After several winters of driving our Toyota 4Runner up to Paradise for bc skiing, we decided to try our 2023 M3 LR AWD in relatively mild winter conditions up at Mount Rainier National Park.
Since we have the TR4 with BFG ATs, we’ve decided to try this first winter on the Tesla stock Michelen MXM4s. Tires did find on compact ice, but we were driving no higher than the speed limit. Otherwise roads were bare and wet in other spots.
Overall a huge success going roundtrip from Seattle to Mount Rainier. We kept interior temps in low 70s, low fan, used level 1 seat heater at times, autopilot for much of SR 167 and some of Hwy 512. Two adults, two duffles and two sets of backcountry skis stowed with seats down.
Left home in Seattle (elevation 30 ft.) with 99% charge and estimated range of 355 miles.
Pic shows SIX Subarus parked around our little champ!
Since we have the TR4 with BFG ATs, we’ve decided to try this first winter on the Tesla stock Michelen MXM4s. Tires did find on compact ice, but we were driving no higher than the speed limit. Otherwise roads were bare and wet in other spots.
Overall a huge success going roundtrip from Seattle to Mount Rainier. We kept interior temps in low 70s, low fan, used level 1 seat heater at times, autopilot for much of SR 167 and some of Hwy 512. Two adults, two duffles and two sets of backcountry skis stowed with seats down.
Left home in Seattle (elevation 30 ft.) with 99% charge and estimated range of 355 miles.
- Arrived at Jackson Visitor’s center (elevation 5,600 ft.) with 49% charge and estimated range of 177 miles (estimated miles driven = 178, actual miles driven = 106).
- Car parked for around 4 1/2 hours, air temperature around 30° F with some cloud cover
- During decent, regenerative braking brought charge up to 51% (approx. 4,000 ft. loss in elevation to the park gate)
- Arrived home (after stopping in Federal Way for Korean dumplings) with 20% charge and estimated range of 77 miles remaining. Total miles actually driven = 226.
Pic shows SIX Subarus parked around our little champ!