# Electric Car Owner Arrested For Stealing 5 Cents' Worth Of Power **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 4, 2013, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-power/234135 "2013-12-04T11:21:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-power/234135/61 "2013-12-05T15:19:11Z")
I’m a Volt owner and I also think the Leaf owner was in the wrong. 100% wrong. I wouldn’t think of plugging in my car to another outlet without permission. “That doesn’t belong to me.” Before I owned my Volt, the hedge trimming crew for my apartment complex plugged their equipment into my external outlets all the time to do their work all day. I got quite mad and actually went outside and unplugged them while they were taking a break. It didn’t happen again. I wasn’t mad because of the cost, but just for the principle that I pay for it and they didn’t ask. Over the months that they did it, it may have cost me $5. I wouldn’t have cared if they had simply asked… I’m 100% for this person getting taught a lesson, but jail time seems a little steep. Of course, this made national tabloids I’m sure, so this example wasn’t just for the Leaf owner I’m sure. Just because you have a fancy schmancy electric car doesn’t mean you get to plug it into another persons outlets. P.S. I am not a hippie. I don’t give a crap about how my Volt may be helping the environment. I bought my car because of math. I’m saving a lot of money… 🙂 Electric cars rule! ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-power/234135/62 "2013-12-05T15:38:40Z")
I understand your point about the principle with the landscaping crew but I also look the the thought of knocking on everyone’s doors all day to trim hedges. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-power/234135/63 "2013-12-05T15:40:49Z")
> [@1QIKZ](#): > > I understand your point about the principle with the landscaping crew but I also look the the thought of knocking on everyone’s doors all day to trim hedges. I would prefer knocking on doors all day knowing that the hedge was already trimmed… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-power/234135.md?page=3)