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Affordability: Nissan asks college student $4,000 for electrical repair, battery OK.

Unable to charge her 2011 Nissan LEAF our granddaughter had the problem evaluated at the local Nissan dealer. The verdict is a bad onboard charger. The quote for repair was just shy of $4,000 which she declined, the vehicle is worth less than that, and first year college students don’t have that kind of money. The main battery is healthy with 10 out 12 capacity bars remaining, the only way to…

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Tesla Supercharger tested with our ID.4

ID.4 charging at Tesla Supercharger at Hendersonville TN On 18th November 2025 VW officially gained access to the Tesla Supercharger network. I purchased a VW NACS adapter at our local VW dealer, which costs $200. I had to go to the dealer to order the adapter, online our local dealer was not listed for some reason. The parts counter got the adapter within 2 days from when I ordered it,…

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Tesla FSD : Georgia on my mind.

Speed Limit Problems On a recent road trip to Florida from Tennessee I had to stop using Tesla FSD. It became totally unusable. This was due to recent changes in how a Tesla reads the road’s active speed limit. In Georgia they post separate minimum speed signs. Tesla now reads this as the speed limit for the highway and the car slows rapidly unless you are in heavy traffic. Two years ago we…

Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 12 - Tucumcari to Tulsa

Tucamcari to Amrillo We didn’t make it to Amarillo as we had hoped for yesterday, which means we are at least two days from home. We headed straight out after breakfast and our first stop was at Amarillo TX. This was a quick 16 minute charge and bathroom break. Amarillo to Shamrock We drove directly to Shamrock where there is a neat retro gas station and Route 66 Museum. The Museum was open…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 11 - Albuquerque to Tucumcari via Tesla Service Center

Albuquerque Service Center I headed off to the Tesla Service Center north of Albuquerque at 8am. It was just five minutes from the Hotel we stayed in. When I arrived I saw just six Tesla’s plugged in charging and not much else. It didn’t look very open. I approached someone at the Service Center and they asked how they could help. I asked if they were open to which he said no, not yet. I…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 10 - Page to Albuquerque - Standing on a corner in Winslow AZ, I duct taped my broken Tesla, what a sight to see.

Page to Flagstaff We headed off first thing from Page AZ. My intention was to get to Amarillo TX. I knew we could make it home in two days from there. Karen’s health continued to deteriorate so I was keen to make quick progress home. As we were travelling down US 89 from Page to Flagstaff an SUV behind us started to flash their lights at us repeatedly. Thinking this was some sort of road rage I…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 09 - Grand Canyon to Page

We really enjoyed our stay at the Grand Canyon. Karens’s health has deteriorated and we discussed returning home. Our original plans were to go to Utah next and see Zion National Park among others and work our way home via Colorado Springs. Instead we agreed to one more destination before returning. We chose to go to Page AZ which is just over 138 miles away, but more importantly two thousand…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Days 07 / 08 - Grand Canyon

For our first full day at the Grand Canyon we took one of the parks shuttle buses. Many of the viewpoints are only available by shuttle bus during the high season. This prevents the parking lots or pull-overs from overflowing with private vehicles allowing more people to enjoy the sights. We got to the park at 8:30 am and took the sights in until just after 1 am. With our Senior Pass we can…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 06 - Sedona to Grand Canyon

The drive from Sedona to the Grand Canyon is relatively short at about two hours. I planned a charging stop at Flagstaff and we also picked up some supplies at WalMart. We arrived quite early and were lucky to be able to get an early check-in at our hotel. The staff were very helpful and let me know I could use electrical outlets on lamposts in their parking lot to charge our car. I discovered…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 05 - Sedona

We woke up and realized we didn’t have to pack and jump in the car for another day of driving. Sedona is a really beautiful city. It is very clean, strict building codes have even made MacDonalds change the color of their arches from yellow to green. One feature of the city that is awesome is that there is not a single red light in the city, all intersections are roundabouts and traffic just…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 04 - Gallup to Sedona

Gallup is 6,467 ft in elevation and we could tell our breathing was more difficult. According to my Fit my blood oxygen levels are lower, resting heart rate higher and respiration rate went up. We are heading to Sedona next which is 4,350 ft in elevation so we should breathe easier tonight. On the way to Sedona we visited the Petrified Forest National Park. Gallup to Holbrook We had read that…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 03 - Amarillo to Gallup - Tesla looses its brain.

Car looses its brain in Autopilot. As we jumped back onto I-40 I put the vehicle in Autopilot for the long drive ahead. Within a few minutes the car slowed and simultaneously tried to change into the passing lane as it was braking. I aborted the maneuver and put the car back onto autopilot. This problem repeated which was annoying but then the car did something quite dangerous, as it was…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 02 - Ozarks to Amarillo

We slept late until 8 am and almost missed the breakfast at the Holiday Inn we stayed at. Today is the “big stretch” from Arkansas to Oklahoma City the longest stretch without another supercharger this entire trip. The cars nav told us to top off again prior to leaving, about 10 miles were used by sentry mode which records activity close to the car while parked overnight. We set off at 10 am to…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 01 - Tennessee to Ozarks

Grand Canyon Road Trip Day 1. Home to Van Buren AR.

We set off just after 9am. It was raining hard and I chose not use autopilot, I have seen too many YouTube videos of Tesla owners totaling their vehicles using autopilot in the rain. Autopilot does not let off the accelerator if you hit a pool of water. It rained for the first ninety minutes of our drive but then cleared up. Home to Jackson TN Our first charging stop was at Jackson TN. This is…

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Grand Canyon Road Trip - Day 0 - Route Plan

We are planning a trip from Tennessee to the Grand Canyon AZ. Our last trip to Cape Canaveral FL had plenty of charging stations on the route. Out west things are spaced out more so we need to identify places we may face limited charging. I use A Better Route Planner to plan potential charging stops. The outward leg to Flagstaff AZ is over 1,500 miles, nearly all of which is on I-40. The…

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Teslacon Florida 2022 1,500 mile road trip

We chose to attend Teslacon in Florida and make the trip by road in our 2018 Tesla Model 3. This was our first 1000+ mile road trip. Previously we had attended a Tesla event in Asheville which was a 600 mile round trip. With a modest road trip under our belt we felt more confident in making the trip from Middle Tennessee to the East coast in Central Florida. Trip plan We planned the trip with A…

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Blink mobile update is NOT automatic

Blink have notified its customers for several weeks now they are planning a major update to their portal and mobile apps the weekend of Oct 8th/9th 2022. The old app simply errors out. Trying again later will never work. I got an email early Sunday morning informing m the mobile app updates are ready. I updated all my apps and the Blink app was not updated. I tried the Blink app and it failed.…

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