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Old Nov 18, 2024 | 04:49 AM
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I was just in Charleston for our company retreat and one of my agents drove his Cybertruck from DC, he had to stop and charge 4 times lol. He said he enjoyed the trip until the third stop…then he wished he had made different choices.
is that charleston SC or WV?

siri says dc to charleston SC is 531 mi. no idea why he had to charge 4 times. assuming he started charged and was only getting 200mi. a go that's only 2 charging stops on the way. i could see 3 stops though so he'd arrive with more charge.

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is that charleston SC or WV?

siri says dc to charleston SC is 531 mi. no idea why he had to charge 4 times. assuming he started charged and was only getting 200mi. a go that's only 2 charging stops on the way. i could see 3 stops though so he'd arrive with more charge.
I was thinking the same thing. Might've done shorter, faster stops depending on the settings he had set in the car. With the CT charging curve, it might've been more time efficient to stop 4x to charge to 60% vs. 2x to charge to 80%
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I was thinking the same thing. Might've done shorter, faster stops depending on the settings he had set in the car. With the CT charging curve, it might've been more time efficient to stop 4x to charge to 60% vs. 2x to charge to 80%
Same here. I mapped DC to SC on my Y, it was 3 quick bathroom stops, the longest charge was 17 minutes and shortest was 13 minutes
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I am absolutely in love with this model S in this color. I had no idea the S was available in this color until this pic was posted; I just looked it up on their website - on the S it's called Lunar Silver. I wonder how close it is in color to the Quick Silver found on the Y.

This might be what pulls me to a new S.
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Originally Posted by jrmckinley
I am absolutely in love with this model S in this color. I had no idea the S was available in this color until this pic was posted; I just looked it up on their website - on the S it's called Lunar Silver. I wonder how close it is in color to the Quick Silver found on the Y.

This might be what pulls me to a new S.
A couple nore




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Yep. I'm in love. I see that white interior; looks great. Silver S is my all time favorite, I'm glad to see some iteration of silver come back. This is what I'm going to end up with. I like the wheels in the final 2 pics (the parking lot and the gravel against the fence). That'd be exactly how I'd order it.

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Old Nov 18, 2024 | 10:55 AM
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As I mentioned a few posts back, I saw a heavily discounted Plaid Demo model, and I was really tempted, but realistically, what am I going to do with 1000 hp, except get in trouble. Even the Model 3 Performance is way too much car for my needs, so no Plaid for me
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I doubt I'd go Plaid buying brand new. My MYP is plenty fast for me and a regular S is pretty comparable (might even be faster).

If I bought used I guess I'd consider a Plaid, but I really want that Lunar Silver.
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I think you should get it so you can support the local tire industry
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Originally Posted by jrmckinley
Yep. I'm in love. I see that white interior; looks great. Silver S is my all time favorite, I'm glad to see some iteration of silver come back. This is what I'm going to end up with. I like the wheels in the final 2 pics (the parking lot and the gravel against the fence). That'd be exactly how I'd order it.
Those are the 21 inch Arachnid wheels in sizes
Front: 265/35R21. 21x9.5J ET40
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Originally Posted by jrmckinley
I doubt I'd go Plaid buying brand new. My MYP is plenty fast for me and a regular S is pretty comparable (might even be faster).

If I bought used I guess I'd consider a Plaid, but I really want that Lunar Silver.
I would definitely get the regular S over the Plaid





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How do people get like this

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Well, that shoots my theory in the foot of Canadians being peace loving
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
I would definitely get the regular S over the Plaid

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I love that the 'slow' Model S has a 0-60 in 3.1
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I love that the 'slow' Model S has a 0-60 in 3.1
I know. When I see a "high performance" car with 0-60 in say 4 seconds I automatically think that's slow. What a time to be alive.
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