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My 120Ah i3 has got very little use in the past 9 months during lockdown. I leave the car plugged in to a 7kW charging point. Yesterday, I got the 12 volt battery off auxiliaries message. Is there anything that I can do to increase the state of charge in the 12 volt battery. Would leaving it...

I am a 5 year i3 owner. I have just seen a post on another forum that suggests that battery pre-conditioning is essential to battery long term life. I will put my 'hands up' and say that most of my 60Ah i3 journeys were runs out locally. If range wasn't an issue, then I would take the car cold...

My i3 has just been recalled for this problem. I have not seen any reports on this or other forums of owners having experienced any loss of propulsion issues. I would be interested to know how the car behaved etc? The parts needed are now on back order and should be available early October...

A question for those who use 'off peak' charging. I am finding that setting the car up for 'off -peak' charging can be a bit hit and miss. My 'off- peak' window is 0030 to 0430am. It's a new i3 so I have access to The Digital Charging Service but no Wallbox. I can set the car up to charge via...

I am on my second i3. A new 120Ah BEV arrived last week. The bigger battery capacity has got me thinking about the management of battery life. With a 180 mile range (UK), I will only need to charge about once a week unless we are away visiting family or on holiday. My objective is to maintain...

I have just got my quote for the BMW Insured Warranty which seems to exclude such things as the HV cables. It is also expensive. I would be interested to know what decision other i3 owners have come to at the 3 year point - rather than just ditching the i3 for A N Other vehicle.

My I3 was in the shop yesterday for the engine bolt replacement and software upgrade. I appreciate that after a software upgrade a number of functions revert back to their default settings. The car was locked up overnight. This morning, I drove out to a store, removed a bag from the boot (as...

In the UK, BMW is treating the November 2015 software update and engine mounting bolt replacement as a quality enhancement. Question: have the new bolts solved the problem or are owners still getting failures? Thanks

I carefully planned a 120 mile route from A to B using the BMW Route Planner. As I live in a reception blank hole, it was impossible to tell whether the routes had been successfully transferred to the car until I was a couple of miles away. They were missing from the car's system and arrived 2...

Five weeks and 500 miles of I3REx ownership and the maintenance cycle has caught me out. I planned to use the REx on a l120 mile drive next week but this morning up came the warning as I was about to drive a mile or so to the local store. I just wish that the system would offer some form of...

Bear with me please - as I am getting on in years!! In simple terms, what is the difference between coasting and regen? I can see when I am accelerating and charging but I can't tell when I am coasting. To add to the confusion ( well at least mine), I have seen comments about it being better to...

I have successfully charged my new I3 with the public charging cable and from a 32 amp home charger. Today, I thought that I would give the standard EVSE a try as we have PV Solar. Each time, I plug it in the LED lights shuffle about but I don't get a charge. The screen comes up with low voltage...

My I3 went into build this week. Based on other owner experiences, how long between build start and UK handover? The car's home power umbilical was installed today so I am ready for the off.

Having paid for Protect and Seal for my last BMW and, watched it being applied, I wouldn't pay for someone to apply it again. I still have the original bottle of BMW Hard Wax in my bag of goodies as the detailer used the remaining half of a bottle that he used on another vehicle to seal my car...

Within I3REx on order, I am going through my list of things to think about. I assume that tyre pressure management is more important on an I3 than on an ICE. I am thinking here of range not safety. I have a 12 volt tyre inflator that I use on my F11. Is it safe to use it with an I3? Which...

Putting to one side the formal BMW warranties for the I3Rex what, in practical terms, is the anticipated life of the Extender? My agent muttered something along the lines of 'the car has been built with the usual 200 to 250K miles in mind'. I confess that I know nothing about the life of an...

I am considering buying an I3. I note that BMW offers an 8 year battery warranty but does it also offer advice on how best to manage battery life? I am asking the question because we have PV solar which, on a good day, could provide a chunk of the battery re-charge. My question is 'will it...

I am visiting a BMW 'I' dealer on Friday to test drive a REx. I would be grateful for thoughts on which of the options are really necessary. I have an F11 and, if I was changing like-for-like, I wouldn't go for Professional Nav. DC charging is on my short list which some forums suggest may soon...