Supercharger - San Diego CA - A Street (LIVE 27 Jun 2018, 16 Urban type)

[PLUS EV]

Moving your car every 14 minutes so you can charge/park for an hour or more is not acting in good faith.

I wasn't referring to that. I was joking about driving around the block anyway. I made that clear.

But the above advice someone posted about how it doesn't charge you for 15 minutes of parking and it gives you an additional 15 minute grace period after validating your ticket seems fine.

 

[Rich’s MS]

Off hours parking is now $8 instead of $5.

 

[AAARSINIC]

I went by today and it’s now $2/15 min. There was no longer a 15 min grace period.

 

[GuyDude]

Yup, thanks everyone for sharing these small tricks all over the forums lol.... grace period has been changed to 1 second haha...no more free charging ....

In other news: someone crashed into one of the chargers!

 

[Hazelwood]

How full does this one get? I'll need to charge in the morning to get out of San Diego (visiting) and I'm debating over this location vs the other San Diego location that is by Qualcomm. I'm assuming this location will be less busy?

 

[gaswalla]

Never had even half the spots in use at same time... If you value your time, this is the place to go in San Diego

 

[Need]

Maybe a strange question, but if you charge here on a trip, which restroom could you use? We walked up to the street and tried to use the CVS restroom but they said to go to Subway. So we went to Subway and buy a cookie to use their restrooms. Is there a close by public restroom to that supercharger?

 

[opiuman]

Went here for the first time, no kidding on the tight spots holy crap. Only worth it if you value your time as others have said. Disappointing that it's in a paid area but what can you do...

 

[Hazelwood]

Perfect, thanks!

 

[twonius]

Maybe a strange question, but if you charge here on a trip, which restroom could you use? We walked up to the street and tried to use the CVS restroom but they said to go to Subway. So we went to Subway and buy a cookie to use their restrooms. Is there a close by public restroom to that supercharger?

There's a starbucks nearby. That'd be my go-to.

 

[P85_DA]

There's a starbucks nearby. That'd be my go-to.

No public restrooms at this Starbucks ..the donut shop across the street from it has some though that can be used during business hrs .,at night kinda out of look

 

[GuyDude]

Final verdict....

This location, although a blessing... is in an extremely shitty location and managment is just great as the location #Fail... The install and design seem like they were forced and not fully thought through at all.

1.Stalls are too skinny,
2.no plastic curbs to let you know when to stop( two have been crashed into so far)
3.parking angle is incredibly awkward,
4.non tesla parking garage users come flying at 20 mph barley squeezing in between a million dollars worth of cars..
how can anyone at TESLA actually be proud of the end result here ... smh...

The garage is sketchy as can be past 10pm.... homeless people and drug addicts make their way into the garage and can be very scary at times. I have stopped coming here at night because of this. Not safe!

The grease trap from dominos has been leaking since the charger opened. I have complained countless times...These guys don’t give a crap. The place smells horrid most of the time.... I even heard them say “thank god the grease trap isn’t leaking right now” during the grand opening event....that was months ago... so sad that Tesla got fooled into working with these guys. The place has potential but as is it sucks... and no there are no restrooms to use here...

 

[Need]

No public restrooms at this Starbucks ..

Yeah that was the first place we checked. Also they close super early on Sunday.. like 4pm. I have never seen a Starbucks closes at 4.

 

[Need]

1.Stalls are too skinny,

Yeah I thought it was just me. I am fine with the stalls being skinny but combo with the very tight middle road, it is so hard to even get out of the stall. I can't just make it out in one try on our X. It was awkward because the Tesla driver in front was watching me, the one to my right was watching me.

 

[Graffi]

The standard potty for late night St George UT as well as a few others I have experienced is to bring my own empty 2-liter plastic bottle and what a perfect use for the new California $0.10 grocery bags for the other. Seems like it will work here. However, if there are regular residence in attendance (Homeless) just ask them where they go. It may be that there is a dark corner of the garage.

Years ago while driving cross country with kids I learned to ALWAYS travel with a roll of Paper Towels, Toilet Paper, and Baby Wipes. This personal hygiene kit always goes with us on trips in the Tesla, along with the empty plastic bottle and spare grocery bags.

 

[JohnnyLounge21]

So on road trips you guy piss in a bottle and $hit in a bag? Noted.

To (sort of) bring it back on topic with this Supercharger, I don't think there's a readily available garbage can on this level of the garage to place either of these items. And for the sake of the parking structure itself, probably a smart idea if you guys come around

 

[gorgonaut]

Entry was not possible at 6:45pm yesterday (Thursday). Said "Key entry only". Maybe out of paper tickets? To the point about management competence...

Also, please abandon the 2nd floor machine as a means to extend your free stay. They must have heard me or something because a couple days later they took my advice and stopped allowing free validations for any length of stay. Even worse, it seems to charge $8 immediately, which doesn't square with anything on the pricing board. It's still $5 after hours if you pay at the exit. If you insert upstairs, cancel, then try to exit, it'll be tagged in the system so you still have to pay $8 until we complain enough and they fix this bogus practice.

BUT, it is still free go in-n-out within ~13 minutes. Haven't pushed it longer recently.

 

[GuyDude]

Entry was not possible at 6:45pm yesterday (Thursday). Said "Key entry only". Maybe out of paper tickets? To the point about management competence...

Also, please abandon the 2nd floor machine as a means to extend your free stay. They must have heard me or something because a couple days later they took my advice and stopped allowing free validations for any length of stay. Even worse, it seems to charge $8 immediately, which doesn't square with anything on the pricing board. It's still $5 after hours if you pay at the exit. If you insert upstairs, cancel, then try to exit, it'll be tagged in the system so you still have to pay $8 until we complain enough and they fix this bogus practice.

BUT, it is still free go in-n-out within ~13 minutes. Haven't pushed it longer recently.

No longer free. I tried to go in and out in under 10 min and it still charged me $2

 

[gorgonaut]

No longer free. I tried to go in and out in under 10 min and it still charged me $2

Must have been a weekday before 5pm? It was free for me last night after 13 min

 

[twonius]

Wtf?!!