Hello to all,
So here's my dilemma, I really want to to be an owner of the I3 but there are enough repetitive posts annotating the shortcomings of this vehicle. I'm quite mechanically familiar with brands of VW including bimmers. At one point it used to be fun to turn wrenches but now that I'm older that fun has fizzled out.
I currently own a 3rd gen Prius and besides the 12v batt going bad after 6 years it has been trouble free just like my 2nd gen Prius. Reliability is really important in my case since my other form of transportation is a motorcycle which is strictly for fun.
I need a Rex since I do travel 200 to 400 miles for vacation to North Florida every other month or so. It seems that no matter whether you code for Hold SOC and run the engine regularly or only when batt is depleted seems to eventually kill the scooter engine. Lack of use or regular use seems end up with a drivetrain error code.
My other option which I'm trying to avoid is keeping my Prius and buying a BEV I3. I'm sticking to the 60ah version since I can buy one cash without financing it. My commute to work is only 19.2 miles (30.8km) round trip so range is not a factor however, insuring 2 vehicles is. I just don't want to own another vehicle as an insurance policy for the lack of range or reliability.
So here's my dilemma, I really want to to be an owner of the I3 but there are enough repetitive posts annotating the shortcomings of this vehicle. I'm quite mechanically familiar with brands of VW including bimmers. At one point it used to be fun to turn wrenches but now that I'm older that fun has fizzled out.
I currently own a 3rd gen Prius and besides the 12v batt going bad after 6 years it has been trouble free just like my 2nd gen Prius. Reliability is really important in my case since my other form of transportation is a motorcycle which is strictly for fun.
I need a Rex since I do travel 200 to 400 miles for vacation to North Florida every other month or so. It seems that no matter whether you code for Hold SOC and run the engine regularly or only when batt is depleted seems to eventually kill the scooter engine. Lack of use or regular use seems end up with a drivetrain error code.
My other option which I'm trying to avoid is keeping my Prius and buying a BEV I3. I'm sticking to the 60ah version since I can buy one cash without financing it. My commute to work is only 19.2 miles (30.8km) round trip so range is not a factor however, insuring 2 vehicles is. I just don't want to own another vehicle as an insurance policy for the lack of range or reliability.