BMW i4

It varies wildly depending on driving. I had done a few hundred km at 130km per hour before that charging session.

It's not called a Guessometer for nothing.

Mine is an eDrive40 on 19inch wheels. Real range is around 450km in summer if driving at 100km per hour. Winter maybe 10% less.

Motorway driving at 130km per hour I'd say 300-350km is probably accurate.

An example from the opposite end of the scale below.

That's just getting silly. €83k for a second hand small hatchback BMW that's great to drive but with middle of the road performance and poor spec?

Went to see the car at weekend and see that it has the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 on it.

No rim protection on them so have herself warned to be careful when parking! 😂

Anyone have these on their i4 and what’s the wear like?

At that rate I might have my second i4 before you'll have your first, and you ordered before me!!

What an absolute pain in the ****

What has the dealer said, which dealer did you order with?

And what information do you need to get a status update via the UK chat?

The dealer has no clue what’s causing the delays, I’d rather not mention the dealer name as I don’t believe it’s their fault.

To get the order status with the UK chat you’ll need to use a UK vpn to connect and then you’ll need your order (AG) number.

The i4 I've ordered has almost every option ticked, over €12K of extras on it so that's that theory out the window

So dealer has confirmed with me that I have to take it now, they can’t hold it until January. He’s fairly insistent it’s BMW Germany telling BMW Ireland that cars delivered this year must be registered this year or else it will affect next years allocation.

Dealer claiming to be as annoyed as me that he was lied to by bmw saying they would accommodate late deliveries.

Whether he is saying this in order to shift blame away from his dealership which also sells non BMWs I don’t know; Doesn’t really matter, he represents BMW as far as I’m concerned.

Regardless, Both BMW and dealership won’t be seeing a trade in from me in 3 of 4 years. Likewise with the A6 we have.

There should be a far wider range of EV available at that stage too, maybe an A4 etron!

That they couldn’t accommodate a wait of 4 weeks at this stage after all the messing around for whole year is very bad form in my book and just leaves a very bitter taste.

The bean counters get their numbers for the year but will be down a number in 3 years when I go elsewhere.

Now, rant over! 😂

Look at me complaining about been forced to take my i4 when v10 seems to be giving the mother of all run arounds.

I am excited about picking it up and no doubt will love it.

Will post some pics later in week when i have it.

Shame on them, I don’t believe they couldn’t put it off if they really wanted to but targets etc are more important it seems, very short sighted of them .. anyway take the car if the alternative is losing it but I wouldn’t even bring it back to that dealer for a service, and let them know you won’t be, servicing is a big part of their income. No doubt you’ll enjoy the car either way, best of luck and share some pics.

I agree, had an adblue overfill issue with a Landrover disco before, main dealer wanted 300€ to drain, reset sensor and top up. I asked where in the manual does it say not to exceed 10l, they told me “had I bought it new (was a Uk import) they would have told me to only use the LR adblue, which is 10l (and 70€!!)… off went to LR Ireland. Asked them again to explain, says adblue is like diesel, you just fill it. Low and behold my (under warranty) disco was sorted free of charge and got an apology from LR Ireland. Always worth going above their head. You could also stall them till mid Dec, and then give the run around a bit. Nothing to lose anyway… they will hardly get a cash buying 70k punter that quick??

This will make the i4 look distinctly old hat in 3/4 years time guys. I don't think the i4 will depreciate any less in the medium term any differently to any other BMW regardless of the premium dealers are putting on them currently.

BMW dealers are really leaving a bad taste with customers at the moment.

yes

I'd rather not tbh.

I've experienced the take it or leave it attidude at a few dealerships. I've purchased a few BMW's in my time but the current experience is turning me off them.

Don't mention the P word 😬