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Our tesla refuses to accept me as the driver ,its HER baby,. But it is Fun when we're out doing errands, ALWAYS goes to hers. Its gonna burn up the seat motor! :p

great report/read. Did the same thing last summer. I do long range motorcycling, and thought the added time of the Tesla would put me off. NOPE totally changed my family's outlook on travel. stop get out, stretch, let it charge. try local places. If its cold, netflix and coffee..

worked fine for us Friday the 6th. Only one other car there.... black model y. We arrived with 33%, went to 140kw, quickly down to 110kw at 50, then 48kw at 75%. Its in a good spot for us when going to visit some friends up there-not far from the highway, right on the way home. I do wish at...

4 days too late dangit! LOL good news.

well shoot! hurry up already. lol We're driving up Saturday, but well be starting low so a stop on the way back will be needed. I was hoping to charge while there, and not have to stop at Coralville. Next, lets put one at 35/34 interchange in Osceola!

great review that covers why I like it, and why I think it could work for the "placeholder" car. THANKS!

Thanks everyone. Some great info in the last few posts. To be clear, plain ev is not ideal for me. We are in rural Iowa, the only chargers besides the tesla SC across the street from work are 6kw and NOT in great spots. If I go full ev, I have little to no option for faster charging. I often...

on the research path... Looking at a few other PHEV options. Looking used, under or near $30k MAX. Volt and Prius prime....The prices are similar. All the used Volts I looked at were high mileage. And that ocean of greasy looking black plastic GM interiors. bleh. I feel like its a decent car...

Your experience describes my current feelings towards it as well. As a family were all in on Tesla. Full blown Love affair with the Model Y so far. 23k miles since June. But budget wise, a second 60k full ev car makes NO sense. Ive considered the KIa and hyundai but a NON tesla EV is ill...

I would, but this leaves me NO option other than to go out of my way to the level 2 and sit on my thumbs. LoL The gas engine is a draw for me, it widens the usage envelope.

Yes a cheaper used one for sure. The first I looked at was semi-local. A 2015, with 46k on it. I might go drive it, see whats up. There wont be a car in the same league as a tesla, in my opinion. But its a HUGE overspend for the usage. maybe later on. Get my wife a better EV-her every day...

I went and looked at SR+ 2018, 29k miles.. They wanted $46k. Has the chrome deleted via black wrap-poorly done. I couldnt do it. Its the basic car. White/black interior... blah. I could order new for not much more. BUt i dont drive enough for that to be worth it right now.

Thanks everyone! Ill keep digging. I dont "need" a car until January next year, when son # 2 needs to drive for sports. Not worth it for a NEW one though. If I spend that much, id just get another tesla. I'm looking at 20-25k. USED. I read somewhere Beemer are canceling it this year anyways...

Any tesla owners here either own or owned an I3 with the "rex"? Considering a used one and just now reading up again, since my mind has changed an AWFUL lot in the last few yrs.. I'm shopping for a second car, a bridge gapper, so to speak. Until EV's become more attainable and chargeable. WE...

I love that in cloudy light, the color gets darker and deeper.

Just had a coworker ask me my favorite question about charging using the wheels or an "alternator" HA. this young gentleman is deep into the tribal politics of the sun rising and setting inside the president's behind....You know... This one's the devil, the last one was the second coming. LOL He...

THIS! its the answer I give when people poo poo ev's because "they burn fuel too" Like I don't know that...(even though environmental impact is much less than when using petrol) Think ahead. What is now, isn't always going to be, you know.. imagine gas stations converting to electric...

Were backwards on some stuff here in Iowa, but I am happy about the level of our renewables. Theres solar popping up EVERYWHERE! (hopefully in my near future, on my own roof) https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=IA#tabs-4

lol whoops sorry

some good stuff in this thread. I was at our credit union last week(my son buying a motorcycle) One of the financial adjusters there was asking me about it.. A much older gentleman, He had NO idea you could even fast charge. His presumption was you drive then plug in overnight. EVERY DAY. Like...

Wifey sent me this, seen on social media. The poster is a tow truck operator. In a small town in southeast Iowa. His observations are a lie. My hunch is he hauled ONE EV, or heard of someone doing so. I know from a conversation with the clerk, I was only the third person in my county to buy a...

I am surprised by how many people presume it has a gas engine in it to charge the battery, a'la the prius.....

/thread. that'll just about do it. LOOOOOOLL one more: "what are you gonna do when you run out of battery and theres no charger??" As if running out of gas never happens. I just say.. Uhhh "try not to?!"

what about the battery fires man! Got a particular giggle out of that one.... https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/business/hyundai-kia-fire-recall/index.html Is this serious? watched about 5 minutes.... I suppose there are many people like him though.. if you had the same trouble this buffoon...

yep. garbled nonsense....basically covers all the sillies Ive been getting. this is good from your post.... -there is virtually no heating or air conditioning in an electric vehicle because of high battery consumption. ummmm "exsqueeze me, baking powder?" lol We took ours to a local car...

"arent those like 480 volts? you afraid of getting shocked?" this came from a coworker who is supposedly a trained electronics technician, who just grinned when I told him they flow very little until they make a digital handshake... hadnt thought of it. ive got that one too. or when the...

In iowa, it makes sense, we pay for our roads. I dont like it, but I get it.

You've heard(or more accurately read) them. What is the craziest made up conjecture from the interwebz person OR real anti-ev person to use as a "gotcha" against them... -the one I just heard yesterday was a kid complaining the snow doesn't melt from his hood because no engine-just anti...

its what I do. pretty easy. Little spray detail polish on a microfiber cloth..... takes a couple minutes max.

Same. I drive across 34 to Osceola, then down 35 to KC. Bethany was JUUST on the edge (by mental math) of my cold weather range. Osceola would have made it a non issue. For fun, On the way back, I took 136 up and went through Bloomfield. Just to see what its like, as an option. Less miles...

Im sure gaps are going to close, they already did with the Mt P. chargers.. I watched that SE Iowa hole on the map for a few years begin to squeeze down. That was the final straw that got us to go demo the Tesla. But that KC trip was the first time I was faced with a go/no go decision. Its...

Had the first experience of not taking the Y because of range!! and Im sad. We're in SE iowa, on hwy 34 trying to get to KC for the soccer coaches conference. -5f at departure, 184 miles to Bethany, MO. math was telling me range of 195-222 miles @ 60-65. too tight since I had a passenger, and...

@rexki @jcanoe figured Id update... didnt take the Tesla. I spent a TON Of time mapping and calculating. Down to the wind direction..... and i kept coming up with 195-222 miles. Being that I had someone with me and we had a time constraint for a seminar, I balked at last minute and took my...

Beauty thanks for the first part tips. Already on board with the second. There's a chargepoint near the place I might use. At least there was when we were down there. Pretty handy.

thank you for this post. and, That chart excellently communicates how I'm trying to explain it to my Mrs. Who, again, has range anxiety when the mileages get "out there" And I am a hypermiling motorcyclist who runs tanks well past the light lol Much of it is she loves her car and doesn't want...

piggy back question. Going to soccer coaches convention In KC next week. deciding if I take the Model Y (LR) or if I do how to approach it. We already did the trip in November... it was precarious (for my wife who has some range anxiety), because we left after work with less than full charge...

thanks for these. I happened across Chevy's Social media Introduction to the E-Silverado by way of algorithm... the comments within are absolutely the dumbest takes on EV's youll find. Ill share those videos in it if it pops up again. Seriously, the dumbest stuff. to paraphrase most: "no...

came to see if there was a discussion on this. an ev-skeptic friend who lives in the Fox bubble asked me realistically how long it would take to deplete, because he saw the drama in his feed. I answered little over a day, just based on my own observations. takes 3%/hr to stay at 67 and watch...

yep. I shouted form the rooftops it was a flaw. looked at close with reading glasses on and shop light. small crack. I think they are a little weak but, they rarely just "crack"

Internet high five. the blue with white is stunning. Still in love lol Agree. It would have been no contest. Watching that knowing nothing about EV's, Id come away with a seriously negative view on them. On the other hand, a Tesla "racing" across the country would be a bit boring...because its...

Last night I was just flipping through Hulu Live and came across this show, the name intrigued me. Sure enough, a race of EV's! Most notably NON TESLA. We watched it. Wife and I both proclaimed it was basically a Tesla commercial, just from watching the hassle these guys have charging, even...

lol or maybe I mean "coordinate with the drone operator" I might have presumed there was a law out in cali to stop that. But I guess as long as theyre 500ft up and registered I suppose its fair game.

just took another quick trip over into western Illinois yesterday-130 miles, about half two lane or even backroad unpainted lines. It wasn't good. We DID notice it often happens when a truck is approaching, doesnt show it on the panel... but I presume it gets confused and doesnt know what to...

I've enjoyed many of the flyover vids, especially while waiting for the Y to be delivered, but Iv'e wondered that from day one. seems very much scripted. (but entertainingly so) Really, I just figured Elon allowed certain people to "flyover" with their drones. I mean, The channel I was...

I will be very interested to see how they combat the problem of the long but narrow windshield, along with the fact that it MUST wipe the camera pod. That looks like a wiper lifted from an RV. I dont see that staying to production, but I also have trouble visualizing many other solutions that...

this ^ great pic. It's my happy place. Came across this thread thinking of a family trip out west with the Tesla. Mandatory for me to take hwy 1 from monterey to pismo to see family on the central coast If i'm out there. looks like charging wont be an issue on that route.

2021 Phantom Braking not a HUGE problem on the interstate multi lane highways. Autopilot is pretty useful there. But on rural Iowa backroads, two lane highways, especially at night, its all but useless, even cruise. I had to drive to KC a week ago, 240 miles... It was late at night, my wife was...

Our demo was in the performance. and a Big seller was that speed, wife's sunglasses flew off her head upon first pedal smash. lol we ordered at the SC when we returned. It was decided that 3.5 vs 4.8 0-60 time, being that either version is nearly twice as fast as most cars we've owned, was not...

this is almost exactly how I have it figured, only hadn't done a long term estimate! ---- as far as trips go, the trip we just took KC for a soccer tournament was 586 Miles in total. The charging cost was $64, (this is Including initial 100% charge from home that would have been about 50kwh...

totally. Cost maybe a more overall? but, in my travels its equal or better... BUT, the convenience cant be denied. I ALWAYS look. It isnt the final decision maker, but it starts the search.