[mcl]

Put the iX through its paces for its primary intended purpose this winter: ski car! It has 7000 miles on it since April 2022 and 3000 of those were driven from January through March, up to the mountains and back 2-3 times a week. Skis went on the rack on top, boots in the trunk. Weathertech did a good job of protecting the interior and I used the BMW trunk mat because it has the fold up to access the lower compartment, which my wife and I like a lot. Only annoyance is that the fold up doesn't come up cleanly, you can see in the pictures that the edges "catch" at about 90 degrees.

Got a pretty large windshield crack from snow road rocks. Had the dealer replace it and insurance paid for it 100%

Got done turning it back to a summer car last week. Took off the racks, cleaned it up, and looking shiny again!

[LowerEast]

Nice!

How long was your commute to the mountain? How was range effected by the temperatures and ski racks? Did you need to charge along the way?

[ricerboi]

Did you have the frozen backup camera dangling out issue? I got it while up in Jasper at -15F.

[ricerboi]

Originally Posted by LowerEast

Nice!

How long was your commute to the mountain? How was range effected by the temperatures and ski racks? Did you need to charge along the way?

Expect winter range to drop to 160-190 miles. Worst I ever got 100% to 1% was Las Vegas to Cedar City Utah 165 miles against 40-50mph winds in a blizzard with 8 inches of snow on the 15N. Limped to the charger with 1 mile of range left and no heater for the last 50%. I imagine ski racks will make it worse.

[sor]

Originally Posted by ricerboi

Expect winter range to drop to 160-190 miles. Worst I ever got 100% to 1% was Las Vegas to Cedar City Utah 165 miles against 40-50mph winds in a blizzard with 8 inches of snow on the 15N. Limped to the charger with 1 mile of range left and no heater for the last 50%. I imagine ski racks will make it worse.

That’s a worst case scenario though! Just normal “winter” mode is 260ish with my skis on top. That includes an average 50 minute commute into the mountains, mixed canyon and freeway driving, across maybe 30 trips.

I did a post in Feb where I ran the same freeway round trip stretch on the same day back to back with and without ski rack, not sure if I can find it here again though. I want to say it went from 34kwh/100m to 39kwh/100m at 75mph. It’s still really good considering the competition.

[mcl]

Originally Posted by LowerEast

Nice!

How long was your commute to the mountain? How was range effected by the temperatures and ski racks? Did you need to charge along the way?

Commute was generally an hour each way.

Range was affected quite a bit. I was driving in temperatures around 30F and elevation gains one way of 3000ft. With racks, range would have been around 200mi at 100% charge.

Didn't need to charge along the way for the most part, but went to a further mountain a couple times where I did and charging went pretty smoothly.

[mcl]

Originally Posted by ricerboi

Did you have the frozen backup camera dangling out issue? I got it while up in Jasper at -15F.

Never got the frozen backup camera issue. Luckily never got that cold for me, would have been miserable on the lifts, lol!

[mcl]

Originally Posted by mcl

Commute was generally an hour each way.

Range was affected quite a bit. I was driving in temperatures around 30F and elevation gains one way of 3000ft. With racks, range would have been around 200mi at 100% charge.

Didn't need to charge along the way for the most part, but went to a further mountain a couple times where I did and charging went pretty smoothly.

One thing I forgot to note about my range is that my average speed was 80-85mph, so that'll drive the efficiency down quite a bit.

[NoClosedDoors]

Originally Posted by ricerboi

Expect winter range to drop to 160-190 miles. Worst I ever got 100% to 1% was Las Vegas to Cedar City Utah 165 miles against 40-50mph winds in a blizzard with 8 inches of snow on the 15N. Limped to the charger with 1 mile of range left and no heater for the last 50%. I imagine ski racks will make it worse.

Hopefully they figure out better thermals for cold weather..

[jolaca]

Hi! I also love to drive my iX to go skiing but I prefer to put our skies (4 pairs) inside the car, using this BMW ski bag:

https://www.shopbmwusa.com/PRODUCT/3...-SNOWBOARD-BAG

It works great!!