Originally Posted by MMARSH
Hmm, I beg to differ, Curious, have you road tripped a Tesla. I have. We have two of them. Took my wife's Model 3 to Sacramento about 3 weeks ago and we just got back yesterday from a trip to San Francisco then to Monterey and back to LA....Other then the 2 screws I got in my rear tire in San Francisco, the trip was completely painless. Left my house with a full charge, drove to Kettleman where they have about 55 superchargers and a nice Tesla Lounge. Had a fantastic ribeye sandwich at the BBQ joint across the street, used the bathroom in the Tesla Lounge,( it was spotless) then drove the rest if the way to San Francisco. Got to the hotel, where they valet parked the car and plugged it in. We walked to local bar for drinks and then another place for dinner.
The next day, grabbed the car from the valet. It was fully charged and we drove around visted sights in the area. Parked it that evening, the valet topped it off.
The next day. With a full charge. We drove south to the airport for our global entry interviews, then continued down to Monterey for the night via the coast.. finally, on the way home, we stopped twice for about 35 min each time and drove home.
It was a great trip. Never had to wait for a charge station. The charging at the hotel was completely free and my car has free supercharging for life. So other then the 80 bucks to get my tire fixed and that minor inconvenience. Driving it there and back cost me nothing.
I originally said I was going to sell my Tesla when I retired. But it was such an enjoyable road car, I think I'm gonna keep it. Admittedly, the availability of superchargers as you head east isn't the same as here in California and if you are a fill up and go type of road tripper, you won't like it. But, now that I'm retired. I'M like that Doobie Brother song lyric. " I AINT GOT NO WORRIES, BECAUSE I AINT IN NO HURRY AT ALL"
OH BTW, I didn't buy it to be green, I bought it because I liked the way it looked and after driving one, I liked the way it drove. 90K miles later, thats still true and other then tires, I haven't spent a dime.
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