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Road Trip from Los Angeles to Monterey....
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the street to heart castle is close and Caltrans doesn't know when it will reopen...
LionelHutz
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Insanity, if you ask me. Screws every existing owner and takes away the key selling point that their sales reps use against other EVs.
Watts_Up
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You are right, ifyou set the navigation before losing the cell coverage, the itinerary will still be running as long as you don't stop and park the car.
Watts_Up
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But also check the weather!!!
If it rain very very hard with a lot of wind, or if there is a big storm like an hurricane, avoid HW1.
It would be almost safer to be in a boat than in a car!
PackMan730
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I did this trip. If this is your first road trip on Tesla, just trust the navigation and charge where it tells you to. LA to Monterey, I charged 3 times due to range anxiety, but no need.
Grab what you want to eat before going to charger. You will have better options.
If you need or want to sleep in car, sleeping in the same parking lot of supercharger is good. There are a lot of other ICE cars that sleep next to superchargers. Get the the foam 6 inch mattress for comfort. Air mattress is wack AF.
Believe there are at least two supercharging stations in Monterey, so you can cruise into your destination pretty empty. It is a magnificent trip and driving that road in a Tesla is pure bliss. You will smile quietly when you see the local gas station in Gorda packed with anxious ICE vehicles paying over $6.00 gallon to refuel.
Most stop at Madonna inn to tour that remarkable place and check out the waterfall cave mens latrine. It gets busy in at lunch time as everybody seems to want to Supercharge at the same time. Early in the day, and later in the afternoon usually has stalls available. Tesla often brings in extra portable Superchargers at the busiest times, but still be prepared to wait. Their is a nice little garden area you can stroll through behind the inn as well.
I have done this trip many times with my X 75 and still found the range worked well.
Most stop at Madonna inn to tour that remarkable place and check out the waterfall cave mens latrine. It gets busy in at lunch time as everybody seems to want to Supercharge at the same time. Early in the day, and later in the afternoon usually has stalls available. Tesla often brings in extra portable Superchargers at the busiest times, but still be prepared to wait. Their is a nice little garden area you can stroll through behind the inn as well.
I have done this trip many times with my X 75 and still found the range worked well.
I'm sure charger availability could be a problem during peak holiday weekend times, but then again traffic is also miserable at those times so I try and avoid those. My roundtrips have been for visiting UCSB, dropping kid #2 off to start freshman year, and soon picking kid up and returning him for thanksgiving and Christmas breaks, i.e. geared to UCSB's schedule rather than directly to holidays.
Bob
leaftoy
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Fellow Gaucho parent here! Southwest direct from SBA to OAK works out great for short visits back home for your Gaucho.
We’re planning on doing this trip in December as well. One night in Pismo and then straight to Monterey Bay via the 1.
If we charge to 90% (possibly 100%) in Pismo, do you think we can make it all the way to Monterey Bay without any additional charging? Mileage is about 150 but we’ll be going through the windy roads of hwy 1.
2021 MYLR with 20” inductions if this matters.
Interesting question. Not sure if "windy" in this context means lots of turns or lots of wind, since highway 1 has both
but in any event you'll be going relatively slow the entire time. I'd be surprised if you average much over 50mph, unless you are much luckier than I've ever been with traffic. Lower speed should help much more than wind might hurt, especially since the wind will be on or off shore, not a pure headwind.
kindofblue
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I highly recommend checking the Caltrans hotline the morning you leave the 101 or the 1 as storms often cause mudslides on the 1 in Big Sur and close the road for weeks at a time. San Luis Obispo is the place where the 101 and 1 diverge. And I think the destination charger at Ventana in Big Sur is for guests only.
And Hearst Castle is currently closed because they are working on the access road so check with them to see if the chargers are available. And note they're only 8k chargers, not superchargers.
And Hearst Castle is currently closed because they are working on the access road so check with them to see if the chargers are available. And note they're only 8k chargers, not superchargers.
gcsutton
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leaftoy
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Hotline? Why not just check on their website? Hotline sounds pre Tesla pre smartphone.
73Bruin
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My wife and I did a trip from Torrance to Carmel Highlands last April. I topped off a 90% soc on my home charger as I packed our MYLR. By the time we were ready to leave the soc was 98% so I unplugged and we immediatately headed out. The navigation software routed us on 101 instead of going up 5 to 46 and the Kettleman City supercharger. In a second surprise (to me), it then had us take 154 up past Lake Cachuma and then back to the 101 and on to the Madonna Inn Supercharger (which was not crowded). We charged to about 95% as I didn't want to rely on the destination charger at the Highlands Inn (a wise precaution as it turned out). This was my first road trip, so I stopped at the supercharger at Greenfield. It was very slow (almost a level 2) even though I wasn't near another vehicle. I subsequently found out that there was a supercharger station at the Del Monte Shopping center (which is technically Monterey). The two destination chargers at the Highlands Inn were never available until the night we left so we used the supercharger at the Del Monte.
Going home we were routed to Paso Robles and the Supercharger off the 46 (Goldhill Rd) and then onto the 5 and the supercharger at Lebec,
Going home we were routed to Paso Robles and the Supercharger off the 46 (Goldhill Rd) and then onto the 5 and the supercharger at Lebec,
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Peelz
Budding EV fanatic.
this ^ great pic.
It's my happy place. Came across this thread thinking of a family trip out west with the Tesla. Mandatory for me to take hwy 1 from monterey to pismo to see family on the central coast If i'm out there.
looks like charging wont be an issue on that route.
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