The BMW i3 Rex saves the day.

The Outlander diesel died on herself today in the middle of Kilkenny , had to go on the back of a truck.

I'm on night shift tonight and will use the Rex on the way home and she can use the rest of the battery, isn't that just brilliant ? saves arsing around at fast chargers especially if they are busy, she can just hop in and come home and not worry about charging.

IN reality I'll probably get home with 60-65% which should still be enough for her to get to Kilkenny and back , about another 100 Kms, so she should just about make it but I will use the Rex for some of the trip home just in case and then she can put the boot down and not worry about it.

One thing I find worrying is the fact people were beeping at her and getting mad instead of seeing if there was something wrong and if they could do something to help, really horrible attitude.

punisher5112

If it ever happen again, lift the bonnet.....

People are quite thick and need a big pointing arrow to show them oh it's actually broken down....

punisher5112

punisher5112 wrote: »

If it ever happen again, lift the bonnet.....

People are quite thick and need a big pointing arrow to show them oh it's actually broken down....

Yep exactly what I told her, it's sad actually, someone doesn't stop on the road just for fun and there's no way she'd push it off the road on her own, not a hope.

punisher5112

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Yep exactly what I told her, it's sad actually, someone doesn't stop on the road just for fun and there's no way she'd push it off the road on her own, not a hope.

I've stopped and helped people over the years and in return have once got the help back .... Guy towed my 4x4 back to the house which was so nice of him.

punisher5112

punisher5112 wrote: »

I've stopped and helped people over the years and in return have once got the help back .... Guy towed my 4x4 back to the house which was so nice of him.

Yep, I've changed tyres, given lifts and towed people over the years. Kinda a thing you'd expect a normal Person to do, help out.

The car arrived back today on the jenny, and I needed to go into Carlow Town to run some errands and said I'd top up at the fast charger , it's down, haha, I love the Rex, it's just so convenient.

ESB Ecars = utter Joke !

Mike9832

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The car arrived back today on the jenny, and I needed to go into Carlow Town to run some errands and said I'd top up at the fast charger , it's down, haha, I love the Rex, it's just so convenient.

ESB Ecars = utter Joke !

Great cars at the mercy of crap infrastructure

Mike9832

Mike9832 wrote: »

Great cars at the mercy of crap infrastructure

Yeah it's horrible really, I feel for BEV owners, really I do , it shouldn't be this way, no new chargers since 2015, it's a disgrace, what are they doing with the 20 million ?

Is it that difficult to find charging sites ? agreements with owners, are they trying to get money out of the ESB ? I wish there were some communication from the ESB.

I really could not survive without the Rex because even though I don't use it frequently it is extremely convenient when I do need it and it saves a lot if hardship. Mostly when I use it I'm using it for more than 20 mins.

I really can't see myself getting another car any time soon, I think the i3 rex is going to be a keeper because even if I got another car what EV can I get next November that has good range + 100 Kw charging or more ? yes 0.

Ecars has miserably failed Irish EV owners +

punisher5112

ESB blowing it all on new dub head office.... Probably...

Funny how we could actually do it so much better and we could have been one of the richest tax haven countries in the world but no let's not do things right....

unkel

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The car arrived back today on the jenny, and I needed to go into Carlow Town to run some errands and said I'd top up at the fast charger , it's down, haha, I love the Rex, it's just so convenient.

ESB Ecars = utter Joke !

I happened to look at it on the ESB map last night, it was reported out of reach. A joke is right. Wife has to go to a wedding in Kilkenny and you can't get there and back from Dublin in an Ioniq. Diverting into Carlow town would have been a pain in the neck but I'm advising her to go M7 and charge at Midway for 15 minutes. She'll be fine for the return trip then. And if Midway is down, go on to Ballacolla. If that's down too, she's fooked. Hotel does not have EV charger. If it was me, I'd find a way to sneakily granny charge at the hotel I'll load the car up with 25m extension cable anyway and explain to her how it works.

punisher5112

What I would invest in is a portable charger for when really stuck as they are compact.

unkel

punisher5112 wrote: »

What I would invest in is a portable charger for when really stuck as they are compact.

I have one. Well I have a small lithium pack (use it for my pushbike that I converted into an eBike) that can give the car a 3km or so emergency range in about 20 minutes of charging when the main battery conks out. I would have to buy a 72V inverter for about €100 to be able to do this. Had my finger on the trigger for one, but what are the chances I'd ever use it?

unkel

unkel wrote: »

I happened to look at it on the ESB map last night, it was reported out of reach. A joke is right. Wife has to go to a wedding in Kilkenny and you can't get there and back from Dublin in an Ioniq. Diverting into Carlow town would have been a pain in the neck but I'm advising her to go M7 and charge at Midway for 15 minutes. She'll be fine for the return trip then. And if Midway is down, go on to Ballacolla. If that's down too, she's fooked. Hotel does not have EV charger. If it was me, I'd find a way to sneakily granny charge at the hotel I'll load the car up with 25m extension cable anyway and explain to her how it works.

Jaysus, you're lucky you could get your missus into the Ioniq at all, I couldn't get mine into the Leaf for more than a 10 Km round trip lol. She's grand Knowing the Rex is in the i3 and will go anywhere in it not that she bothers most of the time mind you she just rather hop in to the Outlander.

She has no clue about cars, electrics and charging, don't even think she could lift the bonnet to be honest, I have to check oil, top up windscreen washer etc. Not sure she could handle charging timers but as she works Mon-Fri it would be easy. lol

Has the 40 Kwh Ioniq got a Charging power upgrade ? the 40 Kwh is much nicer inside than the Kona. I can't understand why they made the Kona as they did.

unkel

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Jaysus, you're lucky you could get your missus into the Ioniq at all, I couldn't get mine into the Leaf for more than a 10 Km round trip lol.

She has bigger balls than I do. She came back from a return trip to Wicklow that she started when the car was only half full. 1km range left when she got home

She charges the car in Dundrum and Kildare village shopping malls. Probably mainly to get the best parking spaces!

She didn't want to know about EV initially, vetoed buying a Leaf (which was just as well as looks mean something and I know it wasn't going to cut it as our only family car), but was pretty much convinced about Ioniq after our 24h test drive. Apart from being very worried about the view through the rear view mirror. An anxiety that disappeared within days of owning the car. And I admit, I wasn't impressed with that rear view either.

When I suggested selling Ioniq (to make the most out of the tiny depreciation the car had suffered last year) and buying a BMW 330e (I got her into really liking BMWs like I do), she dismissed the idea completely. And when I had the opportunity to buy a very well specced warrantied CPO Tesla Model S 7-seater earlier this year at the trade price, she didn't really warm to the idea. Ioniq is really all the family car we need. Provided there is a functioning public charging network, which hopefully there will be soon with Ionity. I wouldn't care if I never charged at an ESB fast charge point again. The state of it :rolleyes:

unkel

unkel wrote: »

I wouldn't care if I never charged at an ESB fast charge point again. The state of it :rolleyes:

Absolutely, I just hope Ionity start thinking of the M9 !!!

jprboy

unkel wrote: »

I happened to look at it on the ESB map last night, it was reported out of reach. A joke is right. Wife has to go to a wedding in Kilkenny and you can't get there and back from Dublin in an Ioniq. Diverting into Carlow town would have been a pain in the neck but I'm advising her to go M7 and charge at Midway for 15 minutes. She'll be fine for the return trip then. And if Midway is down, go on to Ballacolla. If that's down too, she's fooked. Hotel does not have EV charger. If it was me, I'd find a way to sneakily granny charge at the hotel I'll load the car up with 25m extension cable anyway and explain to her how it works.

There are a few SCPs around Kilkenny City so what about using those?

Depending on the hotel could be within walking distance or if not could get another guest to collect her and drop her back?

punisher5112

I'm wondering is there a market here for people to lend out an outside socket at their properties but at a small charge of course....

jprboy

jprboy wrote: »

There are a few SCPs around Kilkenny City so what about using those?

Depending on the hotel could be within walking distance or if not could get another guest to collect her and drop her back?

Na she didn't have time for that , she went shopping on her lunch break.

jprboy

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Na she didn't have time for that , she went shopping on her lunch break.

Did she buy anything nice? :pac:

Anyway, I was talking to unkel

jprboy

jprboy wrote: »

Did she buy anything nice? :pac:

Lol, nothing apart from the boring usual grocery shopping.

Black_Knight

punisher5112 wrote: »

I'm wondering is there a market here for people to lend out an outside socket at their properties but at a small charge of course....

Don't people advertise that somewhat on plugshare? They list their house charger and usually to contact them first if need to use it. I guess it'd be handy in rural places, or some of the forgotten towns.

KCross

punisher5112 wrote: »

I'm wondering is there a market here for people to lend out an outside socket at their properties but at a small charge of course....

Black_Knight wrote: »

Don't people advertise that somewhat on plugshare? They list their house charger and usually to contact them first if need to use it. I guess it'd be handy in rural places, or some of the forgotten towns.

Yup, plugshare covers that.

Just filter on "Residential Locations" and you can see the private charge points. There isnt a way to get money for it, its more as an emergency service if you get stuck.

mordeith

Random interjection here but I was pleasantly surprised how the i3 handled the very wet roads this morning. A lot of surface water and she tipped away no bother in the fast lane. Felt no pull at the wheel when entering increased areas of water coverage.

mickdw

mordeith wrote: »

Random interjection here but I was pleasantly surprised how the i3 handled the very wet roads this morning. A lot of surface water and she tipped away no bother in the fast lane. Felt no pull at the wheel when entering increased areas of water coverage.

The narrower the tyre, the better it will deal with standing water.

Black_Knight

KCross wrote: »

Yup, plugshare covers that.

Just filter on "Residential Locations" and you can see the private charge points. There isnt a way to get money for it, its more as an emergency service if you get stuck.

Could always throw the charger owner a fiver (or whatever your car would consume on a day rate).

Kramer

mordeith wrote: »

she tipped away no bother in the fast lane.

Err.....which lane is the fast one?
I often seem to end up in the slower one - maybe I should chance the fast one in future .

Kramer

punisher5112 wrote: »

I'm wondering is there a market here for people to lend out an outside socket at their properties

Never a need with a BMW PHEV - ICE to the rescue, or as Mad Lad puts it in the thread title, "BMW ICE saves the day!".

PHEV vs BEV (+ ECars)....PHEV wins, again .

BEV (+ Ionity) vs PHEV.............

mordeith

Kramer wrote: »

Err.....which lane is the fast one?
I often seem to end up in the slower one - maybe I should chance the fast one in future .

My bad. The overtaking lane of course!

Kramer

Kramer wrote: »

Never a need with a BMW PHEV - ICE to the rescue, or as Mad Lad puts it in the thread title, "BMW ICE saves the day!".

PHEV vs BEV (+ ECars)....PHEV wins, again .

BEV (+ Ionity) vs PHEV.............

Yes but the I3 rex is like no other, unique . Good EV range with petrol backup. We would have been up sh1t creek without it yesterday.

The Only reason I can think of for BMW not offering it any more is probably because they get extra carbon credits for having pure BEV only which will allow them sell more ICE.

Still no Outlander, it won't start and they don't know what's wrong with it !

unkel

You really don't need a REx with a WLTP range of 310km. Not even in this country with its crap public charging network

BEV is far cheaper to buy / tax / fuel / toll / import / maintain and like you say for the emissions averages.

unkel

unkel wrote: »

You really don't need a REx with a WLTP range of 310km. Not even in this country with its crap public charging network

BEV is far cheaper to buy / tax / fuel / toll / import / maintain and like you say for the emissions averages.

Hmmmm, 37,500 for 2nd hand well kitted out i3 rex or 40 odd for new Kona, Leaf etc ..............think I'll take the i3 thanks !

I see Konas, model S and 40 Kwh Leaf at the Carlow charger queuing, no thanks. When I need the infrastructure I need it, don't want to risk waiting 1-2 hrs before I can get to charge.

If the ESb get the finger out and Ionity install a lot more chargers then maybe I can think of BEV next time around but for the foreseeable it will be the i3 Rex. There'll be no electrics with 100 + Kw charging that are a decent price by the time my lease is up, I don't want another 50 kw Charing EV , less with a cold battery.

unkel

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Hmmmm, 37,500 for 2nd hand well kitted out i3 rex or 40 odd for new Kona, Leaf etc ..............think I'll take the i3 thanks !

Hmmmm, 36,000 for a brand new 310km range BEV i3

.............think I'll take the brand new one thanks!

ewj1978

Made a booboo setting the charger for night rate last night. Went to go to work and hadn't got enough electrons to get to work. Rex definitely saved my bacon today.
If I still had my leaf I'd have been goosed.

As for the charging situation, its still a ****e network. Big announcements of new chargers but nada actually appears. Took ze Germans to come into the country to get ESB to even get their fingers out.

I wonder if I plague the ionnity twitter will they put something on the M9.

unkel

unkel wrote: »

Hmmmm, 36,000 for a brand new 310km range BEV i3

.............think I'll take the brand new one thanks!

310 Kms ? not so sure about that, 250 would be easy enough, probably get 300-310 as I can get 200-220 in mine in the warmer weather if I drive local roads and not on the motorway. I'd have to go back to my test drive to see what I got but that is about the gist of it.

I got my i3 Rex for a steal, I was lucky, well kitted out and the convenience of the Rex + it was almost new, 9,500 Kms. I have nearly 63,000 Kms now.

ewj1978

ewj1978 wrote: »

Made a booboo setting the charger for night rate last night. Went to go to work and hadn't got enough electrons to get to work. Rex definitely saved my bacon today.
If I still had my leaf I'd have been goosed.

As for the charging situation, its still a ****e network. Big announcements of new chargers but nada actually appears. Took ze Germans to come into the country to get ESB to even get their fingers out.

I wonder if I plague the ionnity twitter will they put something on the M9.

The M9 ? no one seems to be aware it's open nearly 10 years !!!! forget about it, probably next year or the year after.

Even if the new garage opens at Kilcullen it might not have any chargers but one is badly needed further down, say at Tinryland would be ideal, both locations would be perfect.

krissovo

unkel wrote: »

Hmmmm, 36,000 for a brand new 310km range BEV i3

.............think I'll take the brand new one thanks!

I recently bought a new Leaf as our 2nd car and wish I had bought a I3. The Leaf will be sold before the end of the year and the cash put straight into a I3 and very probably one of the last UK REX sourced by flipping cars as they are great value when compared to Irish. Given the recent price hike the 2nd hand price of the Leaf is the same as I paid for a new one in June.

The I3 is such a pleasant car to be in and drives great once you get used to the twitchy driving at motorway speed.

unkel

krissovo wrote: »

the cash put straight into a I3 and very probably one of the last UK REX sourced by flipping cars as they are great value when compared to Irish.

Not any more. Have you seen the i3 prices in the UK recently?

krissovo

unkel wrote: »

Not any more. Have you seen the i3 prices in the UK recently?

I will let you know on Tuesday or Wednesday after the auction(s) . I have a couple of I3's lined up with max bids and if anyway close to the guide price they are at least €4/5k below anything on donedeal or carzone. I need a car to keep me going until the M3's arrive in Ireland.

krissovo

I won this in auction this morning using the lads in Flipping cars :eek:. Its fully loaded with all available options, late 2017 BEV, 15k miles. Will land in Dublin next week with a huge reduction from anything for sale here that I can find after all fees. Only similar models I can find are not even close to the spec. I decided against the REX in the end as this will only commute the 90kms to the office and back.

Should keep me on the road until the M3 lands here, might be interesting to what Tesla will give me for it.

slave1

Sell it privately, Tesla will just phone around and give you bottom trade price as a trade in

krissovo

Tesla were the seller at auction so it might be interesting to see if they pick up on the same car. I only want what I put into it really.

krissovo

krissovo wrote: »

I won this in auction this morning using the lads in Flipping cars :eek:. Its fully loaded with all available options, late 2017 BEV, 15k miles. Will land in Dublin next week with a huge reduction from anything for sale here that I can find after all fees. Only similar models I can find are not even close to the spec. I decided against the REX in the end as this will only commute the 90kms to the office and back.

Should keep me on the road until the M3 lands here, might be interesting to what Tesla will give me for it.

Nice one, well wear, great car to drive.

What's the story with the M3, something special I should know about ?

Mike9832

How much did you get it for?

Looks class

krissovo

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What's the story with the M3, something special I should know about ?

I have a Model 3 on order but my delivery dates changed from August to [nothing] so I needed some wheels for a while and me and wife both like the I3.

krissovo

krissovo wrote: »

I have a Model 3 on order but my delivery dates changed from August to [nothing] so I needed some wheels for a while and me and wife both like the I3.

Oh sorry, for some mad reason I thought you were referring to a BMW..... :rolleyes:

Gumbo

krissovo wrote: »

I won this in auction this morning using the lads in Flipping cars :eek:. Its fully loaded with all available options, late 2017 BEV, 15k miles. Will land in Dublin next week with a huge reduction from anything for sale here that I can find after all fees. Only similar models I can find are not even close to the spec. I decided against the REX in the end as this will only commute the 90kms to the office and back.

Should keep me on the road until the M3 lands here, might be interesting to what Tesla will give me for it.

very like mine except I have the added optional 20”
Wheels.

What’s the full spec list?
I have every single option except the radar guided cruise control.

Be interesting to hear what it cost if you didn’t mind as I was half considering selling mine recently.
I brought mine in from London in January. 2016 94 Ah BEV too.

kceire

kceire wrote: »

very like mine except I have the added optional 20”
Wheels.

What’s the full spec list?
I have every single option except the radar guided cruise control.

Be interesting to hear what it cost if you didn’t mind as I was half considering selling mine recently.
I brought mine in from London in January. 2016 94 Ah BEV too.

I don't think the i3 uses radar, think it's camera based system and not as good, there's a video of an i3 which failed to stop a collision in the U.S so I wouldn't trust it.

The driver knew the car would not stop, swerved into next lane and got hit by a truck, car took a hell of a smack though.

What's your battery capacity in your 2016 ? be interested to know.

Mine still showing 100%, March 2017 and about 63,500 Kms.

Gumbo

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I don't think the i3 uses radar, think it's camera based system and not as good, there's a video of an i3 which failed to stop a collision in the U.S so I wouldn't trust it.

The driver knew the car would not stop, swerved into next lane and got hit by a truck, car took a hell of a smack though.

What's your battery capacity in your 2016 ? be interested to know.

Mine still showing 100%, March 2017 and about 63,500 Kms.

Yeah your probably right. I remember reading up on it and people saying that if they didn’t have it then it wouldn’t be missed as it’s not great anyhow.

I’m still not sure how to check the battery SoH.

kceire

kceire wrote: »

Yeah your probably right. I remember reading up on it and people saying that if they didn’t have it then it wouldn’t be missed as it’s not great anyhow.

I’m still not sure how to check the battery SoH.

Instructions to check battery capacity, battery temp etc.

https://bmwi3owner.com/2016/01/secrets/

krissovo

The Spec list is: Comfort Access, Interior Suite world, iSport Pack, Driving Assistance Pack, Park Assist Pack, Media Pack Professional, Traffic Master Jam Assist, Auxiliary Heater Cabin

I paid just north of €21k

ewj1978

Drove from east Cork to Dublin today. Knocktopher was out of order, Carlow had two cars waiting. Without the REX I'd have been buggered.