Still want an EV? (NO POLITICS)

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Copied from the Austin Allegro, a 70's car nicknamed 'All Aggro'

Not only the charge time. A big concern is your own safety. There are so many things can happen when you wait for your car to charge in the public charging stations. You can get jumped, raped....The list is doesn't look pretty at all

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

Not only the charge time. A big concern is your own safety. There are so many things can happen when you wait for your car to charge in the public charging stations. You can get jumped, raped....The list is doesn't look pretty at all

In particular at motorway service stations over here in the dead of night, a time when the low life's venture out waiting for an easy target..

[gblansten]

This thread has jumped the shark.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by gblansten

This thread has jumped the shark.

Hardly far fetched when these things do happen.

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Hardly far fetched when these things do happen.

Last couple of pages have been about millions dying and then Nazis and Zyklon B and then people being raped and jumped while charging. Thread is getting a bit weird.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Last couple of pages have been about millions dying and then Nazis and Zyklon B and then people being raped and jumped while charging. Thread is getting a bit weird.

A comparison was made with the fumes given off by a burning EV which is of a similar composition to a gas used by Axis powers to exterminate people at concentration camps in WW2 and should be taken extremely seriously.

[Car-Addicted]

Here's a tech tip: When tying to give credibility to your view points try to avoid references to the Nazi party or gas chambers or for that matter Satan.

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Last couple of pages have been about millions dying and then Nazis and Zyklon B and then people being raped and jumped while charging. Thread is getting a bit weird.

Do any public charging stations has staff on duty 24/7. I guess the answer is no. Charging stations can be setup in the middle of no where. Answer is yes. Then this is a real safety concern. Lucky it doesn't matter to me, because I am not a EV owner

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

Do any public charging stations has staff on duty 24/7. I guess the answer is no. Charging stations can be setup in the middle of no where. Answer is yes. Then this is a real safety concern. Lucky it doesn't matter to me, because I am not a EV owner

Those people are going to die of Zyklon B before they get jumped and raped.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Those people are going to die of Zyklon B before they get jumped and raped.

You're trolling now. Behave yourself

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

You're trolling now. Behave yourself

Just pointing out some absurdities here.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

Charging stations can be setup in the middle of no where. Answer is yes. Then this is a real safety concern.

My mother told me a long time ago that nothing good happens after midnight. That includes charging your EV or filling up your ICE.

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

My mother told me a long time ago that nothing good happens after midnight. That includes charging your EV or filling up your ICE.

Totally agree Car-Addicted My mother also told me to watch out those self-absorbed narcissists. The best way to piss them off is ignore them

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

What happen to that steering wheel when it turn 90 degree?

Google "Cybertruck steer-by-wire system".

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

Do any public charging stations has staff on duty 24/7. I guess the answer is no. Charging stations can be setup in the middle of no where. Answer is yes. Then this is a real safety concern. Lucky it doesn't matter to me, because I am not a EV owner

It's also not a huge concern for most of the civilised world because they can't walk into a Walmart and buy enough weaponry to invade a small country. Just sayin.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

It's also not a huge concern for most of the civilised world because they can't walk into a Walmart and buy enough weaponry to invade a small country. Just sayin.

I'm a competitive (IDPA) Shooter and a licensed concealed carry holder and am generally packing and I'm pretty civilized and being armed these days means others should be pretty "civilized". But I still don't hang out at charging stations and filling stations late at night. That is just plain stupid.

I know lets have convenience stores at these charging stations because nothing bad ever happens in them?
Tech Tip. Charge at home and live longer, Gas up during the day in a high traffic gas station and pay at the pump and get the heck out of there and live longer. It's just that easy.

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

I'm a competitive (IDPA) Shooter and a licensed concealed carry holder and am generally packing and I'm pretty civilized and being armed these days means others should be pretty "civilized". But I still don't hang out at charging stations and filling stations late at night. That is just plain stupid.

I know lets have convenience stores at these charging stations because nothing bad ever happens in them?
Tech Tip. Charge at home and live longer, Gas up during the day in a high traffic gas station and pay at the pump and get the heck out of there and live longer. It's just that easy.

You tech tip is the best advice for the whole year. Even for a veteran with 15 years of close combat experience. I cannot say I always feel comfortable when I am walking down the streets. You can't assume everyone is civilized.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

You tech tip is the best advice for the whole year. Even for a veteran with 15 years of close combat experience.

Thank you for your service.

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Thank you for your service.

[LogicalApex]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

I'm a competitive (IDPA) Shooter and a licensed concealed carry holder and am generally packing and I'm pretty civilized and being armed these days means others should be pretty "civilized". But I still don't hang out at charging stations and filling stations late at night. That is just plain stupid.

I know lets have convenience stores at these charging stations because nothing bad ever happens in them?
Tech Tip. Charge at home and live longer, Gas up during the day in a high traffic gas station and pay at the pump and get the heck out of there and live longer. It's just that easy.

You people sound terrified. Carrying that level of fear around has to be exhausting.

You’re a bigger target if your fear is on display. Predators can smell the fear on prey.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by LogicalApex

You people sound terrified. Carrying that level of fear around has to be exhausting.
You’re a bigger target if your fear is on display. Predators can smell the fear on prey.

No fear only common sense. I didn't create this world but I don't intend to be a victim of it either.
Do you think the Chiefs' victory rally in Kansas City was a safe place?

Also from today's news:
California grandfather fatally shot while trying to apologize for fender bender at Walmart
According to the San Bernardino Police Department, Jonathan Mauk arrived at the Walmart parking lot at around 8 p.m. and was searching for an open spot. As he maneuvered his vehicle through an aisle, the female suspect, Norton, was backing out of a parking spot.

"For whatever reason, the victim stopped and slowly backed his vehicle up, and that’s when he had a collision with the suspect’s vehicle," Capt. Nelson Carrington told KTLA.
The female suspect, identified as Shawntece Norton, 36, got out of her vehicle, shot Jonathan Mauk in the face and drove off.
Police said no one was hurt in the collision and that the minor fender bender resulted in just a scratch or two, KTLA reported.

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by LogicalApex

You people sound terrified. Carrying that level of fear around has to be exhausting.

You’re a bigger target if your fear is on display. Predators can smell the fear on prey.

My office building used to be open to the public and every few weeks there are people coming in and pretend to be the employee in the building. They walk through every office cubicle and search for things to steal. Laptops, wallets.... I happen to be there a few times and confront them. Do you know what they told me? They said, you want me to put a hole in your body (they are pointing a pocket knife at me). In my situation, they are down on the floor in no time. But not everyone has the training I have. Is it scary and raise a concern to the public, I think so.