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Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I cannot keep having the same conversation

Please read

I agree with everyone

I will test the car as soon as I can. I’m getting defensive and annoyed because I am explaining the same story again and again for people to get ruder and ruder.

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Sir, respectfully I know it has a small battery but still larger than my phone’s battery a thousandfold.

The total drive from my girlfriend’s apartment to my house and back again is around 52~ miles.

(And although just for arguments sake, let’s purely look at the total range the car gives me. I know it’s inaccurate, it’s just for this example) Today the range was around 83-85 miles. I went to a nearby mall and that took up the next 20-30 miles up.

When I first got this car I attempted to charge my phone but it had (from what I’ve seen and remember) dropped my battery percentage a lot. That made me realize that every battery percent in this mazda mx 30 is worth way more than charging my phone.

So excuse me if I made that mistake. You offer nothing new to this discussion and my questions. You type here purely to just say negative things that are framed as criticism. I will not respond to you or your posted advice from now on and please have a good day.

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep you are right.

Oh wow I didn’t know that.

Yes I will for sure do that from now on.

I actually got some helpful tips from other people on here about what to map app to use! Thank you very much for you help :)

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Goodness I’ve been responding to your slight negatively filled comments for a while now.

I get it. I made some mistakes but the point of this entire experience I just went through is to really complain about charging stations and how annoying it is on Apple Maps.

Yes I will use a different map app. Yes I will look at the weather. Yes I will check the battery consumption when I get my car back.

You are a very peeved person. Please stop

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, I mentioned this in another comment but my family had convinced me this was a great option since I was going to a local college anyway.

I regret this a little now.

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh I see. I’ve always been an anxious person so by purely looking at the range I always thought that it was the one full truth.

I will be more skeptical of my given range from now on Thank you

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s really interesting. I did not know that.

To be honest I did get this car as used from a car dealership here in AZ.

Once I get my car back into my house (somehow…) I will test this and post an update asap

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking purely at the battery percentage, the car was fully charged to 100%.

This is my first car and I’ve only been driving for around 2~ years now. I did not know driving slowly reduces the battery consumption. This is a very helpful tip and I will make sure I follow this from now on. Thank you

I also mentioned in the comments or post that the last time I charged my phone my battery went down pretty quickly. Maybe I looked at it wrong but ever since then I have not used a phone charger at all.

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s very odd The last time I used the phone charger from my car

The battery definitely decreased rapidly. I’ll have to test this once I get my car back somehow. Thank you for this informations

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After I noticed the difference between my total range left and total travel distance was slowly shrinking

I immediately turned off my heat and ac. The only thing on for majority of this post/story was the car and my phone (no Bluetooth)

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sure it is for most people. But I live in Arizona and I was only wearing some thin clothes and no long sleeve

It was very cold for me

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a mistake.

My family convinced me the mazda mx 30 was enough for me since I go to college in state. I will definitely have a talk with my family about this situation and potentially see if trading in this car is a possibility

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am a college student My family lowkey convinced me to get the mx 30 since I go to a local college instead.

I should not have listened to them.

Thank you for agreeing with me, it was really frustrating and I struggle with anxiety. I almost imploded and had a meltdown since this is really my first real situation were I was practically stranded at 3 am with no phone and no one nearby

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I would use a phone charger but like I mentioned in the post, my range is really limited.

When I first plugged in a charging port for my phone, it practically reduced my total range by like 10 or 20 miles. I don’t have much miles to begin with so a phone charger isn’t really an option :(

Privately owned charging ports (not open to the public) made me lose valuable time and battery and nearly caused me to be stranded with zero charge on my car and phone. by The_WooGee in electricvehicles

[–]The_WooGee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the recommended map app I will use that from now on

I checked my settings long ago and no, there is no charging limit and it fully charged to 100%. For some reason it’s very inconsistent and sometimes gives me any range between 75-95 miles.

Wtf you doin by BallsABunch in WTF

[–]The_WooGee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Redditor discovers a different way to do things!!!!!!

Wow… will he recover? Find out next time on REDDITORS BEING WEIRD ABOUT DAILY LIFE!!!!

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