Recent content by jasleinstein

thank you for the reply. I will follow up.

I am very surprised the last couple of weeks as I have been able to connect to the car 3 out of 4 times to engage preconditioning. WOW! As I was rarely able to engage preconditioning last winter, I never was around the car while it was conditioning. As the car is conditioning, there is a loud...

So it looks like most folks are having fairly good connection experiences with the app. great. I guess my experience is something else. I agree with jadnashuanh, the 3g vs 4g is a copout. With the other experiences I am having with the online service, I believe the online service is not...

Do many of you regularly use the connected app? If so what is your success percentage to connect? With all the TCU problems of the car, we basically stopped even trying to use the app, but after the last software update (June) I have been trying more often. I get about a %50 successful...

Why would you want to do that? the i3 screen resolution is quite low. Also BMW would have to support Airplay or UPnP the standard for Android users, if you wanted to stream or some USB video which would be a kludge. Why not just watch the movie directly on the tablet? When we first sat in the...

i3atl, You are spot on. As I read things, Kia is making a huge push for EVs empowering dealers and charging stations in Oregon, Washington in my world. I believe the strongest in the U.S. Unless BMW makes some drastic shift, they are in never never land. Tesla and Benz are taking the high...

i3atl, I will continue to make the same statement. I only value two commitments. If they are planned then a written statement when and where chargers will be installed or current ones upgraded, or see actual cute little CCS handles dangling off the Blink, Charge Now, or EVR chargers we see...

There is no chance I was touching the brake or accelerator. I have been aware of this problem for some time so I am careful. Yes I omitted the red car icon was off.. This is an area where I think BMW lack of UX is not only poor, it can cause dangerous confusion. Having an orange car Icon...

We live in Seattle and have bought BMWs from three dealers. BMW bellevue, which were OK when it came to service and support, BMW NW (Fife Wa) whom were great for service and support, but 30 miles away, and bought this i3 from Seattle BMW mid last year. We find the sales folks were not...

i3atl, I am very careful not to use the ACC. I start the car and get on the road. I get up to the speed I want (don't use the paddle in increase speed) then press the System on/off button, the one with speedometer and little arrow, then press the Set button. The speed I selected is displayed...

Sorry folks, this was a big typo mistake by me. In these cases I have had the car in Cruise Control NOT Active Cruise Control. After demo'ing the system with the BMW Genius my wife and I decided Active Cruise Control was not a good idea for a car we did not trust, for now. Are others having...

Are others having trouble with the automatic cruise control dropping out? When on the freeway I try to keep the car driving no faster than 60 MPH to save battery. I tend to set the automatic cruise control to maintain a fixed speed. Driving at 60 MPH on the freeway, cars whiz by on either side...

Psquare, I wasn't suggesting a touch screen would be the interface of choice, however with software controlled, drive by wire cars it is the most logical choice. To many voice control is the holly grail of interface. The industry has made great strides in the use of voice, but I think we are...

Thanks guys

We need the ability to see the actual charging rate of the car. Many public charging stations do not have displays that show the actual rate, or often the screens have become greyed out from the sun. Even on slow J1772 one should be able to get some calculations on how long the car needs to...