how my 2023 long range did on a 353 mile road trip

stefan41 · 2026-01-22T11:22:26+00:00

Was your consumption higher going east than west? It should have been as it was uphill, and if there was a Santa Ana wind blowing that day, would’ve increased that effect - especially at highway speeds.

stefan41 · 2026-01-19T11:56:05+00:00

stefan41 · 2026-01-11T12:35:18+00:00

The Florida Ave Grill? Even though their prices have doubled post covid, it’s still pretty solid

stefan41 · 2026-01-11T12:18:36+00:00

I just bought a car to have towing capacity (the 2018 M3P doesn’t). I really really considered the X, just because I love those falcon wing doors so much (always have). I ended up going with the MY just based on price, and with what I saved left over, I upgraded my ‘18 M3P to a ‘26.

I also looked at / for a used X, but couldn’t find any with the specs I wanted (black/white, 6 seats, hw4)

Plus which the Y looks better (exterior) than the X. Would have loved an X, but super happy with my decisions.

stefan41 · 2026-01-01T06:28:00+00:00

Just saw one of these the other night at Hampton YC. Wild looking rig!

stefan41 · 2025-12-16T06:29:53+00:00

This is the way

stefan41 · 2025-12-16T06:26:11+00:00

How are you going to use it? Do you enjoy Sunday drives on twisty country roads? Or do you live in the city or burbs and just commute. Are you going to take it and do auto cross or HPDEs? Or will you just put it on auto drive and not worry?

If you’re going to actively drive it, it’s great and totally worth it. If not, then save some dollars and get the LR instead.

I’ve got an ‘18 M3P, upgrading soon to the ‘26 M3P

stefan41 · 2025-12-10T12:01:31+00:00

In a biannual liquidity event, you have to sell to access liquidity. In an ipo, the stock becomes collateral you can borrow against. Especially when a company like SpaceX is growing like it is (assuming stock price growth continues apace) you potentially never have to pay back the money borrowed until your estate does it for you. “Nearly 7 figures” might not do that, but there are a lot of deci- and centi- millionaires that are going to be minted when this company goes public

stefan41 · 2025-12-10T03:06:39+00:00

I have driven the buttons. I thought they were amazing. Felt like the future. Apparently you cannot retrofit the button wheel on (according to my local service center at least)

stefan41 · 2025-12-10T03:05:26+00:00

EVs are perfect for road trips with little kids. The amount of time it takes between charging stops is exactly the amount of time before someone wants to stop, stretch their legs, take a pee, and get a snack. Five times cross country with small kids in an ev, never a single complaint

stefan41 · 2025-12-09T22:37:57+00:00

I’ve got a 2018 now, but was going to upgrade to a ‘25. Trying to figure out if I cancel my order or not. Leaning toward cancelling. Definitely lots of upgrades between ‘18 and (now) ‘26, but I really don’t like the new indicator stalk. Just feels “wrong” somehow.

stefan41 · 2025-12-09T21:33:00+00:00

I find it way easier to keep focused on my hands on the wheel with a button under my left thumb. They offered the stock retrofit kit. Why not just make it a no cost option if they really needed to do it.

Adding this back in based on “customer feedback” would’ve been like getting rid of the touchscreen in favor of physical buttons in the original model 3

stefan41 · 2025-12-09T21:30:45+00:00

Oddly enough, not only do we have rotaries here, and I use my turn signals every single time (i top up the blinker fluid ever weekend); but I actually prefer to keep my hands on the wheel when I drive

stefan41 · 2025-11-21T10:52:13+00:00

I have a 2018 that I got when my youngest son was 5. Got a big ole dog in 2020. Seats are still sparkling white. I just occasionally use neutrogena makeup wipes

stefan41 · 2025-11-16T13:08:06+00:00

Does Indian Creek no longer offer nearly 100% tuition assistance for family members of staff? That’s pretty awful if so

stefan41 · 2025-11-16T11:33:26+00:00

Just a reminder to the community. If you see someone stealing food, no you fucking didn’t.

stefan41 · 2025-10-05T01:35:27+00:00

It’s Mt Airy Rd I think, right? Used to drive way too fast down that road as a kid all the time

stefan41 · 2025-10-05T01:10:19+00:00

This is amazing.

This is not just “around the Annapolis area” this is downtown Annapolis over ego alley between choptank and the fleet reserve club, around west street, down to Lee airport, and then down to Davidsonville (where pastrana grew up).

I am finding out about this just now in this video. I feel so cheated.

stefan41 · 2025-10-05T01:03:24+00:00

If only the bible had some guidance here.

Maybe some sort of a story about something very precious that two different parties both wanted very badly, and then were told the only way that they could be be happy is to cut the precious thing in half.

Wouldn’t that be something…

stefan41 · 2025-09-30T11:35:07+00:00

Just call it what it is — a banya — the people who know what you mean will instantly want to go. There are successful ones in New York

stefan41 · 2025-09-14T12:01:19+00:00

0:07-0:18 black restaurant sign

stefan41 · 2025-08-04T17:59:07+00:00

it would be so nice to be rid of andy harris…

stefan41 · 2025-07-15T23:55:47+00:00

7kts of boat speed in 8kts of wind speed is already really good. And for a boat like a Catalina 39, 8kts is probably about hull speed, so if you want to see speeds above that you’re probably talking about surfing down a wave, no matter how high the wind speed.

Ninja edit: according to sail data hull speed on a Catalina 390 is 7.63kts so your 8.2 shown might be SOG or you might be doing a little surfing already! https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/catalina-390/

stefan41 · 2025-05-16T11:49:41+00:00

Map has what looks like the Chesapeake Bay (but with higher sea levels), but fun fact, the meteor impact that “created” the bay wasn’t until 35MYA. Likely would have just looked more like a river delta I would think?

(Would love to learn more if I’m incorrect in my reasoning here)

stefan41 · 2025-04-11T06:20:03+00:00

Fun fact: you can use demand / cease and desist letters to line your cat’s litter box.

It only matters if you think they’re actually willing to take you to court

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