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Getting to know the i3. Sometimes we don't know what questions to ask b/c we don't know what we don't know. Let's start with the i3 Boot Camp! Part 1 of 3 uploaded so far: https://youtu.be/tYrLITlWGEw

Figured some of you may want some tips. Have at it. Filmed this today: https://youtu.be/ShqDTtjuiSk

Some of you browsing to purchase an i3 may be understandably concerned or worried about why they're discounted at such an extreme when buying used. There are a few reasons, one of which is very unique in this time period. The i3 is truly a gem. Here's why...

Hoping someone might be able to help. I cannot view even the range of the car. The BMW Connected app shows everything in the Remote Section like normal except the entire line showing range for both the REX and Electricity is completely gone. I had lost the ability to use Climate Control, but...

Part 1 There are already videos out there on how to replace the 12v auxiliary battery from the BMW i3, but I wanted to include some important details on exactly how to do it, especially for newbies who aren't used to working on their cars. Don't be overwhelmed. It's doable and my video starts...

When you're a mod addict, you'll eventually run out of money or things to do to the i3. I toyed around in my mind of the idea of upgrading the sound system, but I'm not much of an audiophile nor am I technical enough to go through it on my own. But then I discovered Bavsound. The website looked...

You've seen it everywhere. It seems like everyone thinks that EV's will be taking over the automotive market by storm, that EV's will outsell gas cars. But it won't. Here's why. Consumers and car manufacturers are using Tesla as a benchmark, but it's the wrong benchmark as a forecast of the...

The ECS Tuning spacers We'll save any discussion about spacers being good or bad for another thread. This is a review of the spacers only You're looking at 15mm for the front and 20mm for the rear. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UojjbEpCGwG6WyE4QOi1fpdmrKN_kfqG HUBCENTRIC You'll notice...

Please, for sake of consistency make them look the same.

Tom over at European Auto Source has done a very comprehensive review on the AST lowering springs. I haven't come across any AST customer reviews, so I guess this is the first. I just hit 50k miles, so warranty is over which means it's time to mod! Quickly, the purpose of lowering springs is...

The short answer is to access the rear trunk from the inside of the car by pulling the back seat forward and yanking the strap that you accidentally let get stuck in the latch. --- Figured I'd post the answer to my own question in case others experience this. Turned on the car and the rear...

Maybe you guys have some suggestions. Although I doubt it's related to the spacers I recently installed, I noticed that the wheel pokes out more on the drive side. The passenger side is pretty close to flush with the fender. Car is not lowered. Stock suspension. Any ideas why this might be? I...

I keep hearing that people's i3's have interior lights that are blue and light up door handles, but I've never seen that on mine. What am I missing? I have a 2016 with Deka World and Parking Assist Package. The door handles physically do have LED lights as I can see them on there underneath...

I will neither confirm nor deny that YouTube is actually playing and for whom in the car. All I can say is that in the hypothetical situation that it is playing, the audio doesn't go through to use the car's speakers. It will show it connected to the phone, but no audio. When I "theoretically"...

This is an easy one. All cars should have it and it doesn't take much effort nor design to make it such that the sun visor slides to provide more coverage when swung to the side windows. Mercedes does it and a ton of other manufacturers, some of which aren't luxury vehicles. It's a simple thing...

The garage door opener button on the rear view mirror was working wonderfully until about 3 days ago. I was actually surprised how easy it was to set up but now it no longer works. Not only that, but I can't get confirmation of deleting the codes to start over. Press the first and third buttons...

I was at Peter Pan BMW today using their Chargepoint DC charge. To my surprise, I came back to the car 20 minutes after bumbing a free latte from their customer lounge to see it only got 16 miles from zero. Waited another 20 minutes and I was at 37 miles or so. Not nearly what it was supposed to...

Two fold question: 1. I've coded the i3 with the battery hold feature here in the US. It didn't occur to me until this evening while driving that when I run out of gas, the car may not revert back to battery automatically. I was trying to switch back over to battery manually, but the function...

The value of the 2015 year model i3 is unique and we may not be seeing a similar effect in future years. Surely BMW i3's will always be "discounted" in one form or another b/c its MSRP is just priced too high to start with, but the values being offered on used 2015 i3's come from a combination...