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Originally Posted by -c-
Why wouldn't you want to tune or modify these cars?
With that logic you discredit a large tuning world where making your run of the mill grocery getter a little race car.
Small, light and fun to drive.
I don't get when some people (not you just in general) think that because something is supposed to be green, efficient or whatever is going on in their mind feel that others can't have fun making their cars stand out.
I'm having a great time spending cash on mine. Money be damned ! Can't take it with me!  |
Because I, and I guess many others, have these as a daily driver.
My purpose, and many like me, bought the i3 to save money by having an inexpensive car to commute to/from work, shopping and mundane transport.
If I want performance, I'll take my M5 or the Ducati.
If I want to look cool, I'll take the old 8-series or the Ducati.
My i3s is there to be reliable, comfortable, cheap to run and not a car I worry about getting a parking ding or a scratch in.
My point was that since this car is a typical nr #2 "workhorse" car for most, the general interest on modifying these cars is low. Hence the demand for tuning parts is low.
Low demand = no production as there is no money to be made.
While I will admit that the i3s is a much more fun car to drive than I first thought, I still like it stock.
Putting on cool wheels and bigger tires will hurt the range, there is little that can be done in the engine performance area, that kind of leaves esthetic mods.
My i3s is red with black wheels, so it certainly stand out compared to all the white, silver, black and dark blue ones.
I actually got the "s" model for the sole purpose of looking better than the standard model.
But other than getting a vinyl wrap, there is not much you can really do to these cars to change them.
My comment was not meant to be negative, there are 26.000 i3's in my country, I typically see 20++ every time I go for a drive, not a single one has been modified, in the national for sale listings, I may have come across 2-3 that has had some work done, hence it's an observation that these cars don't get "tuned"