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Check-ins for 2024-04-07 - San Antonio - Broadway, TX (#281) - Natalia, TX (#282) Check-ins for 2024-04-08 - San Antonio - E Basse Rd, TX (#283) - San Antonio - N Loop 1604 E, TX (#284) - Alpine - S Cockrell St, TX (#285) Check-ins for 2024-04-09 - El Paso - Desert Blvd N, TX (#286)...

Cutting it close, but anyone waiting for the eclipse in Kerrville: the sun is out in Junction as of 1130 local. Starts at 1214. Totality at 1334 for 2:40 minutes.

Check-ins for 2024-04-06 - Ozona - 14th St, TX (#279) (First to check-in) - San Antonio - Worth Pkwy, TX (#280) Thought the number of shared firsts for Ozona 14th St would set some sort of record, considering all the eclipse chasers and wait-listed superchargers along the way. Or maybe not...

Yet another eclipse bound. Check-ins for 2024-04-05 - Las Cruces, NM (#276) - El Paso - Eastlake Blvd, TX (#277) Check-ins for 2024-04-06 - Van Horn - W Broadway St, TX (#278) Fair warning: Ozona, TX Saturday.

I'll take a piece of that. ;) Check-ins for 2024-03-22 - Peoria, AZ (#274) (First to check-in) - Tempe - W Elliot Rd, AZ (#275)

The price of the car isn't the payment. Tesla isn't responsible for third-party financing, especially since the cost of financing is dependent on the credit worthiness of the applicant.

Curious about the reliability concerns. Have two Teslas going back to 2018 and have had no reliability issues. (Some minor production nits on the older one.) Also, IMO range anxiety is not an issue, especially if you have 240V charging at home.

Rats! Missed another while I'm laid up with a broken ankle. 😪

That would be Model Y, in case you couldn't figure it out. ;)

Check-ins for 2024-02-11 - Barberino di Mugello, Italy (#268) - Bologna Casalecchio di Reno, Italy (#269) - Occhiobello, Italy (#270) - Torri di Quartesolo, Italy (#271) - Padova North, Italy (#272) (First to check-in) - Mogliano Veneto, Italy (#273) Padua North is easy to get to, right...

My last two Hertz rentals the vehicles were 100% and 98%. Both were returned at about 95% and in neither case did they squawk. They wouldn't tell me what the minimum state of charge was when the vehicle went out at close to 100%, but seems to be some reasonableness at Hertz.

Check-ins for 2024-02-08 - Roma - Urban, Italy (#263) Check-ins for 2024-02-09 - Roma - North, Italy (#264) - Magliano Sabina, Italy (#265) - Arezzo, Italy (#266) - Firenze, Italy (#267) Fair warning: Padova North, Italy, tomorrow. Feel like I'm walking in the footsteps of giants:

Perhaps an update to the navigation, North Roma was not too difficult to find. The navigation took us around a fairly large parking garage near the IKEA/centro commerciale. There is a prominent "Tesla" sign on the pillar at the entrance to the covered parking area where the chargers are...

Buon Giorno! Check-ins for 2024-02-06 - Roma - South West, Italy (#262)

You're going to lose some efficiency as the battery ages. Same with ICE cars. My C4 doesn't get anywhere near factory mileage either. You're at 80% which may be a little below average but not in the 'broken' range. Trust the nav planning and you'll be fine.

Hertz now has a tool to sync your phone -- a QR code pops up on the screen -- but it did not work well on my last Hertz rental. Return with the same charge you went out with or 70%, which ever is higher. Don't know. Charges are passed through from the Hertz Supercharger account and end up...

One more, this brief visit. Check-ins for 2023-12-29 - Washington - Wisconsin Ave NW, DC (#261)

Meant to mention with my last post: Potomac Passage is in a pay parking garage but the first 30-minutes is free. Scan your ticket at the kiosk and it will give you the time you need to leave. M St is underground and there is zero GPS and zero phone network. If nobody is behind you, the app...

Check-ins for 2023-12-28 - National Harbor - Potomac Passage, MD (#259) - Washington - M St NE, DC (#260) LOL -- gotta pay better attention. I was 20 minutes from the green pin at Woodbridge yesterday.

Hello, nation's capital. Turns out, December isn't a great time to visit. 🥶 Check-ins for 2023-12-26 - Springfield - Springfield Mall, VA (#254) - Fairfax - Fairfax Blvd, VA (#255) - Fairfax, VA (#256) - Reston, VA (#257) - Vienna, VA (#258)

My magic power: go out of town and a new supercharger opens. =^0 Check-ins for 2023-12-23 - Scottsdale - N Miller Rd, AZ (#253)

Check-ins for 2023-11-21 - Goodyear, AZ (#252) (First to check-in) Looks like I missed you by a few, Ed. Traffic from the east side was a bear.

Me, too. =^)

Check-ins for 2023-11-13 - Hesperia, CA (#247) - Victorville - Amargosa Rd, CA (#248) - Highland, CA (#249) - Calimesa, CA (#250) - Beaumont - Oak Valley Village Cir, CA (#251) Wife's fun low-level-light on so this venture is over.

Check-ins for 2023-11-12 - Henderson - Paseo Verde Pkwy, NV (#233) - Henderson - Las Vegas Blvd S, NV (#234) - Las Vegas - W Charleston Blvd, NV (#235) - Las Vegas - S Rampart Blvd, NV (#236) - Las Vegas - W Craig Rd, NV (#237) (First to check-in) - Las Vegas - W Tropical Pkwy, NV (#238)...

Fair warning: The green dot at Las Vegas Craig has been mocking me and since @israndy is 2000 miles away ... I'm heading up there.

Check-ins for 2023-11-07 - Phoenix - E Cactus Rd, AZ (#230) - Phoenix - W Peoria Ave, AZ (#231) (First to check-in) - Glendale - W Northern Ave, AZ (#232)

Fair warning, Phoenix - W Peoria Ave. Edit: Heh, wrote this this morning and just posted. Then saw AZ Ed's post ... ;) Prolly be just before 1.

YMMV, but I've replaced a windshield several times (it's an Arizona thing) and never had to wait more than a few days for a replacement from Tesla. Safelite also does Tesla windshields. No experience with the top glass.

I don't believe that is true. I charged past 80% on a recent road trip and the cost was normal: flat per Kw. BTW, it s actually rare to charge over 80% on a road trip. The navigation plans for charging just enough to get to the next destination. At the hundreds of charging stops I've made...

Day 15, trip concluded. No new SCs available over the last 300 miles. (Only because the boss better half nixed the long way home. =^) Check-ins for 2023-10-27 - Gallup, NM (#229)

Day 14. Short on charging. Long on hiking. Check-ins for 2023-10-25 - Price, UT (#223) - Green River, UT (#224)

Day 13 to Vernal, UT -- a supercharger desert. Check-ins for 2023-10-24 - Wheatland, WY (#218) - Cheyenne, WY (#219) - Laramie, WY (#220) - Rawlins, WY (#221) - Rock Springs, WY (#222) A CCS1 adapter is really handy for traveling to Dinosaur National Monument.

Day 12. Spent more time at Custer State Park than anticipated. Recommended for scenery and wildlife. Check-ins for 2023-10-23 - Custer, SD (#215) - Spearfish, SD (#216) - Gillette, WY (#217)

Day 11. Easy routing is done. On to the creative. Check-ins for 2023-10-22 - Mitchell, SD (#210) - Oacoma, SD (#211) - Murdo, SD (#212) - Wall, SD (#213) - Rapid City, SD (#214)

Day 10 -- looking for a new name for this trip. Fall Road Trip is taken. =^0 Check-ins for 2023-10-21 - Morris, MB (#204) - Grand Forks, ND (#205) - Fargo, ND (#206) - Sisseton, SD (#207) - Watertown, SD (#208) - Sioux Falls, SD (#209)

Day 9, last night in Canada this trip. Check-ins for 2023-10-20 - Whitewood, SK (#200) - Brandon, MB (#201) - Portage la Prairie, MB (#202) - Winnipeg, MB (#203)

That's too funny! The hotel staff doesn't know the difference, either.

Day 8 finally found some clear skies. Check-ins for 2023-10-19 - Maple Creek, SK (#196) - Swift Current, SK (#197) - Moose Jaw, SK (#198) - Regina, SK (#199) Humorous: Regina Hampton Inn & Suites advertises EV Chargers. Good news: every parking spot has one. Bad news: they're 110v...

Ah, my old college stomping' grounds. Great city to be waylayed in.

Jasper is a complete washout so ... spent day 7 heading to "The Sunniest City in Canada." Check-ins for 2023-10-18 - Canmore - Bow Valley Trail, AB (#191) - Canmore, AB (#192) - Strathmore, AB (#193) - Bassano, AB (#194) - Medicine Hat, AB (#195) Strathmore is marked 'temporarily closed'...

Day 6 en route to Jasper for Dark Sky Festival. Still looks like it will be Wet Sky Festival. Check-ins for 2023-10-17 - Milk River, AB (#187) - Fort MacLeod, AB (#188) - Calgary - Macleod Trail SE, AB (#189) (First to check-in) - Rocky View, AB (#190) Milk River, AB -- first SC north of...

Day four and five of Astro Trek '23. First the Sun, then yesterday (Craters of) the Moon. The Jasper Dark Sky Festival is looking pretty wet now, but we'll see. Check-ins for 2023-10-15 - Idaho Falls, ID (#180) Check-ins for 2023-10-16 - Lima, MT (#181) - Butte, MT (#182) - Bozeman, MT...

Far warning: Belgrade, MT, some time this afternoon.

Day three of Astro Trek '23. This is Sun day, with the solar eclipse. Check-ins for 2023-10-14 - Nephi - S Main St, UT (#171) - Provo, UT (#172) - Draper, UT (#173) - South Jordan, UT (#174) - Midvale, UT (#175) - Salt Lake City - S State St, UT (#176) - Salt Lake City - S 300 W, UT...

Day 1 and 2 of Astro Trek '23. Check-ins for 2023-10-12 - Needles - E Broadway St, CA (#159) - Primm, NV (#160) - Las Vegas - 7400 Las Vegas Blvd S, NV (#161) Check-ins for 2023-10-13 - Las Vegas - Cambridge St, NV (#162) - Las Vegas - Paradise Rd, NV (#163) - Mesquite, NV (#164) -...

Check-ins for 2023-10-04 - Scottsdale - 7366 E Shea Blvd, AZ (#158) (First to check-in) The 'other' Shea, 1.6 miles down the road, is packed.

Fair warning ... Scottsdale Shea Blvd.

(Hmm ... wrote this on my phone from Glendale. Looks like it didn't send.) Yup ... it's open. Check-ins for 2023-09-28 - Glendale - N 59th Ave, AZ (#157) (First to check-in) @AZ Ed I'll be here about 30 min cuz I actually need the electrons.

On my way. =^)