Recent content by Buskraut

I have Automatic Time Setting enabled and my clock did not update on the DST change. Didn't do it in the last fall either. Maybe "automatic" means ONLY when you change time zones? In the manual: "Depending on your vehicle's optional features, the time, date and, if needed, the time zone are...

But the 2015 BEV is on the list. 2015 REX is not.

Maybe this has been discussed, but I just noticed that the 2015 REX is not on the green sticker list: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/carpool/carpool.htm So, did BMW somehow change the car (reprogram the REX?), or is the CA DMV slow to approve it (probably more likely).

So the result is that indeed my car charged during the next possible low-cost charging time slot on Friday night/Saturday morning, even though the next "charge and precondition" event (that's how its labeled in the app) was not scheduled until Monday morning. So, I'm happy that I've got the car...

Never thought of that, Phil... good idea. It's Friday so I will get my answer tomorrow!

I'm still confused if the app will do what I want: I would like to CHARGE every night, but PRECONDITION only on weekday mornings. I have the first schedule slot set so that the car will charge Mon-Fri by 7am, and the second slot set for Sat+Sun by 9am. For the car to be preconditioned, I now...

My other pet peeve is that preconditioning on/off applies to every day. During the week I leave every day at the same time and and the scheduled preconditioning is convenient. On the weekends my schedule varies, so I would like the car charged, but not preconditioned. I think my situation is...

Its hard to say which one will be more reliable... only time will tell. Tesla's packs are built as a large series/parallel arrays. They claim a cell can completely fail while driving and the driver will never know. BMW's packs have all the cells in series. Even though it has more connections...

OK, you asked: Last summer in Italy I drove a 1961 Fiat 500D. It had a whopping 17hp, but navigated the rolling hills of Tuscany surprisingly well with a family of 4. Yes, you have to enjoy double-clutching. And yes, it only weighs ~500kg, but this was the most fun I've had driving in a long...

Thanks for your comments. In iRemote I see three CHARGE event entries, but the PRECONDITION option is global for all charge events. When you turn preconditioning on/off you can see the little fan icon turn on/off on all charge events. (Touching the little icons in the individual charge event...

The preconditioning option applies to all charge times. I would like to be able to precondition during the week (when I leave at the same time every day), and not precondition on the weekend (when I would like the car charged, but have no idea when I will leave). AFAIK, you can't do this now...

Just FYI, my front plate holder also came in the rear trunk under the rubber straps, but the mounting screws were in a little plastic baggie in the frunk next to the tire repair kit.

This has been hashed out previously: http://www.mybmwi3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=597&start=20

For fellow iPhone users, I noticed that after upgrading to iOS8 that my bluetooth audio became intermittent (muting randomly every few seconds). A web search showed this was very common in a variety of cars, and also affected the phone connection. I fixed the problem by resetting the phone via...

OK, just as I brag about things getting better, I get a new (but better) failure mode last night. I noticed at 6:30am this morning that there was a "charging interrupted" message logged at 2:30am, with the SOC at 93%. In the past this has meant that charging was aborted, never to restart until I...