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Originally Posted by mgarblik
Next week I will be driving 1050 miles round trip from Dayton, OH to Norcross, GA for training. My school has a bunch of electric cars and trucks including 4 Tesla's. I can drive anything I want. I wanted to drive the most high tech thing we had in the fleet to really test it out on the trip. Turns out, it's just too complicated and too much drama to make it any fun. Have to plan on a minimum of 3 charging stops, probably 4. That's a substantial time waster. Plus the general anxiety of finding an open charger when I have someplace I have to get to on time. Just decided it was too much aggravation and advanced planning for my taste. Decided to drive our Cadillac with Super Cruise so I can get used to semi-autonomous driving that will be fun. I can stop one time each way at one of a zillion gas stations for a 5 minute fill up. I enjoy driving the Tesla's. The one we have with the largest battery available and ludicrous mode software is very quick 0-100 MPH. But they are ugly and have no sound. Somewhat of a drawback aside from playing "Where's Waldo" looking for an open charger.
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$131,000 dollars for a T Plaid, that's half the price of my home (bought in 2022), is that a drawback? For me it sure is.............
I live about 40 minutes from Mike Garblik, off of I-70, Between Columbus, to Dayton, there isn't one charging station between our houses that I'm aware of.
So I looked at an EV charging station map, and put in my zip code, here's the response I got:
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We can’t find chargers near Ohio 54, Catawba, OH 43044, USA.
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That could be a problem in my neck of the woods...........
Last truck I bought, (March 2022), cost me $3000, gets about 10 MPG, came with a snowplow to clear snow. Will haul 2 ton in the bed, and haul a 12,000 lb trailer. 0-100 I could time it with a sundial.
I can buy about 43,500 gallons of gasoline at the current price (or just over 5 tanker loads of fuel) for the difference in price of the two vehicles. That's what is practical to me. I can have fuel for the rest of my life with the difference in price.
My 05 GTO gets twice the mileage of the truck, cost $100,000 less than the Tesla when it was brand new. Puts a smile on my face every time I drive it, smiles per gallon is what I'm after.
I seldom carry a cell phone with me, so I'm technologically challenged.
As far as Tesla, it might take me longer to figure out how to drive it, than it takes to find a charging station around here.
Heard 120 years ago you heard from the old timers, "Those horseless carriages will never replace my horse"....
