Our Versailles string of mishaps continued.

First the good news. We finally got out of Versailles and the busy night time suburbs of Paris, heading south east towards our accommodation. Overdue for some dinner, and the EV needing a charge, we looked on the Tesla’s navigation for a stop along the way for both. We picked one of several options along the way, a bank of “V4” Tesla superchargers.

We parked, plugged in, and walked next door to “Best Wok” – an all you can eat buffet restaurant. Once we started talking, the designated English speaking staff member came over to help us. The staff were all lovely. Even the robot that collected the dirty plates and delivered drinks, had a smile. Marvin better lift his game 😉.

So many food options. We were overjoyed to have fresh veggies. We plated a pile of ingredients, handed them to the wok cook, and watched him fry it up. Fun and delicious. We didn’t have escargot or frogs legs, but this was such a joyful meal to have in France.

Returning to our car, all the other EVs had left. We soon realised that the carpark had closed a few minutes ago, with an automated solid steel beam now blocking any vehicle access. A sign informed us that the car park would be locked all night and there was no way out. Hmmm. We started figuring we’d be sleeping in the car.

Francis spotted a second keypad on the gate labeled “Tesla”. Tom looked at the details of the charging station in the Tesla navigation. Sure enough, the instructions included the PIN code to get out of the car park. Yay!

Charging:

The actual charging was super simple, as always with Tesla chargers. We parked, plugged in, and walked away. No card payment, tapping, servo counter, fumes or whatever. 10 seconds of our time. When we’d finished dinner, we just unplugged, hopped into a fully charged car, and drove off (until we were blocked by the gate).