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Tesla charging fights?
- Thread starter JetFalcon
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I don't see a problem with being "green" when you can etc, but nope, the "vision" stuff is just "Eh, it's nice, but if I need a truck, I'll drive a truck, but the smallest I can get" - waste is just waste.
muleferg
Active Member
I'm 86 year's old. I don't buy green banana's. or pick fight's at the SC with OLD FART's.
muleferg
Active Member
Free charging was a bad idea. Tesla should have ALWAYS charged enough for charging to make home charging preferable.
voip-ninja
Give me some sugar baby
Free charging overcame an enormous initial objection that people had to purchasing an extremely expensive electric car. I'd say though that it served its purpose and Tesla has been far too fast to use it as a demand lever to stimulate sales. The result is long lines and owners waiting an hour to charge their car.
Amazing to me that people will wait an hour multiple times a month to save perhaps $50-$100 a month with typical usage charging at home and "normal" electricity prices.
My time's more valuable than that. Musk & the Tesla board really underestimated what epic cheapskates people are.
Agreed. There's no way I'd spend hours a month charging to save myself $20. Also, what about the induced stress? It's so much easier just to plug in at home and not worry your "next fix" just to save a couple bucks. Electricity is cheap here specially off peak.
My tweet to Elon Musk as a rebuttal to him valuing FUSC at 5k.
Though I’ve seen tons of six figure engineers line up for an hour to get free ice cream. Or parents dragging their infants to try and get cheap build a bears.
Giving up on battery swapping was also a bad idea. (paid model, 3 minute swap, you get your original pack on return)
ebNautilus
Member
Douche bags. Some wealthy people have no class whatsoever unfortunately.
And if a stall is open it's open. Don't worry about the other person. They will manage to survive somehow.
Dmagyar
Member
You’re characterization of “old guys” not knowing what’s going on is way off base. We’ ll need to find out how well you’ll adapt to the changes you’ll be experiencing when/ if you get to that age...
gilscales
Banned
gilscales
Banned
Elon Musk probably wants to watch all his customers fight each other at the Superchargers. Or hate their life waiting in long lines.
Too funny. The jokes on him though because there's a lot of M3 owners who also have a MS or MX sitting in their garage at home.
Rich people are cheap. Doesn't surprise me at all to see lines
I've seen fights at the movies so I build my own home theater.
I've seen fights at SuperChargers so now I mostly charge at home.
I'm waiting for a fight to break out at the strip club.
Austindude
Member
Thanks, people either love rants/raves and think they're funny or they hate them. As to one comment I made in my post, I just checked my supercharger history and I actually did get one free session in Waco. Not sure why the free session happened since I just have a vanilla long range RWD 3 and not a performance model but I'm pleased. Damn, I just love my Tesla!
I love the Redondo Beach SC. Full of local Tesla trolls. I had just drove 400 plus miles and was at 7% SOC and had to charge to get to my next stop. I was next in line and there was a family behind me that had to get to LAX and had driven from SD. Slots were not opening for some time, why? Two 20 somethings were playing patty cake with their S and X cars by summoning them in and out of the stalls while not charging. I asked if they were local and they said yes and I let them know that people where waiting for a charge, some that needed to get to the airport. They kept their cars parked another 10 min chatting about how fun they are. When I asked again when they would move I got the response, "when they are done". I said "you are not charging". Reply, "So what". In times like this it is difficult to remain calm and I asked them to leave and they just stalled until I removed my phone and began taking a video of them standing there acting entitled. There was a Tesla tech working on the SC cabinet and he overheard the conversation and rolled his eyes saying he sees this type of idiots daily. My guess is they drive 5 miles a day, charge from 90-100 so they can hang out and chat or eat their happy meals.
My second favorite are the same guys I see sleeping in their cars at the SC on a frequent basis or the ones that feel the need to charge to 1000% even though they live in the condos in SM right next to the SC. Good thing they put a valet there during peak hours, Uber drivers in an S are priceless, there should have been a cap on same location charging per day. No one should need to use the same SC 2X plus times a day. Of course the list goes on
My second favorite are the same guys I see sleeping in their cars at the SC on a frequent basis or the ones that feel the need to charge to 1000% even though they live in the condos in SM right next to the SC. Good thing they put a valet there during peak hours, Uber drivers in an S are priceless, there should have been a cap on same location charging per day. No one should need to use the same SC 2X plus times a day. Of course the list goes on
I love the Redondo Beach SC. Full of local Tesla trolls. I had just drove 400 plus miles and was at 7% SOC and had to charge to get to my next stop. I was next in line and there was a family behind me that had to get to LAX and had driven from SD. Slots were not opening for some time, why? Two 20 somethings were playing patty cake with their S and X cars by summoning them in and out of the stalls while not charging. I asked if they were local and they said yes and I let them know that people where waiting for a charge, some that needed to get to the airport. They kept their cars parked another 10 min chatting about how fun they are. When I asked again when they would move I got the response, "when they are done". I said "you are not charging". Reply, "So what". In times like this it is difficult to remain calm and I asked them to leave and they just stalled until I removed my phone and began taking a video of them standing there acting entitled. There was a Tesla tech working on the SC cabinet and he overheard the conversation and rolled his eyes saying he sees this type of idiots daily. My guess is they drive 5 miles a day, charge from 90-100 so they can hang out and chat or eat their happy meals.
My second favorite are the same guys I see sleeping in their cars at the SC on a frequent basis or the ones that feel the need to charge to 1000% even though they live in the condos in SM right next to the SC. Good thing they put a valet there during peak hours, Uber drivers in an S are priceless, there should have been a cap on same location charging per day. No one should need to use the same SC 2X plus times a day. Of course the list goes on
I really wonder what percentage of the California supercharger congestion is caused by people that could easily charge elsewhere yet choose to supercharge because it's free. I'd like to think it's not many and people value their time but I'm starting to wonder.
Don't kid yourself. I know people with 3 Teslas that have never been to an SC and charge at home and I know some that have home charging and always go to an SC because they are as cheap as hell. Even if it was $.10 a kWh to charge at home they would go to an SC. Yes there are many people that have no home charging access but there are also a bunch of newly rich people in the bay area that can afford to pay $5 a kWh and still go to an SC because it is FREE. If it saved them $.01 they would drive to an SC and wait. Anyone that frequents certain SC stations knows what I'm talking about and the familiar faces. It would be great if there was a red SOC shame light on all SC units that went on at 90%. Better yet, flashes if they start at 90% and charge to 100.
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