Guess what Mad_Lad got this time?

Not sure about the status light but it was charging I know that because the app showed it was charging, I checked when I was having breakfast.

I'm going to turn it on manually via the app at 11 pm just to be sure.

DrPhilG

18 months and about 40k km done. Never had any issue with the off peak times.

DrPhilG

DrPhilG wrote: »

18 months and about 40k km done. Never had any issue with the off peak times.

Lucky you

I just checked the app, "charging paused" and I confirmed that the timer is correct. Not charging, unless it thinks it will be charged by 08:40 by the time I leave to drop my Son to school but I doubt it, I don't trust it so setting to charge manually now.

MJohnston

You're not really providing the right kind of information for anyone here to usefully diagnose your problem.

What's your off-peak times set to?
What's your pre-charging battery level?
Have you set 8:40am as a departure time?

MJohnston

MJohnston wrote: »

You're not really providing the right kind of information for anyone here to usefully diagnose your problem.

What's your off-peak times set to?
What's your pre-charging battery level?
Have you set 8:40am as a departure time?

Off peak set from 23:00 - whatever the departure time is, doesn't matter if it's set to midnight or even 00:05, I have still experienced the problem with these settings.

Battery level when plugging in can be anything 50% + or 20% or below. If the i3 thinks it needs to charge up a bit to be finished by depart timer it will and then it will try to do the bulk of the charging at the off peak time.

08:40 was the set departure the last 2 nights.

It was fully charged by the time I got in the car this morning and I started the charge manually at around 23:50 last night.

Charge % was around 20% last night.

As I said before, I mostly works at the 23:00 - 8:40 time and it's usually charged by 7 or 8 am at the latest as seen by the app.

krissovo

I am having issues with my pre-conditioning, I have it switched off in the connected drive and car however every morning it sets itself to pre-heat at the same old time. Could be a similar bug to your charging.

MJohnston

krissovo wrote: »

I am having issues with my pre-conditioning, I have it switched off in the connected drive and car however every morning it sets itself to pre-heat at the same old time. Could be a similar bug to your charging.

Does that happen while plugged in?

krissovo

krissovo wrote: »

I am having issues with my pre-conditioning, I have it switched off in the connected drive and car however every morning it sets itself to pre-heat at the same old time. Could be a similar bug to your charging.

That's weird. Could be similar cause.

My charging worked perfectly last night.

krissovo

MJohnston wrote: »

Does that happen while plugged in?

Plugged or unplugged its the same

Patser

Got my speedo fixed today by Konstantin in BMWworkshop in Baldonnel, while Frank Keane are still looking into problem - although that's not being 100% fair.

Joe in Frank Keane did take a genuine interest in problem, but there does seem to be an issue that BMW don't want anybody, especially dealers messing with their software on an individual basis (even for something as simple as changing speedometer units, which should have been a simple settings option).


Have my NCT next week, which I'm looking forward to, and hope it provides same comedy value as the confusion the i3 caused last time

Patser

Passed, and thet seemed a lot more familiar with an i3 today, knew exactly where to find VIN

mordeith

Got a warning on the dash today so 'Check drivetrain soon'. Google throws up loads of varied reasons across various models of BMW. Anyone get it on a Rex before? It's due a service soon anyway and the car has shown no ill effects performance wise.

handpref

mordeith wrote: »

Got a warning on the dash today so 'Check drivetrain soon'. Google throws up loads of varied reasons across various models of BMW. Anyone get it on a Rex before? It's due a service soon anyway and the car has shown no ill effects performance wise.

I had that warning come up and panicked, everything worked ok, because it was under warranty I brought it over to Keanes.
Injector and sensor replaced and it was a known fault and upgraded replacement part fitted.

Think I had about 40,000km at that stage.
Up to 115,000 now and no issues, my commute is bang on 100km’s and I do that without the Rex coming on, once a month or so I run the Rex for a while so it’s not left sitting.

mordeith

handpref wrote: »

I had that warning come up and panicked, everything worked ok, because it was under warranty I brought it over to Keanes.
Injector and sensor replaced and it was a known fault and upgraded replacement part fitted.

Think I had about 40,000km at that stage.
Up to 115,000 now and no issues, my commute is bang on 100km’s and I do that without the Rex coming on, once a month or so I run the Rex for a while so it’s not left sitting.

So was it an actual issue with the fuel injection system?

krissovo

krissovo wrote: »

I am having issues with my pre-conditioning, I have it switched off in the connected drive and car however every morning it sets itself to pre-heat at the same old time. Could be a similar bug to your charging.

My issue is resolved, I got some baffling technical description that I, even with mechanical engineering qualifications didn't quite understand. However I think simply they rebooted my Idrive system. Thankfully it didn't need a reset.

ewj1978

Mad lad are you setting a day? With mine if you select a day it doesn't charge overnight. Leave out the day and it works fine.

ewj1978

ewj1978 wrote: »

Mad lad are you setting a day? With mine if you select a day it doesn't charge overnight. Leave out the day and it works fine.

Yep I set a day, it's been working fine the last couple of times.

If I don't set a day it won't preheat or preheat the battery if I'm going on a long trip this helps a lot with fast charging.

handpref

Patser wrote: »

Passed, and thet seemed a lot more familiar with an i3 today, knew exactly where to find VIN

Where did you find the vin, had nct today and they wouldn’t pass it because he couldn’t see the vin on the chassis, the one under the windscreen wasn’t sufficient ?

handpref

mordeith wrote: »

So was it an actual issue with the fuel injection system?

No idea, they said the parts were updated to replace ones that give this type of fault.

Patser

handpref wrote: »

Where did you find the vin, had nct today and they wouldn’t pass it because he couldn’t see the vin on the chassis, the one under the windscreen wasn’t sufficient ?

It's under the driver's seat, you need to slide it forward as much as possible. Stamped into frame, with a plastic cover in the carpet that says vin

handpref

Patser wrote: »

It's under the driver's seat, you need to slide it forward as much as possible. Stamped into frame, with a plastic cover in the carpet that says vin

Legend
I have to go back for the ramp test whenever that’s sorted so no harm done, if I wasn’t going back I’d feel a bit cheated for failing on a vin number, however the lad was very nice in fairness to him.

She still scrubs up well, 3 years old, 82,200 kms.

That "Wax It Wet" from Turtle Wax is great stuff !

Gumbo

We all must have been at it

n97 mini

Holy crap, those are skinny tyres!

Gumbo

Gumbo wrote: »

We all must have been at it

Looking good, was a good day for washing cars, shame tomorrow is to be so bad but I haven't planned going anywhere, if I have to I'll take the Outlander to ensure the i3 stays clean.

It's actually amazing when I think about all the hard work I had to do years ago to get a shine like this, just using the Wax it Wet makes it much easier these days.

n97 mini

n97 mini wrote: »

Holy crap, those are skinny tyres!

They are, this is why BMW chose large diameter tyres, low rolling resistance and the large diameter compensates for the narrow tyres.

Gumbo

n97 mini wrote: »

Holy crap, those are skinny tyres!

Skinny, but tall. The 19” have he same road contact patch as a Mini Cooper S.

DrPhilG

n97 mini wrote: »

Holy crap, those are skinny tyres!

And some skinnier than others...

Silent Running

DrPhilG wrote: »

And some skinnier than others...

Reminds me of my wife's old Smart car. Big tyres on the back and skinny ones on the front.

DrPhilG

Silent Running wrote: »

Reminds me of my wife's old Smart car. Big tyres on the back and skinny ones on the front.

For a second there I missed the words "old smart car" and thought you were being mean about your wife.

Silent Running

DrPhilG wrote: »

For a second there I missed the words "old smart car" and thought you were being mean about your wife.

Ah, I'm safe there. She's always been trim and lean.

I got a letter from BMW reminding me I have 6 Months left on PCP, time flies, hard to believe I've had the i3 2.5 years.

GFMV 15K, hard to know whether to pay it off or get something else, it really meets most of my needs on battery alone and the battery health is doing amazingly well far better than I ever could have imagined. In the worst of Winter weather I might need to use some Rex especially if preheating from work now, that will be a real test but I expect a tank of 8 litres to last me a couple of months at least.

I worked it out, at my current Energia electricity costs it will cost me roughly 75 Euro's for 2 months driving on electricity alone at least this time of year and I plan to cancel the account and get the missus to sign up and get the cheaper rate, I think it's unfair that they won't pass on the cheaper energy costs to their existing customers, anyway it should be a good bit cheaper.

My mileage is going to be too high now for PCP really, now that I changed jobs and work Mon - Fri and not having the days off in between it means I will now be driving 35-40 K Kms a year so depreciation at this mileage is going to be a killer.

I might wait for a 2nd hand model 3 LR Performance to come down in price and save up some cash.

A Kia e-niro, Soul etc is too expensive for what they are, the id.3 is gammy inside in basic form, no leather seats look bad. Maybe a higher spec id.3 2nd hand either.

But I think for now I might just pay off the i3 in December and keep it another couple of years and if the battery does show signs of capacity loss the Rex can make up the shortfall.

Let the car work for me for a change, I still enjoy driving it.

eagerv

Deleted User wrote: »

I got a letter from BMW reminding me I have 6 Months left on PCP, time flies, hard to believe I've had the i3 2.5 years.

GFMV 15K, hard to know whether to pay it off or get something else, it really meets most of my needs on battery alone and the battery health is doing amazingly well far better than I ever could have imagined. In the worst of Winter weather I might need to use some Rex especially if preheating from work now, that will be a real test but I expect a tank of 8 litres to last me a couple of months at least.

I worked it out, at my current Energia electricity costs it will cost me roughly 75 Euro's for 2 months driving on electricity alone at least this time of year and I plan to cancel the account and get the missus to sign up and get the cheaper rate, I think it's unfair that they won't pass on the cheaper energy costs to their existing customers, anyway it should be a good bit cheaper.

My mileage is going to be too high now for PCP really, now that I changed jobs and work Mon - Fri and not having the days off in between it means I will now be driving 35-40 K Kms a year so depreciation at this mileage is going to be a killer.

I might wait for a 2nd hand model 3 LR Performance to come down in price and save up some cash.

A Kia e-niro, Soul etc is too expensive for what they are, the id.3 is gammy inside in basic form, no leather seats look bad. Maybe a higher spec id.3 2nd hand either.

But I think for now I might just pay off the i3 in December and keep it another couple of years and if the battery does show signs of capacity loss the Rex can make up the shortfall.

Let the car work for me for a change, I still enjoy driving it.

Best of luck whatever you decide, remember the cheapest car to run is normally the one you already have.:)
I don't agree totally re leather, I think fake leather often looks gammy especially after a few years.

eagerv

eagerv wrote: »

Best of luck whatever you decide, remember the cheapest car to run is normally the one you already have.:)
I don't agree totally re leather, I think fake leather often looks gammy especially after a few years.

Thanks, indeed, I might just let the car work for me instead of the other way around for a change, never would have imagined the battery doing so good when I got it.

I have kids so anything that is not cloth would be better

Does the id.3 not have real leather option ?

eagerv

Deleted User wrote: »

Thanks.

I have kids so anything that is not cloth would be better

Does the id.3 not have real leather option ?

Not at the moment afaik

unkel

What eagerv said, you'll save significant money by hanging on to your i3 far another while. This saving could be used towards a car that would otherwise (without this saving) be out of budget

Deleted User wrote: »

A Kia e-niro, Soul etc is too expensive for what they are

People have reported buying a 2019 Kona 64kWh for €30k and the eSoul is not far behind. For that sort of money the cars are very decent value for what they are in my book.

slave1

2.5years of Rex brilliance reminders, time does fly :pac:

unkel

unkel wrote: »

What eagerv said, you'll save significant money by hanging on to your i3 far another while. This saving could be used towards a car that would otherwise (without this saving) be out of budget


People have reported buying a 2019 Kona 64kWh for €30k and the eSoul is not far behind. For that sort of money the cars are very decent value for what they are in my book.

Yeah you're right, I really should pay the balloon and keep it. Wait a few years.

I think a year or two M3 LR Performance would be really cool.

An E-soul or E-Niro are great cars but not sure I could go back to FWD EV with some power but I did like the E-soul.

slave1

slave1 wrote: »

2.5years of Rex brilliance reminders, time does fly :pac:

Indeed, time flying, the Rex has been brilliant I really can't emphasis how good.

DrPhilG

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think a year or two M3 LR Performance would be really cool.

Once again we're of the same mindset.

Leaf 24 - i3 REx - Model 3 LR

I'll have to try and get there first this time.

liamog

Deleted User wrote: »

Indeed, time flying, the Rex has been brilliant I really can't emphasis how good.

You have though, many, many, times!

krissovo

Deleted User wrote: »

I think a year or two M3 LR Performance would be really cool.

An E-soul or E-Niro are great cars but not sure I could go back to FWD EV with some power but I did like the E-soul.

I think there is an even chance your family could regret a M3 after the novelty has worn off. Once the appeal of the fart generator has gone and the some of the flaws show through that become quite annoying. I would (and am) wait(ing) for the model y if I had kids.

I do think owing an I3 spoils any future EV ownership given the current line up. Even with owning the M3, myself and the wife would naturally grab the keys for the I3 rather than the tesla for any local trips and my young kids would demand its in the BMW if they come along. Its far more practical than its given credit for for most journeys.

unkel

Deleted User wrote: »

I think a year or two M3 LR Performance would be really cool.

An E-soul or E-Niro are great cars but not sure I could go back to FWD EV with some power but I did like the E-soul.

I'd have thought that a Model 3 P would be the most natural upgrade from a BMW i3 alright

krissovo wrote: »

I think there is an even chance your family could regret a M3 after the novelty has worn off. Once the appeal of the fart generator has gone and the some of the flaws show through that become quite annoying. I would (and am) wait(ing) for the model y if I had kids.

I do think owing an I3 spoils any future EV ownership given the current line up. Even with owning the M3, myself and the wife would naturally grab the keys for the I3 rather than the tesla for any local trips and my young kids would demand its in the BMW if they come along. Its far more practical than its given credit for for most journeys.

That's an interesting point, krissovo. Is the only reason for your disappointment / picking your i3 over your Model 3 for trips that the former is just far more practical because it's a hatch back? Or is there more to it? Do you find the BMW a nicer drivers' car? Are you disappointed with the build quality or the interior minimalism of the Model 3? Why do your kids prefer the i3?

DrPhilG

krissovo wrote: »

I do think owing an I3 spoils any future EV ownership given the current line up.

This is true.

I was considering a move to an e-Niro but having test driven one, I just couldn't live with the front wheel drive and excessive wheel spin.

Plus its a little slower 0-100 than the i3 I think, or certainly felt like it anyway.

The e-Niro would have been 4 years newer but would have felt like a downgrade.

DrPhilG

Any i3 owners in the Dublin area know anywhere to source a tyre, or have a second hand one available for a short term fix?

Someone posted this on Facebook earlier.



Already tried Electric Autos, he's out of stock.

jhegarty

Try the BMW dealers. I know Keary's in Cork stock them , so the Dublin dealers probably do to.

krissovo

unkel wrote: »

That's an interesting point, krissovo. Is the only reason for your disappointment / picking your i3 over your Model 3 for trips that the former is just far more practical because it's a hatch back? Or is there more to it? Do you find the BMW a nicer drivers' car? Are you disappointed with the build quality or the interior minimalism of the Model 3? Why do your kids prefer the i3?

Its all of the above really, but not the cars fault I have to stress. Its mine for picking the wrong family car to meet our use case.

main reason is my work has changed so no regular trips to Belfast this means no need for the long range and fastest charging and I can pick from a wider scope of cars.

When I collected the car it was clear the paint needed a lot of work and snags that should never have passed Q/A. It was hard to love after that even after fixing.

A trip to B&Q to collect some post crete and 2x4 timber didnt fit, easy to fit long timber and 200kg of postcrete in a I3. Also shopping gets thrown around the boot of the m3 after some spirited driving and you have to dive in to retrieve your soy sauce from the deepest depths. It does not fit the role of the family "hauler" we need in our family.

Kids got car sick in the M3, in the I3 they are fine. It must have something to do with the lowered rear window.

I am a big dude the I3 is much easier to flop into and roll out of.

DrPhilG

DrPhilG wrote: »

This is true.

I was considering a move to an e-Niro but having test driven one, I just couldn't live with the front wheel drive and excessive wheel spin.

Plus its a little slower 0-100 than the i3 I think, or certainly felt like it anyway.

The e-Niro would have been 4 years newer but would have felt like a downgrade.

Id it's anything like the e-soul then it does feel a good bit slower but add to that full throttle pulling out on a main road would seriously limit 0-100.

The e-soul wasn't a bad drive either but you do notice the weight and of course the steering isn't all that good but not as bad as a leaf. The steering in the i3 is even better than the 1 and 3 series that I had for a loaner. The steering in the i3 is even better than the 44 Kwh i3, I felt they numbed it down a bit and People wanting a more sporty ride can get the S now.

Shame the i3S doesn't have 100+ Kw charging at 60 Kwh and about 300 Hp

unkel

krissovo wrote: »

I am a big dude the I3 is much easier to flop into and roll out of.

Teslas are low! I'm over 6'1 and near 100kg myself but I'm used to much smaller, much lower sports cars