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Hi all It's time to swap my winter tyres for summer ones, the dealer told me to make sure the valve is at the bottom when I change wheels. Does anyone know why? Bill

Forum performance has taken a bit knock in the last 24 hours or so, or is it just me. Difficulty loading and posting and very slow overall. Bill

Do Source London have any partners like CYC or Chargemaster/Polar Instant or do I have to get a dedicated card for Source London charge points? Many thanks Bill

Hi all I've read a lot about the range of electric vehicles being affected by ambient temperatures but have so far failed to notice this on my i3. Back in April I did a winter run of 60 miles with no a/c apart from occasional demisting at temperatures less than 10 C, and had 30 miles range left...

Hi all I'm still fuming at this. I arrived at the local ASDA and found that their 4 EV charging bays which are supplied by 2 x double headed Type 2 from Chargemaster were occupied by 3 of their home delivery trucks, and an i3 which was charging. Obviously I didn't mind the i3 but these trucks...

This weekend (the 19th) is the i8 UK launch so I was wondering whether there might be some i3s heading to the dealers to check it out. I'm going to head to Partridge BMW in Eastleigh for the launch so if any other i3 owners are doing the same perhaps we could coordinate times. I'm hoping to head...

Hi all I recently had a level 2 charger installed at home and went for one without a cable in order to provide both current and future flexibility. Not wanting to be without a public charging cable in the car, and wanting a permanent one connected to the home charger too, I bought an...

Hi all This is going to sound a bit odd but does anyone know what the i3 draws when connected to a type 2 charger but with the car's charging rate set to low? Many thanks in advance Regards Bill

Curiousity got the better of me and I tried to use the key to unlock the door but no dice, I can't remove the small rear plastic cover which hides the key slot. Anyone had any luck? Thanks in advance Regards Bill

I thought it might be nice to see what people have programmed on their 1-8 buttons so I'll get the back rolling. 1-4 radio stations 5 - unassigned 6 - shortcut to traction control sub menu 7 - toggle navigation on/off 8 - home navigation Bill

Hi all After about 6 weeks of ownership I've decided to get a fast charger put in at home. There have been number of times when I've not made a journey in the i3 because of slow charging speeds at 10 amp. The question is does the Wallbox pure from BMW add any functionality compared with the...

The Pro Nav option has some sort of in build drive for storing your music collection on. It could also be used to buffer the radio when you press the mute button, so that when you unmute you are chase playing the radio. Bill

I spoke to a firm today about wrapping my i3 and they could do it fine but asked if I could find out how to remove the door handles so that those and the bit behind could be done. Has anyone already tried this or know how please? Any help is greatly appreciated. Regards Bill

I still don't have a manual for the entertainment system so have no idea how to pause or mute music. Anyone found out how to do that? Bill

Has anyone else noticed that in the stats section of the iApp if you change the units from metric to Anglo American or to Japanese that ones ranking in the community changes also? This suggests the set of people you are compared against is unit specific rather than the whole community. Regards...

The link below is to a graph showing the power consumption of the i3 at the 3 different charging rates using the standard 13 amp charger. The car was put onto charge at roughly 20:00 in very similar states of charge. The graphs aren't 100 % accurate as far as time goes as graphing different...

Hi all I may be missing something but the charging options available in the car are either charge immediately or charge on an off peak tariff with that defined by a time window. How do I (or possibly can I) initiate charging remotely using the app? As ever any help will be greatly appreciated.

I'm having trouble setting the departure time on my BEV i3. All three departure time slots are greyed out and the sub-menu is blue so doesn't function. Could it require a connection to the mothership for this (that would seem a bit unnecessary). I'm trying to set it up in my garage where there...

Hi all I picked up my i3 today. Handover was smooth, most of the functions I found very intuitive. Had time this evening for a couple of photos of the urban fox in it's unexpected rural setting :) (edge of the New Forest) http://s561.photobucket.com/user/bunter1815/library/BMW%20i3/My%20i3...

Hi all I picked up my i3 today have a couple of questions for others who may have a manual for the Pro Nav system (I don't yet). Firstly, has anyone has managed to get the multimedia to display videos? I've failed from an iPod Touch (an old one) and directly from video files stored on a USB...