Absolutely the best video I have seen thus far on understanding the many aspects of this adorable car! You have really taken your time to explain everything clearly and fully. Thank you!

Great video - thanks for making everything so clear and simple to follow. You have told me exactly what I wanted to know and didn't get from other videos. Thank You!!

Really good introductory video.

EXCELLENT. 10/10 I LEARNT Everything!!! Thank you.

This is just the most informative video! Just what I needed to get started with my i3

Thanks so much for all this information. Very thorough. I'm getting one of these in a couple of days and this has helped immensely. Great job!

Thanks - at last a clear vid of what we want to know.

Great info. Owned my i3 for a year but still learned a lot of things from You. thanks so much.

Fabulous video, I’ve fancied one of these for a while and now all my concerns how gone👍

This is a must see for anyone buying an i3. thanks so much

Very quick and detailed information in this video. Good job well done.

Thank you! Excited to drive mine next week. 😍

Just renting this thing for a week, first time driving a hybrid and this is so informative! Thank you.

Thank you. Very useful. I wish you all the best.

Excellent, very helpful. Thank you.

Can't wait for Part 2 ... the full Infotainment tour !!!!

Thank you for sharing the useful information with me as I am planning to buy a used I3s for daily use.❤❤❤

That was really great and useful. Thank you for this

Excellent video for starters and who might be interested in an i3

THANK YOU very MUCH! Truly appreciate your work! Thank you!

Great video thank you for the info!!!

What a wonderful presentations! Thank you.

This video is exactly what I need as I embark on the BEV journey and choose a used i3 from a dealer who could be many miles away from home, and will help prevent me looking a complete idiot on the forecourt! So I anticipate the journey home to be like diving into the deep end in order to learn how to swim!

Great video! Getting my i3 tomorrow so this video was very appreciated.

Good clear explanation, thanks 👍

Amazing and very helpful video! Thanks for putting your time and effort for this.

One thing that should be pointed out for anyone (like myself) considering buying one of these used (they don't make them anymore). If you're buying them for the US market, they purposely cripple the Rex version. How so? So as was mentioned in this video, once you're below 75% charge, you can put on the Rex and tell it to hold the charge. Say you put it on at 50% and tell it to keep the battery charged there, it will do its best to do so. If you're using power quicker than it can charge the battery, the charge will slowly start to go below what you've set it to. However, you can still get great range this way and drive normally. For the US market, they mess with the software and only allow the Rex to kick in once the charge is at (I believe) 6.5%. Of course, if you're that low, even if it's charging, if you're using power at a higher rate than what the generator can charge the battery, you might still be screwed, so it then starts limiting features. How fast you can drive, etc. Imagine being on the highway and all of a sudden being limited to 40mph, for example. You can think California for this. Thankfully, you can buy an ODBC connector from Amazon for about $70 and iPhone software to remove the cripple and get it back to the European way of operating. It's just something you should know about.

Good video!

Thank you very informative :-)

Good job.

You hit the key points very concisely and easy to understand. I think you covered all the basics and I am ready to drive now……although one problem….I don’t have the car as they are terribly overpriced post Covid and high fuel prices.

good one thanks

This is a pre-2018 model before it got some updates. Still has the round fog lights and only some 60 miles range. Very cool not-so-little PHEV!

Very informative. Thanks.

This is an Excellent Video very informative

Great video, now i whant one 😂✌

A very extensive video. About the only thing you didn't cover (and I haven't seen it covered anywhere) is do you have to use premium gas for the Rex. I looked into it and it appears to be that you use premium, unless you live in a high altitude area. In that case, just use 87 octane.

Thank you

You can run the heat or A/C while charging which is useful.

Great video

Thanks! :-)

good info

Brilliant intro Matt to the I3. BMW know how to make good cars. The IDrive is great. Pity about the rear doors, I believe they would sell far more of these with conventional doors.

I've learned that I want the key holder. So far it's hard to find, so I may 3d print one. Cheers

WOW ! what a great informative video, i`d like to get 1 of these 1 day when the prices get really low, why on earth did BMW stop making them ?????

Brown leather seats, bright colored cockpit and black steering wheel - Perfect combination!

Thanks for this video - very useful. As an i3 owner, there are two things that I find annoying, and I wonder if you might have a solution... Is it possible to configure the i3 to remember the previous drive mode used? I usually drive in Eco Pro mode, but every time I have to select this, as the car defaults to Comfort mode at start up. Second one is the e-brake/park brake; this auto-releases when you move off, but can it be configured to apply the e-brake automatically when start/stop is used at the end of a journey.

Hello! Thank you for all the videos, there great! I have a few questions I was hoping you could help with. I've been looking at used ev's and narrowed it down to 3 or really 2 since my first choice is the Ioniq Electric but its just outside my price range. so the 2 I'm considering are the 2014/2015 BMW i3 and the Kia Soul Ev. I prefer the i3 but concerned about the range and maintenance costs. Which do you prefer? I will be most likely making the purchase through Carvana and you get a 7 day no cost return/exchange and you can do this up to 3 times. Assuming I go with the i3 what would be the main things I should look at or have looked at during the 7 day trial? What would be or should be the min range I can expect and would I be better off getting the range extender since the used costs are about the same? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks Jim

only one thing im still curious about is the headlights switch mine has 4 settings not sure which is which

7:06 I call it the "ammeter". The manufacturer doesn't call it that, as the word has no referent for most people, and may intimidate them a bit.

I need you to narrate my life.

Comfort isn't sport mode because sport mode is exclusive to the i3S

I believe you can tap the indicator the same way it's already going to turn it off so you don't accidentally switch it the other way

Is the indicators on a bmw a new thing?

What year I3 please?

does that colour have a pinkish hue in person? there's one for sale a long way from me but not real keen if it's like a rose gold and pics of that color vary a lot.

Hi thanks for sharing. Currently how many miles do you now have on this vehicle?? Any issues and what's the life expectancy on these I3?

Ah, that explains why BMW drivers struggle so much to indicate.

Is there a cruise control setting for continuous highway commutes?

Just as a word of warning on the brake usage: if you NEVER use your normal brakes you run the risk of brake pad corrosion.

Very low range on that one, is it an older i3 or is that expected from the 2020 model? I thought they put in a bigger battery

Thanks for the video. Where did you get that key holder from?

128k miles!? These cars really last a long time!

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What's the gas mileage on gas? And it seems that it can barely keep my battery at 7% while driving even if I'm only driving 35 40mph

Has the car really done 128,000 miles? How is the battery operation after this sort of mileage?

I am planning to buy around 2017 model. Can anyone please tell me average and average charging time please.

Isn't cameras in front and back sides?

"One thing you may not be familiar with if you've driven a BMW before is the indicator stalk.."

Hopefully someone see's this message and can help me out I just got an i3 and arrived home, it's late at night, and it looks like the interior lights stay on. Is that intentional, is that supposed to happen? If not, how do I turn them off? Thanks.

55 miles (almost full charged batt???)is that real?

The selector really spoils the whole car look

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