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Augmented navi is on the ix 8.5 not on i4 8.5 system.
ahhh bummer
I’m presuming i4 s getting built now will come with Idrive 8.5. Does anyone know if this comes with the augmented reality navigation as standard? From what I’ve googled it feels like it might do
Have motability also done away with the option to extend based on low mileage? Under 15k miles I think it was and you could extend
I rang plug me in today and it seems like I have passed the Ohme stage and I’m not waiting on a phone call to book in an installation date.
I think I’ll ring plugme in next week I have a name and a number for someone there, contacting Ohme is a bit of a lost cause when it comes to their telephone customer service and email replies can be sketchy too.
I do think this is going to be my only option, get a local 3rd party to come out, do a survey, deliver it to the landlord, say this is the proposal do you agree, yes, job done. Unfortunately it’s gonna have to come out of my pocket and I have splurged my money on the bmw i4 order. I’m currently in the middle of a pip review as well, due to submit review form next week. I’m thinking cancel the car order, wait for pip decision and then start again if pip goes well. Probably mean no more i4 as price has gone up but hey ho , I could probably get an ioniq 5 and a charger installed privately for about same money if APs stay stable
Thanks for those options, I’ve just had a reply from Ohme that didn’t actually answer the question I asked yesterday via email, they are now saying they need
“You would need to specify that there is permission to run the installation through any communal areas (internal/external) if required and that the parking space is designated to the property for the tenants sole use”
I mean do they also want permission from my neighbours in case they need to run the cable under their duvets and up their asses? I think it might be less hassle to get permission to build a space port. My land lord is not going to give them blanket permission to drill thro communal walls and basically do what they want with the building . That’s basically writing them a blank cheque to do what the hell they like
Here you go so that’s my front room exiting onto fenced patio area, where I park is where that yellow monster truck is parked (very old photo from google maps) right up along the back wall of my front room which is the wall where I want the charger put. There’s only one other car shares that parking area currently. I do have a side concern that they may come and say it’s not off road parking. Tho the access road is private, maintained and lit by the landlord it’s not a council road
Yes this is what I’m wondering, where is the directive coming from , it sounded like it was an Ohme rule for the health and safety of their contractors, they have never mentioned at any point that it’s a motability rule.
I’ve just been mentally going round my neighbours and out of 18 bungalows including myself there are currently only 4 of us with vehicles and probably parking spaces for 15 to 20 vehicles , all motability and I’m the only one capable of driving themselves. Granting me a space is hardly going to cause a pandemonium in the building
Cheers kezo I might give Ohme a call tomorrow, see if I can get an answer to the temporary question then at least I’ve got something that’s not unreasonable to put before the landlord if Ohme are happy with that
I literally park my car alongside the back of my living room wall, that area has room for 4 cars, at present including mine there are only two using it. Unfortunately that’s exactly what my landlord doesn’t want to do, I’ve lived here nearly 17yrs and have under a previous landlord requested our own spaces when there were a lot more neighbours had vehicles and sometimes it got a bit “parking wars” but was declined then too.
really I just want to know if a granting of a temporary exclusivity while installation took place would be enough for Ohme, unfortunately communication seems to have dried up with them unless I open another ticket. I’m not saying my landlord would even agree to temporary but it might help sway them.
I feel like the landlord is being really short sighted, his general attitude is go use a public charger which I’m not interested in, I’d rather cancel, he’s not thinking this is going to improve the value of my property for the future because I’m unlikely to take the charger with me if I ever left
Can’t your landlord write a letter to say the carpark is shared but, on the priniple of the tennants spaced are allocated? Failing that you could go down the route of requesting the parking bay is changed to a disabled bay, hence it becomes allocated to you!
the housing officer is going to try and contact Ohme via phone and ask what the importance of it is. I’ve suggested the landlord write a letter saying it’s for my exclusive use but then I write one afterwards stating I forfeit the exclusive use after installation or something along those lines, I’m not expecting lines painted on the car park or it put into the tenancy agreement
Not to piddle on one’s chips but everyone in my building has a disability lol so in essence it’s all disabled parking
The landlord have given me full permission to go ahead, they just aren’t prepared to say in writing where I park is for the exclusive use of my property because they believe every other tenant will demand their own exclusive parking space.
The 6 does look nicer inside but I think I’ll stick with my i4 order that I’ve had in 6 weeks. I was just curious after the big price drop, might still take a test drive in the 5 tho if I can motivate myself to lol
On a positive note the boot, though not deep, was surprisingly big and I’m sure could easily accommodate my wheelchair
I’ve just been and had a sit in an ioniq 5 for the first time. The thing I had the biggest issue with is the lack of centre console . My first car was a basic mk4 escort and it just reminded me of that, it was just lacking the foot and a half gear stick going straight into the floor. To me a separated driver and passenger area is luxury, anything else is just a transit van lol
It really is, and quite disappointing, also the fact it doesn’t come with a heat pump as standard is also a bit disappointing
I would assume going by the general rules that you cannot order now that you are under 12 months of PIP but would be best to speak to Motability directly. I have been waiting 10 months for my car, and asked if I could cancel and order something else but they said no I cannot as my PIP is now under 12 months.
yeah I’d expect the same response as you got there. I’ll mull it tonight but I’m thinking my thoughts about the iconiq may have been a knee jerk reaction to the price drop.
It’s clearly shown on the Motability website, 60,000 for 3 years and 100,000 for 5 years, https://www.motability.co.uk/get-support/faqs/how-many-miles-can-i-drive/
i don’t understand why the majority of people are totally missing the point of my original post.
im not talking about total mileage allowance. I’m talking about the fact that if you do, officially, more than 15k miles over the first three years you are not allowed the option to extend the lease by a further 2 years
All the bile filled comments, I can only hope they all suffer some ailment , let them claim a car and see what they’d prefer, a set of wheels or a pain free healthy existence cos I’d swap in a heartbeat to have my life over again pain free and healthy
I think there’s a bit of confusion between the amount of miles you can cover on your 3 year lease and the maximum amount of miles you can have covered over 3 years to extend your lease for an extra 2 years. To extend your lease for an extra 2 years it used to be that you could not have done more than 15,000 miles in 3 years, but this was always a very relaxed rule. It’s not been enforced during the Covid supply issues, even today I’d say Motability will happily extend a 3 year lease even if you had done well over 20,000.
yeah this exactly, there’s your mileage limit per year and a totally separate issue of maximum miles you can do before you can extend which again is different for WAVs and heavily adapted cars I believe. What I’d like though is it raised and redefined , not a relaxed rule. So I’d know before even putting a mile on the clock what I’m able to do that would automatically allow me the option of an extension . Or indeed as I said in my original post, a guaranteed extension if I’ve paid a defined high AP
