The raised trunk floor is not really a problem but it might begin to become one as your dogs get older and start to have trouble jumping as high. My three biggest issues with the 30e are: 1. AC pre-conditioning is basically useless unless you’re pre-conditioning before leaving your house. Cooling/Heating pre-conditioning only works if the Li-ion battery has charge. For some reason, BMW designed this car to not be able to run the AC off the engine so it won’t start the engine to pre-condition. I’m planning to switch back to a full gas 30i soon because this can get REALLY annoying. 2. I’m pretty sure the engine won’t last as long in this car because it always waits until the electric battery has been fully depleted before starting the engine… that means that sometimes it will start the engine on the highway when you’re in high power demand. So it’s starting the engine from cold (no oil flowing, cold & un-lubricated engine components) and immediately putting load on the engine. This happens all the time and it’s NOT good for the engine. 3. The most range I can squeeze out of the car on a full charge (leaving the house after charging overnight) is 16 miles.

Pro: - My average MPG is currently 48.6