Meanwhile, in Florida…A driver who parked on a stranger’s lawn and plugged his Tesla into an electrical outlet overnight without permission is being let off the hook by the friendly homeowner.It’s bad enough to park on someone’s lawn, but to steal their power, too? That takes balls, or a lack of brain cells, or both. Florida TV station WPBF 25 interviewed Phil Fraumeni, whose lawn was used as a temporary parking lot/charging station by the white Model 3. And lucky for the entitled driver, Fraumeni seems to be a delightful, neighbourly and quite forgiving individual. The Lake Worth man was woken up in the morning by his lawn guy who asked him to move his car parked on the grass near the sidewalk so he could mow. But Fraumeni’s car was in the garage, and he didn’t know anyone who owned a white Model 3 besides.So, after sending a picture to his wife and having her briefly think it was a gift for her, Fraumeni called the police, believing the car may have been stolen. It wasn’t, though, and soon a young man and woman showed up and explained that they’d run out of juice in the neighbourhood while visiting a friend and taken it upon themselves to leave the car topping up on the lawn from midnight the night before. The police explained to the driver that this was, in fact, not cool, dude. Being the gem that he apparently is, Fraumeni didn’t press charges or even ask the couple to pay for the power they’d stolen. So, free charging at Fraumeni’s place, we guess. Pass it on.
Origin: Jerk-face Tesla owner parks on stranger’s lawn, steals power for 12 hours