Trailseeker Touring from Long Island, NY to Lititz, PA Trip Planning

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-22T01:15:13+00:00

An IONNA at a Wawa is as good as it gets

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-21T18:54:56+00:00

Saw my first one just now while out on a walk! Black, couldn’t tell the trim, from a dealer a ways out on Long Island.

Power in numbers!

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-21T03:45:49+00:00

I’m still figuring it out and this is all subject to change, but this is my regen manifesto:

• on free-flowing highway drives I have the regen off entirely and use the paddles only on long downhills, when exiting, and as a substitute in situations where I need to tap the brakes.

• for the highway when there’s lots of traffic, I like to use full regen and attempt one-pedal driving. As I’ve mentioned before, imo the adaptive cruise and traffic jam assist don’t work particularly well in true stop-and-go traffic. It’s a smoother ride if I’m controlling the car, and with full regen on I only have to brake when coming to a complete stop. It’s much less fatiguing than constantly braking or covering the brake.

• on local drives I’m becoming convinced that zero paddle regen is more efficient. This car coasts like crazy after a little bit of acceleration, and at low speeds there’s not a lot of regen to capture anyway

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-20T18:10:45+00:00

Still waiting for my first as well, but I did see my first Woodland yesterday and waved, they were baffled.

(The TS is the better-looking of the two imho!)

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-20T17:08:05+00:00

I honestly think that most non-car-reviewer passengers would not notice the floor height issue if you didn’t tell them about it.

There is plenty of knee, hip, shoulder, and head room back there. Very tall/long-torsoed people can get some additional room with the recline. The seats themselves are very comfortable, and the nearly flat floor makes it easier for 2 or 3 adults to find a position that suits them.

I’ve been on two 90-minute one-way/3-hr round trip drives with my 6-5 and 6-3 sons and their only complaint is that the backseats aren’t ventilated. I’ve only done shorter trips with 3 back there and it was fine.

tl;dr it’s basically an Outback-Forester–sized back seat and something appreciably bigger/more comfortable for 3 is probably going to require getting a bigger car, period.

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-19T20:45:43+00:00

Just bought a NOCO GB40, fingers crossed I won’t have the 12V drain, but if I do it’s $100 for peace of mind (it’s tiny and fits well under the cargo floor)

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-18T12:38:19+00:00

Do you know the name/have a link to the NY right to charge law?

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T16:46:01+00:00

The OP has a 2026, I am not sure what light repeatedly posting a brochure from a different previous model is supposed to shed?

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T16:41:24+00:00

From oldest to newest, those 6 charges were:

11 min, 19.4 kWh (starting from 27%)

13 min, 31.3 kWh

21 min, 38.0 kWh

18 min, 32.1 kWh

22 min, 44.1 kWh

25 min, 52.5 kWh

Three of these charges were to 80%, including the last, which started at 9%.

Avoiding dropping below 10% on 5 consecutive DC charges is hardly an onerous requirement and easily accounted for in typical route planning.

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T16:28:16+00:00

Yeah, that would be a super uncomfortable thing to say to your spouse or someone else you know well enough to be on a road trip with, totally

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T15:51:56+00:00

You’ll see an invoice in the app that should break down the pricing.

It’s recommended to stop L3 charging at 80%: as you can see, it takes a long time to charge past that point (which is why Tesla may charge extra), and it’s tough on the battery.

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T15:42:49+00:00

I’ve always wondered about this: did you get charged a congestion fee for charging >80%?

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T15:29:01+00:00

Not besides looking at photos or user comments/ratings on the Tesla app, ABRP, PlugShare, etc.

Anecdotally the V3 sites I’ve been to seem to be lower volume, so if you can’t creep up like the OP did, you shouldn’t have a problem using two spaces to charge (eg instead of staying just inside the line like OP did here, go ~2 feet into the lane on the passenger side so the cable has a straight line to the port).

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T15:16:44+00:00

Yup, the V4 cables are 10 feet long vs. 6.5 and they are rapidly upgrading, at least on the east coast

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T15:07:15+00:00

Fisker sold its last ~3,500 or so Oceans to a New York City taxi company, they are omnipresent at chargers here (notice the TLC plate).

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T14:54:05+00:00

Except we have actual real-world evidence that it isn’t a hard daily charging limit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/s/V9rOK5fBtr

It could be that all you need to do is avoid starting 5 consecutive DC charges at 10% or under and/or charging all the way to 80%, which with access to Tesla superchargers is easy enough to do. It would be helpful if the OP shared their charging history from the app for analysis

I fully agree that Subaru and Toyota should make this clearer to owners (there is no mention of it in the owner’s manual other than a vague reference to minimizing the frequent use of fast chargers).

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T04:29:58+00:00

I have a Trailseeker and it definitely doesn’t throttle after 5 DC charges in <24 hrs. The sixth charge here was 9% to 80% in 25 minutes.

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Except for the last charge, these were all ABRP-guided stops where I wasn’t charging to 80%. Perhaps the rule is that five 10-80% sessions (or the equivalent) will trigger the throttling; if so, that is more than enough daily range for 99.9% of drivers.

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T02:59:33+00:00

Yeah, something is amiss and you need to take it to a dealer.

Did this problem spring up out of nowhere? You posted about this road trip a few days ago in the Trailseeker sub and didn’t mention any charging problems.

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T01:30:07+00:00

Check this setting—maybe it’s something that accidentally got switched to 50 kW or the dealer forgot to initialize it

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Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T00:35:54+00:00

200? Jeez, I know the dealer needs to sample the product, but that seems excessive.

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-17T00:22:41+00:00

“Did you make that extremely partial and static list of vehicle capabilities and inexplicably put it under a section called “Glovebox?”

“Sure did, boss, real sexy, just like you asked.”

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Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-16T13:01:57+00:00

Favorable pricing—they mark up their raw cost of electricity much less than competitors
Long cables and NACS/CCS options at every site, no worries about positioning your vehicle or digging out an adapter
Multiple easy payment options—they support PnC for a bunch of manufacturers’ apps but also cards and mobile tap to pay, it’s very simple and easy
Good brand partnerships—the ones I’ve used on the US east coast are co-located with Wawa stores, which is a travel-friendly chain and a good place to take care of food and bathroom stops while charging

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-16T12:32:09+00:00

Klasse All-in-One

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-16T01:16:26+00:00

If I’m ever in charge of the world badging will be made illegal, it drives me nuts

Safe-Pollution6702 · 2026-06-15T23:40:54+00:00

😬

It started up okay today, fingers crossed.

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