pastyboy
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As this is a "City car" I guess you should not expect it to have a huge boot (trunk), but it is smaller than I thought. We had intended to replace a 121k miles Golf GTi with the i3 Rex and keep a 330Ci for roof down motoring when we fancied it. The luggage capacity figures were lower for the i3 but not apparently significantly so, and when you park it next to the Golf it seems massive. However, we came to take our son back to Uni (mainly motorway/dual carriageway roads) and found that we were struggling to get his stuff and three of us into the i3. We decided to abandon that and instead take the Golf, which we still have. It swallowed everything, plus took four (not three) of us on the journey with no need for a stop.
I still think the i3 is great, really love driving it, and we have done long distance trips in it (i.e. 200 miles plus), but for anyone thinking it is a good load carrier (subject to weight of course, so bulky but lightweight) then I would urge caution, as I was very surprised at the difference in capacity between the two cars. It is a bit like Dr Who's tardis in reverse. We have decided to keep the Golf as a workhorse, as it is worth more to us than what we could sell it for. Lucky we have a double garage and a six car drive!
I still think the i3 is great, really love driving it, and we have done long distance trips in it (i.e. 200 miles plus), but for anyone thinking it is a good load carrier (subject to weight of course, so bulky but lightweight) then I would urge caution, as I was very surprised at the difference in capacity between the two cars. It is a bit like Dr Who's tardis in reverse. We have decided to keep the Golf as a workhorse, as it is worth more to us than what we could sell it for. Lucky we have a double garage and a six car drive!