Recent content by VintageMark

Hi Bill, I agree and disagree with some of your points... I think Musk more than anyone has a good understanding of the 'EV' market... in particular Tesla have made it clear they are placing Superchargers in 'en route' locations... they are also clear that for 90% of owners most charging will...

Hi MindMachine... Respectfully have to disagree... Being able to buy the car is a long way from taking ownership... we paid for and bought our car on Dec 29th 2013. We are expected to take delivery in late June... That's nearly 6 months from actual order to delivery... we've no way to know...

Not to put to fine a point on it... but its personal choice... If it was all down to simple maths we would all buy the same cheap car with the best mileage etc... It's a personal choice on your part to pick a car that you like the look of, suits your preferences (green carbon credentials...

BEV ordered around very end of December... Delivery estimated for 2nd week in July. (Slightly disappointing as the US seem to be getting them quicker from what I have read)

Interesting... folding mirrors are key for my wife... (i3 due in July, ordered end of Dec)... we are based in the UK... Having read this thread we emailed our iGenius to ask specifically about folding mirrors... he has replied today confirming that folding mirrors are *standard* on the i3...

Either way its still a 'design' question... The Model S does this and a lot more... the engineering of that feature is not exactly battery pack patent level.. So it's a shame they didn't pay more attention to your feedback.

Everything seems to be pointing the way of your explanation Tom... In which case that's a shocking piece of design/engineering from BMW... especially on a car designed from scratch to be an EV. Not something that would stop us getting the car of course... but horribly disappointing none the...

We had an i3 BEV last weekend for a 24hr test drive (my wife's arrives in July, we needed to test it on a rather steep drive). I configured the pre heat to come on for Sunday morning... the car had charged overnight and was plugged into a 32A charging point in the garage... The car was...

Hi, We'd read the same as you... long wait for test drives... but in fact had no issues at all... (outside of London though)... We ended buying the i3 BEV for my wife back at the start of Jan... HP charger... Heat Pump... and on 3 years PCH... (8000 miles a year, it's only for a commute each...