Its road trip season. Let's see how many Model X owners have already done road trips (more than 100 miles from home) and how many of us are planning for some.
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Hey @umeshunni - which superchargers did you use enroute to Portland? We are coming right behind you..will be in Seattle Fri afternoon.Round trip around Tahoe from SFlast week (600+ miles) and on my way to Whidbey Island, WA from SF now. Drove 600+ miles today using superchargers all the way and stopped in Portland, OR for the night continuing on to Seattle tomorrow.
@joshua.MA and @ecrsail - would love to hear more about your epic trips..what worked what didn't ..what to avoid etc.
Both of you are taking some really epic trips in your Model Xs and it will be great to learn from your experiences.
@ecrsail - yes please do share the details especially the charging and range performance. It will be beneficial to all. Please post them under the sticky thread on Model X Road Trips.I would be happy to post more about the trip if there's interest. I took detailed records of charging and range performance for most of the trip and want to process that data this weekend.
We had breakfast at a very cute Family Restaurant in Centralia.
Any specific reason to take delivery in Portland? Does it help with sales tax in any way?I took delivery in Portland, Oregon, in March 2016 of our 2016 Tesla Model X P90DL and drove about 1000 miles to my vacation house in Anaheim in Southern California. Then in May 2016 I drove it from Southern California to the Midwest Tesla Gathering in St. Louis, Missouri, taking I-15 and I-70 to get there and then taking I-40 to get back to Southern California, more than 3600 miles round-trip. I'll be driving the Model X up to Reno, Nevada, at the end of this month to attend TMC Connect 2016. I've posted reports about these trips and more along with tons of photos at TeslaTouring.com . I've including photos in those reports of more than 37 Tesla Supercharger locations including comments about the ease or difficulty of charging without unhitching if towing a trailer at each of these Tesla locations. AutoPilot really takes the stress out of these long distance trips and Supercharging certainly takes out the fuel costs of them! Also, did not see another Tesla at all at more than 30 of the 37 Tesla Superchargers that we charged at. East of Las Vegas it was rare to ever encounter another Tesla at a Supercharger until we got to St. Louis (St. Charles).
I live in Vancouver, Washington. Portland is by far the closest Tesla delivery point to my home. Unfortunately, you have to pay Washington State sales tax even if you take delivery in Portland. Back in 2013 when I took delivery of my first Tesla Model S 85 Washington State exempted all EV's from sales tax saving me about $8,000. I don't remember if that was in effect when I upgraded to a MS P85D in 2015, but I definitely had to pay the full Washington State Sales Tax on our 2016 Model X P90D. We spend significant time at our vacation house in Anaheim, California, because of an aging parent (94 year old mother-in-law). Being a Washington resident I didn't get the $2,500 California tax credit nor can I drive alone in the car pool lanes as California residents can do with a white car pool sticker.Any specific reason to take delivery in Portland? Does it help with sales tax in any way?