old4d
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Oh Well, I had to admit I did not do this on purpose, I originally planed to use my wife's car to go on this trip, while forgot this, and leave me no option but driving this 300 miles round trip with my I3 Rex.
Weather is pretty nice that day, 75 degree in November is not normal but good to make this trip. Finished the trip with 3 stops to the gas station, spend $4.00, $5.50 and $5.00 each top-off, well, you do not want to see the gas station cashier's face though, when I said filled up and only paid 4 bucks.
a few points:
1) NAV will point you to the route not using High way, be aware of this, you have to manually turn on this prefer highway, or you would end up like me driving country road for more than two hours! Or, simply use your Google Map.
2) 75 Miles can be done with battery but it drains it pretty fast, also it is really not stable for REX option, as I see the 6% bar is shrinking when Rex is running and I am on cruise control and climbing a very small hill.
3) The mileage indicator is a Joke or it is a wide guess depending on your NAV route option, I filled up the tank, and it gives me 55 miles , 62 miles and 75 Miles respectively, and if you stop and restart the engine, well, it changes again and mileage did reduced.
4) I do see the i3 is most efficient in both REX or EV mode if you are driving average 55-62 miles, stop and go traffic actually helps, other words, no more than 100km/hr.
5) I do see the manual REX option is a must-have for this car, since when you are driving, if you could have a 75% battery left, you can use the gas up to the last drop, I mean giving it just a couple of miles left before you switch back, so you can really top off it to the maximum tank capacity while have enough safety reserve, more efficient for long miles trip. If not, believe me, you will be surprised how many gas stations showing up, because now you are constantly searching for them!
I made my trip, and a couple of coffee break did not bother me at all, knowing the REX is capable of doing long trip is a great comfort and peace of mind to me, I will not be surprised to see people doing even crazier long trip with it, or climb the Mountain Washington with it.
People, really, show off when you are on top of the Mountain Washington with this car, mod your car first through to turn on the REX before you climb though, as I really don't think it can do it alone with only a full battery. :mrgreen:
Weather is pretty nice that day, 75 degree in November is not normal but good to make this trip. Finished the trip with 3 stops to the gas station, spend $4.00, $5.50 and $5.00 each top-off, well, you do not want to see the gas station cashier's face though, when I said filled up and only paid 4 bucks.
a few points:
1) NAV will point you to the route not using High way, be aware of this, you have to manually turn on this prefer highway, or you would end up like me driving country road for more than two hours! Or, simply use your Google Map.
2) 75 Miles can be done with battery but it drains it pretty fast, also it is really not stable for REX option, as I see the 6% bar is shrinking when Rex is running and I am on cruise control and climbing a very small hill.
3) The mileage indicator is a Joke or it is a wide guess depending on your NAV route option, I filled up the tank, and it gives me 55 miles , 62 miles and 75 Miles respectively, and if you stop and restart the engine, well, it changes again and mileage did reduced.
4) I do see the i3 is most efficient in both REX or EV mode if you are driving average 55-62 miles, stop and go traffic actually helps, other words, no more than 100km/hr.
5) I do see the manual REX option is a must-have for this car, since when you are driving, if you could have a 75% battery left, you can use the gas up to the last drop, I mean giving it just a couple of miles left before you switch back, so you can really top off it to the maximum tank capacity while have enough safety reserve, more efficient for long miles trip. If not, believe me, you will be surprised how many gas stations showing up, because now you are constantly searching for them!
I made my trip, and a couple of coffee break did not bother me at all, knowing the REX is capable of doing long trip is a great comfort and peace of mind to me, I will not be surprised to see people doing even crazier long trip with it, or climb the Mountain Washington with it.
People, really, show off when you are on top of the Mountain Washington with this car, mod your car first through to turn on the REX before you climb though, as I really don't think it can do it alone with only a full battery. :mrgreen: