Was laid off in April so decided to take a road trip while I had the time and the space and thought it might be of interest. I have a 2018 Tesla Model 3 and now after the trip it's about to cross 40k miles. I'm not a big participant on here but I did appreciate some of the threads on mattresses for the Tesla and settled on something similar to what was advised in the thread after testing out some of the more expensive beds designed for the tesla. Just a few tips and stats and then I'll drop in some of the pictures.
Overall incredible trip and I can't wait to do it with the Cybertruck with a little more room.
- I couldn't have been more impressed with the car. Not a single issue despite AC blasting sitting in traffic in 110degrees in AZ, snow and cold temps in Montana, 100s of miles of back gravel roads, etc It certainly has it's battle scars but it performed like a champ.
- 12,305 miles and my loose estimate (some free charging at RV parks or friends, some electric used overnight while camping) I would say I averaged around 6 cents per mile of supercharging.
- I used autopilot for probably around 70% of those miles maybe more
- Camping was incredibly comfortable and I ended up with a 4" twin foam mattress topper that I'd roll out in the back. That was more comfortable then the hotel beds i slept in. Of course even when rolled up tight it took up about 1/3 of the trunk so that was the downside. Ran me about $80 on walmart.com. The others i tried that fit in the trunk compartment just weren't comfortable enough. AC overnight was absolutely clutch in AZ and Utah.
- Supercharging was pretty easy to find. Only thing I'd say I sacrificed was maybe a couple of treks through the backroads in the mountains I might have taken on the long days as opposed to staying on the highway. In the remote areas when I was staying for a couple days there was always RV parks if there wasn't a supercharger which work great. I bought a special adapter but didn't end up using it. The standard charging adapter worked at every RV park.
- Surprised also if I got stuck I could always find a free camp site to stay at mostly using freecampsites.net. I did knock out a night or two at bass pro shops when I was in an urban area and couldn't find a close enough camp site.
Overall incredible trip and I can't wait to do it with the Cybertruck with a little more room.