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It feels like the group level negotiations with Zenith have just been left to fester!
TheDeuce said:
The surround view in particular is important as no matter how good you are at parking, these increasingly fat EV's are a bugger to 'sight' with the mirrors alone.
Didn't realise just how fat a car this is! I had an XC90 and that felt like a barge but this is both wider and longer than that!I ran an i4 for a year / 18k miles and it was a nice car.
I test drove an i5 and it's a step up in quality and comfort. One of our employees found a really good deal for one someone cancelled. Can't remember the exact figures.
I went for the i7 in the end primarily because it has a silly seat and TV in the rear only my fiancé benefits from
I test drove an i5 and it's a step up in quality and comfort. One of our employees found a really good deal for one someone cancelled. Can't remember the exact figures.
I went for the i7 in the end primarily because it has a silly seat and TV in the rear only my fiancé benefits from
Darkeeboy said:
How’s the i7? Interested myself if one appears on Tusker..
It's comfort, tech and refinement at a level I imagine is hard to beat. It makes you feel cocooned from the outside world in a way I've not experienced. Perhaps that partly because it essentially drives itself on the motorway.
I love it and I can't think of anything I'd replace it with for a daily. I even like the look of it when the colour combo blends the grill.
The tech is great and the 'cinema experience' in the back is wonderful (although makes you not want to be the driver), and it being able to park itself without you in the car along with all the other gimmicks / tech are right up my street.
It is big, though.
MrBogSmith said:
Darkeeboy said:
How’s the i7? Interested myself if one appears on Tusker..
It's comfort, tech and refinement at a level I imagine is hard to beat. It makes you feel cocooned from the outside world in a way I've not experienced. Perhaps that partly because it essentially drives itself on the motorway.
I love it and I can't think of anything I'd replace it with for a daily. I even like the look of it when the colour combo blends the grill.
The tech is great and the 'cinema experience' in the back is wonderful (although makes you not want to be the driver), and it being able to park itself without you in the car along with all the other gimmicks / tech are right up my street.
It is big, though.
I'd guess the i7 is now pretty much as affordable as the R8 was back at launch too? Relatively speaking.
How times change.
Caddyshack said:
JustGetATesla said:
Anyone watched Harry's Garage yet? He's absolutely torn it to bits. Double the price of the base one, insanely inefficient and weighs 400 tons so is crap to drive.
Wowsers. What are BMW thinking???
His first ever ‘do not buy’ rating.Wowsers. What are BMW thinking???
This 10% loss between meter and car battery is interesting me more and more too. Knowing we’re paying a hidden ten percent or so extra for electricity is kinda annoying.
andy43 said:
Just watched the same video. Cringeworthy. WTF would you need all that crap on the infotainment?
This 10% loss between meter and car battery is interesting me more and more too. Knowing we’re paying a hidden ten percent or so extra for electricity is kinda annoying.
Forget about the crap on the entertainment / GUI. They don't make or break any car. Remember what this car is - a 5-series BMW. I had one, and had a 190 mile a day commute for the days I was in the office. Its a corporate cruiser, up and down the motorway in comfort and a little bit of style. Set aside that modern BMWs are gopping and look at the range. That i5 wouldn't do my old commute without being tight on range. Absurd. And thats off a big battery. Did you see the energy use figures he was getting???This 10% loss between meter and car battery is interesting me more and more too. Knowing we’re paying a hidden ten percent or so extra for electricity is kinda annoying.
Before anyone says that only EVs worry about efficiency (and yes I get comments like that a lot), remember that there's a big difference between efficient and inefficient engines in running costs. Doubly so when the car has a 200ish mile usable range and not being a Tesla having to rely on public chargers where 75p+ a kWh is normal.
BMW have lost their minds. They've spent the last 5 years or so designing grotesquely ugly cars vs the class they used to be, and now are building these megaton energy killers. If all manufacturers are planning to go to EV then BMW need to rethink. Quickly.
Tusker must have a connection to a dealership network with a lot of stock cars to shift if they can offer the EQE for that price. Leaving them on their forecourt is a recipe for biblical depreciation..
rob1234 said:
Some of the i5 deals seem very good to me at the moment - lease loco.com is showing £356/mo (ex VAT) for a 'base' i5 40 (9+23, 8000mi)...
Add a Tech/Comfort etc pack at the price goes up by >£500/mo!
Cheapest i4 35 is £650/mo...
Pre-registered stock cars ready to shift that are fast depreciating on forecourts. It's common on all EV's at the minute.Add a Tech/Comfort etc pack at the price goes up by >£500/mo!
Cheapest i4 35 is £650/mo...
Edited by SWoll on Sunday 21st January 20:07
2 GKC said:
juice said:
Wow he really slated it didn't he ?
He set out to. Never once mentioned how quick it was. A 600hp electric 5er and no mention of the pace. He was right about the price though. The fact he's only just had a epiphany around charging losses should tell you all you need to know about how much research he does..
SWoll said:
Love Harry but his EV reviews are never any good as he's obsessively focussed on range and efficiency, which for anyone on an EV tariff not doing 200+ miles on a regular basis aren't all that relevant in all honesty?
The fact he's only just had a epiphany around charging losses should tell you all you need to know about how much research he does..
Having Sustain fuels as a sponsor might lead him to be a bit biased against EV, the fact he was pining for a 520d says a lot too... but I do wonder if BMW have scored a bit of an own goal by not going for an EV only platform with this generation of 5 series? They will probably be getting quite concerned about the upcoming Audi A6 Etron Avant. The two will naturally be compared and having greater freedom around body design with the A6 will probably lead to a far better car from an aerodynamic (and therefore efficiency) and packaging perspective. The fact he's only just had a epiphany around charging losses should tell you all you need to know about how much research he does..
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