Recent content by WoodlandHills

Ditto! Our plan exactly....

Having a Rex for 18 months has shown that a BEV with 125mi range would be suitable for about 95% of our local driving. The question is whether the additional range should be an ICE or a bigger battery? Either would get the job done, 200mi electric range is sufficient, but a range extended 125mi...

No matter how wonderful a car the i3 is today and how great any i5 might be tomorrow, it will still be serviced and supported by BMW and not Tesla. BMWUSA have no control over their dealers and how they treat their customers and the customers have no way of knowing if their dealer is going to...

For those who don't know I have one of the early 2014's with the defective whooping Bridgestone tires. BMW admitted that my car made an unpleasant and loud noise when driven on smooth pavement and that it was getting louder as the tires racked up the miles. They also refused to do anything about...

The car is just fine... It is BMW and their dealers that are "horrible". Too bad you can't separate the two very easily, or at all. Blaming the victim only goes so far....... How were we to know that BMW would chose to support this car in a half-hearted manner? I certainly never expected that a...

I was wondering when Default Answer #1 would show up: blame the buyer for selecting the wrong car. Default Answer #1a is to blame the buyer for selecting the wrong dealer.

One of mine went through the washer and dryer in my pants pocket with no damage a few months ago.

It's great that you got a good one, but not everyone did....

Ours comes and goes...... Given my confidence in BMW we are avoiding them as much as possible: until it actually stops running we'll keep it away from the "service dep't". I am using the word service in the agricultural sense, as in: "The bull serviced the cow......" Thank god, it's a lease!

Believe me when I say that I think exactly that every time I drive the car.... Hind sight is 20/20! Thank God, we leased!

IMHO this is typical of BMW dealers. All they want is your signature on the contract, after that they really don't care much at all. Our 2014 had the whooping tires and it was a real battle to get our leasing dealer to do anything, after months of drama, they agreed at last to replace the...

I wish someone had told me how terrible my dealer was going to be too.......... Perhaps there really is a need to publish the unvarnished truth and to tell others that not everything is perfect in i3land......

If you live in the EU, your i3 could self-steer in Active Cruise Control up to 25mph or so. If you live in NA it cannot. Same systems in the same car, different software. Perhaps this can be coded, but I doubt it.

The Bolt weighs 500lbs more than an i3, has 30 more hp, goes up to 200 miles, has front wheel drive, 4 real doors and costs at least $15k less than an i3. This is why I leased........

Good i3 service is much more dealer dependent than the ICE or diesel cars, if your current dealer is not doing a satisfactory job, you need to find another. Are there two competing BMW dealers in Las Vegas? If so, take the car to the other one.......