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Alan 09-02-2016 05:36 PM

Trying out the i8
 
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This never happens in NY and I've always been jealous that people in other states go to the dealer and they are given a car to test drive overnight ... well that has changed ... for the first time I have been offered a car to test drive not one night but the entire labor day weekend ... I picked this cool car up earlier today and have to return it tuesday afternoon ... I'll give more details on the car but so far wow pretty cool !!!

JST 09-02-2016 05:50 PM

Wow, that is pretty cool.

Interested in your impressions--I found it pretty hard to even get out of!

ZBB 09-02-2016 06:19 PM

So… Mudgeonfest is this weekend at AF's house, right?

I'm curious what you think about it. I don't think I'd ever be interested in one, but I'm intrigued by the approach BMW took...

Josh (PA) 09-02-2016 06:38 PM

Do you need anything special to plug it in?

Plaz 09-02-2016 06:41 PM

Awesome! :thumbup:

ZBB 09-02-2016 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh (PA) (Post 485782)
Do you need anything special to plug it in?

I was curious so did some searching. Appears the car comes with a 120V charging cable that just plugs in to a regular household outlet. Considering the battery is only 7kWh, and that 120V outlets put out about 1kW continuous, that means the max charging time is 7 hours.

BMWs site also shows a really large (and quite ugly) wall charger is optional. But it's just a standard 240V J1772 connector. BMW says it charges the i8 in 2 hours max, so the i8 must have only a 3.6kW on board charger (1/3 of the Tesla stock charger)...

rumatt 09-03-2016 12:03 AM

Sweet! Let's hear more.

robg 09-03-2016 08:06 AM

Very cool! Was it some sort of special promotion?

Josh (PA) 09-03-2016 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by robg (Post 485794)
Very cool! Was it some sort of special promotion?

Yea, the I8s aren't selling for shit and they have a BMW customer w/ an R8 and 911 promotion

JST 09-03-2016 12:39 PM

Josh PA, is that a national program?


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