I took my M3 SRD+ on a sort road trip from Orange Country to Big Bear Lake which is about 90 miles each way from here. 0 to about 7,000 feet of elevation. I topped off at home to 100% which is 216 miles. I stopped at the Supercharger at the base of the mountain at San Manuel Village 27961 Highland Avenue. There are 8 stalls and they tend to be busy but I got lucky and no wait. Not to much directly around but there is a Chevron mini mart across the road that is well equipped. The chargers themselves have a nice green area right behind them for the pups like ours. I topped back to 90% and headed up the mountain. The M3 handled well but felt a bit "heavy" compared to my A3 when i drove it up the mountain. But I loved the torque to pass the slower traffic The superchargers at Lake Arrowhead were out of service.. all of them. So if you want to use those, check ahead of time. I took my time and arrived at Big bear City at 54% with the ambient temps in mid 70s.
There is an awesome Nepal restaurant in town called "Himalayan". Worth the drive up just to eat there . There is other food but thats our "go to" place.
There are not any superchargers in Big bear at this time. There are several destination Tesla chargers at an REMAX in town that are free but donations requested. You may have to wait as there are quite a few Tesla up in the mountain now. I cheat.. . I bring my Setec CCS and my Chad adapter where-ever I go. THere is ONE DCFC at the east end of the late behind a Union Bank run by Loop. .45 cents a Kw plus a buck service charge. Do NOT attempt to use them without getting the app set up ahead of time. Even at the best of time, they are hit and miss. I got lucky and while one station was in an endless reboot, the other did work on CCS.. it didnt work on Chad. So 50Kw and 20 mins top me off to 80%. On the way down the mountain, I picked up 8% in reg . So I got to the bottom of the mountain at 81%.
Car was flawless going up and down the mountain in nice weather. 162% efficiency on the way down
There is an awesome Nepal restaurant in town called "Himalayan". Worth the drive up just to eat there . There is other food but thats our "go to" place.
There are not any superchargers in Big bear at this time. There are several destination Tesla chargers at an REMAX in town that are free but donations requested. You may have to wait as there are quite a few Tesla up in the mountain now. I cheat.. . I bring my Setec CCS and my Chad adapter where-ever I go. THere is ONE DCFC at the east end of the late behind a Union Bank run by Loop. .45 cents a Kw plus a buck service charge. Do NOT attempt to use them without getting the app set up ahead of time. Even at the best of time, they are hit and miss. I got lucky and while one station was in an endless reboot, the other did work on CCS.. it didnt work on Chad. So 50Kw and 20 mins top me off to 80%. On the way down the mountain, I picked up 8% in reg . So I got to the bottom of the mountain at 81%.
Car was flawless going up and down the mountain in nice weather. 162% efficiency on the way down