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Supercharger - Barstow (EXPANDED, 5 stalls added, now 16 total)
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e-FTW
New electron smell
Yup, that is what I absolutely hate about some Supercharger sites. They are often at the back end of large mall parking lots. And since those malls and the surrounding areas are built with cars in mind, with no planning for foot traffic (no sidewalks, limited street crossings), it becomes a very unpleasant hike to Starbucks or whatever.
And if you somehow decide to go to something on the other side of the road, then you are taking chances with your life insurance policy and patience. I may be exaggerating a little, but not that much (see Gilroy v Starbucks).
No SC is worse than Quartzsite. It must have been a lot hotter than 122 degrees.
My wife is so picky about bathrooms, and I have never cared, (former USMC!) -- but even I did not want to use the filthy bathroom at the fast food place-- Carl's Junior-- that gave their parking lot to Tesla for superchargers at Quartzsite.
We walked across the street, dodging semis, to a place that was marginally not as bad.
Honestly, this discussion makes me really want to visit Baker, and see the supercharging station here. Last time were were there, at midnight, putting gasoline into my wife's old Mini-Cooper, it was 105 degrees and wind so fierce it about blew the doors off the car.
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jerjozwik
Active Member
next time try the poopers in the outlet mall. my wife and her family used them without complaint, which is kind of incredible in itself.
i chose the ayres hotel, come to think of it the only time i have used the bathrooms at a supercharger were the times when i used a hotels facilities...
He's talking about Quartzsite, not Barstow. Definitely no outlet mall in Quartzsite lol.
TaoJones
Beyond Driven
Indeed - Quartzsite is arguably the worst SC on the continent if judged by the consistent filthiness of the restrooms at the host business. Not a good reflection upon Carl's Jr.
In fact, I had no idea they were open the first couple of times there, given the darkness of the parking lot, until a) a car went through the drive-thru and b) the fellow living/truck-camping in the back corner/edge of the parking lot went inside to use the aforementioned head.
In a word, sketch- meet -y.
The tumbleweeds that occasionally blow through there are a nice touch.
cpa
Active Member
Vern, when you say "my wife's old Mini-Cooper," do you mean the original "classic" Austin Mini with 875-1200 +/- cm^3 motors,or the updated BMW mini-cooper? Morris also marketed a mini-cooper, but I believe that it was just called a Morris Mini.
Sorry no cpa it was the BMW Mini-Cooper Countryman, 2013 I think.
My father did have an old one, an Austin Healy 600. Maybe 1960 or 1962.
My father did have an old one, an Austin Healy 600. Maybe 1960 or 1962.
Sorry, but what are you talking about? I don't mean that sarcastically; I'm just wondering, and I admit I'm too lazy to study up on the legal case.
e-FTW
New electron smell
It is not a legal case. I just created confusion by using that shortened phrase.
I meant “see going to Starbucks from the Gilroy Supercharger”.
Sorry but it seems you are whining without much reason.
We drove to Texas, from L.A., last summer, and did not pay one cent for fuel, and did not spend any extra time charging.
I mean, any time beyond what we would have spent eating, and peeing, and waiting for my wife in the line at the women's restroom, and so forth.
That was taken right before hopping back on the freeway after driving for a few minutes, so not quite "parked" Tesla. However, I did get lucky and got to park under the solar canopy so the car had shade during the charge.
So...proof that Tesla's temp sensor is located in a hot spot on the car? And/or that it has a wonky cal curve?
cpa
Active Member
Vern,
From Whittier, it might not be that much of an additional drive (caveat: I am recalling from memory, and not doing the compass-and-straight edge drill) to head to Crest Highway and then take Angeles Forest Highway to SR14 and Supercharge in Mojave. Then up SR14 to the Randsburg Cut-Off and, voila! Those roads are a fun drive in a Tesla.
Barstow is out-of-the-way because you have to backtrack to Kramer's Junction before proceeding north on 395.
HabitualUser
Member
- We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive..." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming: "Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?"
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