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I did that once. To give you an idea of the strength of the cold front we drove into, it was in the high 90s in Billings and the low 50s in Great Falls. I had to drive 10 mph under the speed limit into that headwind for about an hour and a half to make it. Luckily, the last 20 miles or so is...

Which manufacturer are you going with? Unplugged Performance has their own set of installers they recommend.

Took the "scenic" route to Custer. Check-ins for 2024-05-15 - Norfolk, NE (#285) - Omaha, NE (#286) - Lincoln, NE (#287) - Lincoln - West O St, NE (#288) Check-ins for 2024-05-16 - Grand Island, NE (#289) - Kearney, NE (#290) - Gothenburg, NE (#291) - North Platte, NE (#292) - Ogallala, NE...

Congrats on 500! You and I hit Norfolk on the same day, coincidentally.

Hope you see the aurora tonight!

I was going to say that Duluth to Tofte was probably a more interesting drive, but I suspect you did much to all of that in the dark.

Insert impotent homerism rage here. ;)

Oof on all those scratches and worse. In some ways, I think I still rent so that scraping a rock isn't a big deal. I feel like if I do that in a canoe I own, it'll hurt me physically. And no, I haven't been brave enough to try whitewater in a canoe. Most of the time I'm up there, my kid's in...

I didn't expect that to stay green until Custer, but I was hoping.

We've gone in at various points. Little Indian Sioux North a couple times, Snowbank, Sawbill, Lake One, Mudro, and even once in that little discontinuous section to the southwest. And hitting up Britton's Diner before going in is necessary if you're in Ely. However, I always rent a Kevlar...

Not the only one. I head up to the Boundary Waters at least annually, and I've paddled many border lakes. Planning on doing the Height of Land Portage and Grand Portage this August with my son.

I did exactly that between Christmas and New Year's this winter, though I had a lot more than five to grab.

Those are V4 pedestals, which have significantly longer cables than previous versions to accommodate the Cybertruck and other non-Tesla vehicles. With a lot of new EVs being built with NACS plugs, I have to assume there's coordination when it comes to cable lengths and charge port locations.

The GOP will similarly prevent municipal ISPs from forming through legislation. Preventing local governments from competing with business is part of their playbook, even if a local area is being underserved by private business.

Looks like the Tesla website is calling this one live. Can anybody confirm? https://www.tesla.com/findus?v=2&bounds=42.259854666402234%2C-96.7810403125%2C41.7911012883485%2C-98.0993996875&zoom=11&filters=supercharger&location=33525

All that means is that a customs agent can be summoned to the airport if an international flight lands there.

Ah, you'll probably get the first in Soldotna that I was aiming for last summer. Flying and Turo sure would have been lower risk than trying to drive all the way there from Minnesota. Have fun!

Yeah, those are Magic Docks.

And this has come up before. Since European superchargers have CCS2 plugs, there have been some check ins from non-Teslas over there that have counted in the game. I don't know of any check ins using Magic Docks in the US.

The usual last hold ups are meters and transformers, if you could verify that.

Any Chicagoland spies around that can check on this one? It's been a minute since the last post.

I know I'm just playing in the minor leagues compared to others, but I think I'll be there again, too.

*checks calendar*

Infrastructure projects don't get turned around that quickly. I suspect these have been in the works for a while.

Evansville was in July 2020.

Check-ins for 2024-01-20 - Worthington - Oxford St, MN (#284) (First to check-in) Plenty of time for another adventurous soul to share the first.

And I grabbed 41 over this last trip to take 56th place. For now.

Check-ins for 2023-12-30 - Stevens Point, WI (#282) - Black River Falls, WI (#283) Wisconsin cleared, and that's it for the hunt.

Check-ins for 2023-12-29 - Howard, WI (#276) - Marinette, WI (#277) - Escanaba, MI (#278) - Marquette, MI (#279) - Minocqua, WI (#280) - Wausau, WI (#281) I forgot to mention that I cleared Iowa a couple days ago, and I'll clear Wisconsin tomorrow. It was also fun to see two different Great...

Check-ins for 2023-12-28 - Lakemoor, IL (#258) - Waukegan, IL (#259) - Pleasant Prairie, WI (#260) - Kenosha, WI (#261) - Lake Geneva, WI (#262) - Fitchburg, WI (#263) - Johnson Creek, WI (#264) - Waukesha, WI (#265) - Greenfield, WI (#266) - Oak Creek, WI (#267) - Menomonee Falls, WI (#268) -...

Check-ins for 2023-12-27 - Mount Pleasant, IA (#246) - Bettendorf, IA (#247) - Peoria - N Sheridan Rd, IL (#248) - Normal - W Raab Rd, IL (#249) - Normal - E College Ave, IL (#250) - Pontiac, IL (#251) - Peru, IL (#252) - Dwight, IL (#253) - Mokena, IL (#254) - Orland Park, IL (#255) - Chicago -...

Since the last set of pictures, transformers are in place and meters are on the switch gear cabinets, but it's still not live.

Stopped by today and not much progress. Switch gear is still in its packaging.

Check-ins for 2023-12-26 - Prairie du Chien, WI (#243) - Dubuque, IA (#244) - Ames, IA (#245) (First to check-in)

Going on a short hunt with my wife this week. Fair warning on Ames, IA today.

Compact? I wouldn't call the 3 compact, let alone any of Tesla's other vehicles. Maybe the original Roadster, but it doesn't work with the NACS plug. So weird.

Insane.

I had Impulse Performance put an alignment on my Model 3 after installing new coilovers from Unplugged Performance. I've also had EuroTech work on my suspension, so I'd assume they're comfortable doing an alignment as well.

I think it's actually 12. Today I noticed a couple more around the corner off to the left in the distance.

I drove through the whole ramp today, and all I could see was the destination chargers. There didn't seem to be any other construction happening, nor did I see signs of any other Tesla equipment. I didn't get a picture of the outside of the garage on the east side, but at a glance there was no...

Decided to clean up some "local" superchargers today. Check-ins for 2023-12-02 - Willmar, MN (#238) - Marshall, MN (#239) - Sisseton, SD (#240) - Fergus Falls, MN (#241) - Little Falls, MN (#242)

I plan on being untied within a month. Not sure if I'll end up tied with somebody else, though!

I was convinced but my wife wasn't. No shared first for me.

I was wondering if you'd get that one on your way west. I've been trying to find a good time to go get that green pin, but the 6 hour round trip from Minneapolis is difficult to fit in my life. You might just convince me to head over there this evening.

Admittedly, I didn't check the other floors of the garage after I saw that wall of destination chargers. Maybe there are superchargers being installed on higher floors, but I have my doubts.

It's a very nice set of destination chargers.

I think there's enough CHAdeMO/CCS coverage up there to make up for the lower Supercharger density. I have a CHAdeMO adapter I can loan out if you need it for a trip. I did a trip up the Gunflint years ago with my Tesla during a particularly brutal weekend in January and made it work.

Check-ins for 2023-10-29 - Owatonna, MN (#237)

So @MarkoC are you going to run and get this one tonight?