Recent content by StT4R

The last several months have seen a never ending onslaught on EVs, Tesla, and Musk. It is insane. Over our first 500 mi with our MY, we are getting exactly 4 miles to the kW, so right inline with expected range in town driving. If one must drive like they are on a track, well, whatever. Who...

I have driven almost everything in the Ouray/Telluride area in my 4Runner and my former 6 cyl Outback so if you are more specific maybe I can share observations. As a general rule of thumb, that particular area is extremely overcrowded which means that the least capable vehicle will create long...

Well, if anyone has doubts, Nvidia's Jensen's just confirmed that Tesla retains its immense lead: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-ceo-says-tesla-far-ahead-in-self-driving-tech-as-autonomous-driving-efforts-boost-chip-demand-181126677.html And he also confirmed that Tesla's video-approach...

Initially I wanted long range for that reason. After seeing that the battery is most likely the same (before it became confirmed), I realized that the only times I would be waiting to charge over 80% on a long range model would be for the scariest segments, range wise. For me, on our planned...

That could well be the hardest part....

If I could get my original specs at 0.99%, I would have stayed RWD "short range." But there was none available in white with black interior, which is what we wanted. The AWD I got is fun but the RWD short range has nearly the same functionality for 5k less and one less motor to worry about down...

Maybe because they are so low profile? I am pretty used to paying attention to weights on my 4Runner (Mickey Thompson ATZ, now MTZ) as I lose weights when offroading more aggressively. These 255 45s are the lowest profile tires I have ever had. I wish they offered an 18" wheel but looks count...

I did not come to the current iteration of FSD with any prior experience or preconceived notions. My first FSD drives brought back memories of ca. 1990 when the father of a friend introduced A320 to his airline. Oh boy, was the A320 initially controversial among pilots! I was in high school and...

Same here with ours. The only time when it rattles somewhere a little is over a specific type of asphalt on the interstate. My 4Runner and my Tesla have one slight gap imperfection each if obviously in different spots. The interior is extremely nicely put together aside from the superb...

It totally gets the full 7,500$ credit as a quick glance at the Tesla site will show.

Thanks for the effort. Maybe me or maybe the app but for all my efforts I keep only seeing chargers in reach from where I am now with no option to change that. Gotta ask one of the kids for help with the app!

Thank you. Yeah, I just put brand new mud terrain tires on the 4R and it feels such a waste to take it to Ocean Shores only to drive some dirt roads in the area (did not find any real 4x4 trails except in an offroad park, which is not my thing). The trailer is completely tugged in behind the...

Thanks a lot, that would be a very similar route to ours. Great point about camping...was not the plan but KOAs would work. The trailer is just a small cargo trailer.

Thank you! Generally, how can I find info on supercharging costs? I am able to use the Tesla app w/o yet owning an EV but it only shows chargers in range of my location...I tried to google things, used CoPilot, Plug share, very frustrating not to know. Do you know what I could expect along the...

What is the cost of charging at this new supercharger location? We are buying a Model Y soon and visiting for a month in summer from Phoenix but I am still unsure whether to take my 4Runner and pay 5$/gallon at 17 mpg or try to tow our super lightweight trailer (which will tug in behind easily...