Well, according to our i3 group on Facebook, BMW of Austin is one of 16 participating dealers! But, it says they created their own program and use demo cars, so ymmv if you didn’t purchase wiith them. Outside of that, there’s 8 So Cal dealers, 2 NorCal, Roswell Georgia, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Creve Coeur,…

False, false, false. It doesn’t do too well on big hills at interstate speeds, but I’ve made a 160 mile trip in mine - 70 miles on electricity, the rest on gas, all at interstate speeds. Charges it up overnight, and did the reverse the next day. 2015s have a couple more horsepower, which really helps their performance…

Figures the BMW product rep would tell you they had to modify it because Americans are idiots, and only Europeans are capable of making good decisions. The actual reason is that the i3 REx is the only car that fits in CARBs ‘BEVx’ category, which is an electric car with an alternate-power backup source. To meet the…

I have a question - why does everyone seem to want to hate this car so much? Yes, it’s on the pricey side, and I can see a good case for it being ugly (although, I actually kind of like the styling - at least it isn’t boring). But, if you want a cheap, appliance-like electric car, there are several of those to choose…

It’s actually really great at all of those things, except the 4 businessmen test, unless they’re kind of small. I’d think it would do especially well in the SF test, but can’t say (or test it) for sure. Charge times on a 240V charger are about 4 hours - 18 on 120V.

There are a very, very few dealers that participate in the i3 loaner program, because BMW is stupid and A) Won’t let dealers use regular loaner cars for it, and B) Won’t make the payment for the dedicated car that month if it doesn’t get a certain amount of use, say 600 miles. I believe the few dealers that…

Doesn’t BMW want the engine oil changed on the REx every year, regardless of useage?

I’d say it’s definitely worth considering. The auto-cruise on these is pretty good, and it really is quite relaxing not having to listen to the engine as you speed up-slow down-speed up-slow down. Do you have somewhere to plug in at work (aren’t you So-Cal)? Even a 110V could keep you mostly on electricity. I’d…

Owner done, buy a $20 cable to connect the computer to the car, and some time to figure out how to code it, so that depends on your computer skills. Not 100% ‘legal’, but generally not frowned upon by the dealer body or BMW.

Because of CARB (ZEV tax credits), all North American i3s have their gas tanks software-limited from 2.4 gallons to 1.9 gallons.

Hey, I have one of these! Arravani Grey too, just no Sport wheels:

Do they think it’s actually sold out to customers, or just every dealer has spoken up and reserved one that they think they’ll be able to sell to someone?

So that’s what those lights are for/from! There’s a semi-Gulf liveried one that regularly goes to Cars & Coffee here (or, went, before a sink hole opened up right in front of the Porsches and they cancelled the event for awhile), and I could never figure out those lights. I think I’ve got a picture, I’ll try and find…

The M120 is most certainly Not the car I would pick out of this list in a betting match. The million-mile Volvo or the S52 BMW are easily more reliable than an old Mercedes with 12 cylinders and literally 2 of everything to break.

Can you even get a clean Z3 clownshoe for $15k?

Super V8s had different wheels. Of course, those could possibly have been changed out for standard XJ8 ones, but it’s doubtful. And it says VandenPlas on the back instead of Super V8. But is that another VandenPlas badge on the drivers side? Weird.

‘The latest’? Dude, this has been on most/all of their cars for about 15 years now. Even normal people are used to it by now. And it’s extremely (I mean, extremely) useful at night. It may annoy a few people for a second or two, but I’d have it on every car.

But how does it Sound?!?!?!?

It looks great, but it’s a shame about the wind noise/buffeting when the roof is open. It’s doubly strange, because the regular convertible has one of the most serene top-down experiences available. A few weeks back, a guy rented my 911. Said he’d European delivery’d one of the first Targas, but sold it as soon as he…

I noticed that too. But, oddly, they began shipping ‘16 Targas awhile ago. I saw a few on lots for sale when I was debating doing a lease pull-ahead on the 991.