After about two and a half weeks I’m now at just over 900 miles, so here are some observations in no particular order. Some might be common sense:
The real life range in mixed driving seems to be 150-170 although I have never run it down to empty. Max range when full has shown as 200.
cold weather affects the range as does putting the heating on, but it’s not a problem unless you are trying to squeeze out every last mile.
the heated seats are lovely, and they don’t affect the range hardly at all.
The radio reception on DAB is quite bad, with frequent breaks of a few seconds which I put down to the car’s non metal construction.
Being able to heat / cool the car in advance from a phone app is very convenient.
I am fortunate to have a 175kwh fast charger nearby but the car can only charge at a maximum 50kwh.
The indicators don’t ‘self cancel’ and are actually quite hard to cancel, they seem to go too far and you end up indicating the other way.
You get a Type 2 cable, and a home charger Free, although if you cannot have a home charger for example due to no drive, then you can still have an i3 /i3S.
Depending on how you charge in can be very cheap to run. I haven’t got my home charger fitted yet so am using local fast chargers on the Polar network. My costs have worked out to be around £1 per 100 miles ,and that is doing things quite inefficiently such as charging from 50% when I could have waited and got more for my cost (if the battery had been more ‘empty’).
would I recommend the car. Definitely if it fits your needs with regard to space, charging and range.
would I recommend paying the extra £1000 for the S model. That’s a tough choice. I’m glad I went for the S and it was the spec I wanted and available without a wait, but I would say for most drivers the standard car will be fast enough and handle well enough. The ride is meant to be slightly more comfortable too because of smaller 19” wheels.
My next steps will be to try and get the home charger fitted and to change from Polar Instant (app) to Polar Plus (RFID card).
I hope this helps some people, and let me know if you have any questions.