Recent content by Jim0el

Hi, Cargoman63 -- welcome to the forum and to the i3 clan! I'm in the Rogue Valley, far south of you, and not having the courage to get a BEV, my 2017, bought four years ago, is a REx. A year and a half ago I did manage the courage to launch a 4-day journey from southern Oregon to northernmost...

Hi everybody. I'm part of this subgroup too. My first e-car was a 2017 i3 REx too! Mine had fewer than 15k on it, and I bought it sight-unseen online, from a VW dealer 200 miles away, four years ago. It has over 27,000 miles on it now. I named it Bleuby; it's one of my closest friends. My...

Thanks for that tip, Alohart. I considered that myself. Yes, Lexan would be good to use, but I wonder how that person managed to accommodate the compound curves: That panel has a slight arc both left to right and up to down. Being transparent, it could simply cover the lights (as my flexible...

Thanks for the acknowledgement, Alohart. Checking first with the local trusted body shop, it was suggested that the total cost might be $1500 USD, considering installation, wiring and reprogramming of a replacement hatchback (since a replacement lower panel is not available). Research on eBay...

Yes, alohart, but it's the glass hatch that bothers me: Why glass, when plastic could bounce back? And why isn't there a replaceable panel, when I clumsily back into a post and destroy that fragile part? The body shop says I have to replace the whole hatch cover, then get the latch programmed...

I bought my 2017 i3 REx in the spring of '20. I love having the REx for backup whenever I might need the range, and it has never had any glitches. I've only done one long trip, 1500 miles round trip, along a rural highway through eastern Oregon and Washington, all in four days. The REx made...

From the description of "flames coming out" when the exhaust pipe is removed, it sounds to me like a valve timing issue. I don't know if this engine has a belt, chain or gear linking crankshaft to camshaft, but that's what may have failed.

I bought Bleuby online -- how modern can ya get?! With under 15,000 miles on it in May, 2020, I've been enjoying the ride ever since. Just one complaint so far: the tempered glass body panel on the hatchback -- no "part number." Oh, and wouldn't it be fine to have bidirectional charging, to...