Guess what Mad_Lad got this time?

krissovo

krissovo wrote: »

How do you find the battery info? its not an option on mine.

See here

https://bmwi3owner.com/2016/01/secrets/

unkel

unkel wrote: »

i3 could very well turn out to have the slowest degrading battery so far in EVs

well we'll see but so far reports are excellent.

if it is the case it's only 200 watt hrs of loss lol, nothing.

What's that in % ? 0.2 or less ? in 2.5 years and 66, 300 odd kms. Pretty amazing really.

Soarer

It's amazing, but Ioniqs have zero degradation after a couple of years driving!

This stone that I have keeps bears away...

Soarer

Soarer wrote: »

It's amazing, but Ioniqs have zero degradation after a couple of years driving!

This stone that I have keeps bears away...

Have you got a way to test ?

Send screen shot I'd be interested to see.

unkel

Soarer wrote: »

It's amazing, but Ioniqs have zero degradation after a couple of years driving!

No they don't

Don't believe everything the car tells you!

Soarer

unkel wrote: »

No they don't

Don't believe everything the car tells you!

That's my point re. the i3.

unkel

We won't know until a few years from now, but my money is on the i3 battery having the lowest degradation of them all (excluding cars not sold in this country yet)

Soarer

unkel wrote: »

We won't know until a few years from now, but my money is on the i3 battery having the lowest degradation of them all (excluding cars not sold in this country yet)

I agree.

But I doubt it'll be as low 0.1kWh every 30k km per year.

unkel

Agreed. A very good result would be 90% capacity left after 10 years and 150k km

unkel

unkel wrote: »

Agreed. A very good result would be 90% capacity left after 10 years and 150k km

Hmm, I'd have 310,000 ish Kms if I kept it 10 years lol.

But, the beauty of the Rex is that it's there to compensate for any capacity loss.

unkel

REx would be RIP by the time you reach 310k km :pac:

unkel

unkel wrote: »

REx would be RIP by the time you reach 310k km :pac:

Lol, don't know , it has an easy life to be honest. And I might, just might get the 44 Kwh S after, I'm really disappointed BMW only have a very minor extremely limited "limited" edition version of the i3 for 2019 which will be cosmetic only, no battery upgrade or any power upgrade nothing.

I hear the i3 will continue then there is rumours it wont, I just don't know any more....

krissovo

Deleted User wrote: »

Lol, don't know , it has an easy life to be honest. And I might, just might get the 44 Kwh S.

I am under orders from my wife that if the i3 is announced discontinued that we "WILL" be buying a 120ah model before production ends full stop, no argument..... Its a me or the car situation:eek:

unkel

She loves it then?

krissovo

krissovo wrote: »

I am under orders from my wife that if the i3 is announced discontinued that we "WILL" be buying a 120ah model before production ends full stop, no argument..... Its a me or the car situation:eek:

I think the way BMW look at it is this, while demand is increasing it will stay in production but if it drops , it's gone, forever.

Not sure at all what BMW plan, no sign of a decent upgrade, not for 2020 anyway.

krissovo

unkel wrote: »

She loves it then?

If I am honest we both love it, 1200 kms completed between us so far and despite more negatives than the leaf we both have a fight over the i3 for our commute to the office... I have not won yet but I do get a spin at weekends:D

MJohnston

Is this the ersatz i3 thread? If so :waves:

Cool 44 Kwh ?

MJohnston

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Cool 44 Kwh ?

42 I think

MJohnston

MJohnston wrote: »

42 I think

Is it the S ?

MJohnston

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is it the S ?

No just the regular i3 120 Ah. I'm new to all this other lingo!

MJohnston

MJohnston wrote: »

No just the regular i3 120 Ah. I'm new to all this other lingo!

Cool, well she looks great best of luck !

MJohnston

Just wondering - has anyone an iPhone and managed to get in-car Alexa to work?

I've got the Alexa skill working on the Echos at home (and very useful indeed!). So I'm hoping the in-car stuff is worth the upgrade from an Android.

krissovo

MJohnston wrote: »

Just wondering - has anyone an iPhone and managed to get in-car Alexa to work?

I've got the Alexa skill working on the Echos at home (and very useful indeed!). So I'm hoping the in-car stuff is worth the upgrade from an Android.

Alexa is a pain, you get the BMW Welcome message every time before you can ask your question. Far more useful is the Apple Watch app which can kick off preconditioning, check status etc.

I use Siri to kick off Spotify and BMW connected as I find it easier.

MJohnston

No, you can skip the welcome message - I just say "Alexa, ask BMW what my charging status is" or similar and it goes right to the action. My Fitbit has Alexa too, so I find that really handy.

But I'm mostly referring to the in-car Alexa where you can press the steering wheel button and interact with Alexa on the dash display:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/29/bmws-alexa-integration-gets-it-right/

The dream would be if the car could trigger my Philips Hue 'home' routine and turn my front door lights on when I get home at night.

dloob

MJohnston wrote: »

No, you can skip the welcome message - I just say "Alexa, ask BMW what my charging status is" or similar and it goes right to the action. My Fitbit has Alexa too, so I find that really handy.

But I'm mostly referring to the in-car Alexa where you can press the steering wheel button and interact with Alexa on the dash display:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/29/bmws-alexa-integration-gets-it-right/

The dream would be if the car could trigger my Philips Hue 'home' routine and turn my front door lights on when I get home at night.

That in car Alexa integration isn’t supported in Ireland it seems.
At least I can’t find how to turn it on.
Maybe a UK import would still have it enabled.

MJohnston

dloob wrote: »

That in car Alexa integration isn’t supported in Ireland it seems.
At least I can’t find how to turn it on.
Maybe a UK import would still have it enabled.

That article says:

"the update with Alexa functionality will be available for all BMW’s that were produced after about March 2018"

Does yours fall into that date range? Might need to have been enabled via dealer update even if so

Got the new front tyres on yesterday, 67,000 and something Kms.

Tomorrow I get the tracking done.

MJohnston

There's a full list of compatible i3 models in this article https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pocket-lint.com/cars/news/148282-alexa-is-now-available-in-recent-bmw-and-mini-cars.amphtml

"i3 Series 2018 (Nov)+"

Information on all of this is very frustratingly limited though. BMW Ireland do mention it on their i3 product page on their site, but no details of how it works!

Kramer

I haven't looked into it since enabling/pairing Alexa on my '19 BMW but it works, as you say, from Alexa to the car (check my charge/range/locked/unlocked) but the steering wheel button displays the "check app" or similar message.

Be nice if it worked, as you say, to turn on driveway lights etc.

I'll have a look into it when I have some free time.

dloob

MJohnston wrote: »

There's a full list of compatible i3 models in this article https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pocket-lint.com/cars/news/148282-alexa-is-now-available-in-recent-bmw-and-mini-cars.amphtml

"i3 Series 2018 (Nov)+"

Information on all of this is very frustratingly limited though. BMW Ireland do mention it on their i3 product page on their site, but no details of how it works!

I’ve a 2019 model.
Only option in my connected drive app hub, where you are supposed to link to your Alexa account, is to link to Samsung smart things.
The start precondition, check range, etc with Alexa from echo devices works fine.

krissovo

MJohnston wrote: »

No, you can skip the welcome message - I just say "Alexa, ask BMW what my charging status is" or similar and it goes right to the action. My Fitbit has Alexa too, so I find that really handy.

The dream would be if the car could trigger my Philips Hue 'home' routine and turn my front door lights on when I get home at night.

No matter what I ask Alexa I get the welcome message:mad:

For the Hue routine I use a hue motion sensor above my front door which has a fairly good range so as soon as I open my gates it triggers the lights which lights up my drive and triggers the home routine. I just need to find something that will trigger my gates now.

I would not rely on the car sending anything, every time I send a message from the car it takes an age. BMW connected is sketchy at best.

Lads this is thread hijacking.

ELM327

Deleted User wrote: »

Alexa this is thread hijacking.

fyp

kennethsmyth

krissovo wrote: »

No matter what I ask Alexa I get the welcome message:mad:

For the Hue routine I use a hue motion sensor above my front door which has a fairly good range so as soon as I open my gates it triggers the lights which lights up my drive and triggers the home routine. I just need to find something that will trigger my gates now.

I would not rely on the car sending anything, every time I send a message from the car it takes an age. BMW connected is sketchy at best.

Connect your gates button in your house to your alarm output and most alarms can use a text so eg "code Gate" - set this up within android or otherwise and you could use this.

As a project of seeing if I could make the gates open based on location inwards / outwards i had following for a while. Due to iphone not being able to send a none user input sms (you have to manually hit send)

IFTTT location send email to a sms website that created the sms and then told gate open.

As i reached the end of my road gates would open.

Next you know Alexa will be in complete control, gets hacked and caused havoc, just imagine lol. Brave folks you are.

Remember Alexa sent a recording to another persons email ? google it,

I got tracking done today. it was off a mile on all wheels just like last time so I highly recommend getting tracking done once a year up to about 15,000 Kms and twice a year for 30,000 Kms driving whether tyres are changed or not.

But, the good thing about the i3 is that the rear axle can be adjusted , unlike the 2015 Leaf which was hard on rear tyres !

KCross

Deleted User wrote: »

I got tracking done today. it was off a mile on all wheels just like last time so I highly recommend getting tracking done once a year

Thats not normal though... or is it for i3's?

Tracking should not really be "off by a mile" unless you are constantly hitting potholes.

krissovo

How much were the tyres if you don’t mind me asking? The price looks cheeky from the dealer. Also I assume any decent tyre place could do the tracking with the right kit

rocky

Is the i3 a bit unstable at motorway speeds? I've seen mention of it a few times, latest by Bjorn. Due to low(ish) weight, is it more affected by cross winds? or what's the story.

rocky

rocky wrote: »

Is the i3 a bit unstable at motorway speeds? I've seen mention of it a few times, latest by Bjorn. Due to low(ish) weight, is it more affected by cross winds? or what's the story.

Indeed it blows around a bit but that doesn’t stop me setting the cruise at 140 !

It’s so much fun that that doesn’t bother me, I guess I’m used to it by now.

mordeith

rocky wrote: »

, is it more affected by cross winds? or what's the story.

Definitely. I drive a motorway section that crosses an estuary so prone to cross winds and there can be a significant pull. Now it probably feels worse than it is due to the sensitive steering but still a bit alarming the first time it happens. On the positive side it cuts through surface water no bother.

KCross

KCross wrote: »

Thats not normal though... or is it for i3's?

Tracking should not really be "off by a mile" unless you are constantly hitting potholes.

It’s probably down to the way I drive it in fairness it begs you to thrash it about. It’s irresistible, so that’s probably mostly to do with it and back roads but it’s just so much fun that I can’t wait to get it off the motorway !

krissovo

krissovo wrote: »

How much were the tyres if you don’t mind me asking? The price looks cheeky from the dealer. Also I assume any decent tyre place could do the tracking with the right kit

I paid 281 delivered on eiretyres, 20 to fit and 50 tracking. Not bad really for 67,500 kms considering the way I drive it.

dloob

rocky wrote: »

Is the i3 a bit unstable at motorway speeds? I've seen mention of it a few times, latest by Bjorn. Due to low(ish) weight, is it more affected by cross winds? or what's the story.

I’ve never had an issue with the i3S on motorways, even when breezy.
It’s never felt especially twitchy.
Suspension is different to the standard i3 though, slightly lower, stiffer and a wider track.
Don’t know if that would make a big difference.

dloob

dloob wrote: »

I’ve never had an issue with the i3S on motorways, even when breezy.
It’s never felt especially twitchy.
Suspension is different to the standard i3 though, slightly lower, stiffer and a wider track.
Don’t know if that would make a big difference.

Yes it probably will make a difference , the standard suspension is surprisingly soft and handling surprisingly good , I can see where a stiffer suspension would help but as I said it doesn’t bother me.

jhegarty

krissovo wrote: »

How much were the tyres if you don’t mind me asking? The price looks cheeky from the dealer. Also I assume any decent tyre place could do the tracking with the right kit

The price is cheeky everywhere. I got quotes between €200 ~ €250 per tyre.

DrPhilG

I'm booked in for my end of warranty check next week.

The UK i3 group has a list of issues to check, I asked the garage to check and they refused.

Not to worry, I have an email from them documenting all that I asked them to check, and their refusal to do anything other than a standard visual inspection so if any of those problems pop up, I'll still chase BMW them after the warranty period.

punisher5112

DrPhilG wrote: »

I'm booked in for my end of warranty check next week.

The UK i3 group has a list of issues to check, I asked the garage to check and they refused.

Not to worry, I have an email from them documenting all that I asked them to check, and their refusal to do anything other than a standard visual inspection so if any of those problems pop up, I'll still chase BMW them after the warranty period.

Fooking a holes..

unkel

DrPhilG wrote: »

I'm booked in for my end of warranty check next week.

Is that an official thing? As in scheduled as part of the normal inspection / servicing schedule? I must say I've never heard about it before.