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As per the title, I was expecting to be sat in city traffic with a supercilious smug look on my face.
Well, I have just bought a BMW i3! My reasons for such a purchase are varied, not the least of which is having experience of i3s on holiday and loving every minute of them.
My smugness lasted but a short while to be replaced by ‘range anxiety’, can’t stop looking at the battery condition. Funny isn’t it, one fear to be replaced by another? My other fear was driving old German cars which have preponderance for failure in one form or another. This isn’t to guarantee that the i3 will be fault free, but the chances of success are loaded in its favour against a 16 year old Benz.
I wonder if many people have read the owner’s manual. I have, out of morbid curiosity and come to the conclusion that of the 5% of owners that read manuals only 2% will understand or come to terms with the complexity and feature of the car. This, from one who wrote automotive service / instruction manuals for a living.
I haven’t yet launched into third party charging; home fast charger installation, or long journeys but so far love the car bar the fore aft pitching on poor road surfaces.
Well, I have just bought a BMW i3! My reasons for such a purchase are varied, not the least of which is having experience of i3s on holiday and loving every minute of them.
My smugness lasted but a short while to be replaced by ‘range anxiety’, can’t stop looking at the battery condition. Funny isn’t it, one fear to be replaced by another? My other fear was driving old German cars which have preponderance for failure in one form or another. This isn’t to guarantee that the i3 will be fault free, but the chances of success are loaded in its favour against a 16 year old Benz.
I wonder if many people have read the owner’s manual. I have, out of morbid curiosity and come to the conclusion that of the 5% of owners that read manuals only 2% will understand or come to terms with the complexity and feature of the car. This, from one who wrote automotive service / instruction manuals for a living.
I haven’t yet launched into third party charging; home fast charger installation, or long journeys but so far love the car bar the fore aft pitching on poor road surfaces.
Apologies, my post has a touch of irony in it. I’m not anxious as such, but I am always conscious of any failure mode. The price of being an engineer!
I agree absolutely with the driving dynamics in the city and managed to upset an R32 driver today, sorry.
There was a post recently wherein Max Torque wrote much about the i3 and his purchase of the S model. Max, you’ve cost me a lot of money
Thanks to all for your replies.
I agree absolutely with the driving dynamics in the city and managed to upset an R32 driver today, sorry.
There was a post recently wherein Max Torque wrote much about the i3 and his purchase of the S model. Max, you’ve cost me a lot of money
Thanks to all for your replies.
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