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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 09:31 AM
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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?
FFS, he calls his Mom.
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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 09:50 AM
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FFS, he calls his Mom.
To quote The Kids These Days: "That's sus."
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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 10:33 AM
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Nashville supercharger is pretty nuts.

That’s not even Max (250)
wtf you doing in Nashville
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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 10:34 AM
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FFS, he calls his Mom.


definitely
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 10:11 AM
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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
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by kurtatx
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

What brings you to Richmond?
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 10:27 AM
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Highly recommend meeting up with Morgan if you like being talked to like your stupid from a guy with a smug face.
Seriously, 10 out of 10 Yelp.
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 10:28 AM
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Also, eat anywhere he suggests. He knows his shit.
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
Highly recommend meeting up with Morgan if you like being talked to like you're stupid from a guy with a smug face.
Seriously, 10 out of 10 Yelp.
you're... way to prove you're own point



And Kurt's met me already so Morgan's a walk in the park
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
Highly recommend meeting up with Morgan if you like being talked to like your stupid from a guy with a smug face.
Seriously, 10 out of 10 Yelp.
Morgan makes my panties wet.

But Johnny helped run ethernet in my house.

I'm not sure what makes me hotter.
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 10:58 AM
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@thoiboi you're my stupid though which also makes my statement correct based on the way you just talked to me and that fucking look on your face.
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by TylerT
Morgan makes my panties wet.

But Johnny helped run ethernet in my house.

I'm not sure what makes me hotter.
I'm sure Morgan could have done it too so he's a double threat.. plus he drinks beer... C-C-C-Combo breakerrrr
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 11:00 AM
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@thoiboi you're my stupid though which also makes my statement correct based on the way you just talked to me and that fucking look on your face.

It's not my fault your stupid
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 11:03 AM
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My stupid, what?
Like, what did you do or say?
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 11:04 AM
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loose my number floriduhman
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 11:53 AM
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the loosest!
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by kurtatx
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.






Sorry that happened...how bad is the damage? :S
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by kurtatx
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
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 01:44 PM
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aren't those Teslas self healing?
Are you sure there's even any damage still under there?
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 01:53 PM
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aren't those Teslas self healing?
Are you sure there's even any damage still under there?
I bet they are. This is why we're all idiots still driving those ICE cars.

#elon4evah!
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Yumcha
That's right, yo. You show that car who's da boss.






Sorry that happened...how bad is the damage? :S
Some undercarriage cosmetic shit. Nothing serious. Just, you know, it sounded bad
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
aren't those Teslas self healing?
Are you sure there's even any damage still under there?
I didn’t get the full self healing package
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by kurtatx
I didn’t get the full self healing package
FFS, you cheapo.
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by kurtatx
Some undercarriage cosmetic shit. Nothing serious. Just, you know, it sounded bad
That scraping sound must've been cringe-worthy.

Sorry about that. But, at least your Tesla now knows who's boss.

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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Yumcha
That scraping sound must've been cringe-worthy.

Sorry about that. But, at least your Tesla now knows who's boss.

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Old Oct 24, 2020 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
Highly recommend meeting up with Morgan if you like being talked to like your stupid from a guy with a smug face.
Seriously, 10 out of 10 Yelp.
That's only if you deserve it though

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Morgan makes my panties wet.

But Johnny helped run ethernet in my house.

I'm not sure what makes me hotter.
Ethernet, always.

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@thoiboi you're my stupid though which also makes my statement correct based on the way you just talked to me and that fucking look on your face.
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Old Oct 27, 2020 | 09:36 PM
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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.



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Old Oct 27, 2020 | 10:06 PM
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FFS, wash your car, kurt.
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Old Oct 27, 2020 | 11:16 PM
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Are you parked on the grass sir?? J has been a bad influence
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Old Oct 28, 2020 | 07:13 AM
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Yeah, but it looks like the grass is between houses... Not a children's playground. So not quite on RS143's level.
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Old Oct 28, 2020 | 07:35 AM
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If there's grass on the field...
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Old Oct 28, 2020 | 07:58 AM
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FFS, wash your car, kurt.
I will later this week. It has been rainy in Austin for the last couple of days.
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Are you parked on the grass sir?? J has been a bad influence
That was one night in Tennessee at the airbnb. Back in the garage now
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Old Oct 28, 2020 | 09:00 AM
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Are you parked on the grass sir?? J has been a bad influence
Next he'll pull over on an open freeway to snap some pics.
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Old Oct 28, 2020 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by civicdrivr
If there's grass on the field...
park on it?
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Old Oct 28, 2020 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by SamDoe1
Next he'll pull over on an open freeway to snap some pics.



there goes the neighborhood..
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Old Oct 28, 2020 | 01:05 PM
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park on it?
Obviously
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Old Oct 29, 2020 | 10:55 AM
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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.
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Old Oct 29, 2020 | 11:13 AM
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was it a Tesla trunk cooler?
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Old Oct 29, 2020 | 11:50 AM
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What dat accel boost do tho?
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Old Oct 29, 2020 | 12:47 PM
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was it a Tesla trunk cooler?
nah it's some third party model my wife found
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