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So what do you do at the supercharger station for the 35 minutes? Just stare at your phone and watch the green go up? Or do they have slot machines or something you can play with there?
Finally made it to Richmond, VA. Our airbnb has a terribly small parking space so I curbed the underside of the front of my car. Not happy, but I’m proud that makes @Yumcha and I like brothers.
It’s like H always says: It’s not your car until you accidentally beat the hell out of it
Finally made it to Richmond, VA. Our airbnb has a terribly small parking space so I curbed the underside of the front of my car. Not happy, but I’m proud that makes @Yumcha and I like brothers.
It’s like H always says: It’s not your car until you accidentally beat the hell out of it
Maybe I'll see you around. But probably not, we don't do anything fun anymore
Finally made it to Richmond, VA. Our airbnb has a terribly small parking space so I curbed the underside of the front of my car. Not happy, but I’m proud that makes @Yumcha and I like brothers.
It’s like H always says: It’s not your car until you accidentally beat the hell out of it
That's right, yo. You show that car who's da boss.
Finally made it to Richmond, VA. Our airbnb has a terribly small parking space so I curbed the underside of the front of my car. Not happy, but I’m proud that makes @Yumcha and I like brothers.
It’s like H always says: It’s not your car until you accidentally beat the hell out of it
Your car and I are like brothers too. We both have rashes on our underside
So in total I added 3000 miles to the car. The range wasn’t actually a ton of a factor. You stop at a super charger and charge enough to make sure you’ll get to the next location between 15-20%. Overall, the efficiency was pretty bad for a number of reasons (most of the drives were well over 75 mph, for example).
Never had any issues being iced out or having to wait for a super charger and the only full one we went to filled after we had already been charging for some time. The car handled the ride like a champ and I’m looking forward to road tripping again, soon.
I posted this summary elsewhere but I figured it would go here. I figure @Comfy and @#1 STUNNA would find it somewhat interesting.
For my trip to Richmond, I used A Better Route Planner to plan out the stops ahead of time and Tesla’s real world trip planner to determine how long we would be at each supercharger. We got in a groove where we would get to a super charger, plug in, and leave when the car said we would get to the next Supercharger with 15% battery.
Efficiency was mixed on highways at 75+mph so the range indication was a bit of a joke to be honest. Realistically, through mountains, cool weather, and rain I saw something around an average of 80% efficiency.
Bought a front trunk cooler which fit the car perfectly, and while the car did get kind of dirty on the trip, we hit some light rain on the way back which cleaned the car up nicely.
Overall, the superchargers were great. Exceptions being Texarkana (in the parking lot of the Olive Garden) and Wytheville, VA, where there were 6 stalls and 9 cars wanting to charge. Never had an issue with a Supercharger being iced out. The 250kW level 3 charger in Nashville was amazing going from 10 to 80% in less than 20 minutes.
Pro tips for any would-be travelers (we ran into issues with these on our trip)
In a super charger stop, the super chargers are usually uniformally arranged with one exception, which is the towing charger which is designed to super charge a vehicle with a trailer. Don’t take it if you’re not charging and if the super charger is level 2, don’t take the stall with the same number as the towing charger
Avoid taking a charger next to another car. This is for privacy and to avoid sharing cabinet power (for the Level 2 chargers, each cabinet charges two superchargers).
Back into the spot if the charger is in the back of the parking spot
Anyway, that’s my story. Looking forward to taking the car for another long trip.
10-22-2020, 09:31 AM
Maybe I'll see you around. But probably not, we don't do anything fun anymore 
