Monday, December 30, 2019

A Charged Up Year - So how about you?

A small ten posts for this year. I did do the National Drive Electric Week.

Why do I become complacent on blogging when I'm having the best drives of my life.  Whether Coast to Coast or family visits Circe the Tesla Model 3 LR RWD has performed quite well. True self driving seems no closer than the beginning of the year but I can be patient.  If any one issue bugged me it was going through my tires at only 39K miles.

However it's hard to blame the car when I love the accelerating.  I generally stay with the speed limit but I do like to get to it smartly.  Add 4000 lbs of vehicle and D G, and we are talking tires wearing quickly.  I was feeling that - especially in rain and snow so at the 20 month mark it's 4 new tires and they are great again.  I had hoped to get to 2 years and at least 40K miles. Maybe this will motivate me to cut back on the jackrabbiting. Still, The Tesla Model 3 continues to be the most efficient electric on the road.

A quick fast charging pic as I have no new Circe exterior pics. This was in Kill Devil Hills NC USA.


Very Fast and not even version 3

So what is stopping you my friend?  This car in a base 240 mile model with an electric drivetrain that protects us from climate change and carbon emissions is about $40K.  Do you really prefer an ICE engine that is pretty and smooth now but a smokey monster in 5 or 6 years?  I'm amazed every time I read or hear someone proudly announce they bought another gas monster.

Please in the coming year think before you leap - your decisions add up to a world our kids do or don't survive.