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I had a 5 year old, 40K mile BMW i3 with an AC compressor that self destructed, throwing shrapnel through the entire AC system destroying it all, including the cooling lines through the drive battery. Repair quote was over $22K parts and labor before taxes. Had BMW used a trap in the AC dryer...

What you said and what he meant is true, but that is not exactly what he said. I just pointed out an exception to what was actually said. It is a valid exception that should be considered when applicable.

Well, not always. If you can make it from A to B on one charge (and charge again at the end of the trip at B) if staying under speed S, but will need to stop and charge before getting to B when driving faster than S, driving slower can get you there faster. See real example below. Another BIG...

Probably safe to assume you are between 100-40,000 in the queue for an expected delivery between 6-104 weeks. Plus or minus.

"Fair market" is always a bit ambiguous. The fair market for auction, trade-in, private sell, or retail are all different, and there are differences by location. Assume you have a solid retail fair market for your area (close agreement with multiple apprasial sites such as kbb.com, nada.com...

I had my 12V checked by the dealer and got a go-to-go report less than 2 weeks before the 12V was dead (in my garage). Note, however, I live in the Phoenix desert, and the heat is likely responsible for early graves on these 12V SLA batteries, much like extreme frigid conditions often kill...

My Mach-e is a First Edition and has been highly reliable. Some SW bugs fixed with OTA updates. A couple of recalls that only affected me with getting them serviced, and a 12V sudden death at 3 years. The hook that suspends the tonneau cover broke off after warranty, and I don't use the cover...

My Mach-e is paid off, but fortunately, it should have no problem taking care of me until my R2 arrives, whether next month (3 days!) or in 2 more years.

This video is SO depressing. However, it sure would be nice to know what percentage of people gave correct answers to each question. If they had to ask 100 people for each wrong answer video clip, then not so horribly depressing.

My BMW lease residual was nearly $10K above blue book. I went directly to the dealer manager and asked if he could try to hold the car for me to buy (at a lower price than the residual) after I turned it in. He stepped away, and then came back about 20 minutes later with a small piece of paper...

Assuming the new tire is slightly larger OD, your speedometer and odometer will read slightly low until the tread wears off a bit, when both the speedo and odo will be spot on, until the tread wears a bit more, when the speedo and odo will read a bit high. At least you will have a few miles...

It’s a BMW, so the Sword of Damocles will be hanging over your bank and brokerage and retirement accounts the minute the warranty expires. (My AC repair quote was over $23K for a failed compressor.)

I'm not trying to minimize the wrongness of what many companies do with your private data (I agree), but you are missing the point that you are not buying the software (with the possible exception of the embedded non-volatile code). You are licensing it with some valid legal restrictions on its...

You started with a "Nah" even though you didn't really argue against anything I said. You did list some fine exceptions, and examples where the law leans towards consumer's rights, which I agree with you on both. You also talked mostly about hardware, where I was focused on software, as that...

Allow me to play Devil's advocate. Note that I understand clearly your concerns and share most of them. I held a CISSP and worked in information security with comparmented clearances before retirement a long time ago. Society and its laws when dealing with intellectual property (IP) are very...

Tires are pretty fascinating. For a given tire pressure, that is exactly how hard the vehicle will be pushing down on every square inch of the tire where it contacts the road. The heavier the vehicle at that pressure, the bigger the area of the tire touching the road. However, with a heavier...

The R2 does NOT have active suspension. An active suspension can raise or lower the ride height. The R1 does have such an active suspension. The R2 has an adaptive suspension which can change the dampening rate of the shock, but has zero effect on the ride height. The adaptive suspension...

A smaller battery usually means less peak current available (at the same voltage), meaning reduced HP and torque for the same motor. So, either they are under-specifying the motor for the larger battery, or over-specifying it for the smaller battery, or the power available for each is not the same.

I waited for the Tesla Y to come out with great anticipation. Test drives were available almost immediately. My test drive was disappointing, mostly due to terrible turning radius, terrible rear view through the rear view mirror, and a few important features missing, many of which are now...

Yes, and other cars I've had could have benefited greatly from these virtually transparent tints on the windshield. However, those tints weren't available when I needed them, and my Mach-e really doesn't need them. Oven mitts were useful in Phoenix for previous cars but the factory...