DeafSoundGuy
Well-known member
Thank you all you posters who contributed all that info on the last thread about "i3 dangerous to drive up hills). ALL BMW SALESGUYS SHOULD READ THAT THREAD BEFORE SELLING ANYMORE CARS. Not that it would have affected my purchase of my i3 because you'll have to pry it out of my cold fingers before I give it up. But it makes a lot of sense now. When I was buying the car I asked my salesguy about the fact that at the time, I couldn't really find any cold dead facts about the REX - can you keep going or not? Even though he was pretty knowledgeable about the car, he couldn't really answer that question with any certainty. He said "I've heard from one camp that you can, but from another you can't). With these cars being so new, and us in the US not having the luxury of our UK tea-bagging friends of early REX turn-on, it has been the unfortunate learning curve for many. It makes total sense now, you can but you shouldn't... at least from these posts, potential buyers just need to know the awful truth of REX limitations here in the US. Fortunately for me, I had a feeling that this was the way it was - the REX being more of a rang anxiety emergency back-up more than anything. That was my gut feeling and for a car designed to be an urban gas free commuter - it delivers in spades, for me anyway. No qualms here.
Anyone who buys a Bev already should have it figured out that when they buy a car that when you get to zero you are dead. Those buyers already know it's their own fault for trying to go too far. IMO the salesguys should tell REX buyers it is more of the previously stated that it is for us US buyers more of a range anxiety tool than a carefree go as you please trip extender. That's what I'd tell anyone who is seriously thinking of an i3 purchase. I'd tell them flat out don't buy the car if you think it's a mini-Volt. I know the limitations and even more so thanks to the awesome info provided by some of the posters here, and am 100% happy with the i3 except for the obvious little things like sunvisors that don't slide out and the look of kenaf
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As an engineer and inventor, I have a suggestion - either the case of a Bev or a REX, how about you can buy (or come with it standard), a separate "emergency" HV battery? Just like when your old ICE car told you by a low range light coming on that you were in the dangerous "low fuel" mode, you had the option of kicking in an emergency HV battery that could propel you another 10 to 15 miles to rid you of this 25 mph embarrassment if you get stuck? To possibly alleviate anyone to thinking it's yet another cool extender, an annoying - or even worse - flashing - light comes on that tells us we're in EMERGENCY MODE" and maybe could only be activated by pushing a button to even further remind you that this is an EMERGENCY :shock: .
Or, one would have the option of instead of buying a REX for those Bev liking buyers, you could instead buy a bigger EMERGENCY HV battery as another type of range anxiety tool, with an even bigger range of maybe 15 to 25 miles, but still with all the annoying sounds/lights to remind morons that this is for emergencies. Personally, I would have bought THAT scenario HANDS DOWN over the REX, because I from the get-go regard the REX as exactly that, an emergency range extension and no more.
Just sayin'.
If Star Trek Scotty was here what would he do?
Anyone who buys a Bev already should have it figured out that when they buy a car that when you get to zero you are dead. Those buyers already know it's their own fault for trying to go too far. IMO the salesguys should tell REX buyers it is more of the previously stated that it is for us US buyers more of a range anxiety tool than a carefree go as you please trip extender. That's what I'd tell anyone who is seriously thinking of an i3 purchase. I'd tell them flat out don't buy the car if you think it's a mini-Volt. I know the limitations and even more so thanks to the awesome info provided by some of the posters here, and am 100% happy with the i3 except for the obvious little things like sunvisors that don't slide out and the look of kenaf
.As an engineer and inventor, I have a suggestion - either the case of a Bev or a REX, how about you can buy (or come with it standard), a separate "emergency" HV battery? Just like when your old ICE car told you by a low range light coming on that you were in the dangerous "low fuel" mode, you had the option of kicking in an emergency HV battery that could propel you another 10 to 15 miles to rid you of this 25 mph embarrassment
if you get stuck? To possibly alleviate anyone to thinking it's yet another cool extender, an annoying - or even worse - flashing - light comes on that tells us we're in EMERGENCY MODE" and maybe could only be activated by pushing a button to even further remind you that this is an EMERGENCY :shock: . Or, one would have the option of instead of buying a REX for those Bev liking buyers, you could instead buy a bigger EMERGENCY HV battery as another type of range anxiety tool, with an even bigger range of maybe 15 to 25 miles, but still with all the annoying sounds/lights to remind morons that this is for emergencies. Personally, I would have bought THAT scenario HANDS DOWN over the REX, because I from the get-go regard the REX as exactly that, an emergency range extension and no more.
Just sayin'.
If Star Trek Scotty was here what would he do?
