kentheteaman
Well-known member
I hv just returned from a 650km trip - London to Devon and back.
I was initially skeptical about capability of i3. I shouldn't have been really. It drove so effortlessly in the long motorways it was as if i3 was gliding like a aeroplane. I had 100% charge to start with but as soon as the charge dropped to 75% I clicked the Rex on.
I fueled twice when on way up and 3 times while returning. So I in total 40litres. While running in rex it maintained the state of charge to 75% mostly but when I increased the speed to above 70miles/h it slowly started to fall. By the time I returned home the state of charge was still 50%. I did not charge the car over night when we stayed in Devon. So it was the original 100% charge when I left home yesterday.
At the beginning the Rex noise was annoying but soon I got used to it. Most of the trip I did not notice the noise at all.
The power of i3 on Rex was really impressive. It climbed the rolling hills of Devon effortlessly. Maintaining the speed at 75miles per hour was not a problem at all. Overtaking vehicles was easy.
Most of the time I left it in Cruise mode at 70miles/h. The cruise control was excellent most of the time. However, on couple of occasions it suddenly stopped working and I had to take quick action as the car slowed down rapidly. Once it happened when I was over taking a car and another car was behind me very close. The cruise control gave me sound warning and suddenly stopped and I had to quickly use my foot to accelerate. The car behind me was alarmed and he horned me and flashed me. I had to apologize.
To summarize the drive - I am really impressed with the drive and the capability of the i3 on long trips. I did not feel hampered at all by the frequent stops for fueling. At the most I would have lost half hour extra due to fueling comparing to the ICE cars on a similar trip.
Until today's trip, I had done 4,500km in 6 weeks and only spent less than 20.00 on petrol saving me lot of money on fuel.
The car has grown on me gradually in the last 6 weeks since I got the delivery.I can't praise it enough to be honest.
Wonderful i3 indeed.
regards,
ken
I was initially skeptical about capability of i3. I shouldn't have been really. It drove so effortlessly in the long motorways it was as if i3 was gliding like a aeroplane. I had 100% charge to start with but as soon as the charge dropped to 75% I clicked the Rex on.
I fueled twice when on way up and 3 times while returning. So I in total 40litres. While running in rex it maintained the state of charge to 75% mostly but when I increased the speed to above 70miles/h it slowly started to fall. By the time I returned home the state of charge was still 50%. I did not charge the car over night when we stayed in Devon. So it was the original 100% charge when I left home yesterday.
At the beginning the Rex noise was annoying but soon I got used to it. Most of the trip I did not notice the noise at all.
The power of i3 on Rex was really impressive. It climbed the rolling hills of Devon effortlessly. Maintaining the speed at 75miles per hour was not a problem at all. Overtaking vehicles was easy.
Most of the time I left it in Cruise mode at 70miles/h. The cruise control was excellent most of the time. However, on couple of occasions it suddenly stopped working and I had to take quick action as the car slowed down rapidly. Once it happened when I was over taking a car and another car was behind me very close. The cruise control gave me sound warning and suddenly stopped and I had to quickly use my foot to accelerate. The car behind me was alarmed and he horned me and flashed me. I had to apologize.
To summarize the drive - I am really impressed with the drive and the capability of the i3 on long trips. I did not feel hampered at all by the frequent stops for fueling. At the most I would have lost half hour extra due to fueling comparing to the ICE cars on a similar trip.
Until today's trip, I had done 4,500km in 6 weeks and only spent less than 20.00 on petrol saving me lot of money on fuel.
The car has grown on me gradually in the last 6 weeks since I got the delivery.I can't praise it enough to be honest.
Wonderful i3 indeed.
regards,
ken
