Any vehicle where it's very helpful to have a spreadsheet to plan your refueling stops is basically a joke at the moment, and I'm all for electric/hybrid vehicles. But seriously.....kingslug":oabl02bd said:Tesla. Need a bit of planning for excursions in one of those.
Marc_C":53dew9wo said:Any vehicle where it's very helpful to have a spreadsheet to plan your refueling stops is basically a joke at the moment, and I'm all for electric/hybrid vehicles. But seriously.....kingslug":53dew9wo said:Tesla. Need a bit of planning for excursions in one of those.
I got 2 referrals for other people who bought Teslas in 4th quarter 2016. It's best to analyze your own travel patterns before you buy to see if it will work conveniently for you. In Al Solish's case it was easy. Two days a week he has long commutes to Beverly Hills and Palmdale. Letting him drive our car home over the Angeles Crest from Palmdale facilitated the sale. :mrgreen: He has a second home in Atascadero, which is only 4 miles from a Supercharger. He thus went for the smaller 75kW battery, which handles his commutes and requires only a 10-15 minute stop at Buttonwillow on the way to Atascadero. Mammoth is a more demanding drive and time is definitely saved by having the larger battery for that trip.kingslug":1jsw15np said:Tesla. Need a bit of planning for excursions in one of those.
I'm sure an expert in sophisticated time series calculations like MarcC can handle it fine.MarcC":1jsw15np said:Any vehicle where it's very helpful to have a spreadsheet to plan your refueling stops is basically a joke at the moment
The Model 3 will not be a spacious as Model S but even with a smaller battery it will be nearly transparent vs. a gas car for some trips, like San Diego, Central Coast, the desert, SoCal local ski areas. Model 3 will share the impressive driving dynamics of Model S. Take a test drive and you'll see.socal":1jsw15np said:I'm considering one right now but it's just for getting around town so the range on the smallest battery would do.
Tony Crocker":vjav53mn said:The Model 3 will not be a spacious as Model S but even with a smaller battery it will be nearly transparent vs. a gas car for some trips, like San Diego, Central Coast, the desert, SoCal local ski areas. Model 3 will share the impressive driving dynamics of Model S. Take a test drive and you'll see.socal":vjav53mn said:I'm considering one right now but it's just for getting around town so the range on the smallest battery would do.
I certainly understand Mammoth's appeal as a late-season warhorse for destination skiers, but I'm surprised that a NYC-based ski club would plan a mid-season trip there given the logistics: a 7.5-hour flight where you have to change planes (the only nonstop from our region per day lands in Reno after 11 pm) + a more than three-hour drive = long travel days in both directions. I don't get the logic given more easily accessible options across the pond and out west, but good that you and Liz met that way.Tony Crocker":3dyahzbt said:I guess you missed the Diamond Dogs trip in March 2011. That was where Liz and I first met in person.
I heard the 2016 Solden trip had mediocre conditions, but this year's Dogs' trip to Val d'Isere should have worked out great.kingslug":2oek9t2n said:Considering the 6 hour bus it took us to get to Solden after a long plane ride, and ended up skiing groomers with the club, a 3 hour drive or 2 planes is not that bad.
160K is definitely the performance version. Base 75kW versions cost about half that. In general I'm not a fan of Model X vs. Model S unless you absolutely need to have a high seating position or the third row seats.kingslug":2oek9t2n said:Some day the new SUV will be a good used vehicle, at 160K its a bit steep.
A six-hour transfer?!? I'm guessing you flew into Vienna (or Frankfurt :lol? A nonstop into Munich would've halved that.kingslug":369rqsc6 said:Considering the 6 hour bus it took us to get to Solden after a long plane ride, and ended up skiing groomers with the club, a 3 hour drive or 2 planes is not that bad.
Zermatt in 2014 didn't have enough powder for you?kingslug":2horbo5b said:No more Europe for a while.
Sorry, wasn't implying that you proactively decided to go to a place with nothing but groomers on the menu. :-D If my eastern Switzerland trip hadn't been canceled by passport issues, I may have been dealing with similar conditions after a multi-week drought.kingslug":1nav0cvy said:Wasn't my choice at all.
If you think the Alps are erratic and unreliable, South America is on a completely different level. Their ongoing drought is as severe as California's was (meaning some seasons with less than half normal snow) and has lasted longer. The last above average season was 2009. I would avoid committing $$$ until sometime in May/June if you can see there is actually some snow on the ground. As least you're going during the highest probability month. Where are you going, I assume not with Diamond Dogs?kingslug":mtsogng9 said:except for Chile this August