Preparing for road trip

[bc1]

Thanks. I got one ordered and coming. I'm bookmarking these posts. Didn't mean to get to technical here or start a ruckus. Sometimes I eat apples and oranges and it's always nice to know how to tell the difference before I pick one up out of the bowl on the kitchen table in the dark and take a bite.

Going on a road trip on Thursday. Have to go to the VA hospital on Wednesday in Wichita for a bilateral radiofrequency nerve ablation down in my lower spine in a couple different places and then off to Kansas City. On Thursday the wife is having an Atrial Fibrillation Ablation procedure on her heart in Overland Park Regional Med Center so I'm looking for a motel in the area with a free ev connection up there for a couple days or so.

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[Bushwood CC]

We’re on to the next long road trip. This time from MN (where it’s currently well below 0) to Arizona. Looking at the route and temps along the way, it looks like it will be colder than normal with head winds. Other than my last road trip that started this thread, I’ve never fast charged. From reading other threads on the forum I know that preconditioning the battery will speed up fast charging, but I don’t know how to do that. Thanks in advance.

 

[Pod]

Ha, neither does Ford

 

[TaxmanHog]

I’ve never fast charged. From reading other threads on the forum I know that preconditioning the battery will speed up fast charging, but I don’t know how to do that. Thanks in advance.

Only way is to point the Ford Nav in the direction of a DCFC.

BTW, what year Flash do you have? Either should work as designed, while my 2022 Won't precondition enroute to a DCFC @Ford Motor Company

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[K6CCC]

This year will be our fourth trip to SPI with the Lightning. Truck is still great.

Is South Padre Island that great a vacation spot or do you like watching Starship launches?

 

[Rayden]

Is South Padre Island that great a vacation spot or do you like watching Starship launches?

I have not personally been, but I know for those of us that are kiteboarders, it's a great spot. Decent amount of reliable wind down there.

 

[Sherm]

Is South Padre Island that great a vacation spot or do you like watching Starship launches?

We love it. Staying for 5 weeks. Hope to do some fishing this year and drive on the beach. Lots of Midwest Snow Birds. Lots of Busch Lights.
GREAT FOOD! We did see a launch. It was postponed but launch did happen the night before we left. Frick-n amazing. You can feel it.

 

[K6CCC]

We love it. Staying for 5 weeks. Hope to do some fishing this year and drive on the beach. Lots of Midwest Snow Birds. Lots of Busch Lights.
GREAT FOOD! We did see a launch. It was postponed but launch did happen the night before we left. Frick-n amazing. You can feel it.

Never knew about the place until SpaceX built the launch facility there. I've seen two launches from Vandenberg here in California. You are right about the "you can feel it" part. Impressive.

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