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1200 miles, $8, a new puppy, a flat tire, and a mostly successful charging trip
Wife and I made an in-and-out Kessel Run this past Saturday and Sunday from our home in southwest Orlando, FL to the Lake Lure area in North Carolina to pick up a new furry member of the family. Just enough time on the ground to sleep, pick up the cargo, and make the 18-parsec return trip.
We had done light road-tripping in the ID.4, but this was the first serious gotta get there and back over a long-distance run we've done since getting the car a little over a year ago. Overall, the car performed as expected and as noted here and elsewhere, it's a comfortable cruiser. We only had one glitch during the run where the car suddenly decided to start running the flashers and honking the horn as I was driving down the interstate. After about a minute it reset itself though and we had no other notable issues from the car itself over the 2 days.
I did not take detailed notes, use a car scanner, etc. Only used ABRP to do a little bit of light trip planning, etc. and then used Apple Maps to do leg-by-leg runs using the information for charging station locations from the EA app. I've drive most of this run in various segments over the years multiple times, so I'm familiar with the town, locations, rough landmarks, etc. which helps a lot in freeing you from being glued to your GPS. We arrived at all the chargers with less than 40 miles to go according to the GOM, and in most instances around 20. Also still running the old software build, as neither recall has been performed on our car.
Up and back were almost identical runs until we got south of St. Augustine on the last leg of the return trip and succumbed to a flat driver's rear tire forcing an early finish and a AAA tow for the remaining 110 miles home. I could have used VW Roadside assistance, but I've been a AAA member for 30+ years, it was late (10PM) and I knew what I'd get. Wasn't the best time with a wife, a new puppy, etc. to experiment.
Outbound: 600 miles, about 190kWh of juice, about 9 hours of drive time and about 3 hours of charge time, good weather, A/C at 72, and highway speeds pretty dead on 70mph using extensive use of cruise control, etc.
First leg was from western Kissimmee to the EA chargers at The Avenues Mall in south Jacksonville, FL for about 171 miles. We departed around 11AM and arrived at about 1:30 in the afternoon. Chargers here are in the mall parking lot. This run in Florida flat, with zero hills to speak of. Had no wait, no issues getting a charge going and we topped out at 134kW. 60.5 kWh in 43 minutes according to EA ending at 92% SOC. We got out, walked around the mall a bit, and then ultimately walked to Miller's Ale house for a late lunch. I had to run back over while we were waiting for food and disconnect and drive the car over as we were well into the 90% charging range when I unplugged.
Second leg was from Jax to the EA station in Pooler, GA outside of Savannah for about 148 miles in distance. This arrival had more in the tank to go than the previous, but not enough to get to the next EA station in Walterboro, SC. The stations here are in a Wal-Mart parking lot in a decent configuration with a nice mix of speeds, etc. The station I plugged into was running in complimentary session mode, so I don't have statistics for this one, though we were there about 40 minutes or so as I recall.
Third leg was from Pooler to the EA station in northwest Columbia, SC. for 161 miles. Arrived at 8:30 and departed at 9:40. These 4 stations are also in a Wal-Mart parking lot and were the first ones we had trouble with. All of them were running in reduced power mode and one CCS charger had a broken handle. EA says we still managed 86kW in 50 minutes, which was enough time to pee at Wal-Mart and then cross the combined Wal-Mart/Sam's Club lots to cross the street for sushi and hibachi dinner with me returning to get the car while the wife finished up and paid the check. End SOC was 94% according to EA.
The 4th leg was from Columbia, SC to Forest City, NC for about 119 miles. 94 of that was on the interstate and the remaining 25 was on 2 lane road with largely a 45 MPH speed limit. We stopped at the Hotspot Truck Stop on SC-292 in Inman, SC and added about 19.5 kWh in about 23 minutes for a total charge of $7.70 or about $.39 a kWh. We arrived at just before 11PM and departed at 11:20PM. These are 50 kW Shell Recharge units and they pumped out a respectable 43'ish kW or so over that time. This was mostly because there was no place where we were staying in NC that had high-speed charging and even the slow chargers were thin on the ground.
Overall, other than the slow charger in Columbia, everything went pretty well on the way up.
Return: same 600 miles, I'm guessing about 160kWh or so for the part we did drive, good temps but rain off and on all day and especially hard from Jax to Daytona.
First leg here was from the Hampton Inn we stayed at in Forest City with a slight detour from the night before of about 5 miles or so to pick up the new family member and then head home. We left about the same time when it was all said and done as the previous day from the dog pickup. Arrived back in Inman and realized we had more than enough juice to go the remaining 94 miles to Columbia so we skipped any charging here and pressed on. Like the day before, the chargers here were still in reduced power mode, but much busier than the day before. We had 1 stall open and then a couple of other cars has modest waits to wait on an open slot. At the start is was 3 iD4s and a brand new Ioniq 6 sedan horking down power while a Porsche Tycan sat waiting followed later by a 'fat' Audi Etron. 73kW was the peak this time with 52 kWh delivered in 48 minutes and an end SOC of 90%. Arrival was at 12:50 and departure at 1:40.
Second leg was back to Pooler. This time the charger was not running in free session mode, though the station mentioned that it was having connectivity problems and information would be uploaded to my account later. I had to start the charge from the EA app as well, as I couldn't get the RFID scanned card in my iPhone to register with my EA account. No information for this charge in my EA app either. Lunch was from a nearby Subway that we drove to before leaving the area.
Third leg was back to Jax. This time I used a different charger and the Ioniq 5 driver next to me noted that he had not been able to get full power from the unit I did plug into and this time unit 1 was down which left no other choices unless I wanted to wait. We wanted dinner, so back to Miller's we went (the mall was of course closed by this time) where I had a decent steak and the wife some boneless wings. We arrived at 8:12PM, charged for about an hour to 100% delivered at a peek of 90kW and a total of 64 kWh stuffed into the battery banks. Departed at 9:12 PM on the final leg home.
The 4th leg lasted for about 45 miles of the 171 back home coming to an end just before 10PM. It was pouring rain off and on and about a mile out from the station the tire light came on. I didn't think much about it, thinking that a tire had slowly leaked enough air to be out of balance and I'd pull off down the road at the next truck stop and check it out. Then came the hard rumble from the back and the realization that the tire had deflated and I was doing 65MPH on a flat tire. Ouch. We had enough speed to get into the rest area and stop and yep, it was flat. AAA coordinated the tow, took about an hour for them to get to us (not bad), and then the tow for the remaining 110 miles or so was on diesel sadly arriving home after dropping off the car at a tire shop about 2 miles from our house at around 2AM vs the originally planned 11:30 or so.
Coming back was more of a mixed bag in charging, even though we used the exact same charging locations though consumption for us felt similar even despite the change in weather.
Beyond the flat tire, everything else worked largely as expected.
TIRE: The tire shop didn't have access to the matching Bridgestones BTW, so we have one mismatched tire for the moment. It's a Perrelli Scorpion Zero for which I paid $351 installed. At 13k the tires all still have plenty of life in them at normal wear, but the driver's front is really starting to chip as others have posted here. The car drives fine with the mismatched tire though, so I'll leave it for now and see how it does knowing I'll have to replace the other 3 at some point probably by the end of the year.
We had done light road-tripping in the ID.4, but this was the first serious gotta get there and back over a long-distance run we've done since getting the car a little over a year ago. Overall, the car performed as expected and as noted here and elsewhere, it's a comfortable cruiser. We only had one glitch during the run where the car suddenly decided to start running the flashers and honking the horn as I was driving down the interstate. After about a minute it reset itself though and we had no other notable issues from the car itself over the 2 days.
I did not take detailed notes, use a car scanner, etc. Only used ABRP to do a little bit of light trip planning, etc. and then used Apple Maps to do leg-by-leg runs using the information for charging station locations from the EA app. I've drive most of this run in various segments over the years multiple times, so I'm familiar with the town, locations, rough landmarks, etc. which helps a lot in freeing you from being glued to your GPS. We arrived at all the chargers with less than 40 miles to go according to the GOM, and in most instances around 20. Also still running the old software build, as neither recall has been performed on our car.
Up and back were almost identical runs until we got south of St. Augustine on the last leg of the return trip and succumbed to a flat driver's rear tire forcing an early finish and a AAA tow for the remaining 110 miles home. I could have used VW Roadside assistance, but I've been a AAA member for 30+ years, it was late (10PM) and I knew what I'd get. Wasn't the best time with a wife, a new puppy, etc. to experiment.
Outbound: 600 miles, about 190kWh of juice, about 9 hours of drive time and about 3 hours of charge time, good weather, A/C at 72, and highway speeds pretty dead on 70mph using extensive use of cruise control, etc.
First leg was from western Kissimmee to the EA chargers at The Avenues Mall in south Jacksonville, FL for about 171 miles. We departed around 11AM and arrived at about 1:30 in the afternoon. Chargers here are in the mall parking lot. This run in Florida flat, with zero hills to speak of. Had no wait, no issues getting a charge going and we topped out at 134kW. 60.5 kWh in 43 minutes according to EA ending at 92% SOC. We got out, walked around the mall a bit, and then ultimately walked to Miller's Ale house for a late lunch. I had to run back over while we were waiting for food and disconnect and drive the car over as we were well into the 90% charging range when I unplugged.
Second leg was from Jax to the EA station in Pooler, GA outside of Savannah for about 148 miles in distance. This arrival had more in the tank to go than the previous, but not enough to get to the next EA station in Walterboro, SC. The stations here are in a Wal-Mart parking lot in a decent configuration with a nice mix of speeds, etc. The station I plugged into was running in complimentary session mode, so I don't have statistics for this one, though we were there about 40 minutes or so as I recall.
Third leg was from Pooler to the EA station in northwest Columbia, SC. for 161 miles. Arrived at 8:30 and departed at 9:40. These 4 stations are also in a Wal-Mart parking lot and were the first ones we had trouble with. All of them were running in reduced power mode and one CCS charger had a broken handle. EA says we still managed 86kW in 50 minutes, which was enough time to pee at Wal-Mart and then cross the combined Wal-Mart/Sam's Club lots to cross the street for sushi and hibachi dinner with me returning to get the car while the wife finished up and paid the check. End SOC was 94% according to EA.
The 4th leg was from Columbia, SC to Forest City, NC for about 119 miles. 94 of that was on the interstate and the remaining 25 was on 2 lane road with largely a 45 MPH speed limit. We stopped at the Hotspot Truck Stop on SC-292 in Inman, SC and added about 19.5 kWh in about 23 minutes for a total charge of $7.70 or about $.39 a kWh. We arrived at just before 11PM and departed at 11:20PM. These are 50 kW Shell Recharge units and they pumped out a respectable 43'ish kW or so over that time. This was mostly because there was no place where we were staying in NC that had high-speed charging and even the slow chargers were thin on the ground.
Overall, other than the slow charger in Columbia, everything went pretty well on the way up.
Return: same 600 miles, I'm guessing about 160kWh or so for the part we did drive, good temps but rain off and on all day and especially hard from Jax to Daytona.
First leg here was from the Hampton Inn we stayed at in Forest City with a slight detour from the night before of about 5 miles or so to pick up the new family member and then head home. We left about the same time when it was all said and done as the previous day from the dog pickup. Arrived back in Inman and realized we had more than enough juice to go the remaining 94 miles to Columbia so we skipped any charging here and pressed on. Like the day before, the chargers here were still in reduced power mode, but much busier than the day before. We had 1 stall open and then a couple of other cars has modest waits to wait on an open slot. At the start is was 3 iD4s and a brand new Ioniq 6 sedan horking down power while a Porsche Tycan sat waiting followed later by a 'fat' Audi Etron. 73kW was the peak this time with 52 kWh delivered in 48 minutes and an end SOC of 90%. Arrival was at 12:50 and departure at 1:40.
Second leg was back to Pooler. This time the charger was not running in free session mode, though the station mentioned that it was having connectivity problems and information would be uploaded to my account later. I had to start the charge from the EA app as well, as I couldn't get the RFID scanned card in my iPhone to register with my EA account. No information for this charge in my EA app either. Lunch was from a nearby Subway that we drove to before leaving the area.
Third leg was back to Jax. This time I used a different charger and the Ioniq 5 driver next to me noted that he had not been able to get full power from the unit I did plug into and this time unit 1 was down which left no other choices unless I wanted to wait. We wanted dinner, so back to Miller's we went (the mall was of course closed by this time) where I had a decent steak and the wife some boneless wings. We arrived at 8:12PM, charged for about an hour to 100% delivered at a peek of 90kW and a total of 64 kWh stuffed into the battery banks. Departed at 9:12 PM on the final leg home.
The 4th leg lasted for about 45 miles of the 171 back home coming to an end just before 10PM. It was pouring rain off and on and about a mile out from the station the tire light came on. I didn't think much about it, thinking that a tire had slowly leaked enough air to be out of balance and I'd pull off down the road at the next truck stop and check it out. Then came the hard rumble from the back and the realization that the tire had deflated and I was doing 65MPH on a flat tire. Ouch. We had enough speed to get into the rest area and stop and yep, it was flat. AAA coordinated the tow, took about an hour for them to get to us (not bad), and then the tow for the remaining 110 miles or so was on diesel sadly arriving home after dropping off the car at a tire shop about 2 miles from our house at around 2AM vs the originally planned 11:30 or so.
Coming back was more of a mixed bag in charging, even though we used the exact same charging locations though consumption for us felt similar even despite the change in weather.
Beyond the flat tire, everything else worked largely as expected.
TIRE: The tire shop didn't have access to the matching Bridgestones BTW, so we have one mismatched tire for the moment. It's a Perrelli Scorpion Zero for which I paid $351 installed. At 13k the tires all still have plenty of life in them at normal wear, but the driver's front is really starting to chip as others have posted here. The car drives fine with the mismatched tire though, so I'll leave it for now and see how it does knowing I'll have to replace the other 3 at some point probably by the end of the year.
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Where is the puppy in the ID.4 photo? ?Wife and I made an in-and-out Kessel Run this past Saturday and Sunday from our home in southwest Orlando, FL to the Lake Lure area in North Carolina to pick up a new furry member of the family. Just enough time on the ground to sleep, pick up the cargo, and make the 18-parsec return trip.
We had done light road-tripping in the ID.4, but this was the first serious gotta get there and back over a long-distance run we've done since getting the car a little over a year ago. Overall, the car performed as expected and as noted here and elsewhere, it's a comfortable cruiser. We only had one glitch during the run where the car suddenly decided to start running the flashers and honking the horn as I was driving down the interstate. After about a minute it reset itself though and we had no other notable issues from the car itself over the 2 days.
I did not take detailed notes, use a car scanner, etc. Only used ABRP to do a little bit of light trip planning, etc. and then used Apple Maps to do leg-by-leg runs using the information for charging station locations from the EA app. I've drive most of this run in various segments over the years multiple times, so I'm familiar with the town, locations, rough landmarks, etc. which helps a lot in freeing you from being glued to your GPS. We arrived at all the chargers with less than 40 miles to go according to the GOM, and in most instances around 20. Also still running the old software build, as neither recall has been performed on our car.
Up and back were almost identical runs until we got south of St. Augustine on the last leg of the return trip and succumbed to a flat driver's rear tire forcing an early finish and a AAA tow for the remaining 110 miles home. I could have used VW Roadside assistance, but I've been a AAA member for 30+ years, it was late (10PM) and I knew what I'd get. Wasn't the best time with a wife, a new puppy, etc. to experiment.
Outbound: 600 miles, about 190kWh of juice, about 9 hours of drive time and about 3 hours of charge time, good weather, A/C at 72, and highway speeds pretty dead on 70mph using extensive use of cruise control, etc.
First leg was from western Kissimmee to the EA chargers at The Avenues Mall in south Jacksonville, FL for about 171 miles. We departed around 11AM and arrived at about 1:30 in the afternoon. Chargers here are in the mall parking lot. This run in Florida flat, with zero hills to speak of. Had no wait, no issues getting a charge going and we topped out at 134kW. 60.5 kWh in 43 minutes according to EA ending at 92% SOC. We got out, walked around the mall a bit, and then ultimately walked to Miller's Ale house for a late lunch. I had to run back over while we were waiting for food and disconnect and drive the car over as we were well into the 90% charging range when I unplugged.
Second leg was from Jax to the EA station in Pooler, GA outside of Savannah for about 148 miles in distance. This arrival had more in the tank to go than the previous, but not enough to get to the next EA station in Walterboro, SC. The stations here are in a Wal-Mart parking lot in a decent configuration with a nice mix of speeds, etc. The station I plugged into was running in complimentary session mode, so I don't have statistics for this one, though we were there about 40 minutes or so as I recall.
Third leg was from Pooler to the EA station in northwest Columbia, SC. for 161 miles. Arrived at 8:30 and departed at 9:40. These 4 stations are also in a Wal-Mart parking lot and were the first ones we had trouble with. All of them were running in reduced power mode and one CCS charger had a broken handle. EA says we still managed 86kW in 50 minutes, which was enough time to pee at Wal-Mart and then cross the combined Wal-Mart/Sam's Club lots to cross the street for sushi and hibachi dinner with me returning to get the car while the wife finished up and paid the check. End SOC was 94% according to EA.
The 4th leg was from Columbia, SC to Forest City, NC for about 119 miles. 94 of that was on the interstate and the remaining 25 was on 2 lane road with largely a 45 MPH speed limit. We stopped at the Hotspot Truck Stop on SC-292 in Inman, SC and added about 19.5 kWh in about 23 minutes for a total charge of $7.70 or about $.39 a kWh. We arrived at just before 11PM and departed at 11:20PM. These are 50 kW Shell Recharge units and they pumped out a respectable 43'ish kW or so over that time. This was mostly because there was no place where we were staying in NC that had high-speed charging and even the slow chargers were thin on the ground.
Overall, other than the slow charger in Columbia, everything went pretty well on the way up.
Return: same 600 miles, I'm guessing about 160kWh or so for the part we did drive, good temps but rain off and on all day and especially hard from Jax to Daytona.
First leg here was from the Hampton Inn we stayed at in Forest City with a slight detour from the night before of about 5 miles or so to pick up the new family member and then head home. We left about the same time when it was all said and done as the previous day from the dog pickup. Arrived back in Inman and realized we had more than enough juice to go the remaining 94 miles to Columbia so we skipped any charging here and pressed on. Like the day before, the chargers here were still in reduced power mode, but much busier than the day before. We had 1 stall open and then a couple of other cars has modest waits to wait on an open slot. At the start is was 3 iD4s and a brand new Ioniq 6 sedan horking down power while a Porsche Tycan sat waiting followed later by a 'fat' Audi Etron. 73kW was the peak this time with 52 kWh delivered in 48 minutes and an end SOC of 90%. Arrival was at 12:50 and departure at 1:40.
Second leg was back to Pooler. This time the charger was not running in free session mode, though the station mentioned that it was having connectivity problems and information would be uploaded to my account later. I had to start the charge from the EA app as well, as I couldn't get the RFID scanned card in my iPhone to register with my EA account. No information for this charge in my EA app either. Lunch was from a nearby Subway that we drove to before leaving the area.
Third leg was back to Jax. This time I used a different charger and the Ioniq 5 driver next to me noted that he had not been able to get full power from the unit I did plug into and this time unit 1 was down which left no other choices unless I wanted to wait. We wanted dinner, so back to Miller's we went (the mall was of course closed by this time) where I had a decent steak and the wife some boneless wings. We arrived at 8:12PM, charged for about an hour to 100% delivered at a peek of 90kW and a total of 64 kWh stuffed into the battery banks. Departed at 9:12 PM on the final leg home.
The 4th leg lasted for about 45 miles of the 171 back home coming to an end just before 10PM. It was pouring rain off and on and about a mile out from the station the tire light came on. I didn't think much about it, thinking that a tire had slowly leaked enough air to be out of balance and I'd pull off down the road at the next truck stop and check it out. Then came the hard rumble from the back and the realization that the tire had deflated and I was doing 65MPH on a flat tire. Ouch. We had enough speed to get into the rest area and stop and yep, it was flat. AAA coordinated the tow, took about an hour for them to get to us (not bad), and then the tow for the remaining 110 miles or so was on diesel sadly arriving home after dropping off the car at a tire shop about 2 miles from our house at around 2AM vs the originally planned 11:30 or so.
Coming back was more of a mixed bag in charging, even though we used the exact same charging locations though consumption for us felt similar even despite the change in weather.
Beyond the flat tire, everything else worked largely as expected. The tire shop didn't have access to the matching Bridgestones BTW, so we have one mismatched tire for the moment. It's a Perrelli Scorpion Zero for which I paid $351 installed for. At 13k the tires all still have plenty of life in them at normal wear, but the drivers front is really starting to chip as others have posted here. The car drives fine with the mismatched tire though, so I'll leave it for now and see how it does knowing I'll have to replace the other 3 at some point probably by the end of the year.
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Awesome, Congratulations on finding your future trouble maker.View attachment 24753
Was too focused on mileage and regular potty stops, etc. to take a picture in the car yesterday. LOL
Okay. So, I’ll admit. I read absolutely nothing. I just saw puppy and that’s what I came here for. And I was not disappointed 😍View attachment 24753
Was too focused on mileage and regular potty stops, etc. to take a picture in the car yesterday. LOL
EDIT: what’s the little floofer’s name?
Mom named him Mojo. He's a pek-a-poo, so will be about 8 to 10 lbs when fully grown. He'll join his older brother Max who is a 6 YO, 15-ish pound shi-poo.
Okay. So, I’ll admit. I read absolutely nothing. I just saw puppy and that’s what I came here for. And I was not disappointed 😍
EDIT: what’s the little floofer’s name?
Betch'a you inadvertently tripped the panic alarm via somebody's fob ('though I'm surprised that feature would even work when under way).We only had one glitch during the run where the car suddenly decided to start running the flashers and honking the horn as I was driving down the interstate.
Enjoy the new furry friend!
That would freak me out. As @Atlant suggested, I wonder where the fob was?We only had one glitch during the run where the car suddenly decided to start running the flashers and honking the horn as I was driving down the interstate. After about a minute it reset itself though and we had no other notable issues from the car itself over the 2 days.
That's an easy way to tell the pups apart!!! Well played!!!Where is the puppy in the ID.4 photo? ?
Anything is possible though I’d driven for probably 150 miles on that leg with no issue. One key was in my wife’s purse. The other was probably in the door pocket or center console.
Do agree that how easy it is to trip the alarm is sometimes annoying.
Do agree that how easy it is to trip the alarm is sometimes annoying.
That bursts my bubble somewhat. I wondered if it might have been in a pocket by the seatbelt buckle...
For me, I'm usually carrying both my Volt and ID.4 fobs in the same pants pocket and the Volt fob bearing on the ID.4 fob is what sets off the Panic Alarm; bending over often does it for me.That bursts my bubble somewhat. I wondered if it might have been in a pocket by the seatbelt buckle...
Oh dear god!!! Why would you admit to such callous disregard for that beautiful piano black finish on the ID.4 fob by placing it in a pocket with ANYTHING else?!?!?!?For me, I'm usually carrying both my Volt and ID.4 fobs in the same pants pocket and the Volt fob bearing on the ID.4 fob is what sets off the Panic Alarm; bending over often does it for me.
<Where's the "unfriend" button?>
I usually, but not always, carry mine on a carabiner hanging from a left side belt loop. Results of a lifetime on construction projects. Now retired and sometimes carry them in my pocket. The problem? The rubber on the control side is coming off of both of them.
I don't like sitting down in the car for the most part with mine in my pocket. I find having 'large' key fobs in my pocket on the same keyring, plus a key, a Tile finder, and a Gerber Shard also makes for a bit of a large keyset to comfortably set.
So most days when I'm commuting with the Bolt, the keys are in the front pouch of my work backpack along with my wallet, work ID, etc. When I drive the ID with passenger(s), I tend to toss them into the door pocket or maybe the center console. If I'm alone, they, along with phone, wallet, etc. tend to just get tossed into the passenger seat.
So most days when I'm commuting with the Bolt, the keys are in the front pouch of my work backpack along with my wallet, work ID, etc. When I drive the ID with passenger(s), I tend to toss them into the door pocket or maybe the center console. If I'm alone, they, along with phone, wallet, etc. tend to just get tossed into the passenger seat.
Congrats on the new pup!
Sucks about the flat throwing off your whole flow on the return. Thankfully you were close enough to have AAA tow the remainder of the way. Side note on VW roadside - you made a good call as the factory roadside will only tow to closest VW dealership even if its a tire so you probably would have been towed back to O'Steen VW at the Avenues in JAX or whatever VW dealer (if any) in Daytona. I ended up keeping my roadside assist with Progressive just in case of tire problems (its only $1/month).
Avenues Mall chargers. I thought these were relatively new or had been recently upgraded to the new cabinets? I seem to recall seeing that location as active on EA last year then it grayed out for some time like a "coming soon" station in the past month or two so I figured they were being upgraded. Either way sad that already problems there. I lived in JAX for a combined 10ish years - mall is a great place for road trip chargers as there is near zero walkability in 97% of places in JAX unless its a mall or shopping center.
Sucks about the flat throwing off your whole flow on the return. Thankfully you were close enough to have AAA tow the remainder of the way. Side note on VW roadside - you made a good call as the factory roadside will only tow to closest VW dealership even if its a tire so you probably would have been towed back to O'Steen VW at the Avenues in JAX or whatever VW dealer (if any) in Daytona. I ended up keeping my roadside assist with Progressive just in case of tire problems (its only $1/month).
Avenues Mall chargers. I thought these were relatively new or had been recently upgraded to the new cabinets? I seem to recall seeing that location as active on EA last year then it grayed out for some time like a "coming soon" station in the past month or two so I figured they were being upgraded. Either way sad that already problems there. I lived in JAX for a combined 10ish years - mall is a great place for road trip chargers as there is near zero walkability in 97% of places in JAX unless its a mall or shopping center.
Tire failure is the familiar part of this story. Two flats in less than 15k miles on mine.Wife and I made an in-and-out Kessel Run this past Saturday and Sunday from our home in southwest Orlando, FL to the Lake Lure area in North Carolina to pick up a new furry member of the family. Just enough time on the ground to sleep, pick up the cargo, and make the 18-parsec return trip.
We had done light road-tripping in the ID.4, but this was the first serious gotta get there and back over a long-distance run we've done since getting the car a little over a year ago. Overall, the car performed as expected and as noted here and elsewhere, it's a comfortable cruiser. We only had one glitch during the run where the car suddenly decided to start running the flashers and honking the horn as I was driving down the interstate. After about a minute it reset itself though and we had no other notable issues from the car itself over the 2 days.
I did not take detailed notes, use a car scanner, etc. Only used ABRP to do a little bit of light trip planning, etc. and then used Apple Maps to do leg-by-leg runs using the information for charging station locations from the EA app. I've drive most of this run in various segments over the years multiple times, so I'm familiar with the town, locations, rough landmarks, etc. which helps a lot in freeing you from being glued to your GPS. We arrived at all the chargers with less than 40 miles to go according to the GOM, and in most instances around 20. Also still running the old software build, as neither recall has been performed on our car.
Up and back were almost identical runs until we got south of St. Augustine on the last leg of the return trip and succumbed to a flat driver's rear tire forcing an early finish and a AAA tow for the remaining 110 miles home. I could have used VW Roadside assistance, but I've been a AAA member for 30+ years, it was late (10PM) and I knew what I'd get. Wasn't the best time with a wife, a new puppy, etc. to experiment.
Outbound: 600 miles, about 190kWh of juice, about 9 hours of drive time and about 3 hours of charge time, good weather, A/C at 72, and highway speeds pretty dead on 70mph using extensive use of cruise control, etc.
First leg was from western Kissimmee to the EA chargers at The Avenues Mall in south Jacksonville, FL for about 171 miles. We departed around 11AM and arrived at about 1:30 in the afternoon. Chargers here are in the mall parking lot. This run in Florida flat, with zero hills to speak of. Had no wait, no issues getting a charge going and we topped out at 134kW. 60.5 kWh in 43 minutes according to EA ending at 92% SOC. We got out, walked around the mall a bit, and then ultimately walked to Miller's Ale house for a late lunch. I had to run back over while we were waiting for food and disconnect and drive the car over as we were well into the 90% charging range when I unplugged.
Second leg was from Jax to the EA station in Pooler, GA outside of Savannah for about 148 miles in distance. This arrival had more in the tank to go than the previous, but not enough to get to the next EA station in Walterboro, SC. The stations here are in a Wal-Mart parking lot in a decent configuration with a nice mix of speeds, etc. The station I plugged into was running in complimentary session mode, so I don't have statistics for this one, though we were there about 40 minutes or so as I recall.
Third leg was from Pooler to the EA station in northwest Columbia, SC. for 161 miles. Arrived at 8:30 and departed at 9:40. These 4 stations are also in a Wal-Mart parking lot and were the first ones we had trouble with. All of them were running in reduced power mode and one CCS charger had a broken handle. EA says we still managed 86kW in 50 minutes, which was enough time to pee at Wal-Mart and then cross the combined Wal-Mart/Sam's Club lots to cross the street for sushi and hibachi dinner with me returning to get the car while the wife finished up and paid the check. End SOC was 94% according to EA.
The 4th leg was from Columbia, SC to Forest City, NC for about 119 miles. 94 of that was on the interstate and the remaining 25 was on 2 lane road with largely a 45 MPH speed limit. We stopped at the Hotspot Truck Stop on SC-292 in Inman, SC and added about 19.5 kWh in about 23 minutes for a total charge of $7.70 or about $.39 a kWh. We arrived at just before 11PM and departed at 11:20PM. These are 50 kW Shell Recharge units and they pumped out a respectable 43'ish kW or so over that time. This was mostly because there was no place where we were staying in NC that had high-speed charging and even the slow chargers were thin on the ground.
Overall, other than the slow charger in Columbia, everything went pretty well on the way up.
Return: same 600 miles, I'm guessing about 160kWh or so for the part we did drive, good temps but rain off and on all day and especially hard from Jax to Daytona.
First leg here was from the Hampton Inn we stayed at in Forest City with a slight detour from the night before of about 5 miles or so to pick up the new family member and then head home. We left about the same time when it was all said and done as the previous day from the dog pickup. Arrived back in Inman and realized we had more than enough juice to go the remaining 94 miles to Columbia so we skipped any charging here and pressed on. Like the day before, the chargers here were still in reduced power mode, but much busier than the day before. We had 1 stall open and then a couple of other cars has modest waits to wait on an open slot. At the start is was 3 iD4s and a brand new Ioniq 6 sedan horking down power while a Porsche Tycan sat waiting followed later by a 'fat' Audi Etron. 73kW was the peak this time with 52 kWh delivered in 48 minutes and an end SOC of 90%. Arrival was at 12:50 and departure at 1:40.
Second leg was back to Pooler. This time the charger was not running in free session mode, though the station mentioned that it was having connectivity problems and information would be uploaded to my account later. I had to start the charge from the EA app as well, as I couldn't get the RFID scanned card in my iPhone to register with my EA account. No information for this charge in my EA app either. Lunch was from a nearby Subway that we drove to before leaving the area.
Third leg was back to Jax. This time I used a different charger and the Ioniq 5 driver next to me noted that he had not been able to get full power from the unit I did plug into and this time unit 1 was down which left no other choices unless I wanted to wait. We wanted dinner, so back to Miller's we went (the mall was of course closed by this time) where I had a decent steak and the wife some boneless wings. We arrived at 8:12PM, charged for about an hour to 100% delivered at a peek of 90kW and a total of 64 kWh stuffed into the battery banks. Departed at 9:12 PM on the final leg home.
The 4th leg lasted for about 45 miles of the 171 back home coming to an end just before 10PM. It was pouring rain off and on and about a mile out from the station the tire light came on. I didn't think much about it, thinking that a tire had slowly leaked enough air to be out of balance and I'd pull off down the road at the next truck stop and check it out. Then came the hard rumble from the back and the realization that the tire had deflated and I was doing 65MPH on a flat tire. Ouch. We had enough speed to get into the rest area and stop and yep, it was flat. AAA coordinated the tow, took about an hour for them to get to us (not bad), and then the tow for the remaining 110 miles or so was on diesel sadly arriving home after dropping off the car at a tire shop about 2 miles from our house at around 2AM vs the originally planned 11:30 or so.
Coming back was more of a mixed bag in charging, even though we used the exact same charging locations though consumption for us felt similar even despite the change in weather.
Beyond the flat tire, everything else worked largely as expected.
TIRE: The tire shop didn't have access to the matching Bridgestones BTW, so we have one mismatched tire for the moment. It's a Perrelli Scorpion Zero for which I paid $351 installed. At 13k the tires all still have plenty of life in them at normal wear, but the driver's front is really starting to chip as others have posted here. The car drives fine with the mismatched tire though, so I'll leave it for now and see how it does knowing I'll have to replace the other 3 at some point probably by the end of the year.
Yeah, I have kept 'towing' on my insurance as well for the cheap, but they also come with some similar limitations on range, etc.
The stations in Jax were these 'new' design stations as you mention (I had to go look!). And yeah, it was disappointing that they didn't work better, even over 2 days on a non-busy weekend. I tried to turn in a trouble ticket in the EA app and also have issues, so I ended up calling them and turning them in on the phone.
Incidentally, there was a construction dumpster in the parking lot where I threw away some doggy trash, and I suspect that might end up being where I picked up the nail/screw that ended up in the inner wall of the tire, which explains why I couldn't find it when I was inspecting the tire.
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The stations in Jax were these 'new' design stations as you mention (I had to go look!). And yeah, it was disappointing that they didn't work better, even over 2 days on a non-busy weekend. I tried to turn in a trouble ticket in the EA app and also have issues, so I ended up calling them and turning them in on the phone.
Incidentally, there was a construction dumpster in the parking lot where I threw away some doggy trash, and I suspect that might end up being where I picked up the nail/screw that ended up in the inner wall of the tire, which explains why I couldn't find it when I was inspecting the tire.
Congrats on the new pup!
Sucks about the flat throwing off your whole flow on the return. Thankfully you were close enough to have AAA tow the remainder of the way. Side note on VW roadside - you made a good call as the factory roadside will only tow to closest VW dealership even if its a tire so you probably would have been towed back to O'Steen VW at the Avenues in JAX or whatever VW dealer (if any) in Daytona. I ended up keeping my roadside assist with Progressive just in case of tire problems (its only $1/month).
Avenues Mall chargers. I thought these were relatively new or had been recently upgraded to the new cabinets? I seem to recall seeing that location as active on EA last year then it grayed out for some time like a "coming soon" station in the past month or two so I figured they were being upgraded. Either way sad that already problems there. I lived in JAX for a combined 10ish years - mall is a great place for road trip chargers as there is near zero walkability in 97% of places in JAX unless its a mall or shopping center.
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