptions nationally. I'll hazard a guess it was more the congestion from all the hybrids from many models than it was a broader political point. They might have decided to do only ZEV but had they done that it might have seemed to be essentially favoring Tesla, since Tesla's far outnumber all others for highway driving.
More recently I'm sure the Koch brothers anti-EV push will influence their usually beneficiaries. We'll maybe even hear something about that in the Presidential general election if the Koch and other oil interests deem it desirable.
Hiw I wish EV were not a political subject. Sadly, it is hard to overestimate the political power of the fossil fuel extraction/processing/distribution/use industry. That combination was something like 15% of US employment not long ago and a major factor for a huge proportion of the Forbes 400. This probably should go in a different thread.
Gents,
You're veering way off-top with the political remarks. Please stay on-topics. Thanks.
Larry
You're veering way off-top with the political remarks. Please stay on-topics. Thanks.
Larry
I have heard this as well. I do wonder if they charge an extra "administrative fee" to your sunpass account along with the discounted toll rate for having to photograph your plates and "manually" search for your sunpass account. From what you say above I suspect not, but I was hoping you could clarify,
If you do choose to leave it on and want to get the charges removed after the fact, be aware that it is quite a hassle. You have to call and hold for a rep. Then you have to tell them why you're calling. Then they have to transfer you to the "I-95 department", which might mean another hold. Then they have to give you a song and dance about why you should shield it, and you have to tell them why you can't, etc. This is each time. And both of those people sometimes have to talk to a supervisor. Probably not worth it, but I've been going through it because the toll has be $10.50 lately. I have not tried the other method of leaving the Sunpass at home lately, but hopefully that didn't change for I-95.
Thank you for this.
I was in FL in January with my Model S and somehow did not run into any tolls, but it is good to know I can sign up for a Sunpass account and be done. I have an externally mounted EZ-Pass, so switching this for an external Sunpass just for a few weeks of FL driving, and then switching it back to EZ-Pass on the way home, would be a real pain.
