i8 Delivery Houston Texas

Diver · 09-22-2014, 01:29 PM

I am going to take a wild guess and say the OP lives in either Bellaire or West U.

CmdllbF11 · 09-22-2014, 02:13 PM

Congrats

bradleyland · 09-22-2014, 02:21 PM

I still can't believe they actually made this car. I do plenty of whining about what BMW won't do

but my faith is restored every time I read about this car.

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by analogue

The i8 looked really good. How was your dinner at Red Lion tonight?

No way??? Haha, were you going for dinner there too?

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by StuM

Congrat's and great looking car. My i8 is still a few months out on delivery. It's a winter delivery, but here in SoCal that usually doesn't really mean a big weather problem. I see you also have a Z8. I had two Z's and foolishly sold both. I might get into another, if I can find the right one.
Did your dealer ever define what the "transport mode" issue was and how to avoid/correct it? It's those sort of program or interface issues that worry me most in such a technologically advanced car.
Meanwhile, enjoy the car, as your Houston Fall arrives soon.

You had a couple Z8s too? That's fantastic - we love having it next to the Z8 in the garage.

So our dealer was really embarrassed as they've not been taught how to use the car correctly, luckily though, Walter DeCesaris has been a great guy to us and he was on his way to pick us up as soon as we told him we had an issue. He suspected it was because of "Transport Mode" but wasn't sure. All is well that ends well, however. Since then, the car has been great - I can't believe just how friendly people are in coming to talk to you about it.

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GuyOh

you need to do a photoshoot of both you i8 and z8!!! congrats!

We are planning on it! I write on my father's behalf and he drives the i8 and Z8 whilst I get the i3 for my drive to school and back - fantastic not having to pay for gas!

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by YOLO89

Beautiful collection. Is that an I3 I see as well??

That is an i3! Dad's cars are the Z8 and i8 and I'm ridiculously lucky to have the i3 to myself - he lets me drive the Z and i8 whenever he can though, so I'm unbelievably lucky.

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bradleyland

An i8 and a Z8? Man, I really want to be happy for you.. but I kind of hate your guts right now :P

haha, you'll have to hate my father's guts - they are his cars!

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by iamdabest1

Beautiful cars ! Good luck and keep us posted on your take and mpg's and reactions

Reactions to how it drives: simply amazing. Truly the most fun car I've ever driven and my dad says so too. Completely different to the Z8, so modern but we both still love the analogue feel of the Z8.

MPG: now, the 76 MPGe is possible, as long as you have electric charge. The best thing is, the most inefficient part of driving is whilst accelerating to cruising speed, the electric power lets you do this with no gas and then the combustion engine can cruise at a steady, low RPM. Even whilst driving around in sport for the last two days, we got 26 MPG out of it. However, when we tried driving in normal, not even ECO PRO mode, we had it up 69 without going for an economy drive.

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by wildaperture

Beautiful!!

Could you post up some night pictures? I'm curious how it would look like at night.

Sure thing, would love to.

HolyChitMeng · 09-22-2014, 02:45 PM

is it hard to open the doors when you're in the garage?

03BeastCharmer · 09-22-2014, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Diver

I am going to take a wild guess and say the OP lives in either Bellaire or West U.

It looks like the frame says BMW West, so I'm going to guess somewhere off of Briarforest, vs near the loop.

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 03BeastCharmer

Congrats!!! Hope to see it and the Z8 around town. Do you attend any of the BMW CCA coffee events? I know both cars would be a hit.

Not any BMW CCA, we have taken the Z8 to Coffee and Cars up at Vinatge Park, so will do that with i8 too.

03BeastCharmer · 09-22-2014, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jordan.egan44

Not any BMW CCA, we have taken the Z8 to Coffee and Cars up at Vinatge Park, so will do that with i8 too.

Those keep getting canceled because of people behaving poorly.

Is the Z8 the Alpina version or the manual with the S62 engine from the E39 M5? My friend had one and sold it because of fears about the strut tower hats cracking. He keeps kicking himself for letting it go.

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Diver

I am going to take a wild guess and say the OP lives in either Bellaire or West U.

West U! You got it haha

professor_yo · 09-22-2014, 03:09 PM

The first picture looks as if the hood scoop was painted in cooper...and it looks pretty sick that way! Great car!!! Want one so bad!! But I'll stick with the 4 until I can a4ord one

congrats!

Diver · 09-22-2014, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jordan.egan44

West U! You got it haha

I will flash my lights if I see you, my 135i is black.

fortressmaximus · 09-22-2014, 03:23 PM

Congratulations!!!

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by HolyChitMeng

is it hard to open the doors when you're in the garage?

Not too bad, they did a good job going for the dihedral doors rather than gullwings - it means that they open in a relatively small space. Still not as easy as normal doors, but worth it when they look this cool haha!

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 03BeastCharmer

Those keep getting canceled because of people behaving poorly.

Is the Z8 the Alpina version or the manual with the S62 engine from the E39 M5? My friend had one and sold it because of fears about the strut tower hats cracking. He keeps kicking himself for letting it go.

Just the bogo standard one. Went for that for two reasons, 1) it costs far less 2) the manual transmission.

So we had major concerns about the struts cracking and the chassis bending too, but the BMW Z8 owners club do a great job of solving stuff like that - there's now something, been around for quite a while, from BMW called the "Performance Package". It is a strut brace bar across the engine bay and also has really strong new heads for the strut towers. In the community no one has seen their Z8 have the problem with the struts after they fit it! To my knowledge, at least.

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Diver

I will flash my lights if I see you, my 135i is black.

Cool, I look forward to seeing you cruise around!

jordan.egan44 · 09-22-2014, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by professor_yo

The first picture looks as if the hood scoop was painted in cooper...and it looks pretty sick that way! Great car!!! Want one so bad!! But I'll stick with the 4 until I can a4ord one

congrats!

I just noticed that, I get what you mean, really does look good.

Man, the 4 is such a lovely design. Not driven one, really would love to. I really like the 4GC too, BMW and their marketing really has us! haha

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