Road Trip: ZRH/PAR/LON/FRA/ZRH

[Benjanos]

I didn't find a Model S Road Trip section, so I drop this here in case anyone is interested.

First Road Trip in my car I have owned for a couple of months, Switzerland to Paris, then onto UK. Big shout out to Tesla for not only a great touring car, but also the Super Charger network. Coming from a Non-Tesla EV to a Model S I feel like an EV Road King! Just such a great experience. The cars know where the chargers are, it knows when it needs one and they work every time. I find it amazing.

Only 1200KM's so far (750 Miles), but a lot of fun and I am not home yet

Happy if anyone else wants to post Road Trip posts too!

Besancon France

Auxerre France

Amiens France

Channel Tunnel Terminal - French side

About to load Channel Tunnel Train

On board the Train - Look close what car came behind me by total coincidence!

Now driving on the left/wrong/correct side of the road (depends where you come from I guess). My car is normally in KM/h, but when I crossed to UK I remembered I could switch it to Miles/h, so did that which is cool as it changes Nav/Range/Speedo/etc.

These are the SuperChargers I used, forgot to get a picture of the Maidstone UK SuperCharger

 

[ckoval7]

My brain can't grasp switching sides of the road like that. I've driven in Japan, and that was a pretty unnerving experience. Even being a passenger on the "wrong side" of the road makes me nervous.

Your trip looks fun as hell though! I would love to visit Europe one day.

 

[Half Dollar Bill]

@Benjanos
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Superchargers Visited

 

[Benjanos]

Just closing this one out as I am home now. 2358kms (1473 miles). No problems, no dramas. Love my car more than ever. He's plugged in and charging, will go and give him a hug before I go to bed. What a hero.


Channel Tunnel. English Side

Brussels Supercharger.

Somewhere north of Frankfurt

Somewhere south of Frankfurt - Don't ask the consumption on the Autobahns when I was having fun. But by God this is THE machine for hammering down the unrestricted German freeways. 220km/h (140m/h) is as great cruise sped, just sweet. Let it ride baby, so smooth its amazing.

Splash and dash in Basel just to get home

God bless America!!!

 

[f205v]

Great ride!

BTW my cars have always been "she-cars", your is a "he-car"!

 

[Benjanos]

Hoi f205v.

Mine is called The INTERCEPTOR.... So I figured its a he and not a she, simply because ladies are the fairer sex and a P85D is a brutal unit in many ways... at least compared to anything I've driven before. Whats yours called?

 

[f205v]

Mine is "La Fulminante" which roughly translates to "She who brings the lightning"

 

[Benjanos]

Cool name and it must be awesome having a 100D.

 

[f205v]

I chose the 100D because of the range.
I don't drive every day, maybe just once or twice a week ; but when I do it's 300+ km so I wanted to be sure to always make it without range anxiety