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Originally Posted by sor
You couldn’t pay me to drive 290 miles without stopping. I mean, I’d do it if I absolutely had to, but I don’t feel like I require any car with 400+ miles of range. If I’m going to drive and enjoy the experience , I’m going to be stopping every three hours or so at most.
It’s all a matter of preference of course. Just interesting to me how some people think 290 is just not usable, and others like me find it more than enough for long road trips.
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Yeah that's about where I've always been at, ICE or EV.
Living in the middle of NYC, my average speed to get anywhere is painfully low. I am never heading anywhere rural enough that I am going to hit speeds north of 70mph for long.
I have parents & in-laws in CT 75mi away, which take 2 hours to get to, sometimes 3 hours in major holiday traffic delays. We often make a stop going but make it back nonstop on return.
I have a sister down 95/NJTP 170mi away but it takes almost 4 hours to get there. There is always a stop each way, sometimes 2. ONCE when we had to pitstop at a Walmart topping up at an EA charger, 10mi in the wrong direction we then managed to make the full 180mi return nonstop because it was late and we basically flew the whole way.
Even going to see my brother in Boston which is technically 220mi is something like a 5 hour trip. We did that once, never driving it again. Happy to take a train.
If I was going 85mph sustained, then 350mi trips without stop might be a different story... but still for us, unlikely.