Tesla Model S waffling - Page 105

*Plaz* · 03-31-2015, 02:52 PM

I parked my 1M in a Tesla supercharger spot for five minutes once at a service area on the Merritt in Connecticut. It was the only spot available, and I urgently had to urinate. By the time I got back to my car there was a Tesla waiting for a spot to open. I didn't detect him really giving me the old stink eye, though he would have been perfectly justified in doing so.

ZBB · 03-31-2015, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Plaz

I parked my 1M in a Tesla supercharger spot for five minutes once at a service area on the Merritt in Connecticut. It was the only spot available, and I urgently had to urinate. By the time I got back to my car there was a Tesla waiting for a spot to open. I didn't detect him really giving me the old stink eye, though he would have been perfectly justified in doing so.

Most Superchargers have about 1/2 the spaces dedicated to charging-only. The other 1/2 usually allow "general parking" for a specified time (can vary -- 30 min, 90 min, etc)... Depends on the landlord and avail parking...

*Plaz* · 03-31-2015, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ZBB

Most Superchargers have about 1/2 the spaces dedicated to charging-only. The other 1/2 usually allow "general parking" for a specified time (can vary -- 30 min, 90 min, etc)... Depends on the landlord and avail parking...

There are only 15-20 spaces in the entire rest area... I really had no choice regardless of the rules. Here's Google's street view of the area from before they remodeled and added the superchargers. The area isn't any bigger now, just nicer:

https://www.google.com/maps/search/M...Js_veDrczA!2e0

ZBB · 03-31-2015, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Plaz

There are only 15-20 spaces in the entire rest area... I really had no choice regardless of the rules. Here's Google's street view of the area from before they remodeled and added the superchargers. The area isn't any bigger now, just nicer:

https://www.google.com/maps/search/M...Js_veDrczA!2e0

I'm familiar with the Merritt Pkwy rest areas... That ones relatively large!

John V · 03-31-2015, 02:58 PM

Prius lol

bren · 03-31-2015, 03:09 PM

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Prius lol

I'd have parked right in front of that turkey and blocked it in for sure.

ZBB · 03-31-2015, 03:31 PM

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Prius lol

That must be the Delaware Supercharger. Love how the parking lines aren't lined up right (the Supercharger should be on the line, not in the middle of the spot...)

John V · 03-31-2015, 04:22 PM

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That must be the Delaware Supercharger. Love how the parking lines aren't lined up right (the Supercharger should be on the line, not in the middle of the spot...)

Good eye, it is the Delaware one

JST · 03-31-2015, 04:52 PM

There are two different drivetrain setups in AWD cars. One uses the big motor from the P85 in the back and a smaller motor in the front--that's the P85D. The other uses two smaller motors, one in front and one in back. That's the 85D.

Both the P85D and the 85D have higher MPGe ratings on the highway than the RWD 60 or 85, IIRC. That, coupled with the higher top speed of the P85D, led people to think that the gearing of the motors might be different, but until someone cracks one of the gearboxes open no one knows for sure. It may just be the "torque sleep" that ZBB referred to, putting the big motor in the back to "sleep" when it can.

The 85D has a higher rated range (and thus a higher overall efficiency) than the RWD 85 (which continues to use a big motor in the back, though without the high power inverter from the P85). The P85D has a lower rated range than the RWD 85, suggesting that despite being better on the highway it takes an efficiency hit elsewhere.

Non-Teslas parking in a Supercharger spot fill me with a white hot rage. The analogy of me parking the Tesla in front of a set of gas pumps and wandering in to use the bathroom is perfectly apt. That said, I will forgive momentary transgressions for brief calls of nature, so long as there is no other choice.

*clyde* · 03-31-2015, 05:42 PM

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Non-Teslas parking in a Supercharger spot fill me with a white hot rage.

And thus the term "enTeslament" was coined.

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The analogy of me parking the Tesla in front of a set of gas pumps and wandering in to use the bathroom is perfectly apt. That said, I will forgive momentary transgressions for brief calls of nature, so long as there is no other choice.

What about a Tesla parked at a supercharger and not actively being charged? Like those that pump, leave their car in the spot and enter the c-shop and spend 20 minutes farting in the shitter, buying big gulps and otherwise not actively pumping and blocking access?

03-31-2015, 02:52 PM	#1
Plaz ••••••• Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: '11 1M Location: Churzee Posts: 17,741	I parked my 1M in a Tesla supercharger spot for five minutes once at a service area on the Merritt in Connecticut. It was the only spot available, and I urgently had to urinate. By the time I got back to my car there was a Tesla waiting for a spot to open. I didn't detect him really giving me the old stink eye, though he would have been perfectly justified in doing so. __________________ 2011 1M

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03-31-2015, 04:52 PM	#9
JST 195 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 24,640	There are two different drivetrain setups in AWD cars. One uses the big motor from the P85 in the back and a smaller motor in the front--that's the P85D. The other uses two smaller motors, one in front and one in back. That's the 85D. Both the P85D and the 85D have higher MPGe ratings on the highway than the RWD 60 or 85, IIRC. That, coupled with the higher top speed of the P85D, led people to think that the gearing of the motors might be different, but until someone cracks one of the gearboxes open no one knows for sure. It may just be the "torque sleep" that ZBB referred to, putting the big motor in the back to "sleep" when it can. The 85D has a higher rated range (and thus a higher overall efficiency) than the RWD 85 (which continues to use a big motor in the back, though without the high power inverter from the P85). The P85D has a lower rated range than the RWD 85, suggesting that despite being better on the highway it takes an efficiency hit elsewhere. Non-Teslas parking in a Supercharger spot fill me with a white hot rage. The analogy of me parking the Tesla in front of a set of gas pumps and wandering in to use the bathroom is perfectly apt. That said, I will forgive momentary transgressions for brief calls of nature, so long as there is no other choice.