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Next time you're doing a road trip, time out how long you're stopping for breaks. There's _no_ chance I'd ever spend only 2 minutes gassing up, that's below even just the minumum time to add gas, not to mention stretching legs, getting something to drink, bodily fuctions.

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Tesla is a nice road trip car... until it isn't.

Supercharging times are OK, especially if you have kids. Sometimes it's not even enough for a proper potty+food break and you have to hurry back to the car to move it to a normal parking spot so you don't incur overtime fees.

However, I now avoid traveling in a Tesla during any major holidays. Yes, 2019 SLO fiasco was probably an exception, but I definitely didn't enjoy 3 hours in the line, waiting for the supercharger to become available... My family enjoyed it even less.

That certainly seems fair. I doubt I'd want to take one on a trip either. It's just not the raw charging time that's the issue.

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