Bmw I3s
I’ve now covered 25000 miles in my electric I3s and I thought I would share my thoughts.
Really Good Bits
Performance is bonkers. 0 – 30mph is just lovely…..fantastic away from the traffic light Grand Prix.
Fuel cost. Before this car I was spending a fortune on diesel (5k a year) in a Volvo Xc60 D5. Really disliked the Volvo, noisy, slow, wallowy, poor image. I3s is costing next to nothing to charge with combination of cheap electricity from solar, cheap tariffs and free charging. I estimate i’m spending 10% of what I did in my previous cars.
Charging: I love arriving home at night and simply plugging it in ready for following days driving.
Quirky styling: I didn”t used to like the style of the I3s but its really grown on me and I think eventually it will be a future classic.
Preconditioning the car is lovely, screen de iced, car warm when you get in it.
Not quite as good bits.
Range: For 90% of my journeys range is no issue. For 10% of my journeys I think too much about range……I have had some great charging experiences on the rapid chargers and some not so great….Never run out of charge but nearly.
Size I3s too small for me.
Doors suicide doors not very good in tight spaces.
In summary the I3s has character, some stuff I don’t like but so pleased I got it and electric is definitely the future for me.