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Another one here past 20,000km! 1920kWh measured just before the charger, I do quite a bit of public charging which is free here in Ireland until December 2016 (we have just over 2000 7kW+ chargers and rapids every 25km on all major routes, not bad for a small country). No PV here as we get no...

Where on the windscreen did you install the camera? I'm having trouble finding a stop that's out of the way and not blocked by the ACC camera.

In fact a clip above each visor. I keep my UK cards in the passenger clip and my Irish card in the driver's side.

I did, it's not and in fact you need to replace the entire armrest to add it.

It's 150W.

Well here in europe we now have universal snap in adapters (http://www.baum-bmwshop24.de/BMW-Snap-in-Adapter/Snap-In-Adapter-Connect-Universal.html) You can get one with a microUSB or lightning connector. Though the MicroUSB one will work fine with iOS devices using the MicroUSB to lightning...

nope.... definately the back of the steering wheel... no contact with the metal strip. It seems to be a capacitive sensor of some kind, no pressure required just gentle contact without gloves.

Actually the limit for the lane-keeping on my i3 is 60km/h which according to google is 38mph. It's quite a handy feature actually.... ACC keeps to max 60km/h if the traffic speeds up (and sounds an alarm after 5 seconds) but then you just tap the accelerator or resume button and you are back...

Is the top left blank actually used for anything in any region?

Actually is there any reason we can't use the european Tesla UMC?

Any plans to do type 2 mennekes? Or ChaDeMo to Type 2 CCS? Pity that the Chademo to Type 2 adapter from Tesla uses it's own signalling rather than homeplug green, a fairly simple physical adapter for Tesla Type 2 to CCS would have been great. Personally I've replaced the supply side of the the...

Google BMW i3 service manual... some helpful souls may have listed a link to the service manual sans payment.

At least on the european i3s unlocking the car either by pressing the button on the key or (if you have comfort access) just grabbing the door handles also unfolds the mirrors. To fold the mirrors and lock the car hold down the lock button on the key for 4 seconds. It also rolls up the windows...

It is. For the car side :) The french got pissed because the german mennekes connector got chosen as the standard type 2 connector over their design. Then got their connector added to the standard as an auxiliary connector and deployed a few thousand charging stations 'round the country using...

France uses an entirely different socket than every other country in Europe for EV charging: You'll need a cable from type 3 to type 2 (which is the socket on your i3): Like this...

You need a Type 3 to Type 2 cable if you want to charge on a public charger in France. I'll be doing Dublin to Berlin in my REx around June. My plan for France is to charge at Folkestone, head for the Belgian border (with it's welcoming Type 2 chargers) and avoid spending €300 on a cable that...

Some of the newer eCars Ireland DC locations use Siemens ChaDeMo|CCS|AC chargers. There's a map here of the CCS equipped locations: https://mapsengine.google.com/map/u/0/viewer?hl=en&mid=zVDgdgMW7RMA.kduTOkI5y3ts Another 25 CCS equipped rapid charger locations are due this year. Mainly a...

BMW OEM winter tires and wheels on the i3 from the factory. The issue with the summer wheels contacting the brake calipers was that roadside assistance fitted the rear wheels to the front. The whole set are being sent back to bridgestone for analysis.

So... two days of ownership and my i3 is on a flatbed back to the dealership. My passenger rear Blizzak had a blowout. A large crack developed on the inner sidewall of the tire. I cannot recall any impact or pothole that may have caused that kind of damage. The recovery driver tried to fit my...

Ronan, one of my fellow i3 owners here in Dublin had some issues reaching his place in the country with the drop in range over the winter. There are now CCS rapid chargers on his route but unfortunately he didn't spec the DC Fast Charge Prep. So he hatched a plan to use his EVSE with a pair of...