loneranger
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First, I've put a ton of research into this purchase. We are going to purchase a CPO i3, I would prefer a 2016, actually I would prefer a 2017 but those are even more rare, but we are looking and comparing 2015 and 2016's. We live in south florida, so it's always nice, in the summer I would say in the sun it's brutal and I'm wondering if that is impacting i3's down here that are left out in the sun all day.
Tthis is really a question of how do you gauge the "value" of a used i3? For example, for a typical ICE car, you have the price, and you can look around the engine/trans/suspension and get a general feel for how the car has been treated. Some cars you can instantly tell were not well cared for while others just show zero abuse/use and therefore you use this to make a decision on value.
I'm doing this for the i3, but I have to say the most important factor has to be battery health. I'm trying to leverage the Batt.Max.Kapa value on each as a general indicator on battery health, which appears to be the most important factor to consider when looking at a used i3 (correct me if I'm wrong).
We have narrowed our search to two 2015's, one with a Batt.Max.Kappa value of 18.8 and the other with the value of 16.4, does this "GENERALLY" mean that the lower value should be valued at a lower price?
Will it's range be less?
Based on my calculations of 3.5 miles per kWh (which is what I'm finding), the two cars ranges based on these values are roughly 65 miles vs 57 miles, correct?
I've been educating the salesman, and his boss with this information slowly as we have been negotiating and I'm wondering if I should purchase the one with the value of 16.4 if I can get it for 10-20 percent less than the one at 18.8, OR will I hate myself for limiting my already somewhat limited range?
These are both REX versions and my wife's daily commute is mostly highway with a rough round trip, (with errands) of 47 to 65 miles, based on my calc's it appears that either would work with limited use of the REX.
I'm really looking for others opinions here, hopefully with facts, but I'm more than open to accepting anyones opinion.
Both cars have around 20k miles and the lower kappa value car has ALL the options and is a nice ORANGE color with leather and EVERYTHING ELSE.
Tthis is really a question of how do you gauge the "value" of a used i3? For example, for a typical ICE car, you have the price, and you can look around the engine/trans/suspension and get a general feel for how the car has been treated. Some cars you can instantly tell were not well cared for while others just show zero abuse/use and therefore you use this to make a decision on value.
I'm doing this for the i3, but I have to say the most important factor has to be battery health. I'm trying to leverage the Batt.Max.Kapa value on each as a general indicator on battery health, which appears to be the most important factor to consider when looking at a used i3 (correct me if I'm wrong).
We have narrowed our search to two 2015's, one with a Batt.Max.Kappa value of 18.8 and the other with the value of 16.4, does this "GENERALLY" mean that the lower value should be valued at a lower price?
Will it's range be less?
Based on my calculations of 3.5 miles per kWh (which is what I'm finding), the two cars ranges based on these values are roughly 65 miles vs 57 miles, correct?
I've been educating the salesman, and his boss with this information slowly as we have been negotiating and I'm wondering if I should purchase the one with the value of 16.4 if I can get it for 10-20 percent less than the one at 18.8, OR will I hate myself for limiting my already somewhat limited range?
These are both REX versions and my wife's daily commute is mostly highway with a rough round trip, (with errands) of 47 to 65 miles, based on my calc's it appears that either would work with limited use of the REX.
I'm really looking for others opinions here, hopefully with facts, but I'm more than open to accepting anyones opinion.
Both cars have around 20k miles and the lower kappa value car has ALL the options and is a nice ORANGE color with leather and EVERYTHING ELSE.