Tesla Owners in Alberta

[gpetti]

Ugh. I hope not. Poor location for travelers. Still holding out hope that these are internal use Superchargers only.

Definitely have had some conflicting messages on this but I guess essentially nothing really public has been released. It's possible that there will eventually be another larger, better situated Calgary location but they made a decision to use this one for the forseeable future as it is likely to be ready sooner than an alternate location.

 

[int32_t]

Starting to stretch the donut topic here now, but you can do really good donuts if you use the slips-start button (or whatever its called). I think m1ker has some videos doing model X donuts and I occasionally use it to "drift" a little in the snow.

Found it! Donuts start at 5 minutes into this:

 

[gpetti]

Found it! Donuts start at 5 minutes into this:

I think this is the one with the dancing Xs at the end. Mine is the blue one - I witnessed the donuts first hand.

 

[3s-a-charm]

Looks like Salmon Arm will get a Supercharger too. From the 2017 map on tesla.com

 

[gpetti]

Looks like Salmon Arm will get a Supercharger too. From the 2017 map on tesla.com

Or sicamous?

 

[3s-a-charm]

Or sicamous?

You're right... Salmon Arm is almost equidistant from Kamloops and Revelstoke but the map shows the new Supercharger being closer to Revelstoke so Sicamous is likely it. I thought Salmon Arm would make more sense? I've never had range issues in that area not sure why the extra charger is needed there? I suppose if you are heading west down to Kelowna through Vernon you can "charge up" in Sicamous which makes sense actually.

 

[Dax279]

Salmon Arm would be perfect for me as I could then skip Revelstoke. I stop at Revelstoke to get me enough of a charge to get back to Revelstoke when I visit Salmon Arm.

 

[Hugh Mannity]

Yah it's gotta be Sicamous, put it at the junction to the Okanagan. Right near the Timmys on the highway would be good spot.

 

[doubeld]

Probably the Best Western as it appears Tesla already has a relationship with them (Kelowna, Revelstoke).
Sicamous is the best location for all the vacationers going to the Okanagan from Alberta.

 

[YYC-S85D]

You're right... Salmon Arm is almost equidistant from Kamloops and Revelstoke but the map shows the new Supercharger being closer to Revelstoke so Sicamous is likely it. I thought Salmon Arm would make more sense? I've never had range issues in that area not sure why the extra charger is needed there? I suppose if you are heading west down to Kelowna through Vernon you can "charge up" in Sicamous which makes sense actually.

Thank you for your time yesterday. Very informative for me. I checked out the thread of the wrap of your Blue S as well as the Alberta club. I just monitor the Western Canada Superchargers and the Alberta Owners fora.

Regards ......

 

[3s-a-charm]

Thank you for your time yesterday. Very informative for me. I checked out the thread of the wrap of your Blue S as well as the Alberta club. I just monitor the Western Canada Superchargers and the Alberta Owners fora.

Regards ......

Probably @gpetti you're thinking about. We are practically identical twins so I understand how you can mistake me for him

 

[Lon12]

Thank you for your time yesterday. Very informative for me. I checked out the thread of the wrap of your Blue S as well as the Alberta club. I just monitor the Western Canada Superchargers and the Alberta Owners fora.

Regards ......

Don't forget about Tera for Xpel. She just did my Leaf a few days ago. Amazing work.

 

[gpetti]

Probably @gpetti you're thinking about. We are practically identical twins so I understand how you can mistake me for him

Lol! Yeah, but we're not so much identical twins as more like Laurel and Hardy!

The thread was probably mine. I think I have an old thread about my first wrap.
Had a subsequent conversation with @YYC-S85D! Nice talking to you!

 

[gpetti]

Speaking of wraps... I'm very excited with the early visuals of my car being wrapped in an Xpel Stealth (Matte/satin version of Xpel Ultimate) by Protex Refine auto. A couple of pictures here as I think the comparison between the wrapped pieces and the non-wrapped pieces is very illustrative of how a matte wrap affects the look, colour and reflection properties of the car. Not everyone's cup of tea but I'm pretty happy with it. Come summer the wheels will be matte black too. Still not sure if I will do any chrome delete work.

 

[3s-a-charm]

Speaking of wraps... I'm very excited with the early visuals of my car being wrapped in an Xpel Stealth (Matte/satin version of Xpel Ultimate) by Protex Refine auto. A couple of pictures here as I think the comparison between the wrapped pieces and the non-wrapped pieces is very illustrative of how a matte wrap affects the look, colour and reflection properties of the car. Not everyone's cup of tea but I'm pretty happy with it. Come summer the wheels will be matte black too. Still not sure if I will do any chrome delete work.
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I think that is going to look amazing. While I've always "kind of" liked the matte paints I've never really wanted to do a full matte wrap but with the Xpel product being essentially the same as a standard translucent wrap - only in matte rather than glossy, the protection benefits are still there and because it's transparent you get the actual paint color showing through so it isn't a fake color. Also I can't see the maintenance being any more onerous - a dirty car is a dirty car in matte or glossy. Great choice.

 

[Lon12]

Speaking of wraps... I'm very excited with the early visuals of my car being wrapped in an Xpel Stealth (Matte/satin version of Xpel Ultimate) by Protex Refine auto. A couple of pictures here as I think the comparison between the wrapped pieces and the non-wrapped pieces is very illustrative of how a matte wrap affects the look, colour and reflection properties of the car. Not everyone's cup of tea but I'm pretty happy with it. Come summer the wheels will be matte black too. Still not sure if I will do any chrome delete work.
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Beautiful! Can't wait to see your range numbers with the 100!

 

[gpetti]

Beautiful! Can't wait to see your range numbers with the 100!

so far Rated Range appears to be around 507 or so. Crazy! I haven't actually filled it to 100% but my 90% is about 456 or so.

 

[Tobbias]

Purchased our CPO S85 from Calgary end of Oct last year. Posting some of our data recorded with the Teslafi website in regards to our usage during the cold Alberta months.

Temperature Efficiency - Drives Over 50 Kilometers

Temperature	Wh/km	Efficiency %	Kilometers Recorded
-40 to -30 C	342.32	54.9	204.79
-30 to -20 C	325.02	58	2493.92
-20 to -10 C	289.64	65.1	3205.13
-10 to 0 C	258.22	72.9	6691.11
0 to 10 C	243.47	77.1	3927.85

 

[3s-a-charm]

By the way... my new Model X should be here March 10th - Friday - and I'm thinking of an informal meetup/drive to Canmore on Sunday March 12.

 

[e46jb]

By the way... my new Model X should be here March 10th - Friday - and I'm thinking of an informal meetup/drive to Canmore on Sunday March 12.

Congrats on the pending delivery of your new Model X. I'm sure you are glad to be back in an EV versus your current ICE