Leaving Prius Prime Plus
 

The Prius Prime Plus is likely to be my last Toyota:
http://hiwaay.net/~bzwilson/prime/Tesla_100.jpg

Time line:

• ~8:00 PM, Thursday, Feb 28, 2019 - ordered the Tesla Model 3 standard, $1,500 Blue, and $3,000 current Autopilot.
• ~3:00 PM (CST), March 2, 2019 - Tesla offered $18,300 for our 2017 Prius Prime Plus (<17,000 mi, no accidents, paid off)
• +$40,000 in stocks - 50/50 TSLA and KL (gold mining)

All of this was done without visiting a 'dealer' and no 'test drive.'

Bob Wilson

You don’t hold onto cars very long do you?

when did you buy the Prime?

Someone has to buy these cars for me at full price, as I'm certainly not going to.

:turtle:

Although I doubt I'll ever buy a new car from a dealer, in a rather abstract way I'm excited at the prospect of Tesla taking haggling out of the picture. Fewer salesman, more engineers. Let's replace as many "pointless" jobs as we can to free up people for more meaningful pursuits.

Let us know how you like the 3!

Good luck. It looks like your closest service center is in Nashville.

(Seriously I hope you like the car)

(I hope it is reliable)

Guess I should share the projected image:
http://hiwaay.net/~bzwilson/TSLA/image_010.jpg

This is my plan to drive ~650 mi in 2-3 days, a shake down trip:

• ~120 miles Nashville (Brentwood) to home - verify the 220 mi range car handles the trip at high speed, speed limit +5 mph and Autopilot handling.
• document 40A, L2 charging profile to full charge.
• 206 mi Huntsville to Memphis SuperCharger - a maximum range test to confirm my mph vs range chart.
• camp in hotel Tesla - to verify overnight charging in a Tesla at an RV park works.
• return to Huntsville with midway SuperCharger session - leaving with a full charge won't reach Huntsville so I'll use the Tupelo charger. If a problem, there is a NEMA 14-50 station about 15 miles away.
• document 40A, L2 charging profile to recommended Tesla level.

Bob Wilson

Precisely.
I wasn't going to buy a nearly $40,000 car that could only go less than 100 miles on a charge, takes all day recharge.
But I might buy it for about 15% of its MSRP about 7 years later.
My 2011 nissan leaf is the newest car that I have ever bought by far and may likely be the newest car I ever buy.

Some of these RV parks ask that charging be limited to 30 amps.

FYI, if you get around to ordering a Tesla:

Tesla Referral Program

You and whoever you refer each get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging when they purchase a new Tesla.

Each referral also gives you a chance to win a Founders Series Model Y monthly and Founders Series Roadster supercar quarterly, both signed by Elon & Franz.

Unique referral link
https://ts.la/robert66969

Bob Wilson

Well, I won the last 2 Scangauges, maybe my luck is hot right now.

Tesla/Elon/BEV
 

I have a little moisture around my eyes (not crying though) that you are bailing on Toyota and going the BEV route. I am really a fan of both vehicles. Elon is a sharp dude however Tesla is going to have some headwinds and the SEC may hammer Elon. I enjoy the following youtube channels for their perspectives on the automotive knowledge and industry.....
Autoline daily/etc
Teslanomics
Savagegeese
jack rickard
jehugarcia
evwest

Monday, Mar 25
http://hiwaay.net/~bzwilson/TSLA/Purchase.jpg

Tuesday, Mar 26
http://hiwaay.net/~bzwilson/TSLA/handover_020.jpg

http://hiwaay.net/~bzwilson/TSLA/charge_010.jpg

Bob Wilson

Very nice Bob! Hope you're enjoying it.

Does that mean it was 1 day turnaround from ordering to accepting delivery?

Hey, in case you did not intend to publish your address, here is a censored version:
https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1553917094

Watch out for weirdos! :D

Congratulations!

Why the standard range?
I have a leaf and I can tell you battery power and range is everything.

If you charge at home the range will only matter if you plan on traveling over 240 miles on a day without stops at locations that do have charging?

In my case I could make do with 180 miles of range, and that's assuming I revert to driving faster than I do now (partly noise relevant, partly due to extreme gas prices over here).
I have not been in a situation where I would need more than that in the past 15 years.

Bob has guns and knows how to use 'em. Enter his property at your own peril. I'm always tempted to dox myself. Takes the threat of doxing right out.

The United states has vast distances between towns. For me the leaf can barely make it to the next town over and back during the winter with no heat running.
Then in winter when it's well below freezing 240 miles of range is probably more like 150 to 180.

Bob lives in Alabama. They don't have winter. (I lived in Birmingham for 7 years)

Tuesday evening, I drove 13 hours, 538 mi, round trip to Tunica MS for $18 electricity. I visited SuperChargers three times, the Memphis one twice, and Tupelo MS. I was planning to rest in an RV park while taking a nap to reach Tupelo but the absence of a craps table at the nearest casino killed that plan.

The Tupelo to home leg showed evidence of running out of charge so I changed the route. I took a shorter route on county roads, 45 mph, to extend the range and arrive home with 15-17 miles remaining. The most valuable lesson was learning how the car let us track the distance and remaining charge.

Bob Wilson

I'd make a point about how my Insight can make that trip on less in gasoline, but it seats only 2, it's loud, rattly, the stock seats are uncomfortable, and it's around 11 seconds to 60 with assist working. Calling the handling "sporty" would be a generous way of saying you can feel every bump in the road.

If I weren't such a miser and wanted a new car, a Tesla would be on my short list.

~

While I'm thinking about it, I've noticed a handful of used Model S around the price of a new 3, and I have to wonder which would be the better buy.

Wait five years for Tesla to release hovercars and then five more years for them to work out the bugs. :)

The earlier Model S and X have less efficient drivetrains than the Model 3. In our family, efficiency and safety out ranks everything else.

Bob Wilson