Hi i3 community!
With a change in job situation increasing my commute from 0 to 80 miles per day we decided to look at EV options. Lease returns driving the prices down plus love for BMW in general makes i3 an obvious choice
Want to say hi and share my excitement.
So my wish list was like this, in order of priority:
1. Must be REx - 40 miles each way would necessitate charging during work hours (possible, but don't want to rely on it)
2. Can’t have HOV sticker - I want to apply for my own to have access to hov for a couple of years
3. Must have bigger screen
4. Must have harman kardon
5. Nice to have some warranty left
6. Nice to have a lighter color
7. Nice to have adaptive cruise
8. Lower miles are better, but honestly anything below 30k is fine
9. Nice to have sunroof (well, derp, evidently these are really almost non-existent)
So after some searching around and some negotiation, here's what I'm considering getting tomorrow for $20k (+taxes & fees) at a local dealership:
- 2015 i3 REx Giga World
- 26k miles
- Parking Assistance package
- Tech & Driving assist package
- harman/kardon premium sound
- 20" wheels
- Warranty until January 2021 (2.25 years)
It satisfies the wish list perfectly (sans sunroof), price seems pretty decent as well. What do you guys/gals think, good deal?
Here are a couple of pics from the lot where I checked them out (this dealer has a couple of dozen of them in stock, actually) - along with my (mega dirty) z4m
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With a change in job situation increasing my commute from 0 to 80 miles per day we decided to look at EV options. Lease returns driving the prices down plus love for BMW in general makes i3 an obvious choice
Want to say hi and share my excitement.
So my wish list was like this, in order of priority:
1. Must be REx - 40 miles each way would necessitate charging during work hours (possible, but don't want to rely on it)
2. Can’t have HOV sticker - I want to apply for my own to have access to hov for a couple of years
3. Must have bigger screen
4. Must have harman kardon
5. Nice to have some warranty left
6. Nice to have a lighter color
7. Nice to have adaptive cruise
8. Lower miles are better, but honestly anything below 30k is fine
9. Nice to have sunroof (well, derp, evidently these are really almost non-existent)
So after some searching around and some negotiation, here's what I'm considering getting tomorrow for $20k (+taxes & fees) at a local dealership:
- 2015 i3 REx Giga World
- 26k miles
- Parking Assistance package
- Tech & Driving assist package
- harman/kardon premium sound
- 20" wheels
- Warranty until January 2021 (2.25 years)
It satisfies the wish list perfectly (sans sunroof), price seems pretty decent as well. What do you guys/gals think, good deal?
Here are a couple of pics from the lot where I checked them out (this dealer has a couple of dozen of them in stock, actually) - along with my (mega dirty) z4m

