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  1. J

    Dash Cam Recommendations?

    used an android app on my sony 2nex phone (double as a media player too, my voice phone in the car is an iPhone) and a window mount suction cup about the review mirror. all and all it works well. 128 gb chip in the Sony 2nex phone (so sim chip) and i charge it when i need to parked off a SIStech...
  2. J

    First i3 in NYS Capital District

    sounds great, but be concerned... about the old house that is. two phrases that normally don't go well together. old houses and wiring codes. suggest you have the whole house looked at (after living in a very old home myself 150+ years old). many contractors won't touch the house if any wiring...
  3. J

    Auto sense regeneration level ground effect.

    Well three things are present in all good ideas, confusion, ridicule and question... so let me explain in more detail. 1/3 of the cars moving state is spent either flat, up hill or down hill. (1/4 over all state of the car if you count just being turned off). BMW has a solution for uphill, the...
  4. J

    Structural fatigue?

    nothing like that, it is not carbon failure. you can google carbon failures, it does not look like this.
  5. J

    Auto sense regeneration level ground effect.

    BMW, there seems to be no down hill auto sense with regards to the weight of the i3 and he down hill angle of the car (effect of gravity). the car is not able to come to a stop with in more than a 30 degree slope. Why not have a changeable level ground effect with regards to regeneration?
  6. J

    Has anyone got a fault-free i3?

    All good here, wonder time driving the new way of thinking! Loving it!
  7. J

    Best speed to engage range extender

    Drove. 600km last weekend, seems to be many variables at work here. I noticed that under 90kph the car gained kms from after driving on the highway a long time and after driving on back roads then going to the highway the car lost kms faster. My swag or guess is that the cars possible distance...
  8. J

    Returning my i3 for a refund

    First month with my i3 and I love it! No problems that with a bit of thought couldn't be over come. Some driver training necessary. It's not like you can treat a regular car like a horse and get the same results. Same with the i3. Some people still ride horses some people will alway drive a gas...
  9. J

    TEC for the Rex compartment (Thermal Electric Conductor)

    Does anyone have an electric diagram of the i3? It would be good to read where and what draws the current.
  10. J

    MY FIRST, LONG AND DISAPOINTING DRIVE

    did 600km round trip to Beaune France last weekend with the Rex on a lot. no issues other than once over heating of the Rex once. charged up at home and then at the hotels (household charger in use). worked fine. solution to Rex over heating was to turn it off a few miles before fill up to...
  11. J

    Switzerland

    nice =)
  12. J

    Unable to unlock fuel filler flap

    no problems here so long as we push the button in the drivers side wheel well to open the gas hatch. sometimes it does not spring open as far as other times. but always opens.
  13. J

    Check Engine Light

    had the issue this weekend on a long Rex tour 600Km round trip, but it was due to an over heated Rex engine we think. after a few minutes it went away. btw, you can add "hold constant charge" to your multi function keys. nice trick =)
  14. J

    Rex sound level from outside and inside

    just did a long haul trip this weekend 600Km round trip. the sound (being a music guy too, i was very interested in as well) depends on the strain of the engine. it was more when going faster and less when going slower. I could make a db rated sound file for you, but the only thing that comes to...
  15. J

    Long haul rexing?

    just came back from a weekend trip with my Rex, 300 Km one way, 300 Km back. it was fine, except one time we got the message "milage limited electric only", we think this was that the Rex was running a bit hot. after a call to BMW Munchen (mommy) they told us it was ok to drive the car...
  16. J

    TEC for the Rex compartment (Thermal Electric Conductor)

    BMW, please to take some consideration to install a TEC within the Rex engine area. recently i was on a cross country tour with the Rex on and noticed there was a lot of heat out put. it could be recycled back into electric energy with a simple TEC.
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