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Brought my car in for service and they unexpected ran out of loaner cars due to a few emergency visits. So they put me in this i4 and sent me on my way.
He goes, "so it has a range of 260 miles you should be good for the day," and I replied, "well I can just get gas- so no big deal," and he goes, "oh no- it's electric. Boogie woogie woogie woogie woogie."
First impressions:
1) Very smooth ride- but maybe I'm biased since I'm coming out of a sports car.
2) Quiet interior. But not significantly more quiet than my combustion engine.
3) Regen is very heavy on this car. So one pedal driving is kind of a must which takes a lot of getting used to. The car will almost fully stop without ever hitting the brake. But you do need to brake at the end of a stop.
4) The new idrive seems very sophisticated, but honestly looks less modern UI wise than my system which is the last generation still used across most of the lineup. There's no map I could find for the main cluster which I like on mine. Pretty much everything is the same, it's just laid out completely different which is strange.
5) The climate is all on screen now. Took a little getting used to as I like my physical buttons. But not a deal breaker.
6) I like the wipers on the 3, 4, i4. They're super chunky versus the really thin ones on my car.
7) There is a B indicator where my S/M models are for the transmission. It really didn't do anything I could notice but I imagine it causes increased Regen from braking.
8) The door handles are electric but cool. They still lift out physically which I like. I thought they were going to be pads that you touched, but I like the physical feedback.
9) Funny how many things are identical in this car to mine. Nearly every button, switch etc are the same which makes for an easy transition.
10) It really isn't that quick. I was actually surprised that it felt like a normal slow 4 cylinder turbo vehicle. Maybe not all electric cars are tuned for instant torque, but this kind of left me a little disappointed that it wasn't more quick off the line.
Anyway, still very cool and here are some pictures. I should have it all day if anyone has questions they want me to check out and try to answer!
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He goes, "so it has a range of 260 miles you should be good for the day," and I replied, "well I can just get gas- so no big deal," and he goes, "oh no- it's electric. Boogie woogie woogie woogie woogie."
First impressions:
1) Very smooth ride- but maybe I'm biased since I'm coming out of a sports car.
2) Quiet interior. But not significantly more quiet than my combustion engine.
3) Regen is very heavy on this car. So one pedal driving is kind of a must which takes a lot of getting used to. The car will almost fully stop without ever hitting the brake. But you do need to brake at the end of a stop.
4) The new idrive seems very sophisticated, but honestly looks less modern UI wise than my system which is the last generation still used across most of the lineup. There's no map I could find for the main cluster which I like on mine. Pretty much everything is the same, it's just laid out completely different which is strange.
5) The climate is all on screen now. Took a little getting used to as I like my physical buttons. But not a deal breaker.
6) I like the wipers on the 3, 4, i4. They're super chunky versus the really thin ones on my car.
7) There is a B indicator where my S/M models are for the transmission. It really didn't do anything I could notice but I imagine it causes increased Regen from braking.
8) The door handles are electric but cool. They still lift out physically which I like. I thought they were going to be pads that you touched, but I like the physical feedback.
9) Funny how many things are identical in this car to mine. Nearly every button, switch etc are the same which makes for an easy transition.
10) It really isn't that quick. I was actually surprised that it felt like a normal slow 4 cylinder turbo vehicle. Maybe not all electric cars are tuned for instant torque, but this kind of left me a little disappointed that it wasn't more quick off the line.
Anyway, still very cool and here are some pictures. I should have it all day if anyone has questions they want me to check out and try to answer!
