BMW and M Power Owners

pepsilol · 12 Apr 2015 at 19:36

mrk said:
The thing I found especially neat today was that you can get into it and set off onto the road within 15 seconds of unlocking the door from the house front door. I needed some milk and bread for the morning, normally I'd walk to the shops for such a thing but it was so easy and quick to take the i3 it just made me think "This is actually pretty damn cool".

Takes me less than 15 in my petrol car....

[TW]Fox · 12 Apr 2015 at 19:36

Takes me less than 15 in my diesel car

Dis86 · 12 Apr 2015 at 19:37

That's no different from any of the latest gen autos.

Blackhawk47 · 12 Apr 2015 at 19:43

What lights do you have to let turn off before you turn on the car?

I can literally get in, clutch down, then turn key. Only have to wait about 2 seconds for the glow plug light to turn off if starting the engine from cold.

mrk · 12 Apr 2015 at 19:53

As I say, it's hard to describe, you just gotta try it out for yourself! I suppose you could say because it makes no noise while doing anything that gives the perception of everything being so quick during that process and because all the buttons are on the steering column...

Blackhawk47 said:
What lights do you have to let turn off before you turn on the car?

I can literally get in, clutch down, then turn key. Only have to wait about 2 seconds for the glow plug light to turn off if starting the engine from cold.

There are a few:

Though every car is different

Kenai · 12 Apr 2015 at 19:57

mrk said:
Well you put in a key, turn to position 2, let the dash lights go away and start the car, depress the clutch, engage 1st gear and begin to drive off. if it's a cold start you'd take it easy and so on. if it was cold outside you'd also be waiting for the engine to warm up to get heat from the vents.

With the EV it was a simple case of getting in, pressing start, pressing D and off it went full throttle or whatever and heating was instant

Edit*
I don't know how better to describe it than that! I would definitely recommend you try one and see for yourself! It is after all free.

Hmmm... there must be some sort of nonsense my car doesn't do regarding waiting for lights to go off etc.

I get in, depress clutch as I sit down, turn key in ignition, car starts and I release the clutch and drop the handbrake to begin movement, a total of about 5 seconds worth of activity. I also tend to 'take it easy' anyway if i'm just driving to the shops and back, I don't turn into Vin Diesel every time I sit in a car regardless

[TW]Fox · 12 Apr 2015 at 19:58

Kenai said:
Hmmm... there must be some sort of nonsense my car doesn't do regarding waiting for lights to go off etc.

I get in, depress clutch as I sit down, turn key in ignition, car starts and I release the clutch and drop the handbrake to begin movement, a total of about 5 seconds worth of activity. I also tend to 'take it easy' anyway if i'm just driving to the shops and back, I don't turn into Vin Diesel every time I sit in a car regardless

My car start process is exactly the same as that he has described in the i3..

Blackhawk47 · 12 Apr 2015 at 20:20

Yeah but why do you have to wait for the lights to turn off.

What if I told you...the car would start with the dash lights on.

mrk · 12 Apr 2015 at 20:20

That's just not cricket.

mjt · 12 Apr 2015 at 20:25

How solid is is M57 lump?
For some reason I thought they suffered the same chain failures as the N47..

Is it worth getting a 325d instead of an E60 525d just for a N57? (204PS and better economy)
Don't fancy an early, high mileage F10.

PMKeates · 12 Apr 2015 at 20:46

mrk said:
There are a few:

Though every car is different

You don't have to wait for any of those to go off. You can put the key in and start the car immediately. It's why anything important happens when you unlock the car e.g. the fuel pump starts.

Blackhawk47 · 12 Apr 2015 at 20:47

I'll race you mrk.

[TW]Fox · 12 Apr 2015 at 20:52

mjt said:
How solid is is M57 lump?
For some reason I thought they suffered the same chain failures as the N47..

Is it worth getting a 325d instead of an E60 525d just for a N57? (204PS and better economy)
Don't fancy an early, high mileage F10.

The N57 is a better engine, it's more refined, quieter and less annoyingly diesel.

MoRT489 · 12 Apr 2015 at 21:02

Blackhawk, you forgot to pull away!

Jonnycoupe · 12 Apr 2015 at 21:05

mrk said:
Indeed it's swift and sporty and very well insulted considering it's built almost entirely out of plastic and injected with carbon fibre!

It's only the 'lifecell' top hat that's carbon. Which incidentally is car on fibre injected with plastic rather than the other way round. End of march leaf deals were bonkers cheap compared to i3 money.

Blackhawk47 · 12 Apr 2015 at 21:06

MoRT489 said:
Blackhawk, you forgot to pull away!

lol will try again tomorrow haha.

It actually has launch control (or some form of it).

Vita · 12 Apr 2015 at 21:09

Ccfl angel eyes on an e46? Yay or nay? I was going to go with the oem yellow looking type.

[TW]Fox · 12 Apr 2015 at 21:14

Vita said:
Ccfl angel eyes on an e46? Yay or nay? I was going to go with the oem yellow looking type.

Absolutely no, but then it's already slammed on fake rimz so heck you might as well complete the set

rodenal · 12 Apr 2015 at 21:15

Noooope

If you must then either OEM xenon's or the little projector inserts you can buy to make the reflector housing look like the real deal

Vita · 12 Apr 2015 at 21:17

[TW]Fox;27902385 said:
Absolutely no, but then it's already slammed on fake rimz so heck you might as well complete the set

I actually raised it a little! I've always liked the look of angel eyes it's a shame bmw never installed them on the e46. I may as well complete the look of looking like a ****.

It has oem xenons as standard.