Thanks all.
I suppose it was just a bit disappointing that outside of long distance travel via plane where I would expect to rent a car that I was in a position where renting a car was very close to being the only real option... at home.
Combine that with the fact that I haven't driven an ICE in about two years now within over 1000 miles of home. I've been making it work, and it's been pretty good. I make a lot of long trips (over 50,000 Model S miles driven/ridden in total so far between three cars). They're fun with the superchargers. I did make a trip down I-81 using the CHAdeMO adapter, but that was a little less relaxed than if there were superchargers. Only a few times have I deviated from the superchargers and relied on other means to get to where I needed to go.
My road trips were fine, but we're kidding ourselves a bit if we can expect the average person to add many hours to an already long drive. When I was younger we made the trip from NJ->FL about once a year, sometimes every other year (bunch of family there... plus theme parks!). About 2100 miles round trip, not counting driving around FL. It took about 16-17 hours each way and was done in one day usually with two drivers (leave early in the AM, ~7-ish, arrive at 11 or 12 at night). In the Model S the best I've been able to do is about 21 hours for the same trip, with three drivers. I could easily see it taking much longer for someone who doesn't know the car/charging as well and plans a bit more poorly. So while we used to do it in a day, get in, sleep, and be ready to go the next morning that's not really possible in the Model S since we generally arrive late in the AM the next day, which means that for at least one person there is going to need to be some sleeping in, potentially nixing the planning of activities for that day and effectively making the travel portion of the trip a day longer.
*shrugs*
I'm not going back to ICE, that's for sure, as long as there are fast chargers along most of my longer trip paths. I can handle the added time vs ICE, usually, and I'm willing to take it in exchange for being able to power my car from my self-produced renewable power source, but I can fully understand the reasoning behind people who will not.
As a final example, I have a friend in NJ who makes a drive from NJ to Texas often (probably twice a year). He averages 80+ MPH and makes excellent time usually. So, a few problems. First, there are some huge supercharger deserts on his route (I-81 and I-40 mainly). Completely impossible to do in a Model S using a sane route. Then, he pulls off the trip in about 22 hours with an average speed of around 80 MPH, including time spent refueling/bathroom breaks/etc. The best I've been able to do on a long trip in the Model S is the mid 50's MPH average including charging time... maybe close to 60 on one or two trips. That's almost 40% slower, and I was riding the bottom of the pack SoC to make charging faster, which adds a little range anxiety since I'm arriving at chargers with single digit percent-charge remaining. Even if I were able to maintain 80 MPH for the trip, the more frequent charge stops needed to maintain this speed would negate the benefits. So using a 55 MPH average (very good including charging for the Model S on a long trip) it would be 10 extra hours even if there were superchargers on the route. So a full day extra time round trip.
Suffice it to say, while I put forth my best efforts, I couldn't convince him to get a Model S. His arguments, unlike many of the EV-myth arguments, made perfect sense and there is basically no way he could switch to the Model S without making a lot of sacrifices... and people don't like sacrifices.
