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      03-11-2014, 02:29 PM   #1
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Hi all,

Just thought I'd say hello and introduce myself. I'm the editor of What Car? and for the bulk of this year we're going to be running an i3 range-extender on our fleet of long-term test vehicles. And it's going to end up spending the bulk of its time on my driveway, I suspect.

Our car is one of the original BMW UK launch vehicles, which means that a) it already has around 2500 miles on the clock and b) it's loaded with quite a few more options than we might have gone for if we'd been speccing it ourselves. It's Laurus Grey with 19in 428 Turbine alloys and Loft Interior:



Here are the other options:

19" BMW i bicolour light alloy wheels turbine styling 428 with mixed tyres - £680.00
Adaptive LED headlights - £710.00
BMW Professional Navigation - No cost
Comfort Access - £330.00
DC Rapid Charge preparation - £560.00
Driving Assistant Plus - £790.00
Electric Glass Sunroof - £780.00
Enhanced Bluetooth telephone with USB - £430.00
Information Plus - £215.00
Laurus Grey metallic - £530.00
Loudspeaker System - Harman Kardon - £640.00
Traffic Jam Assist - No cost

Interior World Loft comprising - £1,000.00
Multi-function steering wheel, Pearl with contrast white accent
Interior Trim: Grained foil finish
Velour floor mats, Carum Grey

Park Assist Package comprising - £790.00
Reversing Assist Camera
Park Distance Control
Park Assist

Winter Package comprising - £260.00
Seat heating for front driver and passenger seats
Pre-heating of HV battery with Active air flap control

Total list price of our car, including delivery/registration fees, is £41,545.

Interested to hear from other owners, including what you thought of the dealer handover and how you're getting on with public charging points (does anyone actually use these?!). And if it's allowed here (?!), I may post the occasional link to our updates; we'll have them on a weekly basis at our site, starting from this Friday.

Interested to hear your thoughts,

Kind regards to all,

John
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LoOks great, quite jealous!!! Love to know how you get on, post away!
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Excellent, looking forward to your updates. That's similar to my order (Laurus REx with every option) except I have the 20" Sport wheels and the Suite interior (Called Tera World in the US). I should be taking delivery in about 7 weeks.
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congrats and enjoy
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Excellent, looking forward to your updates. That's similar to my order (Laurus REx with every option) except I have the 20" Sport wheels and the Suite interior (Called Tera World in the US). I should be taking delivery in about 7 weeks.
That's will look amazing.... Can't wait to see pics!
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Originally Posted by johnmcilroy
Hi all,

Just thought I'd say hello and introduce myself. I'm the editor of What Car? and for the bulk of this year we're going to be running an i3 range-extender on our fleet of long-term test vehicles. And it's going to end up spending the bulk of its time on my driveway, I suspect.

Our car is one of the original BMW UK launch vehicles, which means that a) it already has around 2500 miles on the clock and b) it's loaded with quite a few more options than we might have gone for if we'd been speccing it ourselves. It's Laurus Grey with 19in 428 Turbine alloys and Loft Interior:



Here are the other options:

19" BMW i bicolour light alloy wheels turbine styling 428 with mixed tyres - 680.00
Adaptive LED headlights - 710.00
BMW Professional Navigation - No cost
Comfort Access - 330.00
DC Rapid Charge preparation - 560.00
Driving Assistant Plus - 790.00
Electric Glass Sunroof - 780.00
Enhanced Bluetooth telephone with USB - 430.00
Information Plus - 215.00
Laurus Grey metallic - 530.00
Loudspeaker System - Harman Kardon - 640.00
Traffic Jam Assist - No cost

Interior World Loft comprising - 1,000.00
Multi-function steering wheel, Pearl with contrast white accent
Interior Trim: Grained foil finish
Velour floor mats, Carum Grey

Park Assist Package comprising - 790.00
Reversing Assist Camera
Park Distance Control
Park Assist

Winter Package comprising - 260.00
Seat heating for front driver and passenger seats
Pre-heating of HV battery with Active air flap control

Total list price of our car, including delivery/registration fees, is 41,545.

Interested to hear from other owners, including what you thought of the dealer handover and how you're getting on with public charging points (does anyone actually use these?!). And if it's allowed here (?!), I may post the occasional link to our updates; we'll have them on a weekly basis at our site, starting from this Friday.

Interested to hear your thoughts,

Kind regards to all,

John
Nice car I had one on order in UK but in the end cancelled as just got fed up with the delays in delivery. Will be interesting to see if you get to the bottom of why production seems so slow. Looks like they have also restricted spec on early US cars? I was also disappointed with lease costs, on a net basis unless you are a business user the high lease costs just outweigh the other savings. Hopefully they will get cheaper as volume increases. Concept and design is great but for a city car it needs to be £100 per month cheaper in my view otherwise after the initial interest from early adopters sales may well slow. Also the charge BMW makes for the wallbox is a joke got mine for free from other suppliers. Will enjoy reading your updates.
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Harman Kardon is an option in the UK
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Please keep us updated John! I love watching Whatcar review videos even though they always recommend diesel spec models we don't get across the pond.
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