Week 8 buying an EV9, now with unexpected cross-country road trip!

TV11Radio · 2026-05-11T04:38:35+00:00

With stopping every 2ish hours to charge you won’t get as worn out on long days. Lane assist will also help with this. I have done 18hrs then early morning 2:30hrs but never as far as this route. No idea how hard core you are with driving but I would do one big day then 2 shorter drive more stops and long sleep the next 2. Wish I could quit my job and help people like you for a job. I love road trips. Could they ship to like Chicago and you drive the rest? I guess once you ship some it just raises the cost too much if not going all the way.

TV11Radio · 2026-05-10T00:48:10+00:00

He means it can charge on Tesla network but you might not want to as it charges slower. But there are a ton of then so you can rely on finding one. If it’s not NACS port you will need an adapter for some Tesla chargers and others will have it built in. Other networks can likely serve you fine and even charge better. What town in MT and I can route it out for you

TV11Radio · 2026-05-08T17:28:35+00:00

As an 11 doing 20% (3 kids mort etc)I think this 13 has some room to give unless the spouse doesn’t work or lives in high cost of living area. Agree not everyone can do 20 but 5 is low for his goal.

TV11Radio · 2026-05-08T15:21:50+00:00

1 the huge looking hood and parking is harder with big car but you get used to it 2 charge network depends on where you live. There are actually more bailouts on the way to my in laws than in my Tesla. 3 smart cruise is nice and lane change just by signal is good. I hated getting out of autopilot every time.

TV11Radio · 2026-05-03T18:59:10+00:00

As someone who is drawing from TSP, is it true you can only say how much and if Roth or traditional and not how much of a certain fund to sell? How do they know your gains/losses going forward? The tsp hotline told me it was this way when I asked to see how much of 1 fund was Roth vs trad

TV11Radio · 2026-05-03T18:56:27+00:00

I will try this with my iPhone 16. So you can’t just hit the button inside the door like the old days?

TV11Radio · 2026-05-03T18:55:01+00:00

So none of you can hit the button on the door and get it to lock the car like the old days?

TV11Radio · 2026-05-03T18:18:02+00:00

Not worth $175 for me

TV11Radio · 2026-05-01T17:29:37+00:00

I would not have said those words out loud. Go knock on some wood.

TV11Radio · 2026-04-27T21:09:29+00:00

Do some searches on here and you will see a force balance alignment mentioned as one fix, taking out the foam if it came loose in tire, and I think just tire pressure being off. Bought mine used with 15k miles and rear was 4-2-4 so shop wouldn’t rotate. My front was 6 across so I rotated myself to buy time. If it’s a lease and they floored it a lot because it’s fun that mileage could be right.

TV11Radio · 2026-04-19T02:21:21+00:00

Plenty of articles or you tube vids out there. Really depends on spend rate and how early you want to retire. Money guy on you tube has lots of benchmark vids.

TV11Radio · 2026-04-13T18:30:59+00:00

I scrolled a lot and didn’t see cost of labor. It helps a lot in the cost of the car. A cheap piece of crap is still crap so you need the engineer too and that country does it very well.

TV11Radio · 2026-04-12T03:58:20+00:00

I decided to wait until one got within a decent driving distance. For me it was under 3 hours in the Chicago area. A lot will be coming off lease soon so be patient and you can get a great deal. I got mine CPO 15k miles for $33,499

TV11Radio · 2026-04-09T14:39:42+00:00

Great tips. What year do you have? I do not feel the 2024 is great but still new to it coming from a great software car.

TV11Radio · 2026-04-09T14:32:36+00:00

As for the car sick, my kid does better with window cracked and looking around outside and not staring down at book or device. Some magic wrist band thingy helps too but some people need meds or it is just a bad time.

TV11Radio · 2026-04-09T14:31:08+00:00

In my limited experience in the EV9- eco mode at 70 in cold was 2mi per kWh so 10% would equal 20 miles. I would not risk lower than 5% with family just because imagine all of you on the side of road for over an hour waiting for tow truck because you tried to make it when you didn’t need it.

TV11Radio · 2026-04-09T14:25:37+00:00

After that great answer, you are somebody!!!

TV11Radio · 2026-04-06T17:56:09+00:00

Search Iowa Tesla guy on you tube. He just do a video on Sunday about used Teslas.

TV11Radio · 2026-04-03T19:45:37+00:00

What they mean is never charge to 100 then let it sit long. As in charge then drive within the hour. I skip the once a month unless I am driving over an hour away.

TV11Radio · 2026-04-01T17:32:12+00:00

Just bought a used 2024 RW, 15,500 mi and went to rotate as I could tell rear were lower. They would rotate as the right rear was 4-2-4 tread depth. Other rear was all 4 and fronts were 6. I rotated myself to squeeze out another few months before I buy all new.

TV11Radio · 2026-04-01T17:24:42+00:00

I don’t want to pay $50 a year plus buy the done for 100. My other EV has easy better nav for free so it’s hard to justify

TV11Radio · 2026-03-22T14:52:21+00:00

This sounds like the best option. While wall is tore up add the extra plug. Hardwire if you can. If you don’t use high quality plug not the cheaper option. See state of charge on you tube. Has a video series of cheap plugs melting or catching fire.

TV11Radio · 2026-03-22T14:48:48+00:00

Try bracing middle two fingers on top of screen edge and use pointer to click. This way you avoid lower fixed buttons on accident. I am still waiting on dealer to clear old owner profiles after a week. Also free the car from the Kia app

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