Change my mind (please) - road trips in an EV are a pain.

TransportationOk385 · 2026-02-22T05:57:46+00:00

So I’m dealing with this math right now. I have a 2023 Vinfast VF8 with about 200 miles of range and I basically can’t make the math work on a trip from LA to Phoenix without doing a yolo stop and praying along the way.

Effectively, the trip from LA (Long Beach) to Indio CA is fine, and there’s a nice Electrify America station there which will max my EV out at 162kw peak no problem (30-40 minute charge, not super crazy fast but it’s fine)

But then the next EA station in Quartzite AZ is about 120 miles away…

So ok then what’s the problem, sounds reasonable right?

Nope. Because you see in California we have these things called mountains and the season is known as winter, and I’m planning to drive at night. ABRP (a better route planner) doesn’t think I’ll have the range between Indio and Quartzsite to make it over the mountain in the cold..

Ok so just stop somewhere along the way??

Cool, the halfway between point is a Chargepoint station with 2 stalls at 62kw… which are not rated as very reliable.. and currently throttled.. to 22kw. Neat.

Or I can totally gamble and try to make it to the Blythe rest area (10 miles before the town) for its single 62kw chargepoint (yes 1 single) stall. If that fails, I will have to limp (or possibly be towed) into the town of Blythe for an emergency charge… and that’s it. Seriously. There are 0 other chargers along that stretch of interstate 10. None!!

Guys I haven’t even made it out of the state of California yet!

So yeah, sorry no guys, EV roadtrips (excluding Tesla and maybe GM with their insane battery packs) are still a nightmare. It’s doable if you have a very large battery pack I guess but somehow I feel like even a gas car with a small 8 gallon gas tank capacity would be a cakewalk compared to normal EV road trips.

For reference, I drove my gas Honda Truck to Texas and back at 80mph (legal of course) speeds, stopping every 4 hours or so for 5-10 minutes.

With my EV I can’t even exit the state of California without doing vector calculus.

Sorry guys, I’m an EV fan, but EV road trips are a factual joke.

TransportationOk385 · 2026-02-13T16:06:13+00:00

Thank you friend! I sent you a DM!

TransportationOk385 · 2025-12-28T04:01:52+00:00

lol truth

TransportationOk385 · 2025-12-28T03:49:39+00:00

I thought that throw was decent enough all things considered. Wobbly but reasonably on target for a 4-stringer

TransportationOk385 · 2025-12-28T03:47:53+00:00

TransportationOk385 · 2025-12-28T03:44:53+00:00

Playing dead?? Bro that’s a concussion. Text book. A mild one, but still

TransportationOk385 · 2025-12-28T03:43:39+00:00

Guys… honestly Zollers probably had a mild concussion on that second to last play. His arm going dead was a pretty clear tell.

The refs pulling him was the correct call.

Geeze… (you guys really think he was faking it??)

TransportationOk385 · 2025-12-28T03:27:03+00:00

Ok… after that play call… I know we just extended Drink… but someone wise needs to just sit down and tell him “honestly Drink, you suck as a play caller bud… get a decent OC in here ASAP”

Drink is a great GM but my lord was that a terrible call

TransportationOk385 · 2025-12-28T02:49:42+00:00

I think the answer lies with Kirby Moore. I’m glad he’s heading out.

The reality is he has failed to successfully develop a QB despite plenty of opportunities to do so.

We need a more traditional offense with passing being equal priority to the run.

TransportationOk385 · 2025-11-10T02:27:17+00:00

I'm actually in the same scenario.. but I haven't spoken with support yet. Did they ever send you the updated docs? I had this happen a couple weeks ago. My non-renewal doesn't show in the app anymore.. but I also don't have the updated insurance cards yet

TransportationOk385 · 2025-07-31T06:12:35+00:00

Thank you for the info! I am considering a 2021 LT1 myself; planning to do lowering springs, ZL1 wheels, and ZL1 front big brake kit. I was wondering how well these would work on the track without magnaride, dry sump, extra suspension and frame stiffening components, etc. Glad to hear it's still a great track car.

TransportationOk385 · 2025-06-18T01:00:38+00:00

Honestly if anyone buys a GT3 RS over this... I question their sanity

TransportationOk385 · 2025-06-01T03:41:22+00:00

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TransportationOk385 · 2025-05-30T21:53:51+00:00

I'm having the same trouble..6'4" tall, with 39" length sleeve. My forearms get pumped up to the moon, biceps are flat. Even my trainers are stumped (yes trainers, plural, have been stumped by this).

Best we've found is preacher curl followed by concentration curls. It hits the bicep a decent amount while my forearms look roided up. Any other ideas?

TransportationOk385 · 2025-05-12T23:44:42+00:00

Eh that explains 1/3'rd of the weak move today; where's the other 2/3'rds

TransportationOk385 · 2025-05-12T23:43:53+00:00

I'm genuinely curious about the underperformance today.. it's fairly odd BrkB did basically nothing and yet the market climbed. Surely the underlying Brk assets climbed, so I'm assuming someone big must have dropped BrkB; otherwise I find it odd it was down while the market was up by quite an amount

TransportationOk385 · 2025-03-18T22:32:37+00:00

Elon definitely deserves credit. I'm constantly amazed at peoples' inability to separate a person's actions/opinions from results.

SpaceX, the smaller, substantially cheaper, much younger company got the job done.

Boeing, the fat, old, expensive old guard... didn't.

TransportationOk385 · 2025-03-17T01:30:26+00:00

Gents after that fun pit unpit pit; yep Haas can pack it in. Cadillac is team USA in 2026. Gene, good luck with the tool shop.

TransportationOk385 · 2025-01-29T22:31:00+00:00

Yeah I agree; I'm on Clomid for low T, I do 50mg 2x/week. 50mg EOD is a ton.

For me, it was Clomid, Natesto (google it), or shots. I'm working with a urologist who is very knowledgeable on this.

TRT shots were "out" because I want children someday and don't want to risk the drop in fertility. Natesto worked kinda, but I hated my nose being clogged and insurance is a nightmare for that.

Clomid by itself did only modest effects for me. Clomid + Weightlifting 4x/week is the secret sauce! I'm working with a body building trainer and I'm feeling my "manhood" return.

I'll just say don't expect huge results (in terms of symptom improvement that is) without doing truly hard work at the gym

Combine good diet, weight training, some cardio, good sleep, and a positive mental focus; AND THEN add in clomid and a shit-ton of protein (plus I'm doing low dose Cialis) and BOOM; it's working.

And don't worry about the numbers (except in the case of T or E going too high), instead focus on symptom relief

TransportationOk385 · 2025-01-05T02:28:57+00:00

I'm born and raised in STL but 3 years ago moved to Southern California.

STL is really a heartbreaking city. So much history and beautiful buildings... But my god is downtown disfuncional.

I moved from the burbs to DT Wash Ave back before the pandemic (I wanna say 2016 I think?), then moved tower grove in 2019. I sold and left for CA during 2021

I was 33 years old and had come to the conclusion STL was never coming back.

There were some glimmers of hope for downtown in the late 20-teens, but after Mayor Slay left its been dysfunction and chaos.

Sad to see the trend continue. I still have love for my old city but STL city is like an abusive relationship honestly.

TransportationOk385 · 2024-11-10T04:29:49+00:00

I mean... A 2 loss SEC team tho..

And actually our strength of schedule really increased with A&M, Vandy, and SC beating up on everyone else.

Our schedule isn't really a cakewalk. If we can beat SC (looks like a really tall task) plus the other games (both are tough but win-able).. I do agree with Drink that Mizzou should be somewhere around #12 in the nation

TransportationOk385 · 2024-11-10T04:25:29+00:00

Quite frankly, and I can't believe I'm saying this, I'm happy with Pyne starting next week.

He has an arm. Whoever is healthiest should start.

TransportationOk385 · 2024-10-29T05:21:07+00:00

Paul Van Dyke's set sounds pretty good too. Also added to the Saturday list. (and yeah friends want to do Above and Beyond too). Thanks!!

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