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Greetings All, For those that installed a 12v Lithium battery to replace their 12v SLA/AGM battery - how is it working out for you? Can you share which make/model of battery you used and for how long? In South Florida, we are lucky if we can have our 12v batteries last 3-4 years - going to be...

Greetings All!, summary: $2,504 seems really high to replace an expansion valve? - in 2017 this costed $480 (albiet for the Air conditioning system - but the battery and the cabin AC share the same system) Got a drivetrain error a few times and phantom CELs - thinking the fuel pressure sensor...

Greetings All, Both our i3(s) are still at the shop :-/ On the last status call they said they are doing a battery capacity test on both of them (one with 49.5K miles, the other with 21K miles)... Checking on both of them via iremote - I see both are 100% charged, but one of them (the one...

It looks like BMW (at least in my area) is now enforcing the 4 year/50K mile maintenance plan is for the original buyer only and not transferable.... https://www.bmwusa.com/explore/bmw-value/bmw-maintenance/terms-and-conditions.html "... NON-TRANSFERABILITY These maintenance programs are...

While reviewing my connecteddrive settings - I noticed one of our 2015 i3 REx the emobility and remote services will expire next year....while the other 2015 i3 REx will last until 2026. Out of curiosity (and wondering if I can extend the emobility and remote services on the one expiring next...

Remote & eMobility Services are expiring in the next year for our 2015, however I do not see an option to extend them (like Advanced Real-Time Traffic Information) on the connected site. Are these services extendable, or are they trying to push folks toward (the expensive) Connected Services...

While pluging in the i3 last night, it occurred to me that the charging door/flap is pretty huge...any guesses on why it is oversized?

From this article: https://www.autoblog.com/2018/09/28/bmw-i3-ev-range-increase-for-2019/ BMW is extending the i3's range for the 2019 model year to 153 miles through the use of a new battery cell. Range for the i3s is expected to be the same 153 miles, too. That represents an almost 35...

Unfortunately it is just a one off, proof of concept, but still pretty neat.... https://pushevs.com/2018/09/05/lion-smart-shows-off-a-bmw-i3-with-a-100-kwh-battery/

Greetings All, We (better half and I) have noticed, on the less mileage (12.5K miles) i3 Rex we are getting about .2-.5 miles/kwh less than our higher mileage i3 (47K miles) Rex - both are 2015 models with 19" wheels, air pressure in the tires are within 1-2 lbs compared between the two and...

Greetings All, For those of you who paid for the oil change in your i3 Rex - can you tell us what you the dealership charged? Also if you had the annual inspection, brake fluid check/flush,etc - what were you charged? Thanks!

After about 5 months our second i3, will be on a third 12v battery.... First time it was swapped during the CPO process, then swapped out again after 1 week of ownership (battery warnings)...now the i3 is back in the shop again for a bunch of faults (in addition to saying battery has...

Greetings All, With hurricane season here, I was reevaluating out backup procedures should we be stuck in the path and without power for 7+ days.... Is there a way to keep the REx engine running and producing enough energy to keep 75% SOC while idled/parked running the AC? I recall a while...

Greetings All, As far as reliability/durability - I think we can all agree the weak point of the i3 REx is the REx system/components? So far, every time when I get a CEL or that one notification that the REx could not start (that one was due to bad fuel pressure sensor) - the i3 ran just fine...

It looks like Workhorse will indeed use the 3 cylinder i3 REx engine/generator for the pickup s (w-15) range extender. : https://www.trucks.com/2018/03/12/workhorse-production-w15-electric-truck/ Workhorse mentioned they were testing other (bigger) gas engine generators - I am kinda surprised...

This is from an interview about the Model 3, but the i3 was brought up: https://youtu.be/CpCrkO1x-Qo?t=656 Those new to the i3 - these guys (Munro & Associates) did a tear down of the i3 when it first came out and found lots of interesting things about it...

Greetings All, Overall, the i3 is the ideal City Car...though can be squirrelly on the highway, especially over 75 mph and with winds... I was thinking this could be addressed with a moderate (10 mm?) adjustment to spacing of the wheels with Hub Spacers. This should allow the wheel to sit...

ts not the AC compressor - that has a slightly different sound, and familiar with that sound when that comes on during charging from time to time. The sound/hiss is much more apparent when your outside the vehicle or have the window opened while in a garage...It has always done it, so going to...

Greetings All, We recently added a second 2015 i3 REx to the stable :-) I just coded it last night with the BimmerCode App...much easier than the last time with the cable, laptop and special software... Everything seemed ok for the first few times the car started and driven around this...

Greetings All, I have read a few threads about the 19" vs 20" rim. It appears the consensus is that overall the 20" drives and handles better than the 19" However, the following had conflicting opinions/statements - 20" give a more "stable" ride than 19" during highway driving? - 20" Summer...