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An interesting perspective from one commenter:

Last year I had the opposite problem! Ended up stranded on a motorway less than 2 miles from home in a Tesla Model X. The Supercharger I'd planned on using was down due to a regional power outage, and even though the dash indicated I'd make it, the charge vanished quicker than I'd expected.

It was a cold night, which probably didn't help with the battery drain. Had to pull over on an uphill incline and activated "tow mode" just before the car's display went off, as i'd worried they wouldn't be able to move the car. However, this meant I had to keep my food on the brake pedal to stop it rolling backwards and it's surprisingly tough to keep the car stationary on a slope with a brake pedal that's no longer power-assisted.

Ended up waiting a good hour and a half for recovery, foot stuck on this heavy brake the whole time. It's moments like these you really miss a manual handbrake. High-tech is all well and good until you're left stuck on the side of the motorway, in the cold winter.

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[–] Just_Pizza_Crust 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just watched a video on it, and holy hell that parking brake process is needlessly complicated. I think there's 3 ways to lock my 90s car's brakes, and I can even clamp the brake pads with vice grips if need be.

+1 pts for older cars