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Thanks for the info regarding 56 mph. Sounds like in my situation when I preemptively slowed to 55 mph, I was on the right track.

However...

The frustrating thing about Rex crippling, is that the presumption by the American govt is that Rex owners, if not prevented to do so, would of course waste gas. Seriously, for what possible reason would any individual that owned a BMW i3 Rex run the gas engine any more than was absolutely necessary?

This is the voice the govt thinks I have in my head --> "Won't it be great! I'll buy an electric car that I can charge using gas! Why bother plugging it in? I'll just stop every 40 minutes for gas. Heck, even better, I'll buy 3 five gallon gas cans that I can keep in the back. Why not, I'm made of money and that is way more convenient than just buying a car that actually runs on gas, right?! That is awesome, I'll never plug it in because plugging it in is bad. Go OPEC!!"

I get very annoyed when the Govt's standard operating assumption is that the American consumer is stupid.

<blockquote data-quote="RJBarry" data-source="post: 11919" data-attributes="member: 1062">Thanks for the info regarding 56 mph.&nbsp; Sounds like in my situation when I preemptively slowed to 55 mph, I was on the right track.However...The frustrating thing about Rex crippling, is that the presumption by the American govt is that Rex owners, if not prevented to do so, would of course waste gas.&nbsp; Seriously, for what possible reason would any individual that owned a BMW i3 Rex run the gas engine any more than was absolutely necessary?&nbsp; This is the voice the govt thinks I have in my head --&gt; &quot;Won&#039;t it be great! I&#039;ll buy an electric car that I can charge using gas!&nbsp; Why bother plugging it in?&nbsp; I&#039;ll just stop every 40 minutes for gas.&nbsp; Heck, even better, I&#039;ll buy 3 five gallon gas cans that I can keep in the back. Why not, I&#039;m made of money and that is way more convenient than just buying a car that actually runs on gas, right?! That is awesome, I&#039;ll never plug it in because plugging it in is bad.&nbsp; Go OPEC!!&quot;I get very annoyed when the Govt&#039;s standard operating assumption is that the American consumer is stupid.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RJBarry, post: 11919, member: 1062"] Thanks for the info regarding 56 mph. Sounds like in my situation when I preemptively slowed to 55 mph, I was on the right track. However... The frustrating thing about Rex crippling, is that the presumption by the American govt is that Rex owners, if not prevented to do so, would of course waste gas. Seriously, for what possible reason would any individual that owned a BMW i3 Rex run the gas engine any more than was absolutely necessary? This is the voice the govt thinks I have in my head --> "Won't it be great! I'll buy an electric car that I can charge using gas! Why bother plugging it in? I'll just stop every 40 minutes for gas. Heck, even better, I'll buy 3 five gallon gas cans that I can keep in the back. Why not, I'm made of money and that is way more convenient than just buying a car that actually runs on gas, right?! That is awesome, I'll never plug it in because plugging it in is bad. Go OPEC!!" I get very annoyed when the Govt's standard operating assumption is that the American consumer is stupid. [/QUOTE]

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