hello I find you forum very interesting and thru to BMW forums.
I have been shopping for a few months now and noticed that in Quebec the used i3 are sitting in the dealer parking lot for a long time before they get sold (more than 4 months). note that -40 in winter will occur a few times...
So far I tried 2 i3's both with REX. from different dealers, one BMW (a 2016) and one (a Ford dealer selling a 2014).
Believe it or not both were at zero capacity, the one from the Ford dealer immediately kicked the REX and after about 1/4 mile kicked in a real limp mode with check engine on... what a turn off for my wife! :-( I told her that an i3 is as much "alive" than any ICE vehicle. this exercise was a real turn off...
The other one from BMW had a similar issue if not worse, even the "small" battery was not strong enough to start the small motor!
so again a turn off...
I am confident that the i3 in normal mode is fun to drive... as much as my 328xi is or my Z3 was...
Which bring me to my real question: if an i3 have been sitting on the parking lot for 3 months without proper care... did they harm the battery (or the car doing so?
On the very same subject, we heard that a Telsla with a dead battery is almost scrap due to battery cost, we know Telsla use a different battery than BMW... Last week I test drove a new Leaf and the salesman said the if the car run off of juice 5 times the battery warranty is voided... is there any similar particularities I should know?
Thank you
I have been shopping for a few months now and noticed that in Quebec the used i3 are sitting in the dealer parking lot for a long time before they get sold (more than 4 months). note that -40 in winter will occur a few times...
So far I tried 2 i3's both with REX. from different dealers, one BMW (a 2016) and one (a Ford dealer selling a 2014).
Believe it or not both were at zero capacity, the one from the Ford dealer immediately kicked the REX and after about 1/4 mile kicked in a real limp mode with check engine on... what a turn off for my wife! :-( I told her that an i3 is as much "alive" than any ICE vehicle. this exercise was a real turn off...
The other one from BMW had a similar issue if not worse, even the "small" battery was not strong enough to start the small motor!
so again a turn off...
I am confident that the i3 in normal mode is fun to drive... as much as my 328xi is or my Z3 was...
Which bring me to my real question: if an i3 have been sitting on the parking lot for 3 months without proper care... did they harm the battery (or the car doing so?
On the very same subject, we heard that a Telsla with a dead battery is almost scrap due to battery cost, we know Telsla use a different battery than BMW... Last week I test drove a new Leaf and the salesman said the if the car run off of juice 5 times the battery warranty is voided... is there any similar particularities I should know?
Thank you