January 04, 2020

Ford Mustang towed and ticketed for ICE-ing at a Tesla Supercharger

Two Ford owners learned their lesson the hard way recently after they intentionally parked their cars (a Ford Focus and Ford Mustang) at the Walnut Creek Tesla Supercharger in California. A Tesla Model 3 and Model X owner aka 'Tesla Life of Deenchik (@dollarn9ne)' was present at the time and reported his story on Twitter.

Above: Ford Mustang blocking the Tesla Supercharger, a cop with the tow truck is on-site to tow the ICE car away (Source: @dollarn9ne)

There are two rows for vehicle parking at the station. The one from which the Tesla owner took the photos and video (below) is 'preferred' parking for Tesla owners for the purpose of charging but the opposite row where the Ford Mustang can be seen parked is 'Tesla Only' and marked as such. In addition, it turns out there was a line of Teslas waiting to charge.

When @dollarn9ne reminded the Mustang owner that this was dedicated parking for Tesla owners to charge, the Mustang owner gave him the middle finger and walked away. After that, the Tesla owner decided to call the cops and settle the matter.

Fortunately, the cops arrived at the scene with a tow truck and towed both the Mustang and the Focus and issued a ticket. With the cost of towing and a ticket to pay (or defend), hopefully the Ford guys wont repeat this mistake again, thanks to @dollarn9ne.

The story unfolded in the following Twitter thread...

Called the cops, they getting towed. The mustang dude flipped me off bc I told him he can’t park there & there was a line waiting to charge #dontmesswithus pic.twitter.com/VCR8CIXPHS
— T Ξ S L A Life of Deenchik (@dollarn9ne) December 21, 2019

The Focus has been towed
— T Ξ S L A Life of Deenchik (@dollarn9ne) December 21, 2019

There are two sides, the side where I’m recording from is “Parking for All, but Charging Preferred”. Where both of the Fords parked, it is only for Charging. That’s why I called on them but not the Lexus next to my car. Also, there was a line of cars waiting to charge so
— T Ξ S L A Life of Deenchik (@dollarn9ne) December 22, 2019

I saw him mark & asked him to leave bc other people need to charge. He flipped off so I decided to just call the cops, give him a lesson
— T Ξ S L A Life of Deenchik (@dollarn9ne) December 22, 2019

Gave a ticket & towed it away
— T Ξ S L A Life of Deenchik (@dollarn9ne) December 22, 2019

Nice work!! Get’er done! pic.twitter.com/1GMsamKu1x
— SF TESLA CLUB (@sfteslaclub) December 22, 2019

It looks like @dollarn9ne has a thing with Mustangs. He previously showcased video footage where he defeated a Ford Mustang GT in a random street race with his Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus.

In any event, the Ford v. Tesla battle continues to heat up in 2020. In fact, Ford decided to leverage its Mustang namesake to launch its all-electric SUV, the Mach-E, to challenge Tesla. Meanwhile, Tesla is not sitting idle. The Silicon Valley automaker is launching its much-anticipated Model Y SUV this year.

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Written by: Iqtidar Ali. An earlier version of this article was originally published on X Auto.