Away2Maine – Congratulations on your 2014 i3 purchase! BMW did such a good job at making an EV that is fun to drive – I hope you enjoy the miles ahead. Some thoughts and an anecdote – anecdote first... My insurance took a big jump this year, way more than one might expect for a six-year-old car with...

Bertone & richs – As others have said, welcome to the forum! There is a lot of smart advice here posted by knowledgeable members. You both now own a carbon-fiber RWD vehicle that was years ahead of its time when it came out in 2013 – many of its design features have yet to be matched in the marketpl...

To be clear, I'm referring to getting your hands on the wheel & tire combo, not the steering wheel.

If you do this motion slowly, can you feel a disturbance?

Placing hands at nine and three (or twelve and six when on a lift) and trying to shear the wheel back and forth is how to determine that the hub has a failed bearing.

vger105 & JohnWasser – Welcome to the forum and enjoy your new i3s! Tesla has been crushing every other EV maker in terms of sales, but the work that BMW's engineers did (nearly a decade ago) to realize the i3 is remarkable. The i3 is a carbon-fiber, RWD, emission-free Zen pod – an oasis of calm dur...

eNate –

Great writeup, thank you for the extensive pictures! (and hoping they're hosted somewhere that won't go offline in a year or two)

Love the design, but a piano black finish? An odd choice for a vehicle's storage compartment.

Away2Maine – I have an early-production (04/2014) BEV which I've owned since new and am still thrilled with 52K miles later. Yes, I've had plenty of visits to the dealer over the years but never for something trip-ending (knocking on wood here). However, a friend purchased their 2014 REx at the same...

I've similarly read that the engineers were trying to shed weight wherever they could with efficiency as the target. For example, they added the weight and complexity of a heat pump to the BEV because they realized that those pounds were a worthwhile sacrifice to achieve a range increase. While I ag...

Operating a motor vehicle should occupy 100% of a driver's mental capacity. Of course many will look at their iDrive for navigation or media access, attend to a little one in the back seat, or sneak a peek at their phone. It's not smart, but it happens. Respectfully, Mr. satnavninja, why contribute ...

That might be the spot for one of these: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/OjQAAOSw-TFd8IIe/s-l1600.jpg BMWs tend to use lug bolts to attach a wheel to a hub instead of the more common lug-nuts-and-studs method. Mounting a wheel without having studs is not easy and BMW used to include in every on-board...