Making a trip to Los Angeles (mainly Disneyland and Universal Studios) and need to rent a car to get back and forth between the two a couple times. My go-to had been Silvercar because I always want a decently powerful car for freeway merging/driving and I wanted to ensure I got a vehicle with built in navigation. Well now that I’ve owned a Tesla for two years (Model 3 and then upgraded to a Y) and Silvercar has made things more difficult (no longer renting/picking up at airports but instead dealerships with much more limited hours) I’m thinking of trying to go with a Tesla.
Surprisingly, the Disney Paradise Pier hotel’s onsite Enterprise location has their “luxury electric” category there! (Tesla Model S or similar… possibly an iPace? I’ll call to confirm they have Model S at this location.)
How does charging work? Do I have access to superchargers and do I just pay when I return the car, or is it included in the cost of the rental?
What about J1772 adapter, is that usually included with the vehicle?
How “full” is the vehicle usually when you get it? How full do you need to return it. (If I can’t use hotel chargers, either at Disney or the Universal Hilton, it’ll suck if I have to return the vehicle at ~100% and use a supercharger for that. I don’t mind the time to swing by and charge it to 80%, but I really don’t want to sit there for 30+ minutes just to go from 80-100%, especially when I’m only driving about 80 miles total)
Is there any app integration now? Is there any way Enterprise gives you guest access or anything, and if you already own a Tesla, will that mess up the app by linking a rental?
This is still a bit more expensive for me to rent a Tesla instead of Silvercar, but honestly at this point I would feel more comfortable being in electric and I know the navigation is really pretty good and easy to quickly add in a location/read. (I do NOT want to be trying to learn how to enter an address into the Nav while driving because I picked the car up from valet and felt rushed out of a garage because a line of other cars, etc.)
The Silvercar is wildly cheaper per day, but because of the location I would be renting it for ~8 days (of which most that time it’s sitting in the parking lot and I’m paying parking fees.) Since the Tesla could be rented from the hotel I’m staying at the first night, and then the rest of the trip I’m literally across the parking lot in the Disneyland Hotel, I can do a one night rental, return the car, and rent it later in the week again for a two night rental. It’s still about $300 more, but that’s into the range of “sure, why not, at least I’ll be in a Model S!”
Also, does CA allow Tesla’s to be in the carpool lane still? Think the Enterprise rental would have access?
Surprisingly, the Disney Paradise Pier hotel’s onsite Enterprise location has their “luxury electric” category there! (Tesla Model S or similar… possibly an iPace? I’ll call to confirm they have Model S at this location.)
How does charging work? Do I have access to superchargers and do I just pay when I return the car, or is it included in the cost of the rental?
What about J1772 adapter, is that usually included with the vehicle?
How “full” is the vehicle usually when you get it? How full do you need to return it. (If I can’t use hotel chargers, either at Disney or the Universal Hilton, it’ll suck if I have to return the vehicle at ~100% and use a supercharger for that. I don’t mind the time to swing by and charge it to 80%, but I really don’t want to sit there for 30+ minutes just to go from 80-100%, especially when I’m only driving about 80 miles total)
Is there any app integration now? Is there any way Enterprise gives you guest access or anything, and if you already own a Tesla, will that mess up the app by linking a rental?
This is still a bit more expensive for me to rent a Tesla instead of Silvercar, but honestly at this point I would feel more comfortable being in electric and I know the navigation is really pretty good and easy to quickly add in a location/read. (I do NOT want to be trying to learn how to enter an address into the Nav while driving because I picked the car up from valet and felt rushed out of a garage because a line of other cars, etc.)
The Silvercar is wildly cheaper per day, but because of the location I would be renting it for ~8 days (of which most that time it’s sitting in the parking lot and I’m paying parking fees.) Since the Tesla could be rented from the hotel I’m staying at the first night, and then the rest of the trip I’m literally across the parking lot in the Disneyland Hotel, I can do a one night rental, return the car, and rent it later in the week again for a two night rental. It’s still about $300 more, but that’s into the range of “sure, why not, at least I’ll be in a Model S!”
Also, does CA allow Tesla’s to be in the carpool lane still? Think the Enterprise rental would have access?