Recent content by rabster

How is it done? I've opened up the frunk and had a look at the light units and there's nothing obvious to switch the beam aim. I also checked the useless owners manual and it just said something to the effect of "they will need to be adjusted" yeah, thanks BMW! I know that some people from the...

Hi, I used a menu in the idrive. Cant recall the exact option now but effectively it uploaded a chunk of data somewhere and then automatically connected me to the support center. They offered to get an engineer out within the hour. Was very simple and well managed. Got my i3 back yesterday. Was...

After 2600 trouble-free miles, my i3 showed a 'passenger restraint' fault yesterday. I used the BMW Assist feature in the car which was pretty cool and arranged to have BMW assist come out this morning to check the car over. Turns out that there's a fault on the drivers airbag so it needed to go...

I'm lazy so REx all the way for me if going on any journey greater than 80 miles. After my 4 day test drive I very quickly decided not to bother with the charging network, hence no DC prep. I wouldn't be put off by lack of DC prep on an I3 with Rex whereas on a BEv it's a completely different...

I agree. the user manual is completely pointless as it only explains the stuff that's blatantly obvious but then completely ignores the useful info which would not be so obvious. WRT the charging, thanks for the replies on this as I also noticed this week that the charging was starting...

So far so good. I would recommend the REX to anyone doing less than 150 miles per day. Any more and the refilling of fuel could be a drag. I feel that you should be able to rely on your car to get you to the hospital when you need to, or to deal with a sprint up to the in-laws potentially a few...

Update: I've tried so many different things and I've finally given up on trying to make the Android work properly with the I3. It kinda works with Bluetooth but the playlists aren't available, you cant search, and you are restricted to the music on the current playlist selected on the phone...

Anything above 70 mph will start hitting your range quite significantly. However, if you get the REX rather than the BEV then you don't really need to worry so much. I regularly sit between 70 and 80 on the motorways and usually get about 60-70 miles range out of electric only. What's your...

Thanks Eric, I will try my sons ipod in that case. If push comes to shove I can buy one of those just for in the car. Thanks for all of the other advice too, I've done some playing around but still not managed to get something that works for me. On the plus side, the DAB stations are excellent!

Some people will tell you its unsafe, others will say otherwise. Remember these cans are designed to be carried in the car empty most of the time and only used to collect fuel when the tank runs dry, rather than be carried in the car permanently filled, as we're suggesting here. so yes, there's...

My rather lovely I3 arrived a few weeks ago and as you all know, there's a learning curve when coming from an ICE car. So far I've done a good variation of journeys such as general pottering about locally in Kent, a 70 mile round trip to the coast with the family, 35 mile rush hour commutes...

I've got the standard small screen radio. Gotta say that the owners manuals both the paper version and the built-in version are pretty pants. They explain the obvious stuff well enough but they're very vague for anything more than the highest level of detail.

Has anyone else managed to load their music library from their Android phone? I can connect via Bluetooth no problems but it only seems to play whatever playlist is active on the phone at that time and doesn't allow searching. So I thought to try out the USB function but after spending a few...

I'm definitely coming around to that way of thinking. I'm going to install a 13a 3-pin socket outside and use this for a while. If I find that I need a quicker charger then i'll come back to the OLEV scheme as an option. This is what is really annoying me. I've done a LOT of digging around and...

Damn, if I'd have known that they were ditching the white carpet then I'd have definitely specified the Lodge interior. I went with the standard interior purely due to the carpets on the Lodge being a stupid colour. This looks lovely and congrats on your new toy. Let us know how the weekend trek...