Larry_in_Seattle
Well-known member
What are your experiences charging your RAV4 EV at other brands' dealerships?
Yesterday I needed to charge in two locations not near any public stations. Both, however, were near dealers of other brands: Advantage Nissan in Bremerton, and Bickford Ford in Snohomish, WA. Plugshare listed both as "restricted". It was 27F out (brrrrr), and my visit to 3 school districts would cover 129 miles.
Both dealers were incredibly friendly, helpful, and accomodating. I arrived at Advantage and both of their L2's had shiny new LEAFs hooked up... all with just 1 light blinking meaning it would be a long time before they were full. I asked at the service department counter and immediately they told me there was another one around the side of the building that I was free to use. Of course the spot was blocked, but their charger had about a 25' cord so I parked 2 cars over. Charged there for about an hour during my appointment. (Which was all of 3 minutes walk away.)
Next up Snohomish. Again, just dropped in. A C-Max was charging at their lone charger in the front lot. Again, the service folks were super nice and, again, they had another one around the back. One tech showed me around back, said "Toyota makes an EV!!!!???" and wished me well.
I thanked both dealers profusely!
On the other hand, when I had the LEAF, at least ONE of the local dealers here would ONLY allow their own customers access to the L3 charger. If you bought elsewhere you were out of luck.
What's your experience? Kia? Ford? Nissan? Fiat? BMW? Tesla? or any others?
Yesterday I needed to charge in two locations not near any public stations. Both, however, were near dealers of other brands: Advantage Nissan in Bremerton, and Bickford Ford in Snohomish, WA. Plugshare listed both as "restricted". It was 27F out (brrrrr), and my visit to 3 school districts would cover 129 miles.
Both dealers were incredibly friendly, helpful, and accomodating. I arrived at Advantage and both of their L2's had shiny new LEAFs hooked up... all with just 1 light blinking meaning it would be a long time before they were full. I asked at the service department counter and immediately they told me there was another one around the side of the building that I was free to use. Of course the spot was blocked, but their charger had about a 25' cord so I parked 2 cars over. Charged there for about an hour during my appointment. (Which was all of 3 minutes walk away.)
Next up Snohomish. Again, just dropped in. A C-Max was charging at their lone charger in the front lot. Again, the service folks were super nice and, again, they had another one around the back. One tech showed me around back, said "Toyota makes an EV!!!!???" and wished me well.
I thanked both dealers profusely!
On the other hand, when I had the LEAF, at least ONE of the local dealers here would ONLY allow their own customers access to the L3 charger. If you bought elsewhere you were out of luck.
What's your experience? Kia? Ford? Nissan? Fiat? BMW? Tesla? or any others?