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Thanks @stopcrazypp sorry I missed that!

So... they pulled it entirely?

@jjrandorin Assume this is a SC-only item (meaning not something mobile service can come to you and do)? If they're moving around the date but they're coming to you, I would be more forgiving / less annoyed about it, but if you have to schedule your day/week around a SC trip I agree this is sort...

Just realized today this retrofit option had come to the US... very eager to get it for my 2018 (long range dual motor non-performance) particularly as I Uber in it and folks are constantly confused by the difference between my trunk and those they've experienced on M3s from Hertz (either that...

Sounds like there are probably more negatives than positives for you about ridesharing in general @LBMagneto Overall "I don't really like a lot of people" is going to make rideshare a tough proposition as it's very heavy on the dealing-with-people and often requires a lot of patience. Maybe...

Thanks @Les236 ! Looking into both of these - not sure I necessarily want to camp at a Ford dealer, but Ashburnham Town Hall looks to have a good selection of restaurants around. Would you say it's fair/accurate to say there's not any feasible overnight/hotel charging on this route?

Howdy all, I'm based in the Princeton NJ area, and my son is attending a boarding school in Rindge NH, which is generating a decent amount of road-tripping between those two locations for pickups/dropoffs/visits. I drive a 2018 M3 AWD LR which gets something like ~280 miles rated range, and...

Revisiting this thread after a quiet couple of years here, prompted by a pleasant SC experience there last week (and another great one last summer). This is a VERY busy delivery and service location - I would so far as to they have objectively outgrown the real estate footprint (and they are...

Yeah, I have no visibility into DE rider volume, but in general college towns are a good opportunity if you're willing to do late nights.

Some discussion here you may find interesting: Daily / Frequent Supercharging Seems there is reason to believe daily SuperCharging will harm the battery, but if driving as much as it seems @Oh_Henry and @Guppy drive, arguably worthwhile given other overall value?

I live just a few miles from the Princeton / Lawrenceville location so I will presumably never go to Eatontown BUT I'm thrilled that there's a center opening up to relieve some pressure from the frequently very-busy Princeton SC. And combining SC with SuC is a great move (are we sure that's what...

@CLK350 At least in in New Jersey, there are very minimal costs or barriers to entry. Just a driver's license, the ability to pass a background check, and the willingness to interact with the public. Some drivers get "gap insurance" from their carrier, which covers the "gap" between the...

@Waterleo Congrats on your first post - did you join TMC just to comment on this thread? If so I'm honored, but regardless, welcome! 7700's a lot - are you full-time rideshare or is it a secondary income thing? How much range do you get out of a Bolt, and do you ever charge mid-shift? Or asked...

A few updates for those interested - I've gotten back into rideshare driving again since the post at the origination of the thread. I got my first vaccination in mid-March, opened the Uber Driver app out of curiosity to see what demand looked like - and was met with a promotion offering $100...

You know that feature where as you approach a wall while parking (like in a garage or at the side of a building or a Supercharger) and you get the on-screen measurement showing the distance between the car and the wall/object... Does that rely on the radar or is there another sensor used for...

Most riders are typically above a 4 - anything below a 4 will cause me to consider declining the ride (and negatively impacting my Acceptance Rate), especially if they're more than a couple minutes away. You can see tips in the ride history, and if you remember something about the ride then you...

I've had some nice / interesting / in-depth discussions with passengers. Maybe they appreciated the ability to converse with someone with - but if they did, not enough to tip for it. I guess in short my advice @BobDole is that if you're driving to show off the car, or get out of the house, or...

Glad you enjoyed it! Maybe I was naive about the frequency of tipping when I got into it, but I was certainly surprised by the rarity. I'm in the Princeton area.

I wrote the below throughout 2019 and the first few months of 2020. When the pandemic hit in March 2020 I stopped rideshare (both as a driver and rider) and am now considering whether to get back into it once I'm vaccinated. Hope you find the essay below interesting (or helpful if you're...

Thanks @bwalker5 and @MorrisonHiker Interesting history on this site... seems at one point there was hope of reviving a hotel of some sort here, but apparently over the years the renovation plan was abandoned. And those posts about the nails/screws... will avoid if I can.

May be traveling through Joplin area on an upcoming road trip and had to ask... what's the issue with the older/existing site that makes it creepy?

I’ve used Coleman twice, the second time for pretty extensive repairs after a deer strike earlier this year. They were excellent both times and at least in my case did a great job of collaborating/negotiating with the insurance company to get everything covered so I paid nothing but my...

The Princeton SC seems to be discouraging use at least (though I haven't talked to anyone there about it) as several times when I've exited that way after picking up Starbucks at Mercer Mall the end of the SC parking lot where the chargers are has been blocked by orange cones. Seems like maybe...

Charged today at the Best Buy-side... the one towards Five Below does not seem to be activated yet, but the one towards Best Buy gave out 32A / 7kw.

I had looked at PlugShare and didn't see them, and after seeing your post I looked more deeply into PlugShare and realized I didn't have the Volta network enabled for display. Yeah, I really hope that's the case. My concern was they're prime parking near a few stores and people might...

There are pairs of Volta chargers in two spots in Nassau Park - a set near Dick's Sporting Goods / Panera, and a set near Best Buy (if I recall correctly). I wasn't aware of Volta before I saw these, but they're an ad-supported free charging network that, per their website, started in Hawaii. I...

Interesting to see the history of the development and opening of the site in this thread. I've charged there a couple times over the past week and once hit the full 150kw so it seems to be operating fine. Also wanted to mention the amenities and perks at this location: there is a Macadoodle's...

Thank you @user212_nr , much appreciated. Still curious why these specific ones are free (covered by the state) while others aren't, but at least it's good to know it wasn't an error or something.

Anyone know why this supercharging session appears as "no charge" in my account history? I don't recall specifically but I thought on the in-car nav it showed a cost-per-kwh when navigating there, and I thought during charging there was a $ tally running on the battery screen. As you can see...

Yeah, good info and will impact my kid-management strategy rolling into this stop. Thank you!

Appreciate the heads-up, @PLUS EV - was there anything open for restrooms etc? Will be coming through there soon with a kiddo.

I cannot recommend this highly enough: https://www.1975creations.com/product-page/tesla-model-3-front-license-plate-bracket 5-minute install, great design (doesn't impair any sensors etc), actually has some protective value (if someone gets too close, they hit the bracket and not your car), way...

Got the car back yesterday, after nearly a month in the shop. Total repairs $8650, comprising (from what I can decode from the cryptic parts list) the mirror, windshield, front half of the glass roof, door, window, window motor, and some other smaller items that I'm not sure precisely what they...

Backseat, passenger side. Scared, but very polite. First thing out of her mouth (after a little shriek) was "are you OK?"

Yeah, here in my part of Central NJ it's mostly a mix of farmland and residential areas, and they were in this case running through people's yards. I'm planning to put another post up here once I have the final outcome on cost and parts from the body shop - repairs haven't begun yet because: it...

Thanks @Nelson - interesting that your settings were kept and mine weren't, I figured maybe this was due to learning curve at this site (maybe they didn't know how to backup and restore settings?) but clearly they are capable of doing so since your retrofit was done before mine. Maybe they just...

Sorry, had meant to use the asterisk * as a follow-up to say: The amount of time it took was a bit of a surprise, considering I've seen others say they got the car back in only a few hours, dropping off in the morning and picking up just after lunch. Unclear if it's just a function of how the...

So I got my FSD upgrade done... they had the car for about 30 hours* - no loaner, but fairly generous Uber credits. It's basically like having a new car from a setup standpoint, all data is gone and I need to go through entry of driver profiles, radio stations, etc. Saw traffic cones and stop...

Thanks, makes me feel better. They literally had me surrounded!

Thanks, yeah, when I saw that herd coming across the road my first thought was “I have no good options.” In the better light today I saw a dent in the door so I’m betting my odyssey is just beginning.

It did! I was afraid he was gonna come through the window but luckily he rolled over.

Yeah, came right at me, even as all his deer-buddies went in front or behind. I was almost at a stop, which I still contend was the right thing to do, but makes it even more frustrating that I still got hit. But it doesn't seem to have damaged anything critical - going to the SC tomorrow and...

Had one of the oddest driving experiences I've ever had today. This afternoon, near the Princeton Junction train station, a large herd of deer ran across the road. Most ran in front of or behind my car, but unfortunately one plowed directly into the driver's side, taking out the mirror, and...

You beat me, I'm going in Tuesday and thought I was going to be the first at this location - do you know if you were the first retrofit. Congrats though @Nelson ... curious, did you drop off in the morning and they kept it all day plus overnight? Did they give you a loaner or Uber credits or what?

2018, November delivery. Bought FSD after-the-fact while discounted down to $2K, I think that was ~March while trying to mitigate a miss on quarterly earnings expectations. No clue what the process is, if VIN or how long you've been waiting since paying or other factors (or total opportunistic...

I'm in for service this morning, so thought I'd post while I wait. (Clipped a mirror pulling into my garage, because I did an odd dance with parking near the house while moving my wife's car which apparently confused the Tesla's geo-fence for auto-fold of mirrors, and months of ingrained "I...

Still blocked off with cones as of this morning. So much for the pre-Thanksgiving opening.

Rolled through today... Some more construction progress since I last looked a few weeks ago, but still no furniture/etc inside.

Was there an hour ago, and there were cars parked and people inside. No furniture etc yet, but at least there's some encouraging activity underway.