Moving Across The USA To Colorado! Tesla Model 3, BMW i3, & Giant U-Haul Road Trip

The crew is off to Colorado! New adventures to come but first Bleu, Ellie, Alyssa, and Kyle have to get out to their new state! Can the challenges of road tripping an EV, a giant moving truck, and a range extended city EV give them trouble? Find out in this video.
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[@GeocachingTime]

Thanks for taking us along. My wife and I just wanted to say how amazing it is that you always seem to have a positive and happy attitude no matter what the situation.

[@KasperCDK]

Exactly. That is also why this is my favorite channel on EV

[@GeocachingTime]

@Phil Lapino Kyle always seems to have a happy positive spirit no matter what the situation!

[@Fugldod]

At 1:05:20 in video: North Carolina Kyle: "It's cold, it's 50 degrees" One year from now... Colorado Kyle: "It's hot, it's 50 degrees"

[@Biggspeed]

Exactly.

[@BrianJoslyn]

50 might be cold in FL - or further south. I'm in PA and 50 isn't cold.

[@Biggspeed]

50s is summer in Canada. 30s is summer above the arctic circle. Its all about perspective.

[@BrianJoslyn]

50*F is neither cold nor hot, in PA. Canada uses celcius. 50*F is 10*C. Canada is also north of the US with some variance because it drops south of some northern US states. The further north you go, the colder it gets. Thus, 50 is not summer in Canada. 50*C is 122*F - which is Death Valley CA temperature.

[@MHdollrevievs]

@@Biggspeed Except for the Heat Dome cooking us too death.Lytton BC broke the All time temperature high record for 3 days in a row Hottest was June 29/21 +49.6c That beats Las Vegas all time highest temperature record. Inuvik NWT hit +33c(There are beside the Arctic Ocean.

[@jrcase7511]

Love the road trip videos! I also like the fact that you make the long videos. Others have shortened their road trip videos to less than 30! Minutes. Nice work 👌

[@DaviDeXtA]

Am I the only who is absolutely addicted to watching these road trip videos! Kyle and Allysa are the best people to watch, so likeable and positive! They’re just so real and relatable. Can’t wait for more!

[@gbw28]

You’re definitely not the only one!

[@CC-sj8hd]

It’s either 6 ft. or she’s curbed it. 😂

[@Bryponce23]

That's so f'ing funny!

[@jumbleumble5386]

Oh no a roadtrip. My weakness!

[@OutofSpecMotoring]

Ha!

[@bull311]

U-Haul: Drive Green Kyle: I'm flooring it, this is all she's got.

[@jamhoskins]

You’re Dad is awesome. Great video

[@dconner9]

Couldn’t agree more J-M - JH!! :)

[@chandlernelson153]

@@dconner9 haha i am assuming your his father

[@dconner9]

@@chandlernelson153 👍🏻

[@jamhoskins]

@@chandlernelson153 LOL no just a dad of 6 who are all now grown and married or on their way lol

[@TheKRUNKONE]

The standard i3 procedure is to stash a 2-gallon gas can in the front for emergencies.

[@billsmith810]

You've made me appreciate the the BMW i3. I also appreciate the time it takes to put together these videos. I enjoyed the trip you let us take with you. Best of luck in the new digs!

[@FromJustJ]

Came for the cars, stayed for the dogs.

[@jamespatrick5930]

I live in Colorado, raised my kids close to Boulder & now down by Pikes Peak, welcome! Ft Collins it nice, good beer, lots of recreation, water & geese. High tech & college.

[@babyrok86]

Gas stations going offline 😂, now that’s ironic.

[@kennethbowden4129]

Yeah, haven't seen that since I think the mid 90's. Colorado doesn't have the higher octane because of the altitude mimics a little bit of octane. Higher altitude means less air in the engine and means a lower effective compression ratio.

[@nicoler9843]

Woo welcome to Colorado! Hope Blue, Ellie, and Alyssa love it! I know I do. I'm near the Boulder area. Enjoy your next chapter of life! :D

[@qinqingcao1113]

I lived in Fort Collins for 6 years and loved this town! Welcome to Colorado!

[@derekderek2570]

Snort Collins? Lollll

[@Geckogold]

Man, what a fun and interesting trip, showing off a gas, plug-in hybrid, and EV at the same time. That first night was definitely a nail-biter there. Hope you guys are enjoying the new location!

[@joshuasmith7369]

I watched the first 30 or so minutes on my tablet. I'm going to start over and watch on my TV using the Roku KZbin app.

[@theoosalyssa1158]

Thanks for watching!

[@brianmartin3263]

Kyle about your spilling gasoline at the pump...never once did Allysa spill any electricity. You guys take care!!!! Brian 😊

[@stevesupalla350]

85 octane is because of the altitude..... A higher octane is useless I been told...

[@nglogosaba]

love the roadtrip video!

[@RebeccaHargate]

Congratulations! You’re going to love Colorado.

[@tomfromnorthcarolina1491]

We North Carolinians will miss you guys. Good luck in Colorado.

[@abcd-fx9bw]

Tip: when you have a little battery or juice left, drive behind a truck or SUV to reduce drag.

[@tbone9405]

Quite an undertaking trip! Nice of you to share your trip with us!

[@jeffbransky7966]

On this trip the battery is acting as the range extender and the engine is the main driving unit. Interesting and ironic.

[@jacksonbangs6603]

You make a good point.

[@mowcowbell]

And I thought my Honda Clarity tank was small (7 gals). I could see where a 1 to 2 gallon gas can stored in the frunk of the i3 would be a great idea for road trips.

[@alexanderwall3969]

Yeah, if he had carried the can of gas in the car rather than the U-Haul he could have just pulled off the highway, threw two gallons in and kept going.

[@philcor-3562]

Is the i3 jailbreak?... I need those features 😃😃

[@peterdatz6210]

Love all your road trip videos. They help me get away being stuck at home now that it's winter. Now that you live in Colorado I'd be interested in a winter road trip to see what it's like driving an EV a long way in the winter. Thanks for the video!

[@marcusmobley5411]

Ur the most positive person! Love it, especially since that's combined with the biggest car fanatic thats actually knowledgeable about EVs too!

[@suzaquad]

About the i3, never overfill gas tank. You will damage filter/valve inside and it will be expensive repair. Fill slowly and stop when it clicks off first time.

[@Idontknow819918]

Your dad is a good dad.

[@peterdatz6210]

Congrats on your move and your 100th Out Of Spec video!

[@bnkwupt]

Great trip. We did Louisville to Mt. Vernon a couple of weeks ago with a 20 MPH head wind and gusts to 50. Ended up drafting a truck at 60 MPH for half of it. Enjoy Colorado!

[@ralfmalf72]

Welcome to Colorado guys! Own a P3D- in the Denver area 👍

[@edjones3439]

Great video. You did an excellent job. Watch the whole clip while I was home remote editing for our late newscast, Sunday is always a slow night baring any breaking news. Enjoy your new home folks.

[@fields1]

Why did you move from NC? I am shocked you already left Rocky Mount. Man, shoulda gotten a diesel. Dude, you were right there by Sassool and Goodberry’s!

[@Krylle]

I love your long road trip videos - and I really love, that you don't just fill it up with annoying music and boring driving clips 👌🏽 But why moving that far away - what about the track now? 🤔

[@derrickhatfield6163]

Welcome to Colorado!! I live just 20 min south of Fort Collins in a little town. Just picked up my new Model Y on Saturday - very exciting! Love your videos.

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

I like the i3 a bit more everytime I see it. Its weird and a real friend (kinda) great trip review, love it!

[@OutofSpecMotoring]

Thanks for watching. I love the i3! So weird and cool

[@justanotherdrunk]

I've owned 2 i3's. They're great!

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

@@justanotherdrunk Yes I try to encourage my wife that is the car she needs.. :)

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

@@OutofSpecMotoring Yes - you know the "Isetta" from BMW? Also a very weird little car - the i3 is the real re-incarnation of this car. You could compared them, just 70 years later... The Isetta had a door in the front like a fridge, the i3..here you go :)

[@justanotherdrunk]

@@bavariancarenthusiast2722 clean used examples are ridiculously cheap

[@nealpatel5556]

Love these roadtrip videos man, keep it up!

[@Djpiczlifeisaphoto]

I live in the stretch between Louisville and Mount Vernon. It's all farm land and nothing it's absolutely sucks but its pretty during the day. We always warning people to fill up before heading that way.

[@johnymaloney1190]

You guys have a lovely channel! Keep them videos coming please :) Greetings from Portugal, Kyle and Alyssa!

[@fullyelectric]

I had a feeling you guys moved again.. Alyssa VLOGs are always fun to watch! Alyssa you rock! more please! Kyle the last few videos was out of your old home and new home .. I was like Kyle has too much money! BTW is your new home closer to the track? Any cool reason for the move?

[@subbuilder3563]

Wow, Fort Collins! Home of CSU. Good luck.

[@be236]

Seems like a fun road trip/journey... Cool!

[@Thunder7ga]

Great video, love the road trips and your experiences. Should do a cost comparison between the 3 vehicles for the trip.....

[@bnkwupt]

Yes please!

[@djscandela]

I was curious as to the cost of gas & electric charges and totals for both on the i3 as you hardly mentioned it throughout the video but you did for the truck. Also what the total cost of supercharging the TM3 for that journey was. Please !

[@SirHackaL0t.]

@@djscandela I believe he gets free supercharging due to referrals.

[@djscandela]

@@SirHackaL0t. I was wondering why & that would make sense

[@jcflippen1552]

Loving it - thanks for this video.

[@alexanderwall3969]

Hats off to your and the crew for driving an i3 most of the way across the country!

[@Jim181059]

Goodness, gas is so cheap there. My car takes £100 to fill from empty here in the UK.

[@bretjohnson387]

I watched this today after discovering and watching the 2 mach e videos. Subscribed while watching those. Great videos. Never lost interest. I did get some range anxiety when you were in the i3 in this video. Will continue to watch.

[@travisg2224]

Savage ending Kyle 🤣

[@azera55555]

Awesome vid and awesome journey, so glad I'm not paying for the gas in that V10 ;)

[@glenhathcock5970]

Another very enjoyable video. Keep it up

[@franz3091]

Hi to Colorado from Germany. Very nice video, I really enjoyed it. And thank you for your support of the cars from here. We do not have such an infrastructure with charging points as in America. As you may know, the german carmakers have a lot to catch up. But meanwhile things are getting better. Best wishes.

[@_Photons]

We made the move from Columbia, SC to Denver in December 2019 and it was a hell of a road trip.

[@saurabhghoshal]

Awesome video loved the presentation...your family is awesome... should fit a bigger tank in the i3

[@BBBYpsi]

Your just in time for winter there. Have fun with the weather extremes.

[@ElmerEDavis]

Great travelogue, thanks.

[@porkymouth]

Loved the video, watched it all the way through. You moved to my home state! I will have to visit sometime. Only 1 town north of me.

[@BeechSportBill]

My 2007 Prius hybrid always got 45 mpg. 11.9 gallons, 350+ mile range.

[@mucall]

Don’t leave us 😢. Good lucks from the Fort Bragg area

[@abcd-fx9bw]

24:05 the wheels are amazing.🔥🔥🔥

[@tomfromnorthcarolina1491]

Well done you guys and a special shout-out to Kyle's Dad for hauling that beast. We just sold our Redhawk class C RV with a Ford v10 engine. When towing the Wrangler, we got between 6-7 mpg. In fact, if you don't have the radio on, you can almost hear big red panting every time we passed a gas station. I'm trying to think what the target market would be for the i3 and a 2 gallon gas tank. At least my Volt, which I sold to get a model 3, had a 9 gallon tank. It had a range of about 330 miles when fully charged and the tank was topped off. You guys did an amazing video editing job considering you were separated for a good part of the journey. Coordinating Kyle's and Alyssa's videos must have been quite challenging. Super job.

[@dconner9]

Thanks for the shout-out Tom! Was a lot of fun helping the team move out west... :)

[@dustintravis8791]

I used to drive through Rocky Mount all the time on my way to driving to Cape Hatteras from Florida. I was so happy when they added the US64 extension to bypass having to drive through that city. :)

[@danimper2517]

Really interesting trip! Thanks! :)

[@laloajuria4678]

the blank clips from alyssa are perfect lol

[@jamhoskins]

Lol I thought the same lol

[@packerfanmatthew]

Great video guys!

[@joewilson9274]

Love your videos! Try Midland to Amarillo TX at 240 miles with no dc charging in between. Same with Amarillo to Trinidad CO. We did it with a M3 LR, fun fun!

[@BitJam]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!! You get lower octane gas at higher altitudes because the air pressure is lower so engines are less prone to knock. The lower the air pressure, the less octane you need. Think of high altitude as a reverse turbo/super charger. I have an old Volvo 240 wagon and I live at around 6,000 feet altitude. The old Volvo is pretty pokey. But down at sea level it's much more peppy and a blast to drive (with sway bars installed). I'd love to get a Volvo 240 wagon with a turbo someday.

[@fineartz99]

Excitingly commendable tag-team efforts!

[@davebest5624]

Great road trip, should have popped in and said hello to the Phelps family in Topeka 😀

[@douglasengle2704]

I'm impressed by that 26' UHaul V10 Ford truck! That V10 is overhead cam, so reving high (by truck norms) shouldn't stress it much at all! It's looked at being a highly reliable and long living workhorse gasoline trunk engine unlike the Ford Diesel that looked at as being a disaster to live with. With all the load you have in that truck and pulling a trailer, 6 mpg gasoline at 77 mph it seems like a pretty good deal. It was climbing likely 5% - 6% grades at 65 mph, those are the highest grades allowed on US Interstates depending on whether it's considered mountainous territory. And it can run on the lowest cost gasoline!

[@Crazypostman]

Another great road trip video! As a fellow Tesla KZbinr the length of your videos is impressive, I know how much work is involved, and you do a good job! I can only imagine how long this took to render and upload!

[@theoosalyssa1158]

We are glad some realize the work it takes! 🤣 it’s very tedious and cumbersome for sure. Thanks for watching!

[@mrsava]

Love this! Rocky Mount is exactly our 1/2 way point from Montreal to Miami. Can’t wait to do the drive in my new ‘21 MYLR after Covid! #safetravels

[@DrAbhiGhosh]

Coincidentally, I just moved to Colorado from Atlanta a few weeks ago and road tripped with my #TeamRed M3 Performance Stealth. Waking up to snowcapped mountains is kind of the best thing ever! P.S. The Denver Tesla Club is super cool and would love to have Kyle & Alyssa join after y'all get settled in. Welcome to Colorado!

[@azizalkun3158]

This was enjoyable. thanks for sharing

[@modulonatic]

What a nice trip! So nice to see EV Dave and your Dad. Interesting to see how good the i3 handled such a long stretch. The range extender must be happy be able to chill now :D Hope you two have a very great time in Colorado.

[@OutofSpecMotoring]

The little scooter engine is happy to have a rest for sure!

[@mamadouaziza2536]

@@OutofSpecMotoring Is Ellie a Great Pyrenees Purebred?

[@benmorris1061]

Love the road trips. Glad you guys made it ok. Live in Louisville area and I agree Heine Bros is awesome! Also the creepy clown LOL

[@jrr851]

I live on the i-64 about 30 miles west of Louisville. The road is nice to drive, but a bit uninhabited.

[@BaysWhips]

So cool seeing you travel through my neck of the woods. (southwest virginia and west virginia) I stop at all the stops you were at! Good luck on the move!

[@OutofSpecMotoring]

Nice!

[@AllElectricFamily]

Not sure how you coordinated all those stops but great video as usual and thanks for sharing.

[@mrconana]

Welcome to Colorado! We will be trading places and moving back to NC soon. I will really miss CO, but family is all back east. You won’t find 93 octane here. Something about the altitude. Only ever put 91 in my i3REX. I miss that car!

[@jamoss55]

This clears up why I wasn't sure if you were in Rocky Mount or Fort Collins! I kept thinking you had a doppleganger or I was going a bit nuts. Enjoy Colorado!

[@lowcarbev4935]

Good.luck from the UK. My sister and family live in Fort Collins...awesome place

[@SirHackaL0t.]

FYI, if you put the cabin heater on it should also warm the battery as well. About 20 minutes should warm it up enough to accept a decent charge rate. :)

[@DennisMathias]

Congratulations! Great place to go..and live!

[@fenceman53]

Great video 👍 A 5 gallon metal Justrite safety gas can would be good insurance for the I3 on road trips

[@peterdatz6210]

Tesla road trips and dogs! Two of my favorite things. Funny fact - a few years back a livestock truck spilled about 3,000 pigs on the road a few miles from Effingham, IL. How ironic? 😂

[@alexkac4939]

Kyle - glad to have you join us here in Colorado! I know you’re an all-EV guy, but I’d love to connect you with our Denver Tesla Club (I’m in South Denver - not too far from Fort Collins)

[@alexkac4939]

Heck, if you’re up for it - I’d love to treat you to a coffee and talk EVs.

[@bradyakubovic2550]

Love the dogs! Great video.

[@Wittstock99]

Congrats on the move!

[@nialli2000]

Glad I have a Tesla. Fuel prices are insane in the UK my last Merc was more expensive to fill up then the u haul was about $120 a tank

[@KarlPfeiffer]

Welcome to FoCo! Only seen two of your vids but unsolicited recs from my college days: if you like hipster coffee shops, hit up the Alley Cat. Cafe Mexicali if you’re into American style Mexican (the sweet pork with creamy habanero sauce is fantastic). The 60/40 burger at Big Al’s if you want a heart attack of a fast food burger. 🤙🏻

[@bruceflyr7359]

Welcome to the Rocky Mountain states, We love it here. We currently live on the other side of the mountain. We still have family in the Denver area. Loveland and Greely. I'm in Denver myself about once a month. Liked your input on winter tires, thank you. Getting a Model Y next year. Our concern is we spend time in Jackson WY. during the winter. O degrees Fahrenheit is not unusual there November to March. Not sure how the battery will do there. Any experience this winter with temperatures will be appreciated.

[@99beta]

I drive a Scion IQ it has a 32L(8.4gal) tank. The fuel gauge starts flashing with 10L remaining in the tank. It has a working range of 360km before you start to bite your nails. When I drive at night road tripping 24hr gas stations are spaced perfectly apart.

[@ughtentide]

Kind of a shame that right as you're leaving NC, we're finally getting some good chargers coming to the I-40 corridor west of Winston Salem. Should make road trips to the mountains a lot easier! Good luck out there!

[@daviddufresne7049]

Had no idea on the size of the fuel tank. :o When U-Haul finally updated their fleet in the early 90s we got the largest which was International. Back then if you did not shift, you did not U-Haul. Wife pregnant in 1990 so I was exhausted loading it for 2 days. Stopped in Oregon for the night towing a Mercury Topaz. Both were gone when we awoke, stolen. A Seattle to So Cal move. Made unloading a breeze though.

[@williamdorsey904]

I drove my i3 from California to Florida and twice I ran into closed gas stations, so I feel your frustration, lol, luckily I carry a 2-gallon gas can in the frunk.

[@DonMillerNC]

Filling up the U-Haul was cheap. When I help my sister move in 2011 the gas for that U-Haul worked out to be 50 cent per mile. Gulp.

[@jacobleonard9238]

Great video!

[@nevco8774]

Can you share what was he reason/advantage of Colorado vs North Carolina? Thanks.