Christmas Road Trip 2015

[breser]

I haven't been posting much. But my 85D has about 26,000 miles on it and tomorrow we start out on a road trip from North Bend, WA to Topeka, KS. Which is 1,876 miles and 16-18 super charger stops (there are 2 that are optional in there but look like we can skip them) each way. Bought a GoPro to make a video and will be posting some thoughts along the way here.

Raw Data North Bend, WA to Topeka, KS December 19th - 21st

					SLC*	SLC*	SLC*	RR**	RR**	TP***	TP***
Location	Driver	Time	°F	Odometer	Miles	kWh	Wh/mile	Range Mode	No Range Mode	Battery %	Estimate %
Leaving Home	breser	7:53	46	26085	0	0	0	256	254	98	62
Arriving Ellensburg, WA	breser	9:29	22	26163	78.4	31.5	401	141	140	53	N/A
Leaving Ellensburg, WA	breser	10:28	23	26163	0	0	0	261	259	99	16
Arriving Pendleton, OR	breser	13:24	38	26341	177.6	61.8	348	35	33	13	N/A
Leaving Pendleton, OR	breser	13:49	38	26341	0	0	0	156	155	59	14
Arriving Baker City, OR	breser	15:12	34	26432	90.9	37.9	41.7	18	17	7	N/A
Leaving Baker City, OR	breser	15:50	34	26432	0	0	0	190	187	72	20
Arriving Boise, ID	breser	18:41	39	26559	127.1	42.9	338	33	32	12	N/A
Leaving Boise ID	breser	19:19	41	26559	0	0	0	193	191	73	15
Arriving Twin Falls, ID	breser	21:14	35	26688	129.2	50.6	391	9	8	2	N/A
Leaving Twin Falls, ID	breser	22:20	43	26688	0	0	0	247	244	94	30
Arriving Tremonton, UT	breser	0:45	36	26838	149.9	54.7	365	48	46	17	N/A
Leaving Tremonton, UT	breser	7:47	36	26838	0	0	0	239	236	91	58
Arriving South Salt Lake City, UT	breser	9:03	32	26917	79.3	31.5	397	123	121	46	N/A
Leaving South Salt Lake City, UT	breser	9:24	32	26917	0	0	0	195	193	74	22
Arriving Price, UT	breser	11:20	31	27035	117.9	41.6	353	42	41	15	N/A
Leaving Price, UT	breser	11:36	31	27035	0	0	0	126	124	48	25
Arriving Green River, UT	breser	12:42	35	27103	67.3	18.7	277	58	57	22	N/A
Leaving Green River, UT	breser	13:06	35	27103	0	0	0	172	170	65	21
Arriving Grand Junction, CO	breser	14:27	37	27202	99.2	37.6	379	34	33	12	N/A
Leaving Grand Junction, CO	breser	15:05	46	27202	0	0	0	202	199	76	35
Arriving Glenwood Springs, CO	breser	16:23	36	27294	92.5	33.6	364	79	77	29	N/A
Leaving Glenwood Springs, CO	breser	16:48	36	27294	0	0	0	183	180	69	22
Arriving Silverthorne, CO	breser	18:34	24	27388	94.3	36.2	384	50	49	19	N/A
Leaving Silverthorne, CO	breser	19:22	24	27388	0	0	0	233	230	88	31
Arriving, Limon CO	breser until 27,449 then creser	22:11	30	27547	158.4	47	297	59	57	22	N/A
Leaving Limon, CO	creser	22:33	30	27547	0	0	0	163	161	62	21
Arriving Goodland, KS	creser	0:06	28	27657	110.2	36.2	328	32	30	11	N/A
Leaving Goodland, KS	creser	0:58	28	27657	0	0	0	235	232	89	31
Arriving Hays, KS	creser	4:01	30	27803	146.1	53.1	363	41	40	15	N/A
Leaving Hays, KS	breser	4:30	37	27803	0	0	0	173	171	65	26
Arriving Salina, KS	breser	5:48	28	27899	96.1	37.6	391	36	34	13	N/A
Leaving Salina, KS	breser	6:23	28	27899	0	0	0	192	191	73	26
Arriving Topeka, KS	breser	7:51	35	28007	107.2	40.9	381	44	42	16	N/A

breser drove 1568 miles
creser drove 354 miles
total driven 1922 miles
trip duration 45 hours and 58 minutes (46 hours rounded up), includes charging and sleep stops.



Raw Data Topeka, KS to North Bend, WA December 26th - 28th

					SLC*	SLC*	SLC*	RR**	RR**	TP***	TP***
Location	Driver	Time	°F	Odometer	Miles	kWh	Wh/mile	Range Mode	No Range Mode	Battery %	Estimate %
Leaving Topeka, KS	breser	5:47	46	28118	1.3	0.5	349	230	228	87	40
Arriving Salina, KS	breser	7:12	44	28225	108.2	44.2	408	70	68	26	N/A
Leaving Salina, KS	breser	7:34	44	28225	0	0	0	173	170	65	21
Arriving Hays, KS	breser	8:57	33	28321	96.4	42.2	438	19	18	6	N/A
Leaving Hays, KS	breser	10:09	53	28321	0	0	0	257	254	97	31
Arriving Goodland, KS	breser	11:26	21	28467	145.6	67.2	461	12	11	4	N/A
Leaving Goodland, KS	breser	12:50	21	28467	0	0	0	264	261	100	50
Arriving Limon, CO	breser	14:22	17	28582	114.6	58.7	512	49	47	18	N/A
Leaving Limon, CO	breser	14:51	17	28582	0	0	0	183	180	69	36
Arriving Denver, CO (Airport Way)	breser	16:06	19	28660	78.2	32.8	420	63	61	23	N/A
Leaving Denver, CO	breser	16:45	19	28660	0	0	0	216	213	82	37
Arriving Silverthorne, CO	breser	18:09	-1	28742	81.9	34.1	416	90	87	33	N/A
Leaving Silverthorne, CO	breser	18:36	19	28742	0	0	0	185	182	70	38
Arriving Glenwood Springs, CO	breser	20:11	10	28835	93.8	26.9	286	86	84	32	N/A
Leaving Glenwood Springs, CO	creser	20:40	10	28835	0	0	0	197	195	74	36
Arriving Grand Junction, CO	creser	22:04	14	28928	92.6	34.5	373	71	69	26	N/A
Leaving Grand Junction, CO	creser	23:13	19	28928	0	0	0	264	261	100	24 (Price)
Arriving Green River, UT	creser	0:36	21	29028	99.4	42	422	111	109	42	N/A
Leaving Green River, UT	breser	6:49	14	29028	0	0	0	157	155	60	26
Arriving Price, UT	breser	7:58	10	29095	67.1	30.5	455	44	43	17	N/A
Leaving Price, UT	breser	8:35	10	29095	0	0	0	198	195	75	26
Arriving South Salt Lake, UT	breser	10:48	19	29213	117.9	41	348	46	45	17	N/A
Leaving South Salt Lake, UT	breser	11:18	19	29213	0	0	0	182	179	69	34
Arriving Tremonton, UT	breser	12:25	14	29291	78.4	28.4	363	78	76	29	N/A
Leaving Tremonton, UT	breser	13:21	14	29291	0	0	0	254	252	96	32
Arriving Twinfalls, ID	breser	15:45	17	29442	151.1	55.6	368	50	48	18	N/A
Leaving Twinfalls, ID	creser	16:33	45	29442	0	0	0	230	227	87	31
Arriving Boise, ID	creser	18:22	16	29573	131.1	50.9	388	43	41	16	N/A
Leaving Boise, ID	creser	19:16	16	29573	0	0	0	239	236	90	29
Arriving Baker City, OR	creser	20:13	17	29701	127.7	51.8	405	49	47	18	N/A
Leaving Baker, City, OR	creser	20:47	24	29701	0	0	0	180	177	68	35
Arriving Pendleton, OR	creser	22:19	29	29791	90.3	26.9	298	82	80	31	N/A
Leaving Pendleton, OR	breser	22:38	28	29791	0	0	0	161	160	61	31
Arriving Kennewick, WA	breser	23:45	30	29863	72.1	26.0	360	67	65	25	N/A
Leaving Kennewick, WA	breser	0:25	30	29863	0	0	0	217	215	82	32
Arriving Ellensburg, WA	breser	2:49	22	29974	110.7	45.3	409	51	49	19	N/A
Leaving Ellensburg, WA	breser	3:15	22	29974	0	0	0	169	166	64	31
Arriving Home	breser	4:47	31	30052	78.2	26.7	341	72	69	27	N/A

breser drove 1392 miles
creser drove 542 miles
total driven 1934 miles
trip duration 49 hours (exactly), includes charging and sleep stops.

 

[MarcG]

Welcome back to the forum Ben!
Wow, 26k miles.. and I thought I had a lot on my 1-year old P85D!
I'm also taking a long road trip over the holidays, though probably not as far as yours.
Enjoy the time off, and keep an eye on AP once in a while :wink:

 

[Screwbal]

Subscribed! As a fellow Washingtonian I'm curious how things go along the way as some day I'd like to do some long range driving east from here.

 

[ArtInCT]

Hey Breser this trip appears interesting and I will be looking forward to your vids with the GOPRO... which model GP did you get? What mounting hardware? Best of luck.
ARTinCT

 

[breser]

Hey Breser this trip appears interesting and I will be looking forward to your vids with the GOPRO... which model GP did you get? What mounting hardware? Best of luck.
ARTinCT

I got a GoPro Hero 3+ Silver. Costco had the Hero 3+ Silver's for fairly cheap and with 2 batteries and the dual battery charger. I've bought another set of batteries so that hopefully I can stay ahead of the power needs for the trip.

I'm using a suction cup mount to put it on my windshield. So the view for most of the trip will probably be similar to what a lot of people would have with the permanently installed dash cam. It's my understanding that the suction cup mount is good enough to go on the outside of the car, but I'm not sure I'm brave enough to do that at this point. I do expect to experiment with mount points during the trip.

I've been running it during my commute for the last week or so to get some experience. I think the quality comes out reasonably well. Here's a short clip I put on twitter:
Ben Reser on Twitter:

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

you can potentially mount to a roof rack point if there is a 1/4-20 mount screw w/ the gopro. The suction mounts work really well from what I have seen on autocross cars. Haven't ever seen one fail

 

[breser]

you can potentially mount to a roof rack point if there is a 1/4-20 mount screw w/ the gopro. The suction mounts work really well from what I have seen on autocross cars. Haven't ever seen one fail

Don't have one but that's a good idea.

Looks like we're delayed a day. Snoqualmie Pass is closed and they're saying it won't reopen till 8pm. Don't really want to cross the pass in the dark so we'll leave tomorrow unless something significantly changes.

 

[ArtInCT]

I know very little about the route you are going to take nor the countryside you will be passing thru.
For instance, that pass which was closed... was that due to SnowFall?
Also, have you done this trip before in the past?
In other words, ... DO we have an ADVENTURE here?

How many minutes of record time do you have per storage device?

Are their various video quality settings such as 1080P or 4K (SHDV)?

Is there a sky filter for certain lighting conditions or is that done post production?

 

[breser]

I know very little about the route you are going to take nor the countryside you will be passing thru.
For instance, that pass which was closed... was that due to SnowFall?
Also, have you done this trip before in the past?
In other words, ... DO we have an ADVENTURE here?

How many minutes of record time do you have per storage device?

Are their various video quality settings such as 1080P or 4K (SHDV)?

Is there a sky filter for certain lighting conditions or is that done post production?

It's actually currently closed due to an accident, but they've gotten 19 inches of snow today.

I've done this trip in an ICE but never in a Tesla, so yes I consider this an adventure. The Twin Falls, ID supercharger going in earlier this year makes this trip relatively easy. Our initial plan was to use destination charging and spend the night there.

I have 4 64GB cards which hold about 5.5 hours of 1080P video. The GoPro can record different levels of video. I bought an older model that doesn't support 4K, but am planning to record in 1080P. I also am taking my laptop and have a 1 TB drive to move data to. So I don't anticipate having an issue keeping all the video.

No idea on the sky filter. I've been using the camera in our usual Seattle weather so this hadn't even occurred to me. Guess we'll find out how it deals with that.

 

[cpa]

Have a blast, and safe passage! If you will be taking Interstate 70 west on your return trip, be extra careful with your state of charge leaving the SCs in Kansas. I drove west in May with the temperature around 50 and 30-40 MPH winds out of the northwest, and that leg from Hays to Goodland (143 miles and 1600-feet of elevation gain) was dicey, even with a 96% charge. I cruised for about 75 minutes at 48MPH to ensure that I arrived safely--18RM upon arrival.

 

[breser]

Have a blast, and safe passage! If you will be taking Interstate 70 west on your return trip, be extra careful with your state of charge leaving the SCs in Kansas. I drove west in May with the temperature around 50 and 30-40 MPH winds out of the northwest, and that leg from Hays to Goodland (143 miles and 1600-feet of elevation gain) was dicey, even with a 96% charge. I cruised for about 75 minutes at 48MPH to ensure that I arrived safely--18RM upon arrival.

Yup there are 4 legs that are somewhat difficult. 2 of which there's a SuperCharger that I'm hoping to skip. 2 of which you just have to make it Goodland/Hays is one of those.

 

[Screwbal]

I'm curious did you head east over the pass up and over I 90 or did you go south off the start? With the weather we've had in this area this week if you went over 90 no doubt you likely hit snow on the pass. If so how did it go and which tires are you on these days?

 

[breser]

Screwbal, we ended up not leaving due to the situation on the pass. Eastbound was closed so and it wasn't going to open until 7 or 8 so we're just now getting ready to head out since I'd rather have not gone over the pass in the snow.

As far as tires I have to Pirelli snow tires that Tesla sells. It looks like it's still somewhat messy up there so I'll let you know how it goes when we get to Ellensburg.

 

[breser]

Made it to Ellensburg. Car handled great going over the pass. Didn't have cruise when we got into the clear roads because the radar was blocked.

 

[Andyw2100]

Made it to Ellensburg. Car handled great going over the pass. Didn't have cruise when we got into the clear roads because the radar was blocked.

Welcome to my world!

It looks like you drove through some freezing rain or something, as your entire front end is caked in ice, so it is understandable that the radar unit would be too. The frustrating thing for those of us who drive through snow all the time is that the radar unit is often the first thing to have snow or ice covering it or the last thing to be clear of snow and ice, I'm guessing due to the way it was designed. There are some pictures in this thread that illustrate what I'm describing.

 

[vvanders]

No worries about having to obscure your plate, yeesh.

Did you have any issues with the louvers getting iced over? I'd be curious if Supercharging in that cold of weather would cause the pack management to kick into high gear like normal during a < 35% SoC.

Considering we took delivery at pretty close to the same time you're beating me on miles, I think we're just about to break 21k here soon.

Best of luck on the rest of your trip!

 

[breser]

Made it to Baker City, OR. Didn't have good coverage at Pendleton, OR and weren't there long so didn't post.

As far as the louvers didn't think of it and it got warmer and everything melted. I cleaned off the radar and AutoPilot has between working well since. This is what I looked like after my ice removal.

Baker City whoever did the snow removal left snow piles in front of the super chargers. [emoji35]

I was still able to reach the car with the cable without backing over the snow too much. But cold be an issue if pulled higher. I'll send a note to Tesla.

 

[breser]

Arrived in Boise, ID. Super charger 2A was down but 1B is working. We're dirty but no more ice or snow.

 

[breser]

Enjoying the shiny new SuperCharger in Twin Falls, ID. For some reason car gave me this pop-up.

While sitting here:

They also need to fix the stupid bug where it tells you to go back to the SuperCharger you just left.

 

[Super_Popular]

That will drive you crazy. it will tell you to turn around and head back even if there is a supercharge 50 miles ahead. It's a wacky glitch.