BMW
X1 / X2
forum
BMW Garage BMW Meets Register Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
BIMMERPOST Universal Forums Off-Topic Discussions Board Do you park in EV charging spots?

Post Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
      12-18-2024, 07:59 PM   #1
Tyga11
Lieutenant Colonel
3541
Rep
1,761
Posts

Drives: M3 Comp
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Arizona

iTrader: (0)

Do you park in EV charging spots?

If there are literally no other spots available I will. I did this in Fashion Square in Scottsdale a month or so ago during a music festival.

It's not the same as a handicap spot
Appreciate 2
M5Rick70821.00
jesm218.00
      12-18-2024, 08:02 PM   #2
iminhell1
C2H5OH
iminhell1's Avatar
United_States
4108
Rep
2,150
Posts

Drives: 2010 SG 135i auto
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Darwin, MN

iTrader: (1)

You belong in a BMW.
Appreciate 6
kscarrol9761.50
vreihen1621617.00
Buug95923977.50
bosstones1251.00
osteome242.00
      12-19-2024, 12:01 AM   #3
vreihen16
Recovering Perfectionist
vreihen16's Avatar
21617
Rep
1,023
Posts

Drives: BMW-less :(
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Orange County, NY

iTrader: (0)

Garage List



.
__________________
Currently BMW-less.
Appreciate 7
Esteban55908.00
Maynard4316.00
sygazelle14073.00
Joachim472.00
      12-19-2024, 06:16 AM   #4
M5Rick
General
M5Rick's Avatar
70821
Rep
22,617
Posts

Drives: M5 F10 DCT Gunmetal
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: GB

iTrader: (0)

Oh yees
Appreciate 1
jesm218.00
      12-19-2024, 09:06 AM   #5
Mason Hatcher
Captain
United_States
1177
Rep
716
Posts

Drives: BMW X3
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: FW-TX

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyga11 View Post
If there are literally no other spots available I will. I did this in Fashion Square in Scottsdale a month or so ago during a music festival.

It's not the same as a handicap spot
No, I'm not a raging douchebag
Appreciate 5
      12-19-2024, 09:57 AM   #6
cmyx6go
Colonel
cmyx6go's Avatar
16935
Rep
2,091
Posts

Drives: 2022 X6///M Comp
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: NYC

iTrader: (2)

Garage List
2019 X6 ///M  [10.00]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyga11 View Post
If there are literally no other spots available I will. I did this in Fashion Square in Scottsdale a month or so ago during a music festival.

It's not the same as a handicap spot
I'm betting if you had an EV you wanted to charge and found a non EV in a charging spot, you'd have a hissy fit and melt down. Your thread would then be about how rude that driver was and you had to go out of your way to a charging station on the way home and waste X amount of time instead of being able to charge while you were at an event. And you would be correct....
__________________
I thought I was a good person but the way I react when people drive slowly in the left lane would suggest otherwise

Last edited by cmyx6go; 12-19-2024 at 10:26 AM..
Appreciate 5
Esteban55908.00
eugenebmw2169.50
Buug95923977.50
      12-19-2024, 01:48 PM   #7
vreihen16
Recovering Perfectionist
vreihen16's Avatar
21617
Rep
1,023
Posts

Drives: BMW-less :(
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Orange County, NY

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
__________________
Currently BMW-less.
Appreciate 0
      12-19-2024, 02:51 PM   #8
eugenebmw
Captain
eugenebmw's Avatar
2170
Rep
692
Posts

Drives: G15 M850i G82 M4, G22 M440
Join Date: Aug 2023
Location: Vancouver

iTrader: (0)

Recently took my dad (91 years old) to the hospital to do a CT scan. The indoor parking lot handicap parking spaces were all switched to EV charging stations. The handicap parking spaces are not next to the hospital at more. What are the hospital thinking, charging EV is more important than anything else. And yes, I am very piss with this EV arrangement
Appreciate 3
Esteban55908.00
Buug95923977.50
      12-19-2024, 02:58 PM   #9
cmyx6go
Colonel
cmyx6go's Avatar
16935
Rep
2,091
Posts

Drives: 2022 X6///M Comp
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: NYC

iTrader: (2)

Garage List
2019 X6 ///M  [10.00]
Quote:
Originally Posted by eugenebmw View Post
Recently took my dad (91 years old) to the hospital to do a CT scan. The indoor parking lot handicap parking spaces were all switched to EV charging stations. The handicap parking spaces are not next to the hospital at more. What are the hospital thinking, charging EV is more important than anything else. And yes, I am very piss with this EV arrangement
I agree with you. This is different than what the OP was talking about. Handicap should come first, be closest to the facility and be a priority.
__________________
I thought I was a good person but the way I react when people drive slowly in the left lane would suggest otherwise
Appreciate 4
Esteban55908.00
eugenebmw2169.50
Buug95923977.50
      12-19-2024, 03:16 PM   #10
Esteban
Major General
Esteban's Avatar
United_States
55908
Rep
7,240
Posts

Drives: a slow car fast
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: SoCal

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by cmyx6go View Post
I agree with you. This is different than what the OP was talking about. Handicap should come first, be closest to the facility and be a priority.
No question. And at a hospital, of all places.

Last edited by Esteban; 12-19-2024 at 03:30 PM..
Appreciate 3
eugenebmw2169.50
cmyx6go16935.00
      12-19-2024, 04:55 PM   #11
infinitekidM2C
Major General
infinitekidM2C's Avatar
United_States
4296
Rep
5,739
Posts

Drives: 2019 M2 Competition
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Orange County, CA

iTrader: (4)

Garage List
Appreciate 1
vreihen1621617.00
      12-19-2024, 07:35 PM   #12
iminhell1
C2H5OH
iminhell1's Avatar
United_States
4108
Rep
2,150
Posts

Drives: 2010 SG 135i auto
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Darwin, MN

iTrader: (1)

Quote:
Originally Posted by eugenebmw View Post
Recently took my dad (91 years old) to the hospital to do a CT scan. The indoor parking lot handicap parking spaces were all switched to EV charging stations. The handicap parking spaces are not next to the hospital at more. What are the hospital thinking, charging EV is more important than anything else. And yes, I am very piss with this EV arrangement

But you see it's all about money. If the handi spots are now further away or not at all that means there's more chance of an incident on the walk in. That's more time in care and more they can charge medicare.




EV should always be at the back because they will be there for a longer time than anyone else. And maybe not even a patron to the establishment.
Appreciate 2
      12-20-2024, 03:25 AM   #13
sygazelle
Brigadier General
14073
Rep
3,464
Posts

Drives: 2014 328i M-Sport, 2019 X5 40i
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: San Francisco

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyga11 View Post
If there are literally no other spots available I will. I did this in Fashion Square in Scottsdale a month or so ago during a music festival.

It's not the same as a handicap spot

I guess if there were absolutely no parking places and you had to get to your music event, it seems okay for you to park in an EV charging spot. But why stop there? If a gas station was even closer to the music venue, you could just as easily pull up to the pump at the gas station and park it there. If you're not going to give a $hit, you may as well do it right.
Appreciate 3
Buug95923977.50
cmyx6go16935.00
      12-20-2024, 08:45 AM   #14
reallymarkedup
First Lieutenant
735
Rep
300
Posts

Drives: 2021 M2C
Join Date: Aug 2024
Location: CO

iTrader: (1)

This is nowhere near as good of trolling as the TSA precheck thread, you're already losing your edge there Tyga. Maybe space them out a little more? Workshop your ideas as comments before you start new threads? I don't know for sure, just trying to be helpful!
Appreciate 0
      12-20-2024, 08:50 AM   #15
spazzyfry123
Colonel
spazzyfry123's Avatar
United_States
5174
Rep
2,003
Posts

Drives: Here and There
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: North Georgia Mountains

iTrader: (1)

Garage List
Would you park your car at the nearest gas pump to go to your music festival?
Appreciate 1
      12-20-2024, 10:53 AM   #16
pikkagtr
Go Spurs Go
pikkagtr's Avatar
3998
Rep
2,919
Posts

Drives: '22 GR Z4 Coup '06 Z4M Rdster
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bay Area

iTrader: (-1)

Quote:
Originally Posted by spazzyfry123 View Post
Would you park your car at the nearest gas pump to go to your music festival?
False equivalent
Gas stations are required and necessary while EV charging stations are not
I can not have a gas pump in my home or else I would
You can charge at home , so EV stations are a convenience
Also handicap spots are far more important
A handicap person would rather not be like that, park 1/2 mile away and hop skip and run to the store.
The amount of EV knobs tells you all you need about their owners
And no I would not park where I am not supposed to
Appreciate 1
eugenebmw2169.50
      12-20-2024, 01:46 PM   #17
eugenebmw
Captain
eugenebmw's Avatar
2170
Rep
692
Posts

Drives: G15 M850i G82 M4, G22 M440
Join Date: Aug 2023
Location: Vancouver

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by iminhell1 View Post
But you see it's all about money. If the handi spots are now further away or not at all that means there's more chance of an incident on the walk in. That's more time in care and more they can charge medicare.




EV should always be at the back because they will be there for a longer time than anyone else. And maybe not even a patron to the establishment.
This world is getting ugly and ugly each day. Think about asking any senior on wheelchair in the sub zero pouring rain try to get into the hospital to see a doctor and have to wheel in far far away from the entrance of the hospital
Appreciate 0
      12-20-2024, 02:00 PM   #18
TheMidnightNarwhal
Major General
TheMidnightNarwhal's Avatar
Canada
2836
Rep
6,398
Posts

Drives: 11' 335is DCT
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Gatineau, Quebec

iTrader: (0)

No because I'm not a fucking loser and I respect others.
Appreciate 3
vreihen1621617.00
osteome242.00
Buug95923977.50
      12-20-2024, 02:17 PM   #19
RickFLM4
Brigadier General
RickFLM4's Avatar
United_States
11910
Rep
4,873
Posts

Drives: M4
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: PB County, FL

iTrader: (0)

I've never been in a situation where there are no other spots available, but even if I did I probably would avoid parking in one. The EV people have enough tantrums getting pissed at each other for staying past full charges in those spots. I don't need someone fucking with my car for parking in one.
__________________
Current: 2018 SO/SS F83 ZCP
Gone: 2015 SO/SO F82
Appreciate 3
eugenebmw2169.50
Buug95923977.50
      12-20-2024, 02:26 PM   #20
JohnnyBeagle
Private
247
Rep
84
Posts

Drives: 2011 E90 M3
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Wildwood, FL

iTrader: (1)

no

unless I'm driving the wife's EV
Appreciate 0
      12-20-2024, 03:56 PM   #21
TheMidnightNarwhal
Major General
TheMidnightNarwhal's Avatar
Canada
2836
Rep
6,398
Posts

Drives: 11' 335is DCT
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Gatineau, Quebec

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by pikkagtr View Post
False equivalent
Gas stations are required and necessary while EV charging stations are not
I can not have a gas pump in my home or else I would
You can charge at home , so EV stations are a convenience
Also handicap spots are far more important
A handicap person would rather not be like that, park 1/2 mile away and hop skip and run to the store.
The amount of EV knobs tells you all you need about their owners
And no I would not park where I am not supposed to
It's not a false equivalence at all. It's a perfect analogy. EV parking spots are pretty much the equivalent of gas stations for EV owners. It's not because owners can also charge at home that they cannot or should not exist. In fact some people can't even charge it at their residence, so now what's your argument? Stop acting like an entitled selfish snowflake my god.

Now what YOU are doing is a dialogue fallacy, false dillema. It's not because EV charging spots exist that handicaps spots can't exist even closer. It's not one or the other. That's on the parking management or whoever is the idiot that set it up like that.
Appreciate 1
eugenebmw2169.50
      12-20-2024, 07:27 PM   #22
Tyga11
Lieutenant Colonel
3541
Rep
1,761
Posts

Drives: M3 Comp
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Arizona

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by RickFLM4 View Post
I've never been in a situation where there are no other spots available, but even if I did I probably would avoid parking in one. The EV people have enough tantrums getting pissed at each other for staying past full charges in those spots. I don't need someone fucking with my car for parking in one.
Well said. They are a special breed aren’t they? That’s why I do it. I don’t care about them
Appreciate 0
Post Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:24 AM.




u11
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
1Addicts.com, BIMMERPOST.com, E90Post.com, F30Post.com, M3Post.com, ZPost.com, 5Post.com, 6Post.com, 7Post.com, XBimmers.com logo and trademark are properties of BIMMERPOST