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Buttershrimp's FSD Coast to Coast Event- "Ride or Die"

Discussion in 'EVents' started by buttershrimp, Jun 13, 2018.

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Are you in?

  1. No, I'm lame and am afraid of adventure, happiness and fun.

    26.8%
  2. Yes, I want to be part of a Mad Max Style Electric Car Caravan and rage against the Machine.

    73.2%
  1. Mobius484

    Mobius484 Supporting Member

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    Does willie know classic rock.... come on, willie KNOWS. I would love to escort willie in my Tesla for a leg of this journey... I’ll kick it into rainbow road mode.... ;)
     
  2. buttershrimp

    buttershrimp Click my signature to Go Mad Max Mode

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    Well, it’s time to start planning our hardware upgrade cyborg mad max costume for the event. We need terminator 2 exoskeleton now.
     
  3. bebbiXpress

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    Anyone lending me his/her 2nd or so Tesla for the trip? :D
    I don't want to ship my X from Europe to the States. That and charging would be a real pain :rolleyes:
     
  4. buttershrimp

    buttershrimp Click my signature to Go Mad Max Mode

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    We will have to find a suitable option for you. ... you are our first international participant
     
  5. buttershrimp

    buttershrimp Click my signature to Go Mad Max Mode

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    Wow 36 folks so far and we haven’t even started hyping yet! This is going to be epic!
     
  6. remlemasi

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    #106 remlemasi, Sep 10, 2018
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    You can take my Model 3! I'm located in SoCal and I have my Model 3 LR listed on Turo. I offer a special road trip package, i.e. unlimited mileage / unlimited Supercharger access option, which would be perfect for this trip!

    PM me if you're interested!

    EDIT: I started doing the math and I'm pretty sure I will lose money on this if someone ends up taking the offer. Using 35c/mi depreciation, 5c/mi tires, 5c/mi Supercharging, another 5c/mi for something I missed. At 5,700 miles round trip, my COST would be $2,850. May need to increase the road trip package price....
     
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  7. buttershrimp

    buttershrimp Click my signature to Go Mad Max Mode

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    Bump... Get ready.

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  8. buttershrimp

    buttershrimp Click my signature to Go Mad Max Mode

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    You would be the coolest person on earth, having completed a round the world trip potentially.... No one would likely match you. In fact, your record would stand for many years. And we will make a sticker in your honor. May your journey be shiny and chrome.
     
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  9. longshot49

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    This is crazy, insane and totally not what a normal person would do.

    Make me #37 - tentative to what the route might look like.

    Model 3 non-FSD reporting in.
     
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  10. Plan B

    Plan B Active Member

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    If you guys come through Portland I will follow on my bike :cool:

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  11. callmesam

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    What about Hawthorne SpaceX Supercharger(the birth of the rocket) to Canaveral?

    I'm in!
     
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  12. Randy Spencer

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    Oh, that Hawthorne Supercharger is tight, I can just see 44 cars trying to get a place to park while waiting and all the Tesla and SpaceX employees freakin' out. Still, that would be a fun run.

    Too bad my friend with a house in Florida has a job out here right now, so I won't get to visit her there. Been meaning to do that for years.

    -Randy
     
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  13. callmesam

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    In addition to the 12 Superchargers, there are 20 additional HPWCs and 3rd Party Chargers.
     
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  14. bebbiXpress

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    At first, there has to be a Tesla I could use and secondly the harder part, my wife would have to let me :D
     
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  15. buttershrimp

    buttershrimp Click my signature to Go Mad Max Mode

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    You mean, you would have to “let” yourself remain married after achieving world record icon status when all the ladies swoon to get a piece of “ globetrotter”
     
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  16. buttershrimp

    buttershrimp Click my signature to Go Mad Max Mode

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    You know this shows that Elon added this feature for us! Comon' everyone, who is going coast to coast with us? I'll see if I can get a Tesla semi for us all to draft behind in a huge line!

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  17. Randy Spencer

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    If only Elon would release the caravan mode so we can all just set our car to follow the Semi! (Platoon mode?)

    -Randy
     
  18. buttershrimp

    buttershrimp Click my signature to Go Mad Max Mode

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    How about Cybernetic Aerodynamically Redundant Associating Vehicle Autonomous Nomadic Mode? "CARAVAN Mode"
     
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  19. buttershrimp

    buttershrimp Click my signature to Go Mad Max Mode

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    We need 100 cars from TMC folks. And Tesla to loan us a semi for this trip.
     
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  20. Randy Spencer

    Randy Spencer Active Member

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    How many do we have now? Having just gotten back from my 7th big road trip I am super happy with how the car drives now. I am ready for this cross-country trip. Sure, the next software update should add smart lane changes and if we wait perhaps the car will drive itself. I don't think it will be as much fun if the only reason we are in the car is to get out and plug the charger in every 250 miles...

    On this last trip, I was seeing the same red Model 3's as I have at all the Supercharger stops. If we don't do this 100 car trip soon it won't be unusual to see a mass of Teslas working their way down the highway.

    -Randy
     
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