This thread is to track my first long distance family road trip in my Model S.
Originally this was going to be a "speeds and feeds" journal, with all kinds of stats pulled directly from the car's telemetry system. But a few days before the trip I decided to pull the plug on the stats because I hadn't had time to measure the additional "vampire load" due to constantly monitoring the car's telemetry over 3G. It seems to be negligible, but given my itinerary, a wife and two kids in the car, I'd rather be safe than sorry. So instead, this journal may be somewhat light on stats, and focus more on the human side of the trip. In fact, I've set a Broder-like record keeping level as my high-bar for this trip, and I fully intend to go under that bar.
The itinerary:
Goals:
Originally this was going to be a "speeds and feeds" journal, with all kinds of stats pulled directly from the car's telemetry system. But a few days before the trip I decided to pull the plug on the stats because I hadn't had time to measure the additional "vampire load" due to constantly monitoring the car's telemetry over 3G. It seems to be negligible, but given my itinerary, a wife and two kids in the car, I'd rather be safe than sorry. So instead, this journal may be somewhat light on stats, and focus more on the human side of the trip. In fact, I've set a Broder-like record keeping level as my high-bar for this trip, and I fully intend to go under that bar.
The itinerary:
- Travel from Bay Area to Anaheim - 3/31
- Disneyland - 3/31 - 4/2
- Travel to Palm Springs (La Quinta) to visit parents - 4/3
- Return home to Bay Area - 4/6
Goals:
- Use superchargers exclusively for long distance routes.
- Additional charging only done overnight at final destination.
- Have fun.