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BMW i4

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    #1442
    carsfan2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭carsfan2


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119279517#Comment_119279517

    I think it’s high beam assist and adaptive cruise control available if you haven’t got them.



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    #1443
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,113 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119279510#Comment_119279510

    Have laser lights on the 530e and LED lights on the Tesla.

    I find no difference in day to day driving but the 530e also has night vision and with the laser lights, they move to highlight a pedestrian or cyclist at night when they are off center from the car.

    I find that feature really good.



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    #1444
    carsfan2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭carsfan2


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119280078#Comment_119280078

    How do you find the strength of light emitted and the function of the high beam assist?



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    #1445
    UhOh
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭UhOh


    Laserlights are a waste of €2k IMO, standard BMW LEDs are brilliant.



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    #1446
    PaulJoseph22
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭PaulJoseph22


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119280311#Comment_119280311

    I find the strength and function really good, it was worth the little extra 💰 I agree with @UhOh the LED’s are brilliant, better than a previous Audi that had Matrix.



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    #1447
    digiman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,214 ✭✭✭digiman


    I’ve never had laser lights but I’d spec them, the best thing about them I think is the blue accents look fantastic and really set the front of the car off.



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    #1448
    Fitz II
    Registered Users Posts: 2,541 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    It all comes down to how much nighttime driving you do outside cities, if you mostly bumble around town it makes no sense spend the extra. Cool technology all the same



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    #1449
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116611171#Comment_116611171

    Got a close look at one this week. Initial thought was "gorgous grey colour on that Skoda". Colour was really nice, but the car had a lot of cheap shining plastic. Not for me.



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    #1450
    carsfan2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭carsfan2



    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119280474#Comment_119280474

    I like the blue accents alright and find the lasers great but I noticed that dealers here or BMW Ireland never spec them on demos which makes me think they add nothing to residual values and aren’t really needed. They are on my order for now anyway.



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    #1451
    PoolDude
    Registered Users Posts: 506 ✭✭✭PoolDude


    Car.jpg

    Finally got to collect my car yesterday. Happy so far.



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    #1452
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,321 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Looking savage, @PoolDude - well wear!


    Getting my own EV BMW in the next half hour or so, but it's nothing like that 😂



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    #1453
    PaulJoseph22
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭PaulJoseph22


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119282322#Comment_119282322

    Looks very classy, congratulations and happy motoring.



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    #1454
    v10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭v10


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119279510#Comment_119279510

    I have the Laser lights on my current BMW and had the LED on my previous one and find the difference is very noticeable. It's not so much the brightness but the distance the light travels, the road is lit up much further down the road. You also get the High-Beam Assistant included (worth €180) in the €1850 which is a very good feature. Of course if you don't drive much at night then you won't notice any advantage.



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    #1455
    Old diesel
    Registered Users Posts: 5,799 ✭✭✭Old diesel


    Very interesting range test

    M50 on 20 inch wheels

    https://youtu.be/WHoTtUNDuNk



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    #1456
    UhOh
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭UhOh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119284517#Comment_119284517

    honestly have no idea how he got 380km of range at motorway speed on the 20 inch wheels. I was up & down the motorway to Dublin yesterday & again only seeing 320km range keeping it in eco mode & 122km per hour. He had dry roads & 88F outside temp., I had wet roads & 12-16C. Would that make up for the extra 60km?



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    #1457
    Fitz II
    Registered Users Posts: 2,541 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    So many variables hard to tell, there is 60km difference winter to summer on my Taycan, and my model 3 was about 80-100km better in summer. The tesla in particular lost range like nobody business on the motorway and with any sort of spirited driving, The range tests on the model 3 I have watches bear not resemblance to my experiance of it. Weather plays a huge part but at t, assume altitude and humidity are factors. Bjorne 1000km challenge is a much better test as it combines efficiency with charging speed.



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    #1458
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119286294#Comment_119286294

    Yeah I'd echo that on the M3. Winter mileage drops significantly. Summer range is excellent in fairness.



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    #1459
    PDVerse
    Registered Users Posts: 160 ✭✭PDVerse


    Picking up my eDrive 40 later today, insurance with Liberty was unchanged from my Leaf at €368 which was a nice surprise. Sold my Leaf to the local Nissan garage for 28k, BMW only offered me €19k trade-in back in December when I ordered, which was ridiculous.

    I'll be checking out the range on a motorway, the range drop for the 62kw Leaf from 110kph (68.4mph) to 120 kph (74.5mph) was substantial. Most motorway range tests on YouTube are at 70mph, so I expect to match their range at 110kph, but not if I do 120kph.



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    #1460
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,113 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Bjorn reakons he can get 600km if you keep the speed at 90km/h.



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    #1461
    ...Ghost...
    Registered Users Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭...Ghost...


    My SIL picked up her M40 today. She only ordered it a week ago and landed a cancellation.

    Stay Free



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    #1462
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,503 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Saw my 1st one of these in the flesh today, charging beside me.

    Stunning car.

    What size of battery have they?



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    #1463
    carsfan2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭carsfan2


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119295314#Comment_119295314

    That’s amazing. I would have thought that there would have been a queue of orders in front of her that should have been offered a car before her.



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    #1464
    Thumper Long
    Registered Users Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭Thumper Long


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119295461#Comment_119295461

    In a fair and equitable world yes you’d expect that, but a sales person (him/her/it) will always take the path of least resistance especially if you have a punter there ready to drop approx 70K, the folks on the list will hopefully still be there in the future



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    #1465
    rodge123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭rodge123


    Got call from dealer informing me that will be going into production and will have our i4 edrive40 September / early October.

    Items that are been removed from our spec as not available are:

    • driver assistant plus from tech pack plus
    • drive recorder from tech pack plus
    • park assistant plus from tech pack plus
    • front passenger lumbar support from comfort pack plus.

    2k reduction in price.



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    #1466
    UhOh
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭UhOh


    ^^^ that’s pretty much the whole of the Tech plus pack, no?



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    #1467
    rodge123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭rodge123


    Think so. This is original list on spec.

    Driving Assistant Professional

    Parking Assistant Plus

    Harman/Kardon Surround Sound Audio System

    Drive Recorder

    Storage for wireless charging

    Live Cockpit Professional



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    #1468
    v10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭v10


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119297469#Comment_119297469

    Wow, that's a lot being removed .. drive recorder is only software really, it relies on the the 360 cameras so I assume your car won't have them.

    Driver assistant plus and park assistant plus also suggests the car won't have the cameras and radar required.

    I like tech in my cars and if mine (M50 due August) has that much missing I'll be giving it a miss.


    edit, just had a look at configurator ..

    Technology Pack is €2,335.30 and Technology Plus Pack is €4,670.70,

    You're getting the guts of them removed, is €2000 off a good deal ?

    Post edited by v10 on


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    #1469
    yllw.ldbttr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,626 ✭✭✭yllw.ldbttr


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119297966#Comment_119297966

    This is why I went M50 on my replacement order.

    I like the tech and lots of stuff removed from the e40.

    No notification of impact to M50 yet.

    It would really annoy me to have my original e40 replaced with fewer tech extras than the original, hoping for M50 to still have all the bells and whistles I ordered.



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    #1470
    markad1
    Registered Users Posts: 920 ✭✭✭markad1


    I wouldn't order a car without some of those items.



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    #1471
    v10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭v10


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119298216#Comment_119298216

    Ok hopefully not affecting the M50 so, I have been told comfort access is being removed from my car but I'll believe it when I get a build date.


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119298227#Comment_119298227

    The problem is they don't know until it goes into build so that could be 9 months or more after you've ordered. At that stage you'd be better off taking it and selling it straight away if you didn't want it, you could likely even make a profit these days !



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