Recent content by bxb40

Except the roof is plastic so it does not act as a "dish" for the XM antenna, as it does on metal body cars.

The composite is maybe delaminating, have your dealer look at it and compare to other cars in stock. But that does not look like a hinge in the photo, looks l like the rubber booth of electrical connections...

So one could charge a little before climbing a mountain, while eating a sandwich...

Don't have an i3 yet but I think your wiper is not installed correctly. It should sit few clockwise degrees higher which. As such, it will not touch the black plastic shield and make the top tip move further to your left when in use - which could solve your issue with water streaking. See the...

First EV (or actually first hybrid, as I got a REX) and first BMW. Looked at Tesla but was too large and expensive, plus I would have to upgrade the house 100A electric system for it. Looked at Volt but not enough electric range and not nice enough for the money. Did not consider the Leaf -...

Can one just use car wax on the windshield to get the same effect like RainX?

Diono Radian RXT

I agree with you - I was hoping to hear the issue popsmuf has... BTW, I think this car could be decent for autox, as it is small, fast, stable, tight cornering and responsive. Not sure about the steering feedback, I heard it feels a bit disconnected... Probably the summer tires are the best...

I still do not understand the issue with the skinny tires, popsmuf. Is it aesthetics or the highway driving is not up-to-par? How about purchasing two rear 175 size tires (~$160 each. keep the 155s as spares, just in case) and mounting them on the front? Might decrease the range a bit but...

Just curious, are the skinny ties an issue or just esthetics? Also, could the windshield note be the wipers or from the side-windows? Still waiting on my Rex so no way of testing myself.

So it is a case of choose your pain: a lamp lit for no reason, or losing actual cooling. I'll take the lamp as I ordered the Rex. Are the fixes temporary or permanent? For the CEL the fix was temporary (by disabling the light for all warnings ).

Cooling those could be the showstopper... The main battery has active cooling using freon.

I am pretty sure one should not use cruise control in the rain ! Google it for details.

I understand the desire to color match but are you sure that the yellow color was not because those are fog lights? There are no other fog lights on the car and those need be mounted low, just like what you show, and need to be yellow-ish light in order to reduce glare in foggy conditions... For...

Tires most likely don't have much to do with it but the light weight does - there is not much to do about physics... Eyes on the road and hands at 9 and 3.