Yeah but why on earth do people insist on charging when it reaches a level vs just charging every night? This is not a gas tank! I guess it is prerogative, but IMO silly.
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I keep forgetting to charge when I get home....
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In my case I can charge for free for 4 hours at work. So it's best if I don't charge during the week at home unless I drive farther than usual.
It can happen...I haven't done it often, but you come home from the grocery, with kids/teens, unloading car with armloads of stuff, think "I'll go right back out and plug in" and the next thing you know it's 7am the next day and you have 36% battery and a full day of work appointments ahead. 
The rage of having to drive the wife's ICE for the day is more than enough to make you remember!
The rage of having to drive the wife's ICE for the day is more than enough to make you remember!
I do charge every night when I get home. 99% of the time I don't forget. its that one time I get home and am distracted that I forget..... Thanks all for the suggestions.
It can happen...I haven't done it often, but you come home from the grocery, with kids/teens, unloading car with armloads of stuff, think "I'll go right back out and plug in" and the next thing you know it's 7am the next day and you have 36% battery and a full day of work appointments ahead.
The rage of having to drive the wife's ICE for the day is more than enough to make you remember!
Exactly. Or you get in the garage and hear a screaming match between daughter and wife and although you consider going back to work to escape it...you creep in the house slowly with hopes that nobody hears you come in and then you hide.... Good example of when I may forget to charge.
YusufT
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Yeah I agree with everyone on this thread, it’s up to you to remember to charge. If you’re that forgetful you can just plug it in as soon as you get out of the car and schedule a time in the car to charge it. Simple as that.
Oyster Bait
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astrowunder
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Have you clocked it? About 3 extra seconds for me- but I have to walk right past the charge port when I get out of the car.
During the last four years I have not had that problem, but... I made it an early rule to always pug in, anywhere I could. Of course there were not many public chargers back then, so it was necessary. I recommend pretending you are fearing you'll have no other options so make plugging in at home as automatic as opening your door.
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JeffK
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haha you've hijacked my old meme about holding on to ICEs.
Perhaps Scrat finally took a Tesla test drive. Although ICE age still makes more sense
"Insist"? I don't plug the car in every day, but I don't insist on not plugging it in every day. I just.. don't.
I charge my phone, next to my bed, every night, whether it needs it or not. The car? Car can go 2-3 days between charges. The charge cable can only really reach it if I back in. If we're just popping into the house for a bit, or if the street is busy when we're pulling in, we just pull in forwards. Usually my wife doesn't back the car in, either. So, sometimes I go out at night and turn the car around and plug it in just for grins, but usually I leave the car parked the way it is, so if it's not backed in, it's not charging. *shrug* Not really an issue, at least not yet in 4000 miles. No forgetting, no "close calls".
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