Road Trip

My fiancé and I just got back a couple days ago from our Christmas road trip: 1,400 miles to, from, and all around the state of Ohio. I picked up my M3 SR+ exactly 7 days before we were due to depart, and I was thrilled to take my dream car on this trip. I put together a few thoughts for folks...

Hi all—I pick up my SR+ in a week and then I’ll be taking it on a 900 mi r/t road trip for the holidays. I usually don’t look forward to the drive but this year, there is no place I’d rather be than the driver’s seat of my new Model 3! Question for the group: I know you aren’t supposed to...

(©2019 photos are copyright) I recently completed a 7,800 mile (12,500 KM) road trip from Eastern Canada, to Mexico, up to California, and home to Ottawa, ON. I haven't heard of many trips like that so thought I'd post - enjoy! I didn't record a blog for this trip, so I'll just add some notes...

We’re now back to Edinburgh after having driven the entirety of the NC500 (plus the miles from Edinburgh to Inverness) in our Model 3 SR+ and, as promised, here is my write up of the journey… (long read) Our plan was to do the trip over 5 days, stopping for the night once on the east coast...

Has anyone done a significant road trip in the middle of Winter? With dogs? For the lunch stop with warmer temperatures, I would try to find a "dog friendly" restaurant, which translates into one with a patio. In the winter it would be too cold to sit on a patio. Unless you have a service...

A couple weeks ago I bought my first ever car, a Model 3. After 6 years of waiting and saving, I decided to immediately take off on a road trip around North America. The car is driving like a dream so far, I'm now 13 days (and over 7,000km) in to my adventure. I'd love to hear recommendations...

Several recent threads have made me curious about peoples' road-trip habits. The question: Given enough EV range or a fast enough charging time, how much time would you spend stopped on a long road trip -- say, something that involves ten hours of driving (actual on-the-road, wheels-spinning...

It is doable. Ottawa Ontario to Sackville NB and back. It was a bit tight on the stretch between Edmundston and Fredericton (the range is about 300klms and there are no superchargers in between). Apart from a software bug causing the monitor to flicker (which went away after the update)...

Looking for the cooler with the best fit for either the trunk storage well in the back, or the frunk in the front of a 2017 Model S. The ideal cooler would have the following: Utilize as much of the space as possible for maximum storage and/or insulation. Have high quality thermal insulation to...

As the next stage of our Round North America road trip in an S85D, we are heading from Port Hardy on Vancouver Island by ferry to Prince Rupert and then via the Cassiar-Stewart Highway and the Alcan Highway through Whitehorse to Fairbanks and down to Anchorage. If anyone has any experience of...

We are moving from NJ to CA next month and driving our Model 3 out there.... with 3 kids (i know- crazy!). In addition to mapping out our route on ABetterRoutePlanner - I was trying to find a list of unique Superchargers, or ones with amazing views/nature trails/etc nearby. Anyone know if...

So it's like this. We got a Model 3 to replace my old sedan. The "family car" is an Odyssey minivan. It's taken less than a week for my wife and I to repeatedly say to each other, "if only the Tesla could fit six..." Our main concern is that we take 1-2 road trips a year to spend 1-2 weeks...

OK, As I get into "Road Trip" season, and I sit here looking at ABRP, I come to a question I'm heading from Queens to Utica NY later this summer. IF I charge to 100% at home (call it 'Road Trip Mode') in theory, I can make Utica with 17% battery non stop. If I leave with 90%, I have to make...

In the first week of April, I bought a Model 3 in white, rear wheel drive with 18 inch wheels, Partial Premium interior, standard range plus (240 miles EPA rated range), and Autopilot. I want to share some experiences as I am living them in our first ever one way trip to Reno, NV from...

This story is a few months old already, but after telling it at a party this afternoon, it occurred to me that it is worth sharing. I took delivery of my Model 3 AWD in early November, and the day after Thanksgiving, I took off on my first road trip from Pensacola. My first objective was to see...

A month and a half ago I bought a used Model S. Over the holidays I flew to visit my sister. While I was there I got a bit frustrated with my ICE rental car and thought, "Why didn't I just drive instead of fly?" So now I'm thinking about what road trips I want to take with my Tesla. My normal...

AWD-LongRange-Aero Day1: Charged to 100% at home (50F) Drove 230 miles, (~50F) (Climate ON at 70F) Rocky Mount NC (Supercharger) - Arrived at 14%, Charged to 80%. Drove 180 miles, (~55F) (Climate ON at 70F) Florence SC (Supercharger) -...

Hello my TMC friends, I am very excited to share how I took my family on a 20-day 4647-mile road trip entirely using my S this summer: Tesla Model S - "American West" Road Trip Starting from California, we traveled through 10 western states to see National Parks and beautiful sites including...

Hello all, I have a dillema. I have 4-5 days for a road trip next week and I ma taking my Model 3 to Yellowstone. But I want to do the drive in one day. I would leave LA at around 5:30AM and make it there around 9:30PM. But is it reasonable to do that? I would rather have more time in the park...

For some strange reason, my car's favorite food is bugs. He loves to just munch them up traveling to Kettleman City and around. He for some odd reason attracts more dead bugs than any other car I've had, even my Model X. Every time we go places in my car it gets splattered with bugs. Overall...

Hello everyone. My beautiful Model 3 and I are driving to Moab Utah, but I want it to go to two additional states (NM, CO) So I will be detouring to the four corners monument. I have two options 1. Stay at Moenkopi Legacy Inn (Destination Charger) then go next day to four corners- 220 miles...

Hi Everyone, hope you guys are having a good summer. Are you guys interested in getting together soon for another ride? I'd like to put together another meet up before the end of summer. My original thought was the Napa Valley region and tour some wineries, however, it is unfortunate there's a...

Hello, Right now I am in the planning stages of a road trip with my Model 3. We have about 4 days in total. We want to go to Bryce/Zion or somewhere else. Does anyone have any advice on taking the trip/ or any suggestions on where we should and shouldn’t go. Thinking we go to Bryce first (stay...

Going down Stalheimskleiva, near Gudvangen. This is one of the steepest roads in Norway, with an 18% downgrade and dropping 218m!

First part of our 2018 #Tesla family road trip to and through Norway. This part takes us from home to the natural beauty of Preikestolen. Stay tuned (and subscribe to the channel ;-)) for the rest of the series with even more natural beauty.

Lots of stress went into my final configuration. When I ordered my car in April of 2017, my wife was pregnant with twins and we were moving into a new place (eventually). Lots was “up in the air.” I wanted to go with the 100D, but as Nicole made the great point that with twin babies, we were...

So as the title suggests, getting ready to embark on a road trip with my two daughters from St. Louis to Orlando. I've done a pretty lengthy trip already when I first got the car (Phoenix to STL) so familiar with the process. I was just looking for any tips or advice on the SCs I will hit...

Hello Everybody, We are taking a road trip to Kettleman City from LA on Sunday, May 6! We meet at Space X SC at 8:45AM and leaving for Kettleman City. I will bring snacks and my chrome deleted Model 3 and maybe my Model X. I also have squeezes like at the gas station for bugs off windshield if...

Anyone want to do an organized drive from LA to Kettleman City or somewhere else? Did one last weekend and it was amazing. Left at noon, was home by 7. I think would be fun with multiple 3's and maybe an X or S or even non-owners who want to feel what a long distance drive is like. Rally up...

I was gonna post this in the NS club, but I think I need a more broad outlook. I’m planning a road trip from Halifax NS to the Tesla service center in Montreal PQ. Lacking the supercharger network, I’m gonna have to rely on DCFCs to power this little trip. With that in mind, I’m looking for...

As a woman, I have to consider my personal safety when traveling. If I am alone in an ICE vehicle and facing a threat, I can start the vehicle and drive away or use it as a weapon. If there were a threat while charging my Tesla at a Supercharger, it would be unsafe for me to get out of the Tesla...

In case not everyone knows? You You Xue took his M3 on a road trip across USA kindly showing it to people, and giving rides etc. That must have been a small "taster" project, because he is now shipping the car across the Pond to do a tour of Europe :cool: Dates have seemed to be a bit fluid...

On April 2nd we will be embarking on road trip in my 2016 Model X P90DL. We’ll be heading out from Greenwood, SC going to Calistoga,CA to bottle our family wine. The round trip will be around 6K miles. Having never done this kind of trip in my Tesla, I’d be very interested in any...

I ordered the 19” sport wheels with my car but I’ve been hearing that the range difference can be as much as 10%!? That’s 30+ miles on the long range! Extra range would be nice on road trips. Does anyone know if they make aero covers that will fit the 19” wheel that help with range? PS before...

Road trip experiences seem to be scattered throughout the forums, so I guess I’ll park mine here. Maybe others can see what I did and do better or get an idea of what worked for me. This first post will show a trip from NJ to Western PA. This was my first time driving a MS outside one test...

Please help me understand TMC unplugging best practices. I happen to live in an area where many houses are without power due to the recent storm in Virginia. Several of the public J1772 stations have been full and I have been unable to charge. When Teslas are charging my understanding is that...

I've just ordered a MX75D and i'm planning on doing many road trips with my car. I've noticed though when people are hypermiling in their Tesla, they intentionally avoid use of autopilot. Does AP, especially AP2, use that much energy? I would assume that it couldn't be insignificant because of...

Hello, First time poster, long-time lurker, Model 3 reservation holder (non-owner). As I debate whether to pull-through with my Model 3 reservation (most likely will) I have been thinking much about how impacted Superchargers are, or may become, as more people get Model 3's, S's or X's...

This is cool on the link below. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page page you can see the Roadster's speed and distance from Earth in real time as the clock is always moving. Currently, as of this posting, it is 2,140,202 miles out and has a speed of 6,749mph. Where is Starman? Track...

Hi, I have a Model S 90D. I have had it for about a year now, but have not taken it on any major trips. Next week I plan on traveling xCountry, from Florida's east coast to San Jose California. I am planning on a routine of driving a day, staying two nights at a hotel with site-seeing on the...

Tomorrow, I am taking my Model 3 to El Mirage dry lake bed. I'm leaving LA around 9, then charging at Rancho Cucamonga to minimize range anxiety. Then I am going to do some runs there and head towards Palmdale to go to a restaurant called Vincent Hill Station that has 3 HPWC. Then making my way...

I read that some Teslas were exported to countries where the car was not officially supported. I also heard that someone took a new Model 3 to Europe lately. This made me wonder, how much of a globe trotter one could be with a Tesla (any model, for that matter). From what I understand, the...

My Model S 75D is scheduled to arrive 3/12/18. I'm considering using it to drive 2000 miles from the Boston area to Colorado in early June. Does that give enough time to work the bugs out of the car? (I'm old enough to remember the bad old days of Detroit cars which often spent the first month...

Here's a link below to an extensive review of the roof rack system. Comes with the fit kit and paid over $600 with taxes. Only used once and in excellent shape. ***MUST HAVE PANO ROOF (Sunroof) TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL*** Tesla Model S Roof Rack System (Whispbar) Review

if an entertainment system for the 2nd row have been an option, would you have gotten it? I mean headrest monitors aren’t that expensive and it would be a nice option to entertain kids and friends while on a road trip or at a Supercharger. What would’ve you paid for it max? What are your...

Thought I’d share the video we shot on our road trip in a rented Model S visiting the Superchargers all the way from Melbourne to Canberra - around 1200 km’s travelled in a couple of days.

I really do... From the moment you plan the trip you ask yourself what yummies surround the station, what scenery, what cafes... Then as you approach the station, you see your battery decrease to well beyond the point of no return, and you realise you are now totally dependant on the services...

I've had my new Model S 75D for about three weeks now and I love it. We've taken it from where we live in Northeast PA to Long Island, NYC, Boston and Ohio so far. We discovered on our road trips that we would only max out on our supercharging stops between 90-94 kW, never any higher, often in...

The Tesla is the last car I will ever own, simply due to its incredible technology and comfort. I am interested in what you don't like about it though? Personally, I find it annoying that even with passive entry enabled, I am unable to tap any of the passenger handles to have only that one...