Superchargers aren’t car parks, even for Teslas

[NorfolkMustard]

In case the owner of the white SR+ parked in bay A1 at Thetford/Elveden for over an hour today is on here

 

[bhanorthy]

They will be hit with idle fees I’m sure they will learn their lesson.

 

[glide]

Uh oh! Watch out for the supercharger police.

 

[tess19]

Idle fees only apply if your cable is connected

 

[Rooster6655]

In case the owner of the white SR+ parked in bay A1 at Thetford/Elveden for over an hour today is on here

Probably didn't know how to charge the car and thought it was wireless charging.

Won't forget when they were having these big delivery days and people started turning up one after another clueless about the cars basics such as locking, supercharging or reverse parking because the delivery teams didn't bother showing them so other people had to help them

 

[Watts_Up]

In case the owner of the white SR+ parked in bay A1 at Thetford/Elveden for over an hour today is on here

May be felt safer to park amoung other Tesla, than been vandalised when park next to other ICEcars?

 

[NorfolkMustard]

Thetford Supercharger is its own section (by the recycle bins) and there's plenty of space in that section away from the supercharger stalls

Video here from a few weeks ago. There's a good overview of the area @ 3:40 and 6:06

 

[Rooster6655]

Thetford Supercharger is its own section (by the recycle bins) and there's plenty of space in that section away from the supercharger stalls

Video here from a few weeks ago. There's a good overview of the area @ 3:40 and 6:06

Unless there are parking. Restrictions he probably just didn’t care then!

 

[curmudgeon]

In case the owner of the white SR+ parked in bay A1 at Thetford/Elveden for over an hour today is on here

I'm with the OP on this. There's no excuse for parking in SC bays. It's not a car park.

 

[CMc1]

Plug them in. They’ll soon get idle fees.

 

[phillcom3]

Probably didn't know how to charge the car and thought it was wireless charging.

Won't forget when they were having these big delivery days and people started turning up one after another clueless about the cars basics such as locking, supercharging or reverse parking because the delivery teams didn't bother showing them so other people had to help them

I think people forget that only a very small percentage of people bother to learn about what they are buying. They don't realise that teslas are a paradigm shift in technology. They wonder why they would need a demonstration and think they can get in and go. Probably even think they will get a normal key too and probably a small percentage of those uneducated even think you put petrol in... But yeh they will learn to rtfm at some point.

 

[GoTLSAGo]

Plug them in. They’ll soon get idle fees.

Completely agree with this...but UK law (maybe the law in general) is an odd thing and I wouldn't be surprised if you could be in trouble for touching someone else's property without their permission?!

 

[Fly.guy]

I’ve had to interrupt a meal there to go out and move our Model S into the main car park.... would sometimes be useful to set a lower maximum charge rate

 

[TM3PTN]

Completely agree with this...but UK law (maybe the law in general) is an odd thing and I wouldn't be surprised if you could be in trouble for touching someone else's property without their permission?!

Technically speaking you wouldn’t be physically ‘touching’ the car if the charge port opens with the button on the connector however, I do not condone this behaviour! Lol.

 

[ThrustSSC]

Technically speaking you wouldn’t be physically ‘touching’ the car if the charge port opens with the button on the connector however, I do not condone this behaviour! Lol.

I do!

 

[Rooster6655]

Completely agree with this...but UK law (maybe the law in general) is an odd thing and I wouldn't be surprised if you could be in trouble for touching someone else's property without their permission?!

If your going to be the one doing this then a technicality isn't going to bothering you as you will probably already be pissed off enough!