Recent content by cornfieldcraig

I don't have my level 2 charger installed at my house yet, so when I plugged into a Chargepoint charger yesterday morning before church, I figured I would try setting up preconditioning. I set it up with a departure time of 12:24 pm, a little more than 3 hours later than the then current time...

It's entirely possible that the lease deal that I have been offered is a special case. It's a long story. I'm still completely on the fence... but thanks for your input, folks.

Valid points, all. I too view the car as an appliance. I want to enjoy it, but it has to be practical. In looking at the 1% per month formula, I'm thinking that I'm effectively already a year into that formula, so 24 months from now, it's a 36% figure, so about $4000 more depreciation...

This is a long story, so I'll skip the details. Suffice it to say that I bought a 2014 BEV Giga + Tech + Parking + Heated Seats for $36,500 -- $29,000 after the federal tax rebate which I will undoubtedly qualify for in full. Due to a dealer screw-up, I have a second chance at leasing, this...

Utterly useless for Android. There's just a couple apps of almost no value. No text message integration. No email. No Spotify. No Pandora. No Google Play Music. No TuneIn Radio, which I was depending on to fill-in for the missing AM radio. Count me as feeling cheated by BMW. Come on. Android...

Heads-up for BEV buyers in Illinois. I purchased my 2014 i3 BEV yesterday. The dealer issued standard plates at the standard rate. They knew nothing of the greatly reduced registration fees for pure EVs here in IL (REX doesn't qualify), which is $35 for 2 years versus $101 for 1 year for ICE...

Do all i3s use the same technology for air conditioning? For heating I know that REx units use resistant heating and most BEVs use a heat pump. Since heat pumps can both heat and cool, my assumption would be that vehicles with heat pumps would use them for both heating and cooling, which means...

I am considering the purchase of an i3. The post got me to wondering where I could get mine repaired in the event of an accident. I live in the Chicago metro area. My local dealer can't do i3 body repairs, so I called BMW USA. They told me that Patrick BMW in Schaumburg can do body repairs...