Mainly just because we were wanting to show the car off to my wife's parents who live north of Abilene so we drove them down and back from Wichita, it was a learning experience for sure though as we charged at the supercharger the night before leaving it overnight at 200 miles only to wake up to 180 miles which I thought would be enough for the 95 mile drive to Salina, not quite though with the temps, the fully loaded car and the cold front rushing north to south in our face. Had to stop at McPherson for an hour for lunch. Of course all of this could have been avoided if my grandfather in-law had just let us plug in at their house...