Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we took a trip in our new S over to see our new granddaughter & grandson in Myrtle Beach SC from Lake Charles LA.
Working in construction you don’t get much time off to plan anything but this month we will be shut down for 10 days over the two holidays. This gives us a chance to consider doing another Grand tour to Rhode Island where my Son lives to see another new grandson and his big brother, Darmie the 4th.
But, I must leave this up to the experts here to help me consider traveling North in our New S.
Two main concerns I have in addition to a possible bad storm is, the car is only RWD and second, not sure the best plan of approach to gauge cold weather driving and super charger stops. To me, cold weather is a new variable in calculating each SC stop. I’ve been looking at ev trip planner and determine a few things. Most examples it routes me up through 81. When I drop the temp down, the route is then up through 71 to 70 then across. This usually adds approx. 200 extra miles. Up through 95 is an option but I rather cross the Tappen Zee bridge. I looked at a better route planner to round out things. It will also report most routes through 81 as well.
I D/L EVTO Tesla for the second time. The first time I did not fully understand all the benefits. Though after reading through their FAQ and the web site, I have a better appreciation of what it offers. One thing I do like is from what I understand, it takes in account the temperature of the route and is updated every 6 hours.
I guess what I’m getting at is, all this looks doable but considering RWD, being new to ownership and driving into a potential nightmare, is it worth the risk to get back home on time? I thank you in advance for any and all the input from the fine experts here.
Working in construction you don’t get much time off to plan anything but this month we will be shut down for 10 days over the two holidays. This gives us a chance to consider doing another Grand tour to Rhode Island where my Son lives to see another new grandson and his big brother, Darmie the 4th.
But, I must leave this up to the experts here to help me consider traveling North in our New S.
Two main concerns I have in addition to a possible bad storm is, the car is only RWD and second, not sure the best plan of approach to gauge cold weather driving and super charger stops. To me, cold weather is a new variable in calculating each SC stop. I’ve been looking at ev trip planner and determine a few things. Most examples it routes me up through 81. When I drop the temp down, the route is then up through 71 to 70 then across. This usually adds approx. 200 extra miles. Up through 95 is an option but I rather cross the Tappen Zee bridge. I looked at a better route planner to round out things. It will also report most routes through 81 as well.
I D/L EVTO Tesla for the second time. The first time I did not fully understand all the benefits. Though after reading through their FAQ and the web site, I have a better appreciation of what it offers. One thing I do like is from what I understand, it takes in account the temperature of the route and is updated every 6 hours.
I guess what I’m getting at is, all this looks doable but considering RWD, being new to ownership and driving into a potential nightmare, is it worth the risk to get back home on time? I thank you in advance for any and all the input from the fine experts here.