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Decided to forego a Bangkok rental after witnessing city traffic firsthand. I’d found a rental company, though they were sold out by the time I’d had my revelation. Wouldn’t have had much travel utility given the supercharger locations. Our hotel manager drove her husband’s Model Y to work to...

My rental had a broken aero cover that I had to tuck to keep from dragging over high spots. I replaced the one on my Model 3 in CA because it was retaining large amounts of snow and ice and dragging. Broke the new one within weeks in Minnesota on a pothole-adjacent pile of asphalt and then...

Aussie summation 8 day Turo 26 new SCs 2720 kms One cracked windshield. Deja vu all over again. In Spain, I got a star chip that I struggled to find cyanoacrylate for on a Sunday in the hinterlands. Happened an hour into a two month rental. This one happened almost immediately as well. I...

I didn’t even know there was an Asia Pacific category, so it was a surprise to me. I just knew I probably wouldn’t equal your Australia figures. Just wrapped up here before heading to Thailand. Thanks for the suggestion, though it must wait for another time.

Check-ins for 2024-04-15 - Tenterfield, NSW (#3123) (First to check-in) - Tamworth, NSW (#3124) (First to check-in) - Jerrys Plains, NSW (#3125) (First to check-in) - Blaxland, NSW (#3126) (First to check-in) - Campbelltown, NSW (#3127) - Kirrawee, NSW (#3128) Back in @evp country.

Typically 80%, but my current one in Australia is 91%.

Check-ins for 2024-04-14 - Gympie, QLD (#3117) (First to check-in) - Fortitude Valley, QLD (#3118) (First to check-in) - Indooroopilly, QLD (#3119) (First to check-in) - Rochedale, QLD (#3120) (First to check-in) - Runaway Bay, QLD (#3121) (First to check-in) - Gold Coast, QLD (#3122)...

Check-ins for 2024-04-12 - Tweed Heads, NSW (#3114) (First to check-in) - North Lakes, QLD (#3115) (First to check-in) - Maroochydore, QLD (#3116) (First to check-in)

Check-ins for 2024-04-10 - Coffs Harbour, NSW (#3110) (First to check-in) (#500 First) - Coffs Harbour - Big Banana, NSW (#3111) (First to check-in) (scenic locale photo submission) - Maclean, NSW (#3112) (First to check-in) (Nav ID=Harwood, NSW) - Knockrow, NSW (#3113) (First to check-in)

Check-ins for 2024-04-08 - Sydney - Broadway, NSW (#3103) (#800 Rest of World) - Sydney - Forest Lodge, NSW (#3104) (First to check-in) - Sydney - Macquarie Park, NSW (#3105) - Central Coast, NSW (#3106) - Heatherbrae, NSW (#3107) - Thrumster, NSW (#3108) (First to check-in) (first...

One of the Ridley employees in Sheridan has long parked his Tesla out front. Wonder if they’d be open to expanding that underserved SC market.

New Zealand recap 11 day rental 23 new SCs 4526 km First use of non-proprietary fast DC charger. First SC-related inability to charge. Taupō pedestals were all beat about with a sledgehammer. A witness recorded the perp’s license plate and he was charged and will have a hearing in April.

Check-ins for 2024-04-03 - Taupo, New Zealand (#3102) (@T Rh) New Zealand cleared. Add: They caught the guy who destroyed the pedestals.

Check-ins for 2024-04-02 - New Plymouth, New Zealand (#3101) (First to check-in)

I figured it was any hour now. You don’t have to worry about me. 🤓

Check-ins for 2024-04-01 - Omarama, New Zealand (#3099) (First to check-in) - Queenstown, New Zealand (#3100) (First to check-in)

Check-ins for 2024-03-31 - Blenheim, New Zealand (#3095) (First to check-in) - Christchurch, New Zealand (#3096) (First to check-in) - Hornby, New Zealand (#3097) (First to check-in) - Timaru, New Zealand (#3098) (First to check-in)

I’ve certainly considered the drive there over the years, but my wife has a conference there in May which will probably provide the first opportunity. NB Alaska remains my only unvisited state.

I used Turo in Hawaii and Go Rentals in Auckland. Lots of Turos in Australia, but I haven’t lined anything up. Thailand is TBD depending on traffic. Nowhere to charge in Vietnam. Japan I haven’t researched. Alaska probably Turo. Thanks!

Check-ins for 2024-03-29 - Paraparaumu, New Zealand (#3093) (First to check-in) - Johnsonville, New Zealand (#3094) (First to check-in)

Yeah, we’re just wandering the Pacific for a couple months. No. There was a non Tesla fast DC charger there I could have used, but that wouldn’t really count. Have a few more days for it to get fixed before we move on. I suspected the cables had all been cut.

Check-ins for 2024-03-27 - Rotorua, New Zealand (#3086) (First to check-in) Taupō, New Zealand (skunked due to vandalism) Check-ins for 2024-03-28 - Rainbow Point, New Zealand (#3087) (First to check-in) - Hastings, New Zealand (#3088) (First to check-in) - Taihape, New Zealand (#3089)...

Kind of figured it was date line related. 🤓

That was a bizarre twist!

Curiously, the only supercharging.life status map that shows for me is New Zealand. Nothing for North America or Europe populates. This doesn’t seem to be affecting anybody else’s maps that I’ve checked. Add: was able to get the info through the leaderboard “map’ link under my name. My map...

Check-ins for 2024-03-26 - Auckland - Sylvia Park, New Zealand (#3083) (First to check-in) - Hamilton, New Zealand (#3084) (another @The RosieHeart joint) - Ruakura, New Zealand (#3085) (First to check-in)

Check-ins for 2024-03-24 - Auckland, New Zealand (#3080) (shared with @The RosieHeart) - Glenfield, New Zealand (#3081) (First to check-in) - Whangarei, New Zealand (#3082) (First to check-in)

The cheaper charging rate (40 vs 61 cents per kWh) would fully offset the valet fee.

No, we’re already in New Zealand. Hawaii was a layover.

Check-ins for 2024-03-19 - Honolulu - Kahala Ave, HI (#3079) (First to check-in) Add: Fair warning 😂

Check-ins for 2024-03-19 - Aiea, HI (#3078) State #49 (plus DC🤓)

We stayed at a repurposed castle run by the hotel students at the university in Maastricht that was rather cool. I imagine it’s not a possibility, but just in case.

Native Americans were much classier than drunken prospectors when it came to naming things. 🤓

Statue of Liberty Isn’t Sandy Hook older than Boston?

First order of business for me was to get bedding at IKEA. When I did splurge on lodging over car camping, it was remarkably cheaper than what people pay here, even with ocean front balconies. $50-75 a night was typical. The car rental forces you to confront a daily expense, as @tes-s noted...

Thanks for posting. I went to grab a leaderboard screen shot on New Years Eve around 10:30 Mountain time and all the numbers had been expunged because of the east coast year change, so I didn’t see my final total. What’s more impressive that you didn’t post is your quarterly number. Crazy...

@JSergeant Sounds like you saved yourself a bunch of heartache. 🤓 https://apple.news/AAc-nvkNQRfWjF10Z53R3BA Did you have any intersection with the closure of Eurostar due to flooding in England?

The final invoiced tally was 36,833 km or ~22,887 miles. How about you?

Oh I absolutely see the benefits of seeing the world in a simplified fashion traveling the Tesla SC superhighway. And logging it formally into our phenomenal online infrastructure is natural. I just didn’t think it should be part of the leaderboard or game play as people would have vastly...

TSLA has changed our lives in many ways. Before that, my Tesla purchase in 2013 would have been one and done. Just racing the clock with decrepitude and dementia, with much gratitude. Have a lot of good company and new friends blessed with karma for supporting the transition to electric...

No Middelfart?! 😂 At least you can clear Luxembourg💪

Home at 3:25 am today. Some sustenance for the quants regarding the trip—2023 Leaf-peeping, Christmas lights, and Fireworks Tour. 95 days 686 new superchargers -439 European -247 USA/CAN 43,852 miles (total)

Check-ins for 2023-12-31 - Midvale, UT (#3073) - South Jordan, UT (#3074) - Provo, UT (#3075) - Nephi - S Main St, UT (#3076) - Belgrade, MT (#3077) Utah cleared Montana cleared Second car cleared 300,000

Check-ins for 2023-12-30 - Richmond - Garden City Rd, BC (#3066) - Leavenworth - Winton Rd, WA (#3067) - Cle Elum - W Davis St, WA (#3068) - George, WA (#3069) - Yakima - E Yakima Ave, WA (#3070) - Ontario - SE 10th St, OR (#3071) - Boise - N Orchard St, ID (#3072) Washington cleared. Oregon...

I’ve noticed that sites I need to visit that show waits are often pretty wide open when I arrive a few minutes later because people are dissuaded by the prospect of a line.

Check-ins for 2023-12-29 - Coos Bay, OR (#3056) - Wilsonville, OR (#3057) - Rochester, WA (#3058) - Ocean Shores, WA (#3059) - Suquamish, WA (#3060) - Kirkland, WA (#3061) - Lynnwood - 148th St SW, WA (#3062) - Tulalip Bay, WA (#3063) - Surrey - King George Blvd, BC (#3064) - Coquitlam - United...

Check-ins for 2023-12-28 - South Lake Tahoe, CA (#3049) - Reno - Rancharrah Pkwy, NV (#3050) - Soda Springs, CA (#3051) - Rocklin - Granite Dr, CA (#3052) - Walnut Creek - 1600 Palos Verdes Mall, CA (#3053) - Redding - Hilltop Dr, CA (#3054) - Ashland, OR (#3055) Nevada cleared* California...

Check-ins for 2023-12-27 - Hawaiian Gardens, CA (#3044) - Santa Clarita - Newhall Ranch Rd, CA (#3045) (First to check-in) - Bakersfield - Camino Del Rio Ct, CA (#3046) (First to check-in) - Bishop - Rocking West Dr, CA (#3047) - Mammoth Lakes - Old Mammoth Rd, CA (#3048)

Interesting. I’m usually a purist of sorts, living in Wyoming. This year I took what I could get at this late hour.

Fair warnings Santa Clarita Bakersfield Shod in fresh snow tires. Cross Climates, this time.