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I recently changed jobs and have to park outside in the hot Atlanta sun, so suddenly I care about getting a good sunshade for my i3's windshield. This turned out to be harder than expected. I found no i3-specific guidance online (including not here), so I have written this up as help for the...

Thank you for posting this! A fellow i3-owning friend suggested I do this, saying it was trivial. "Just remove the frunk box and the horn is right there." Uh huh. No, it' s not that simple. As your document shows, there a coolant tank to be moved (and how to remove it is only obvious after...

Just a post in this thread to report that this solution worked well for me, at least solving the problem of the male tab / tang / tongue part hanging way too low. The right height seems to be hanging just below the coach door handle, so that the belt part is not in the ways when you grab for...

[I really wish I could post an image to this forum, rather than having to jump through an image server hoop. Oh well, I guess it makes the site easier to admin.] For the last couple months, I have been collecting data each time I do a DC Fast Charging session. As an electrical engineer, I was...

If you are a member of the BMW i3 group on Facebook, Bobby posted a full writeup here, with pictures: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BMWi3/767546809985849/ Note that that is a CLOSED group, so you have to join it to see it. It's the end of the internet as we know it ...

I asked him about the screw cutting. Why cut off the heads at all? Will the trim really not lay down if the screwhead is left on? Cutting those off makes this little project a lot harder, and a little more risky (metal shavings are baaaad). He answered: The head needs to be cut off because...

An enterprising i3 owner in my area has installed a see-through panel in the bottom surface of the hatch/trunk area, so that he can show people what the motor / engine looks like. On our local Facebook group, I asked him to describe the modification and here is what he wrote. He supplied some...

From Day 1 with my i3, I was getting an alert of "Electric range insufficient" VERY frequently, sometimes as often as every few minutes. It did it when I had plenty of range (e.g. fully charged in morning), and did it even when I did not have a destination programmed in the navigation. I...

A fellow BMW i3 owner recently did some tests of the car's behavior when run out of fuel, whether out of battery in a BEV i3 or also out of gas in a REx i3. He posted the results to our local (closed) i3 owners Facebook group, and I thought it would be worth posting here where everyone else can...

HOORAY! Thanks!

Atommad, can you comment more on this? It sounds like you are using the diamond button on the keyfob to command a climate prestart, aka "remote start" of the car. Can you confirm, and describe where that config is in the car menu? This feature is very important to me. So important that it is...

I did in fact do a pair of test drives in early December, and updated the checklist with the i3 references before writing my piece for Tom's blog on December 17th. http://bmwi3.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-first-volt-owner-in-georgia.html

Ooooo, the handwriting recognition is only in the Pro upgrade. Still, not worth the money for me. Oh well. Thanks! That's great. Can you post it here? Thanks guys!

When ordering the i3, there is an option for a "navigation system". In the U.S. this is bundled with the $2500 "Technology + Driving Assistant Package". I believe that this option is actually an UPGRADE from the basic nav system that is otherwise included in the car at all trim levels. If you...

Most published tariffs are notoriously misleading, as they don't include a LOT of other "fees". The EV TOU rates that Georgia Power publishes are lowballed for sure. Realistic is 7 cents per kWh overnight, 15 cents most of the time, 30 cents during summer weekday afternoons. (Yep, pretty damn...

Welcome to the forum! Please put your location (e.g. Las Vegas USA) in your profile, so we understand the location context of future comments. Yours is the first US build date order assignment that I've heard of. Tom, are orders going in? I'd think it was just another dealer taking a...

No kidding. This is one of the problems that made it into my short "WTF?" list: "Power seats aren't even available as an option. It takes me forever to get the seat adjusted just right, and thus I really want the memory function of the power seats so I can put it back the way I like it after...

Per the pricing PDF that leaked yesterday, that 14IB code at the end is for the REx model. Here is the link for the BEV / pure EV model: http://www.bmwusa.com/standard/content/byo/byohome.aspx?namodelcode=14IA

I tilted at that windmill for a little while as well. You should just go ahead and give up on that, that battle's over, everyone calls them chargers. I just call them chargers now myself. You might want to give up on that too :) One thing I do discourage is the use of the phrases "fast...