johnrhansen
Well-known member
In my mind, one qc each direction is within the limits of the leaf.
Your point wasn't missed. Most people are willing to take a trip occasionally where the trip rather than the destination is the purpose. But most people are trying to get somewhere to do something most of the time, and there are only so many routes and so many interesting things to see en route. To regularly use a type of car on destination-type trips which negates most of the advantages that a car provides, i.e. providing direct, fast, flexible, no wait, no transfer transportation with a guaranteed seat in a weather-protected, climate-controlled environment for you, your passengers and your stuff, is a poor use of resources. There are plenty of other ways to travel which are more suitable to such a trip.johnrhansen said:My point was completely missed. Yes it took 12 hours to get to spokane, but none of it was wasted. I enjoyed every minute of it. You see, if you enjoy the points in between, not a second is wasted, but if you just treat the journey as something to be endured, then 4 hours is wasted. I just cant understand a to b people, but well they can't understand me either. I never thought driving an electric car would teach me a life lesson. Slow down, smell the roses, enjoy every moment. Life is a lot better that way. Yes, I probably wont be taking the leaf again. But it still will probably take me more than 12 hours. Ill probably end up taking the north cascades highway and take 2 days!
I think most of us would agree; anything more than that, and you're moving from a destination-type trip to a "the journey's the thing" type trip.johnrhansen said:In my mind, one qc each direction is within the limits of the leaf.
johnrhansen said:I find it interesting that the battery temp didn't go up in between charging sessions... after all you are drawing 20 KW or so through the battery while you are driving too... guess the airflow over the battery while you are driving helped with that. Don't think it would have done me any good on my eastern Washington trip in the 100 degree weather!
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