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Sentry Mode bust!

Discussion in 'Model S' started by Tonez, Feb 22, 2021.

  1. Tonez

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    #101 Tonez, Feb 25, 2021
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    positive. It was in one of the numbered spots with the arrows.
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  2. TEG

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    #102 TEG, Feb 25, 2021
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    Aha, thanks! The sentry fish-eye side cameras make the parking lot look smaller.

    Unless they repainted the parking lot, it looks like those "Drive Up" Chevrons are off to the side like you were in the regular spot next to the drive-up...
    But then he would have had to have been parked in a spot that had shopping cart storage. Maybe they moved things around since the map photo, or the camera is further distorting exactly where you parked.

    driveup.png

    It would have made more sense to me if that "Drive Up" text was centered in your front camera photo.
     
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  3. Tonez

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    That could very well be. She insisted she was in a regular spot, but I assumed she was still in a drive up spot based on the front camera. Either way though, no reason to key a stranger's car.
     
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    in cases like this, isnt it typically you go through your insurance company, let them handle, and they have the hassle of suing the guy to get their money back? Or are you getting restitution just for your deductible?

    Seems like this would fall more under filing a separate civil suit for emotional distress, time off of work to deal with insurance/body shops, therapy for your wife (dont laugh, this is america), etc
     
  5. TEG

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    If anything it looks like she may have parked a bit into the drive up lane to give him more room to get back in his truck since he was parked over the line on his lane.
    Anyways, it looks like both vehicles were probably not well centered in their lane, but that is no excuse for anyone to "key" anyone else.
     
  6. TEG

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    By the way, are those "Drive Up" lanes something new for COVID?

    Those same spots were handicapped in some previous years based on the old "street-view" sites I was looking through.
     
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    Going for restitution via the court because I want to include devaluation of the car since it needs a paint job and that will show on the car fax.
     
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    Yep they are. The majority of grocery stores around here vastly expanded their curbside pickup spots because of COVID.
     
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    #109 TEG, Feb 26, 2021
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    Target "drive-up" lanes:
    Target Drive Up
    So maybe he was like "That car is unattended in the drive-up lane... So I will teach them a lesson" or some asinine rationalization like that.
    Maybe he is part of the vigilante parking police going around keying any cars they think might be poorly parked.

    I can't tell for sure (from the sentry cam video) if your car was in a Drive-up spot or not.
    I think we are wondering if this line is one of the chevrons they put on the drive-up lanes:
    park4.jpg

    I suspect the overhead view found on Google maps might already be out of date.
    How many rows of drive up lanes are there? I saw 2 before, but maybe they turned the third row into yet another drive-up lane more recently, and removed the shopping cart storage from lane 4.
    Your front camera looks like it might show a drive-up lane Chevron as well.
    park5.jpg

    It seems like they only put the words "Drive Up" on one of the drive-up lanes, leaving it to people to interpret and decide for themselves if the neighboring lanes are also drive-ups or not.

    Also, what appear to be chevrons in your lane are blurry and offset. Seems like a sloppy marking job.
     
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    Whether she was parked perfectly in a spot, or taking up 3 spots, one of which was handicapped, while hanging half-way off a curb is all irrelevant. I think we all agree, so let’s not add unnecessary guilt on a victim and stop analyzing the parking lot.
     
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    I think we're just trying to rationalize a totally non-rational thing to do. In no shape or form does it put any blame on the victim nor does it excuse the actions of the pickup driver.

    It appears as if all those efforts to find rationality in it have failed so far.

    It wasn't a handicap spot
    It wasn't taking up multiple spots
    It wasn't parked all that close to him

    The worst it could be is parking in a pickup spot, but who retaliates for that?

    It's a bit unnerving when someone does something like this purely out of hate, but that's what it appears to be.

    It's also really disturbing that his kid was with him. I don't have a kid, but isn't a kid supposed to lead to a more fulfilled life with purpose other than key'ing cars?

    It's just baffling. Its like "I got you a cool present, but lets mess with this Tesla before we leave".
     
  12. TEG

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    Yeah, I am just trying to narrow down all those other options to leave us with the original thought that he might be a Tesla hater...

    In my experience, people driving "the official vehicle" in a company town tend to have it out for competitor cars.
    Maybe the guy even works for Dodge?
     
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    Ahaa!!! Maybe this guy thinks a 'pickup' lane is for trucks and is mad the Tesla is in one of their parking spots?! :p
     
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    If someone in Auburn Hills area wants to share a current photo of what all the "Drive-up" lanes look like in that Target parking lot it would help satisfy my curiosity.
    I got fairly far along doing amateur image sleuthing from bread-crumbs, but the online map & "street-view" sites are out of date, so I still don't have a totally clear picture of things. (Target has been moving things around in that lot. )
    Also, I am ready to "move on" from this nearly pointless exercise.
     
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    Welcome to the current times. Anyone who does something bad must be from the opposite end of the political spectrum, Facts be damned, it keeps the cognitive dissonance to a minimum for people in their respective political echo-chambers.
     
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    I think the fact that we’re still clutching our collective pearls over one semi-political stereotyping joke about a waste-of-a-human vandal from 6 pages ago says everything there is to be said about this topic.
     
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  18. Tonez

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    I’ll check next time I’m over that way doing a Costco run in the next week or two.
     
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    Ended up there today. Found the exact spot too, and get this, THE TRUCK was parked in a no parking spot (red lines). Those lines mark off spots on either side of the pickup lanes for Target employees to walk along and load.
     

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    This guy was just a straight up douchebag a hole.
     

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