ericNdfw
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Took my first road trip since putting wider GT PE wheels & tires onto my Premium AWD+ER, here's my review:
TL;DR: 211 miles each way with zero issues and my range seems largely unimpacted with these new, wider, stickier tires. BlueCruise is nice but not worth paying extra for IMO.
Details:
North Fort Worth to JW Marriot in Austin (right next to the Congress St. bridge with all the bats) and back.
June 17 outbound leg 211 mi:
June 24 return leg 211 mi:
This also was my first trip since getting BlueCruise added. It's nice, but I doubt I will pay to keep it after my free 1-year trial is up. It's just not that much better than standard lane-keeping and adaptive cruise control. Even with it active, I usually keep at least one hand on the bottom of the wheel anyway. It also is a little annoying when I put my hand on the top of the wheel for any amount of time because it complains that it cannot see my eyes.
TL;DR: 211 miles each way with zero issues and my range seems largely unimpacted with these new, wider, stickier tires. BlueCruise is nice but not worth paying extra for IMO.
Details:
North Fort Worth to JW Marriot in Austin (right next to the Congress St. bridge with all the bats) and back.
June 17 outbound leg 211 mi:
- Left around 11:00 am
- Starting ambient temp: 95º F
- Starting SOC: 100%, GOM range estimate: 272 mi
- Apple Maps predicted I could make it without charging but I decided to stop at the Round Rock Outlet mall EA chargers just in case the hotel's L2 chargers weren't available.
- Arrived there with about 19% SOC and GOM showing ~50 mi range.
- Added 38kWh in 22 minutes bringing SOC to 62% and GOM showing ~150 mi
- Distance from start to EA station was about 189 mi
- Arrived at destination (27 more mi) around 3:00 pm
- Arrival ambient temp: 95º F
- Finishing GOM range estimate: 123 mi
- Subtract the 100 miles I added in Round Rock and I would have arrived with about 23 miles estimated. That's about 40 miles under the original GOM range but not surprising given the speeds I was driving (75-80 MPH most of the way)
June 24 return leg 211 mi:
- Left around 10:00 am
- Starting ambient temp: 85º F
- Starting SOC: 100%, GOM range estimate: 254 mi
- Apple Maps again predicted I could make it without charging (and I did)
- Arrival ambient temp: 100º F
- Arrived home at 1:10 PM with 24% SOC remaining and GOM showing 63 mi range estimate
- That's about 20 miles better than the origin GOM estimation which is fairly surprising since there is a slight uphill elevation difference on this leg. (only 200 ft though)
This also was my first trip since getting BlueCruise added. It's nice, but I doubt I will pay to keep it after my free 1-year trial is up. It's just not that much better than standard lane-keeping and adaptive cruise control. Even with it active, I usually keep at least one hand on the bottom of the wheel anyway. It also is a little annoying when I put my hand on the top of the wheel for any amount of time because it complains that it cannot see my eyes.
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