Thank you for this video. We are now 18 months into our ownership of a 2021 i3S and remain very happy with it. It’s well equipped and the range is adequate enough for our needs.
Love our used i3. I bought it with 7,000km on the clock and have since put almost 90,000km. I adore the car and will never sell it. My only regret is I wish it was the version without the range extender.
I bought my white 2019 i3S in April 2024 after watching and rewatching just about every video you’ve done. Bought it with 25k miles on the clock and immediately called Wisely for advice on which charger to buy, but Arthur gave me short shrift for not buying it from him, so I’m still trickle charging it. Thank you for all your open and transparent advice and a Happy New Year to you and your Mum 👍
Agree with you on the upsides of carbon roof over the sun roof. One upside to the sunroof though is you don't need to worry about the bare carbon fibre delaminating, which seems to happen sometimes.
Hi Martin, greetings from Oxford. Love the work you do covering i3’s. I bought mine new in 2019 in mineral grey, I kept the options to a minimum, the upgraded audio (because I love music and good sound quality) and the sun protection glass. Now at just under 50k miles. Love the car and plan to keep it for a long time.
Didn’t really have issues with the darker Atelier interior fabric. The car goes for a deep clean where it gets wet vacuumed once a year and that seems to be enough to keep any stains under control.
Hi Martin, my second comment on this video. I know you have worked on i3’s a lot, so I wondered if you could do a technical video covering a couple of niggles I have with my 6 year old i3. I have a rattle and water leak from the driver side door glass, it looks like the glass has ‘slipped’ down by a few millimetres. There are knocks and clunks from the front end over bumps, I’m pretty sure it’s not the suspension, I made some improvements to this by dressing and securing the battery coolant hoses under the left wheel arch, but it does still clunk a little, particularly when it is colder outside, and almost completely goes away in the warm months. Your insight into these issues would be most welcome.
Ideal UK spec: 20" wheels / sun protection glass / HK audio / park assist / Suite interior / comfort access / aux cabin heater / no sunroof / bright colour 🙂
Personally: - mileage not too big of a deal if the car has been well taken care of - age is actually something to consider though - I would NOT buy a REx regardless of age / mileage (BEV all the way)
Says the man who drives an ICE car, of which around 300 catch fire *each day* in Britain..... Yet strangely, just 250 or so EV's have caught fire in Britain in the 12 years they've been on sale, yet you believe they are the greater risk......That's the power of the press for you...
@@Brian-om2hh A truck driver in California says he sees at least 1 burnt out EV on the highway a week and he says you can tell because it's just a pile of molten slag where as a normal ICE car is just a burnt out shell
Thank you for this video.
We are now 18 months into our ownership of a 2021 i3S and remain very happy with it. It’s well equipped and the range is adequate enough for our needs.
Love our used i3. I bought it with 7,000km on the clock and have since put almost 90,000km. I adore the car and will never sell it. My only regret is I wish it was the version without the range extender.
Why without Rex? Are you disappointed? I am thinking for a rex
@ I live in Malta. Distances are very short. Essentially I’m just lugging around an engine needlessly which still requires periodic oil changes
Rex has been handy, I'd trade for 2nd gen battery w/o rex
Great video as always Martin! Happy holidays to you and yours
I bought my white 2019 i3S in April 2024 after watching and rewatching just about every video you’ve done. Bought it with 25k miles on the clock and immediately called Wisely for advice on which charger to buy, but Arthur gave me short shrift for not buying it from him, so I’m still trickle charging it. Thank you for all your open and transparent advice and a Happy New Year to you and your Mum 👍
Thank you! Just the perfect video I was looking for. Best one for i3 interested people
Nice one Martin, hope you’re enjoying your Christmas.
Agree with you on the upsides of carbon roof over the sun roof. One upside to the sunroof though is you don't need to worry about the bare carbon fibre delaminating, which seems to happen sometimes.
Velmi pěkná ukázka a povídání o i3 👍🏻😉
I got 280 000 kms on it now , not 1 issue . And 6 times maintenance , 80 € each. Cheapest car i ever bought .
Merry Christmas, thanks for another informative video.
Hi Martin, greetings from Oxford. Love the work you do covering i3’s. I bought mine new in 2019 in mineral grey, I kept the options to a minimum, the upgraded audio (because I love music and good sound quality) and the sun protection glass. Now at just under 50k miles. Love the car and plan to keep it for a long time.
That's funny, there's a Martin that works at Wisely Automotive!
2015 i3 rex, less trouble than I expected, reliable, economical, runs great
I changed the cloth seats to leather and never looked back as those cloth are very prome to stains
Didn’t really have issues with the darker Atelier interior fabric.
The car goes for a deep clean where it gets wet vacuumed once a year and that seems to be enough to keep any stains under control.
Hi Martin, my second comment on this video. I know you have worked on i3’s a lot, so I wondered if you could do a technical video covering a couple of niggles I have with my 6 year old i3. I have a rattle and water leak from the driver side door glass, it looks like the glass has ‘slipped’ down by a few millimetres. There are knocks and clunks from the front end over bumps, I’m pretty sure it’s not the suspension, I made some improvements to this by dressing and securing the battery coolant hoses under the left wheel arch, but it does still clunk a little, particularly when it is colder outside, and almost completely goes away in the warm months. Your insight into these issues would be most welcome.
Do they still have aircon problems its the only thing that stops me from going from ice to ev thanks, Happy new yr from the UK
Ideal UK spec:
20" wheels / sun protection glass / HK audio / park assist / Suite interior / comfort access / aux cabin heater / no sunroof / bright colour 🙂
nice boots
Would you buy an i3 Rex with 153000km?
Personally:
- mileage not too big of a deal if the car has been well taken care of
- age is actually something to consider though
- I would NOT buy a REx regardless of age / mileage (BEV all the way)
You mean one that doesn't cook you when it goes in to thermal runaway
Says the man who drives an ICE car, of which around 300 catch fire *each day* in Britain..... Yet strangely, just 250 or so EV's have caught fire in Britain in the 12 years they've been on sale, yet you believe they are the greater risk......That's the power of the press for you...
Indeed. Wouldn’t want to be cooked in a car. So decided to go for one which is not likely to catch on fire. 😃
@@Brian-om2hh A truck driver in California says he sees at least 1 burnt out EV on the highway a week and he says you can tell because it's just a pile of molten slag where as a normal ICE car is just a burnt out shell
I’ve never heard of a single i3 vehicle fire, but open to any evidence of this you can provide.
@@simonreeves2017 I have found at least 6
I wonder if in order to avoid electric motor ball bearing issue it is worth to buy at least a 2019 or newer car? Thanks.