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u/agha0013 9d ago
My boss tells a story about a construction project he did at a military base. Basic job to re-level a whole building's floor slab and install new tiles, nothing special, not classified stuff.
To do the job we had to pump a lot of self levelling products, and the truck had to be in a specific place to reach the whole work area. We informed the client they couldn't keep parking their MP cars there as we had to put the pump truck in. We were allowed to fence off the area just to keep it clear.
MPs moved the fence and parked there anyway, so when the pump truck showed up, my boss called tow trucks to take the MP cars away.
They were pissed but the client told them to shut up as they weren't supposed to be parked there in the first place and they knew it when they moved the fences with signs clearly saying why the fences were there. They could have parked in the visitor spots across the lane as no one visits overnight anyway.
The towing fees and everything were billed to the client.
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u/NotEnoughIT 9d ago
Towing fees? I’m not omniscient but I’ve never heard of someone who who wasn’t the car owner getting fees.
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u/he_is_Veego 9d ago
In this case the “client” and “car owner” are both the us government.
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u/mmtg 9d ago
This.... didn't happen, at least the way it's been told. A private towing company coming into a military base to move MP (military police) cars. Nah fam.
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u/m4rkz0r 9d ago
Yep. I'm a vet and I work for USPS. A private tow company 100% can't come on any federal property and tow vehicles regardless of if the vehicle belongs to the government without permission from the proper channels. They can't even repo employee personal vehicles on federal property.
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u/Evanskelaton 9d ago
I mean, I would assume it wasn't the MP who were in charge of dealing with the construction company, leaving it to whoever was the PoC on the base to arrange for towing.
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u/Xannin 9d ago
were billed to the client.
This is also a phrase used to indicate I bought something that I then invoiced to my client. A towing bill is something handled when the person goes to get the car.
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u/agha0013 9d ago
they couldn't just send a bill to the department of national defense, so they charged us for requesting the tow. It's not like a municipal or police arrangement at an accident site or removing an illegally parked car from city property, it's a private tow request.
Basically like us hiring a flat bed towing company to move one of our own scissor lifts to a work site.
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u/smallpp42069420 9d ago
Dude military bases are the worst. I was an inspector for a similar project as yours. I was just doing something easy like a backscatter in freshly laid asphalt. I was just calibrating my machine when some dude in military uniform came out and walked up to me and asked me "what the hell do you think you are doing" then accused me of having "what looks like a bomb" and said my credentials were fake as he ripped up my signed entry paperwork. I got his name, put it in my log and we charged the customer triple for the trouble. Also, the asphalt was only laid and wasn't even steamrolled. It never compacted and his entire office couldn't use any of the parking available for years. No company in the area would come back out because of what this dude did. Eventually like a year later a company about 600 miles away agreed to do it for about 20 times the cost.
Fast forward another year or so and this guy somehow gets my work number and calls me and starts telling me that he's going to arrest me because he "owns the police" and since he is a high ranking military officer they will do what he says and I need to respect him because he has the authority to "nuke me if he wants". I basically called him a crayon eating marine and got him really really angry and started laughing at him. This makes him more angry. Apparently he drives out to the office (which I'm not as due to inspecting) and pulls a gun on the lady at the front desk. Cops show up, he gets arrested, discharged, and his wife (ex wife) got a job as our dispatcher shortly after. This was about 7 years ago. I wonder what happened to that dude.
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u/Drunken_Traveler 9d ago
Link to the news story?
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u/smallpp42069420 9d ago
I seriously doubt the news (which isn't allowed on a military base unless given a pass which is almost always denied) cared that much about a parking lot not properly compacted....
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u/Drunken_Traveler 9d ago
The guy who showed up a pointed a gun and was arrested. This happened on-base?
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u/IBAZERKERI 9d ago
that or half the stories in this post are made up to sound cool on the internet
/sips coffee
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u/Drunken_Traveler 9d ago
The story says they couldn't use the uncompacted parking lot for "a few years", but then "one year later" it was fixed?
Seems like an embellished if not bogus story to me.
Service member bullies contractor, prevents a US GOVERNMENT military installation from being able to use a parking lot the government paid for (for YEARS apparently), then stalks the contractor (also, years later), harasses him on the phone, then shows up and points a gun at someone!
...and no one but this guy has heard this story. Not newsworthy at all, nope. /s
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u/smallpp42069420 9d ago
The parking lot was full of equipment and was torn down to 1-base for about a year. Another year of the uncompacted layers means the cars would sink when drove onto the asphalt. 1 year + 1 year = 2 years. Years. Plural. This is how things usually get done in the contracting world. Things take even longer on bases. I guess the only thing I'm guilty of is assuming people knew how construction worked....
Also, the news doesn't follow people around. Companies don't call news stations to report things because it's better to have less bad press. It's not like a news station has cameras and reporters at every intersection and especially not our offices which are in the middle of nowhere Kansas. If the news reported on every person who pulled a gun on someone in my city, the list would be probably 300 pages long daily
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u/PartyClock 9d ago
Not sure how your local news is but mine doesn't report on the Police or Military in the area unless a bigger news group from outside of where we live picks up the story first.
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u/smallpp42069420 9d ago
Ya people are just ignorant to how the news works. They think there is a new crew at every intersection following every person around. I mean if my local news reported on Everytime someone pulled a gun on someone they would have like 300 pages of reports probably daily.
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u/DragonMasterFlash 9d ago
If the news followed every single story of someone pulling a gun on someone it's all we'd ever hear about. This is America, after all.
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u/smallpp42069420 9d ago
No. This did not happen on base. He showed up to our offices, just like the post says.
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u/imyourdoctornow 9d ago
Haha. I was in college when Gore was campaigning for president. He was having a rally on campus and about a week out the secret service started showing up. The top stairwell of our dorm had a communications center set up and they neglected to tell us so when we heard radios we checked it out. The guy up there was actually pretty chill and just said why he was there and that we had to go back the way we came. Anyhow they posted signs on about fifty parking spaces saying your car had to be moved by a certain date or it would be towed. All the cars moved and they roped it off. Day of the rally arrives and the local PD Park two of their cars in the roped off area. Not sure how long but looking out the dorms window here comes secret service with dogs and they pulled all the doors off and took everything out of the vehicles and let the dogs search then left them like that. Shit was comedy
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u/Oyuki97 9d ago
Guy got a bit too much into those Tom Cruise movies huh? So much so that he believed that was how everything worked. Everything he was unaware of instantly became the works of some Syndicate type spy.
Probably a disgruntled security staff somewhere now or in a psych ward. Could possibly be a super cranky homeless person if he had no connections or were cut off right after and he was unable to get a job with what he pulled.
Other possibility is that he got into many scruffles in prison and been raking up further sentencings to this day.
If he was the super spoilt son of some 2 star general or rich guy, he's fine. Likely well cared for too. Just never allowed to be in public again.
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u/the_calibre_cat 9d ago
i'm not even a little bit surprised. plenty of military folks are completely normal, reasonable people.
and then you have the emotional toddler oo-rah mooks out there that have probably caused more than one international incident and god knows how many friendly fire or accidental death incidents.
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u/The_Red_Beard_IV 9d ago
Karma flavored ice cream is best.
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u/Freefight 9d ago
Best served ice cold.
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u/knubzie 9d ago
“Guy PARKED His CAR Where He Should NOT HAVE DONE SO, He Instantly Regrets It”
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u/prior2two 9d ago
If I ever park somewhere and someone comes up to me and says “you can’t park here, you’ll get towed” i kinda just always assume they know what they’re talking about, say thank you, and move my car.
Even if they’re mistaken/lying, the downside far outweighs the upside.
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u/Cavaquillo 9d ago
“Go fuck yourself, I prefer to take an alternative form of transportation to the impound (probably the wrong one) to pay multiple hundreds of dollars to get my car out.”
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u/lordgoofus1 9d ago
Yup, this. It's only happened to me once ("hey just letting you know you can't park here you'll get fined. One of the residents in that building over there is known to call the council rangers"). Offered my apologies because I didn't realize and.... moved my car. It's usually pretty obvious when someone is just trying to help vs being a controlling freak.
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u/MarmotRobbie 9d ago
I think it's pretty easy to spot a lie, too, just ask a couple polite questions and look for signs.
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u/Ancient_Artist109 9d ago
someone lit a parked car on fire and it burned down a hostel and SRO like 2 blocks away from where this happened on saturday night so the ice cream snitch was being quite gracious it seems
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u/Sparrowflop 9d ago
If it was a Tesla, we sure it didn't light itself on fire?
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u/smacksaw 9d ago
I think that happens if you're behind on the subscription fees, no?
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u/Santos_L_Halper 9d ago
One time I was a PA for a commercial shoot in NYC. My first task for the morning was to preserve the reserves parking for the gear trucks. We had signs up but we couldn't count on people seeing them, so I was there to inform people there was no street parking for the day. A couple parked and got out of their car. Out of state plates so I figured they didn't know this sort of thing happens. I politely informed them they can't park there today and they have to find someplace else. They asked under whose authority do I have the right to tell them no, and so I said the New York State Film Commission with the NYPD providing the permits. The guy argued with me saying there's nothing I can do about it and he can park wherever he wants. So I told him he can find me later if he needs to locate his car after it's been towed. He tried to call my bluff and left, but I wasn't bluffing. The tow truck was there in 15 minutes and snatched his vehicle. A few hours later the guy came back to find 3 trucks in the spot where he parked and he was very upset. His girlfriend was yelling at him about how he should have listened. I gave him the card the tow truck guy gave me and never saw him again.
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u/Santos_L_Halper 9d ago
Well, there certainly was a lot more interaction but I wanted to keep my comment brief. The dude was livid and threatened to kick my ass. But I'm 6'7" and 260lbs, which is why I was put in positions where conflict could arise, so it didn't take much to get him to rethink that. I'm not a fighter though and he was in better shape than me so he could have kicked my ass. But I was like "bro, fighting me isn't going to get your car back. Call the number on the card." I used the radio to contact the head PA and they got one of the producers to tell the guy he can email him if there are issues. The angry guy wanted to see the producer in person but I denied him.
That same day I was tasked with blocking the sidewalk when the camera was rolling so unpaid people wouldn't walk through the shot. At the time I had shaggy hair, a beard, and a bunch of my teeth had JUST been broken from falling during a basketball game. I looked crazy as fuck. So I'm blocking the sidewalk and I try to get this guy's attention to ask him to wait a minute. The dude rips out his earbuds and starts screaming about how he's a cop and I can't stop people from moving down the sidewalk and if I'm still there when he gets back I'll be arrested. He took off before I could explain and walked through the shot. I told the producers what happened and we all had a good laugh. They gave me a new walkie that had a microphone on a cable so I could hold that out to signify I was some sort of a official.
A short time later I'm tasked with just guarding the trucks and the cop returned and he was like "dude, I'm so sorry, I saw the film crew and that's when it dawned on me." And I was like "no I get it, I look like a wild man."
Anyway, I don't work on set anymore, haha
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u/Bright_Ball_1304 9d ago edited 9d ago
i like how the most important part of the 2nd picture is blurred and the camera focused on the icecream
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u/jacksparrow1 9d ago
Thank goodness you blacked out the word fuck. that would have offended my sensibilities.
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u/LivelyZebra 9d ago
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u/T9069 9d ago
BMW drivers mind that Tesla drivers are now beating them for top douchebag driver award?
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u/ktbffhctid 9d ago
Speaking as someone who drives a BMW I do not mind. Tesla drivers are the absolute worst.
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u/Sure-MD90 9d ago
No kidding! As a BMW driver myself, i have noticed the worst POS are either big truck or Tesla drivers. At least in SoCal.
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u/Kerb3r0s 9d ago
Tesla is quickly overtaking BMW as the brand of choice for self-centered American douches
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u/chi_sweetness25 9d ago
Canadian in this case
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u/memberemember 9d ago
Tesla is the new BMW
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u/Grinmaul 9d ago
Audi was the new BMW, Tesla is the new Audi :)
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u/Shoddy-Vacation-5977 9d ago
I feel like BMW drivers keep their douchebag behavior mostly confined to the road, while for Tesla owners it's more of a lifestyle.
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u/memberemember 9d ago
Yes😅
I have a few colleagues whose life revolves under Tesla and they look down on people who don't own one😂
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u/EmilieEverywhere 9d ago
Which is insane to me. There is literally no other car on the market, ESPECIALLY for that price, that has so many fit and finish/QA issues.
A '23 Corolla Hybrid is a better car by every metric other than acceleration than a POS Tesla.
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u/Dukaikski 9d ago
Believe it or not, a lot of Tesla owners just wanted to drive an EV and don't worship the man child.
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u/Shoddy-Vacation-5977 9d ago
I know and I do feel sorry for them. But there are definitely a lot of Tesla owners - particularly the recent purchasers - that are just pure douche.
They see Elon as a douche icon, and a Tesla is how they advertise their membership in the Douche Tribe.
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u/Try_Jumping 9d ago
I'm conflicted about this, as I can see a positive side to it - it's one way to get douches to drive EVs.
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u/farjuice0 9d ago edited 8d ago
i still think elon's entire right wing odyssey started as an earnest albeit cynical way to get conservative men onboard. just an algorithm, echo chamber and $40B later... voila.
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u/mythrilcrafter 9d ago
Ergo, the sticker saying:
"I bought this before it turned out that Elon is a crazy asshole"
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u/chairmanrob 9d ago
There's much better designed, safer and cheaper EVs out there. Its a status thing.
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u/SocialDistanceMedia 9d ago
Aaron is a great dude. He's written multiple books about Vancouver, toured in various bands, and is generally one of the sweetest dudes I've ever met.
So if he decided on this route of revenge, that Tesla driver must have been a seriously massive asshole.
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u/TohuBohuChasek 9d ago
Aaron also works at multiple venues on the Granville strip, some a block away from where this is. Guy knows what he’s talking about, and especially with that being one of the busiest streets in Vancouver, I wouldn’t question him on it.
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u/captain_ohagen 9d ago
he's also eating a caramel Drumstick, one of my favorites. a true man of quality
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u/berejser 9d ago
What is it about sitting behind the wheel of a car that turns so many otherwise regular people into assholes?
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u/MarmotRobbie 9d ago
Same as the internet. Zero social stakes and the obfuscation of the human behind a piece of tech. They didn't cut a human off, they cut a car off!
I don't think our brains were really built to handle interacting with one another without body language and social connection.
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u/ABoz03 9d ago
Was the car parked illegally? Or just inconveniently to those who were expecting the spots to be available whenever they showed up?
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u/coca1necowboi 9d ago
The spots are generally marked by the venue and the city to be reserved for tour vehicles(tour bus, semi trucks). Usually with a timeframe and a tow warning.
Can’t speak to this specific instance.
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u/illz569 9d ago
I don't know if this is universal, but in my experience towing companies won't remove a vehicle from city streets unless there's proof that it's parked illegally. In my city, when someone blocks something like a loading dock, you need to call the cops to come write a ticket before a tow truck will agree to take it.
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u/pcapdata 9d ago
Where do you live? Throughout the USA towing companies are notorious for taking cars that are not illegally parked or in any other way subject to towing. Police almost never get involved even if you can prove it: “It’s a civil matter.” So you gotta pay to get your car out and then you can sue them in small claims court.
Source: Steve Lehto
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u/aimlessly-astray 9d ago
Tesla drivers be like, "can you not tell Elon's dick is balls deep in my mouth?!"
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u/Sucramfatsgaw 9d ago
It’s always the Tesla douchebag. Always.
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u/beaversnducks6 9d ago
Or a BMW driver is always the cause, but only if there's a BMW in the picture. Or a Mercedes. Or a lifted truck. Or any car really. Any car can be driven by an asshole, assholes don't have rules.
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u/reddit-down-8991 9d ago edited 9d ago
tesla owners are fuking MORONS
edit: cry more musk cult
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u/Shoddy-Vacation-5977 9d ago
Some are, some just wanted an EV and the guy running the company happens to be a petulant man-child who wants to be an oligarch.
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u/FrostyD7 9d ago
A lot of them shopped competing EV's and fled to Tesla when the dealerships wanted $5k or more over MSRP in addition to mandatory options (an oxymoron if I've ever heard one). I tried to get a Bolt for 6 months and this is only slightly worse than the best offer I could find. I wouldn't do it.
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u/Shoddy-Vacation-5977 9d ago
I'd love to have an EV, but they're just not practical for me until there is truly rapid charging widely available in rural areas.
Also as the tech industry gets its slimy business practices into the auto industry, the enshittification we see everywhere else is inevitable. Welcome to power windows as a subscription service. Oh, you want heated seats? That's going to be an annual package because we can't just have you buying it for the cold months. Every company is going to turn into the bastard spawn of John Deere and Tesla.
Also I'm not too keen on having my primary mode of transportation dependent on a functioning electrical grid, the competence of programmers, and the whims of narcissistic tech babies. It would never be my daily, but I'm always going to have an old diesel shitbox in working order.
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u/matthewismathis 9d ago
I have a Tesla. It’s just a car. Why am I a moron? I think people upvote stupid Tesla related incidents more.
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u/Morgc 9d ago edited 9d ago
Teslas are also extremely common in the city the picture (Vancouver) is in, like you'll run into dozens if not hundreds of them over the span of an hour driving or cycling around. You'll run into way more idiots in Toyota Prius that are far more common but less identifiable.
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u/Personal-Tomato-7869 9d ago
Let me do you a favor and tell you just to go enjoy your day rather than argue with Reddit over the merit of Tesla drivers. It’s a lose/lose scenario
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u/FourHotTakes 9d ago
Ive done the same but I warned them that I'm going to call the tow company.
I usually just call parking enforement to give them a fat ticket because theyre quicker though.
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u/PeachyyyyPeach 9d ago
I invit him to Kyiv. Here if you parked your car not on park place your car will be towed in 5 minutes and you will waste a lot of money and effort
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u/VapoursAndSpleen 9d ago
The best thing about Tesla cars is that people stopped picking on folks who drive Priuses.
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u/IPanicKnife 8d ago
I love when I see people get what’s coming to them. Especially when it’s the max penalty for something that they do just because they’re inconsiderate. Like bro, just find a parking spot or pay to park on the street like a regular person. I pay $20 for event parking and I hate it but that’s how the world works
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u/mag_creatures 8d ago
so are you telling me Tesla Owners are the new BMW owners?
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u/Freddo03 8d ago
I think that’s reading a bit much into it. More like assholes are assholes. Some of them drive. And some of them drive Teslas
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u/chairmanrob 9d ago
Good people don't buy Teslas.
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u/MarmotRobbie 9d ago
Although I can empathise with the people who bought one before elon came out as a giant dickwad.
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u/FutureLarking 9d ago
Also, a tow truck is likely to fuck with a Tesla's motors if it's not explicitly put in tow mode as the motors are always"in gear" and generate power when moved so towing can cause them to overheat and damage.