So this coming weekend is our family and friends' 7th annual summer pilgrimage to Wisc. Dells (Wilderness Resort).
This year we will be taking up our P85+ Model S. It will be our and the car's first single long distance trip. Over the course of the year of ownership we have run the 'tank' down to 20 miles doing short trips here and there without charging until needed (more due to my wife not plugging in than trying to run the batteries down).
In anycase, we are driving up from Algonquin, IL (about 50 miles east of Rockford). I know there are SCs in Rockford, Madison, and [news to me], Mauston. I don't drive our Tesla conservativley like how I see so many other owners in my area driving them. I'll throw it around in corners, I accelerate....hard, I get on the brakes....moderately because "hey, brakes make you go slower and my intent is to drive faster". In short, I'm not trying to conserve/reserve energy; we've not needed to in this last year.
I know many of you have traversed WI with little to no issues, but being our first trip and with our young kids (5 and 7), I've got a little angst. I'm trying to figure our whether on a full charge, I should stop in Rockford on our way up, in Mauston sometime over the weekend and then in Rockford on the return trip, or something else.
Any suggestions from those that have visited any or all of those chargers?
If I90 is congested, I'll probably take 20 from Elgin to Rockford....and maybe try to stay local to Madison. This will be a great one-year anniversary drive for our Tesla....it's been a great year of ownership (gone are the $600 - $900/month fill ups the wife use to do). If anyone is around up in Lake Delton and want to meet up for a drink, bite, or some pictures of the cars, let me know!
This year we will be taking up our P85+ Model S. It will be our and the car's first single long distance trip. Over the course of the year of ownership we have run the 'tank' down to 20 miles doing short trips here and there without charging until needed (more due to my wife not plugging in than trying to run the batteries down).
In anycase, we are driving up from Algonquin, IL (about 50 miles east of Rockford). I know there are SCs in Rockford, Madison, and [news to me], Mauston. I don't drive our Tesla conservativley like how I see so many other owners in my area driving them. I'll throw it around in corners, I accelerate....hard, I get on the brakes....moderately because "hey, brakes make you go slower and my intent is to drive faster". In short, I'm not trying to conserve/reserve energy; we've not needed to in this last year.
I know many of you have traversed WI with little to no issues, but being our first trip and with our young kids (5 and 7), I've got a little angst. I'm trying to figure our whether on a full charge, I should stop in Rockford on our way up, in Mauston sometime over the weekend and then in Rockford on the return trip, or something else.
Any suggestions from those that have visited any or all of those chargers?
If I90 is congested, I'll probably take 20 from Elgin to Rockford....and maybe try to stay local to Madison. This will be a great one-year anniversary drive for our Tesla....it's been a great year of ownership (gone are the $600 - $900/month fill ups the wife use to do). If anyone is around up in Lake Delton and want to meet up for a drink, bite, or some pictures of the cars, let me know!