LeftieBiker said:
What was the reason he gave for not using Auto? (I never even use that.)
He didn't give a good reason at all. He seems to be fighting fire with fire and hasn't thought through everything or doesn't care.
He seemed upset that I bypassed his charging lock even though he car was done long before saying "there's a fine line..." He seemed uninterested in listening to me saying that he'd be listening for "the last 15 minutes" (BS, more like 5) and didn't "want" to take up my time.
He claimed that this is his 2nd Leaf and that he's seen the whole gamut of bad things from unplugging him when his car's not done to breaking his charging lock (duh) by force. And, he claims he's had people come and physically stand in the spot until their plug-in shows up or people ICE the spots to reserve them for their plug-in. He claimed his 1st Leaf can't lock its port anymore due to the above breakage. He said when he's been unplugged, he's stranded, which I agreed sucks. He claims he has a GoPro camera pointing forward where he records everyone who unplugs him and puts them up on YouTube.
I told him I've had a Leaf for 3 years and never had this happen. I told him about how the previous folks couldn't charge and had to wait for a car to leave. He said he didn't want his charging lock to be broken on his 2nd Leaf. I told him he should use auto or don't lock it. I told him about confusion other drivers here sometimes have when a car's done (usually GM driver since Gen 1 Volt and Spark EV have indicators that are essentially opposite of ours). I suggested that he put up a sign listing how to tell if the car's done, like I do (and some others do, as well), if I leave my car there and as the Volt across from us had done. He scoffed at that.
He wanted to leave so I didn't have time to suggest other things like a charging protocol card. He was simply uninterested his ways and just didn't want people unplugging him, to hell with the plug locked like a parasite to the car after completion.
