since some people aren't very bright, perhaps Tesla needs to add to their (red) signs: "Please do not back in"
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Don’t think much of these new stall designs
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arcus
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If it is where I think it is (Denton), he/she also successfully blocked people from going through that part of parking lot. It is already narrow as it is.
jlv1
Twice as much fun
In general I agree. I far prefer backing into spots.
The SuC at the SC in Dedham, MA is oriented like this, requiring you to nose in. I, too, dislike it. But I park and plug-in correctly for the SuC.
I, too, really wished that wasn't the case. But here we are, with Tesla foisting this garbage on us.
I always respect someone that admits a mistake. Bet ya that won’t happen again
We’ll assume the first wasn’t there when you arrived.
I put fourth that modest suggestion that it’s time to make a little noise about this suckage.
PS Pains were taken to ensure this wasn’t an inconvenience to anyone but my kid, who I have move out in of frame so I could angle the shot to miss the Xs plate.
Silicon Desert
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Yea, can be confusing. Some markings on the ground would have helped. Actually, I like this design for a very specific reason. You probably can guess why.
Not all SCs have bump stops, so people were probably hitting the SC when backing in, which is why they moved it to the side. Either way it's pretty easy. If the SC is at the back --> back in. If it's in the front --> nose in. Either way it you get out of your car and have to think about it, you're probably parked wrong.
Now your on to something. An arrow painted on the ground facing in or out would make the direction to park easy to identify quickly!
The angle parking nose in aren’t nearly as bad. If site host —requires— angle parking to fit, hard to make that back-in because of traffic flow other cars will assume
Or maybe just a little bit of a common sense. Do we really need signs for obvious things?
Silicon Desert
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Well, yes.... sometimes things are not so obvious
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Funny. I was thinking the same thing about a number of the responses here.
“Whoosh” indeed.
Sure, in Lake Wobegone. But in the real world, many folks have little common sense (and need a little help to do the right thing).
I tried to back into the Denton, TX charger the first time (the one in the pic) before I realized that the charging tower was in the wrong spot and I needed to pull in... I use the one in Ardmore, OK all the time (the other one shown).
I did not like the Denton, TX location at all. The supercharger towers out in the parking space makes you have to back way out before you can cut the turn. It was a cramped parking lot to start with and it was really a pain. Makes me appreciate the back in variety.
I did not like the Denton, TX location at all. The supercharger towers out in the parking space makes you have to back way out before you can cut the turn. It was a cramped parking lot to start with and it was really a pain. Makes me appreciate the back in variety.
Silicon Desert
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hmmmm, yup, mom used to say "Common sense is the most uncommon kind of sense"...… but she might have gotten that saying somewhere else. Fortunately, we have a lot of Tesla drivers with good common sense and don't need signs, BUT..... I have seen some crazy ways of charging at these types of layouts, including a driver that was parked perpendicular and TOTALLY embarrassed when I politely pointed out the proper way to park at it. Face was red as a beet.
Yup, in Lake Wobegone everyone reading the OP would have realized the driver was the opposite of confused and was taking a satirical swipe at these nose-in bastardizations.
PS Another pic for all my fans! Catching some late-day sun off the Deep Space.
For those caring souls concerned about the impact on others; Please note I’m blocking antelope, boar, goats, or whatever other large fauna lurks in OK ditches, for leaping out in front of the other hypothetical users of this SC.
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jkoya
NA2 NSX
Your Model 3 looks amazing !! What color wraps is that ?
3M Deep Space Flip
And it is indeed as amazing as the pics suggest. Search on the name here, someone posted a video of theirs.
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