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  1. cpa

    Supercharger - Las Vegas, NM

    Maybe they rent rooms by the hour?
  2. cpa

    Supercharger - Bakersfield, CA - Copus Rd. (LIVE, 20 V3 stalls)

    CalTrans regulates ingress and egress to its highways and freeways. [Assumptions follow.] This includes placement of local access on secondary roads within a certain proximity to freeways and highways. I am too lazy to pore through the Streets and Highways Code to see if there are appropriate...
  3. cpa

    Climate Change / Global Warming Discussion

    For completeness: The letter F in FUBAR originally was another word that is not suitable for general audiences. The euphemistic "fouled" was substituted.
  4. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    NKYTA: Your pithy comment is vague. Southern California is NOT PG&E territory. The following cities have their own municipal utilities: Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, and of course, Los Angeles. There may be a handful of others, but those are the ones I recall from my younger days. All other...
  5. cpa

    Late winter California Road Trip, 2024

    No argument! However, the Whoa Nellie! Deli at the gas station (as of a couple of years ago) is open seasonally from some time in April until October, perhaps early November; generally coincident with fishing and hiking seasons. Much more tourism during those months than during winter...
  6. cpa

    Late winter California Road Trip, 2024

    Glad you were able to take in scenery and experiences that are not that common in the southeast. Yeah, the wind will blow like a sonuvabitch in winter and spring in Reno and in points south. Reno gets west winds coming out of the Sierra along the Truckee River, and further south as you...
  7. cpa

    Supercharger - Paso Robles, CA - Golden Hill Road (LIVE, 28 V3 stalls)

    I assume that this bargain is not appropriate for a 2014 Model S, amirite? Don't the cars have to have a certain software package that is not available for these dinosaurs?
  8. cpa

    Late winter California Road Trip, 2024

    Then you gotta hit Peggy Sue's Diner hard by the two Superchargers in Yermo. I believe the diner is one exit before Eddie's World (150kW) and two exits before the newer 250kW installation. Since you took 101 to head north, you missed the James Dean Memorial at Cholame near the junction of SR46...
  9. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    If'n you crawl your way up SR99, give me 24 hours notice, and I'll meet you at one of the many Superchargers around Fresno. (Or send me a private conversation, and I will share my cell #.)
  10. cpa

    Late winter California Road Trip, 2024

    As long as you are in the 'hood, Van, you might head east on Interstate 8 to Felicity, the "Center of the Universe." (I kid, but this really does exist, about 3 miles west of Winterhaven. Some moderately rich guy built this enclave for his wife decades ago. He has since died, but when I...
  11. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    Here is my visit to the new one here in Fresno. Check-ins for 2024-02-22 - Fresno - 7502 North Blackstone Ave, CA (#587) (First to check-in) And, yes, iRandy, I started those tomatoes from seed in mid-December, and now they are ready to be planted outdoors. Bruce, I was totally unaware of...
  12. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    I am a gonna plant my 'Pink Brandywine' tommy toes in the ground and then head out to the new Supercharger at 7102 N. Blackstone in Raisin City. Fair warning. ETA around noon California time.
  13. cpa

    Supercharger - Pahrump, NV

    Copy. The last time I was in Pahrump (admittedly back in the early 90s) I recall one or two just off the main downtown area on side streets. At least they appeared to be thus.
  14. cpa

    Supercharger - Pahrump, NV

    Pahrump is in Nye County, Nevada. Tesla should have an option to have chronically slow Supercharging speeds at a few stalls, say 20kW. After all, in Nye County a certain pastime is perfectly legal (unlike Las Vegas and Clark County) and likely proximate to this location. 🤫🤫
  15. cpa

    TYPE 2 CHARGER SPEEDS

    Beans, you contradicted yourself. Your first statement is correct. You should have dropped the "h" from the second as you are referring to rate. Hence, the product is 7,020 watts, or 7.02 kilowatts. On the subject of the onboard chargers in Tesla vehicles, Tesla has dicked around with the...
  16. cpa

    Supercharger - Bakersfield, CA - Olive Drive (Permit Applied 1/23/24)

    It is nice to learn that Tesla is starting to place Superchargers closer together that are on opposite sides of the highways. For SR99, this is handy for northbound drivers. No need to exit at Rosedale Highway and make a couple of left-hand turns to reach the Supercharger at the Doubletree...
  17. cpa

    Any good destination charging options in Hanford, CA?

    Rocky, I don't know our correspondent's route, but I would assume that he will be using highway 43 to and from Interstate 5, as it is the most direct and likely fastest route from Phoenix. Otherwise, his choice would be to take highway 99 to Visalia, then west to Hanford or take Interstate 5...
  18. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    Met my best friend in flat and cloudy Bakersfield for lunch on Wednesday (he drives up from El Lay) so I managed to get the new one there. Before this opened, I would leave home with about 80% and charge from 55% back up to 80% in Visalia, meet him for lunch, then hit Traver on the way home for...
  19. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    To clarify: The lens cover is glued in place onto the hinge arm that opens and closes the charge port. I was in the garage when my wife came home and opened up the port using the button on the mobile connector. The lens just slid right off its moorings. When I inspected the detachment area...
  20. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    Meanwhile, in other news: Wednesday when my wife opened the charge flap on her M3, the flap portion fell off. There were no sorts of issues that would have resulted in the flap snapping from its hinge. El Cheapo design. The Ranger came out this morning to replace the entire charge port. My...
  21. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    Just like Spinal Tap!
  22. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    For most women, their wedding date is probably the most important day in their lives, eclipsing their birthday. Hence, their anniversary is an annual reminder of that supposedly blissful day. Secondary reasons could include the attention received by proclaiming their anniversary date to...
  23. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    Along those lines, it would be fun just to clear a city that has more than four Superchargers.
  24. cpa

    Supercharging.Life database

    Gotcha, thanks! I guess I have always used the term, "finite." All our brains have a finite capacity to absorb, process, and execute. Funny how we keep on coming up with neologisms that nudge out the old-fashioned terms. Just reflecting on my ever-decreasing mental bandwidth. PS---I learned...
  25. cpa

    Supercharging.Life database

    David, you win the interwebs today. Well said! (I am struggling here to understand what exactly you mean by bandwidth. Is this metaphoric, or is it literal?)
  26. cpa

    Supercharging.Life database

    . . . the more you know you don't know. © Be that as it may (to quote Dan Rowan): Every third day, the app on my phone stalls and either kicks me out or I have to log out manually. Logging in is sometimes cumbersome and often time consuming. There are locations where the internet connection...
  27. cpa

    Supercharger - Mammoth Lakes, CA - Old Mammoth Rd. (LIVE 24 Nov 2023, 12 V3 + 4 L2)

    Just to clarify, Mountain, I was not performing any math other than to compare the retail pricing. I approached this from a cost accounting perspective. (Granted, I took cost accounting in 1973, but nothing changes in this discipline.) Cost accountants do not perform retail cost analysis...
  28. cpa

    Supercharger - Weed, CA (under construction, 16 V4 stalls)

    If you look carefully in the photo in the middle left-hand part above the Supercharger stalls, there appears to be a "Hampton Inn & Suites" illuminated sign. I do not think that Weed has a Hampton Inn. This leads me to believe that the photograph is some sort of stock photo from another...
  29. cpa

    Supercharger - Mammoth Lakes, CA - Old Mammoth Rd. (LIVE 24 Nov 2023, 12 V3 + 4 L2)

    The accountant in me concludes that all the R&D, materials, labor, and overhead for Superchargers only amounts to 6¢ more than a level 2 HPWC that retails for a couple of hundred. Sure, much of the construction benefits both types of installations and should be allocated accordingly. I would...
  30. cpa

    Climate Change / Global Warming Discussion

    Too also: Their goal in life is to be a career politician, so reelection is paramount. Capitalism is where the $$$$ are to stay in office.
  31. cpa

    Supercharger - Visalia, CA - Ave 280 (permit issued 12/21/23, 12 V3)

    Great to see another Supercharger along 99 in the Visalia/SR 198 area. That should help with people visiting the Park. Now I wish Tesla would redouble their efforts to put two or three more in the Bakersfield area. The one that is close to opening is great. Famoso/McFarland if it comes to...
  32. cpa

    California Utilities Plan All Out War On Solar, Please Read And Help

    Not a lawyer here. For this particular endeavor, it would first have to reach the Supremes. First a trial in California Superior Court. Then the loser appeals to the California Court of Appeals. Then that loser would appeal to the California Supreme Court. Then, unless this is a matter that...
  33. cpa

    Climate Change / Global Warming Discussion

    Raffy, You used gravity properly and correctly. Obviously the root for this noun is the adjective grave, meaning serious, perhaps with dire consequences. Ignore the trolls.
  34. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    If the cartography department could weigh in: Actually, if you count the SC just across the river in a foreign country, you have a whopping three! That SC could affect the utilization in Buffalo itself enough so as not to contemplate adding another site or two. But my guess is that from...
  35. cpa

    Holiday travel availability / congestion at CA Superchargers; possible solutions, complaints, comments, discussion

    Gosh, David, we both received the kiss of death from bxr140. Imma gonna take it as a badge of honor! Have a great holiday, amigo!
  36. cpa

    Holiday travel availability / congestion at CA Superchargers; possible solutions, complaints, comments, discussion

    David, That sentiment is regrettably missing from a large segment of the population. My small samples from the past 24 months or so: Inexperienced drivers blindly follow the navigation. Inexperienced drivers are very cautious about range anxiety. Accordingly, they don't unplug at 65% to...
  37. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    I did not know they could grow dates (Phoenix dactylifera) in Canada. Are you a date grower or just have a fervid interest in them? 😜
  38. cpa

    Climate Change / Global Warming Discussion

    There you have it; thanks mspohr. I guess I must have been thinking about something else...
  39. cpa

    Climate Change / Global Warming Discussion

    Raffy, I live in California. I cannot comment on public buses and the massive batteries. I can comment that my dim recollection of the "mandatory installation of solar panels on all new homes" is a token 1,000 watts. While I do not sneeze at any sort of renewable form of electricity...
  40. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    Managed to grab the elusive Buttonwillow-Cal Club Dr. and the newest one along Interstate 5 (Lost Hills) by taking the longer road home after my most recent periodic lunch with my best friend. He drives up from La Crescenta, and we meet in Bakersfield, home of the recently deposed House...
  41. cpa

    Are you still on the original battery pack with your 2012-2015 Model S?

    Ninety-seven thousand miles on a May 2014 S85. Rated range in the neighborhood of ~245/247. Supercharged a lot, but not as much as our colleague above.
  42. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    FYI, For anyone contemplating heading into downtown El Lay on your pursuits, Interstate 10 is closed through downtown due to a massive fire. The closure is approximately between the Harbor Freeway to the East LA interchange. The state thinks<---emphasis on thinks---> it will reopen sometime...
  43. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    Too funny, PG! I can't erase that picture of the hair dye running down Roodles' face.
  44. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    JS, I have experienced similar oddities with the navigation in both our '14S and the '18 M3. All things being equal (no wind, no adverse weather, no detours) quite often the navigation says that I will arrive at my destination with, say, 22% for a 132-mile leg. A short distance into the...
  45. cpa

    7 years later what is your 100% on your 85kWh battery?

    May 2014 S85. Right now my "max" rated miles are around 246-248. Ninety-seven thousand miles are on the odometer. I don't have those bells and whistles to provide more detailed data.
  46. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    Bummer, dude. Like totally.
  47. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    Tes-s, I noticed that when you left Fresno and headed south to bag those along SR99 and I5 at the Grapevine before heading back north, did you skip over the original Tejon Ranch location on the west side of Interstate 5? You managed the V3 at the outlet mall, but your map still reflects a red...
  48. cpa

    Wiki Superchargers Visited

    Hey! I used that stall when I was there on Sept. 30. I was there around 10:30 AM and was surprised that no one among the 6-7 others was using it. While I am at it, I guess I need to post this info from a couple weeks ago: Check-ins for 2023-09-29 - Modesto - Joyce Ave, CA (#570) - Elk...