2 - 4 year old REx options & standard equipment, help needed

0lddog

Background : one of the ancient family daysuls is up for replacement. Dont see any manufacturer incentives to buy new so we are thinking a 2 - 4 year old REX from RoI or UK.

I'm hoping that y'all can tell me about what equipment was standard Vs optional Vs not available in those years.

For us I think that the main items are :

- Battery sizes
- Charging options
- Heat pump
- Roof that opens ( i.e. "sunroof" that is not just fixed glass )
- Size of wheels ( am I right in thinking smaller = marginally more efficient and more comfortable ? )

All pointers / suggestions / warnings welcome

mordeith

0lddog wrote: »

Background : one of the ancient family daysuls is up for replacement. Dont see any manufacturer incentives to buy new so we are thinking a 2 - 4 year old REX from RoI or UK.

I'm hoping that y'all can tell me about what equipment was standard Vs optional Vs not available in those years.

For us I think that the main items are :

- Battery sizes
- Charging options
- Heat pump
- Roof that opens ( i.e. "sunroof" that is not just fixed glass )
- Size of wheels ( am I right in thinking smaller = marginally more efficient and more comfortable ? )

All pointers / suggestions / warnings welcome

There were a lot of options available.
Our 60ah Rex has the following:
Leather seats (heated)
Widescreen sat nav
Harmon Kardon speakers
I'm not sure of the wheel size but almost certain they are the 19"
Privacy glass

For me the essentials are the widescreen display, leather seats and privacy glass

krissovo

After driving a "bog spec" for 3 months and now a fully loaded I3 the only option I would truly miss is the Professional Display (widescreen) - The small one is almost useless. Leather is a nice to have but the standard seats are great, not that much difference with the Harmon Kardon speakers to the standard as there is no sub woofer anyway. I would look for upgraded wheels, the standard style 427 dont tick many style boxes, 2017 had a sports pack option that gave wheels and rear tint.

I like the sunroof but you can feel the increase in the weight when you drive and it only opens halfway. It does give an airy & light cab space and makes the already large space very open.

Traffic jam assist is ok but nothing compared to the Nissan pro pilot or other lane assistants. It stops functioning at 60kph but can be hacked to higher speeds. The adaptive cruise is nice to have.

Parking assistant is a good option, rear camera and fast self parallel parking much better than Nissan and other makes I have tried.

BMW Connected apps are as good as useless but Connected drive and real time traffic is good.

Heat pump will probably earn its stripes in winter but would not impact my driving routine if I didnt have it.

I have a 94ah battery- I get 2 days of commuting doing 172kms averaging 85kmph on mainly motorway with 5 to 8% left. It will drop in Winter but not sure how much yet.

Soarer

From my research, older 60ah REx can be troublesome enough.
Buying from an Irish main dealer will give you a 2 year unlimited mileage warranty.

By all accounts, most/all the early foibles were removed in the 94ah REx, so that'd probably be the one to go for. And because they're gone, you could probably risk buying privately.

Gumbo

Fantastic online guide here - http://www.i3guide.com/

I have the original sales booklet at home for my 162 i3 94 Ah.
Ill photo it later if I can.

There were many packs available, for instance, the sport pack got you privacy glass, 20" wheels, and something else.

Then the interior upgrade got you leather, upgraded dash board.

Rear camera brought park assist, front PDC.

I have a 171 94 Ah ( aka 33 Kwh ) Rex.

You will absolutely love the Rex, it's an amazingly convenient backup to have, you can drive it anywhere any time , on a long motorway trip turn on the Rex when it allows at 75%, you can create shortcuts on the dash number buttons to bring up different menus which will make turning on the Rex very simple.

The reason to turn it on sooner is to prevent the battery going low, use the petrol on the faster longer motorway runs and the battery on slower roads and in town.

The pleasure of passing queues at chargers never gets old compared to waiting an hour or more to get a charge , believe me you will be delighted with it !

I have leather, HK stereo, LED lights, and upgraded media option for larger screen.

Of all options I would have LED lights, and the media professional option, the HK stereo does sound good but it does lack baas sometimes but it's not bad, it has a great clear sound and sounds fine once cranked up, it goes very loud without distortion.

The Adaptive cruise can't be trusted, it's a camera type system and not nearly as good as the radar based system. It is handy but don't trust it.

Camera is handy, could easily live without it, I use windows and mirrors anyway, sensors alone is all I need. part assist, it works well , very well but it's too slow, I never use it.

The media professional package also has full Spotify integration via the cable, connect phone and wait up to 30 seconds and spotify should show up on the screen, that is very convenient as I rarely listen to the crap on Irish radio any more.

Tune in radio used to work great but not any more at least not on my setup, no doubt an update broke it.

It has 65,670 Kms now and there was 9,500 when I got it so I clocked up 56,170 Kms in 1 year 10 months. Sho should be close to the 30,000 a year on PCP, probably won't matter much anyway if I get another EV and certainly won't matter if I keep it.

Battery is doing excellent, way better than my Leaf did with the same Kms, if there's 1% loss that's about it, But the i3 doesn't show such a varied reading like the Leaf did but towards the end of my PCP on the Leaf at about 85,000 Kms I knew it had lost some range. The i3 won't loose much by then by the signs of it.

0lddog

kceire wrote: »

Fantastic online guide here - http://www.i3guide.com/

I have the original sales booklet at home for my 162 i3 94 Ah.
Ill photo it later if I can.

There were many packs available, for instance, the sport pack got you privacy glass, 20" wheels, and something else.

Then the interior upgrade got you leather, upgraded dash board.

Rear camera brought park assist, front PDC.

Thanks kceire, that is a great site.

Give me a couple of days to read up. I'll be back with lots of very stupid questions

exaisle

0lddog wrote: »

Thanks kceire, that is a great site.

Give me a couple of days to read up. I'll be back with lots of very stupid questions

I'll save you the trouble, 0lddog, and ask one of my own....is there anywhere online where you can find out exactly what optional extras are fitted to any particular i3 from the registration number? Most sales sites like Autotrader only list standard equipment...

krissovo

If you have the VIN you can decode it on https://www.mdecoder.com/ , I used that to find my options on the I3. If its a showroom car the front window will display the VIN.

Have your AV software up to date or use a iPad as most decoding sites have loads of pop up’s and junk adverts.