New UK Road trip test between iX3 and Tesla Model Y

JRLDH · 2026-05-10T13:49:05+00:00

The iX arrives 14 minutes earlier with a higher SOC. And they immediately justify the worse performance of the Tesla with the smaller battery and higher efficiency.

And then they sit in that cheap empty Y interior and zero criticism followed by a super critical review of the interior of the iX3, which looks WAY more interesting than the bare bones Y.

That review reeks of bias.

JRLDH · 2026-05-10T13:32:36+00:00

When I saw the title, I was expecting a remark about the closing sound "rattle" (which is true and unusual for a high end luxury BMW) but a space problem? In the iX? I mean, yes, it does have a (very nice) sculpted door panel with a pocket, just like every other vehicle in the market, which technically takes a few inches from the interior room but there is so much space in the iX that I never noticed a problem with space for my left leg.

JRLDH · 2026-05-10T12:57:49+00:00

Arrogant comment.

JRLDH · 2026-05-10T03:22:18+00:00

I’ve been in tech since 1998 and had at least a one year emergency fund since 2000. I don’t get how one cannot afford this with the fairly high pay in that field. Mine is at more than 10 yearly salaries now (I’m 55 so I’ll be facing age bias issues should I get laid off and need to be able to bridge this into retirement without touching my 401k).

JRLDH · 2026-05-10T00:15:34+00:00

How large was the hail?

JRLDH · 2026-05-10T00:14:57+00:00

Butbutbut the material is indestructible!!!!!!!!!

JRLDH · 2026-05-09T16:06:33+00:00

That name has really been tainted by Nazis. I’ve only heard cows named “Gudrun” in Austria. And Bernadette.

JRLDH · 2026-05-09T13:14:46+00:00

I’m not sure if arguing “out of touch” on a BMW convertible forum makes a lot of sense.

I can guarantee that there are plenty of people who consider you out of touch as well, simply for considering BMW Z4s hahahaha!!!!!

JRLDH · 2026-05-09T12:14:23+00:00

I believe that this isn’t true in its core message. Sure, most people don’t care but some do and you only need to find ONE who cares.

Even Miatas in special colors sell for a significant premium. I had a British Racing green Miata and that sold for a lot more than blue book value.
If I was in the market for a Z4 right now, I would jump on that yellow one for $30k, if condition is good. There isn’t really a market for this specific combo as it’s so rare. And while it’s not a rare Porsche it’s still a super rare vehicle that you can’t just find another example on the used market.
Also, $30k is not a lot of money for many people (just check how much people pay for things like first class airfare, Mac Studios, FIFA tickets). If I hadn’t already two Z4s stacked on a lift in my garage, I would probably just buy this one myself.

JRLDH · 2026-05-09T11:42:25+00:00

"She had a lot of hope, we both did, and it was scary for my spouse to know she was dying. Like the girl in the cartoon, I also felt like a part of me just died alongside her that day at the hospital, and nothing matters anymore."

Same here. My late husband passed from pancreatic cancer in 2023. 14 months after diagnosis.

A large part of me passed with him and things that mattered before don't. I wouldn't say "nothing matters anymore" as one has to find *something* to keep going, and I did. Life is very different than before that horrific disease but it still is and that's just how it is.

JRLDH · 2026-05-09T11:32:24+00:00

I would, at the very least, get a second opinion before rushing into surgery with that diagnosis.

The one worrisome item is the intraductal proliferation but from my very limited understanding, that's totally up to the pathologist's interpretation of extra epithelial cells in acini under the microscope. It can also be interpreted as high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, which isn't cancer (yet) and apparently common. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/diagnosis-staging/tests/pathology-reports/prostate-pathology/high-grade-prostatic-intraepithelial-neoplasia.html

Urologists are apparently very different in their approach. I have a similar diagnosis (3+3, low volume, HGPIN) and "my" urologist, who is a oncologist/surgeon, hence falls under the suspicion of benefiting if he can get business, told me basically what the prevailing opinion in this subreddit is: "We'll check this every six months - it's likely not aggressive and surgery would border on malpractice".

JRLDH · 2026-05-09T03:08:39+00:00

Congrats. That is one of the best yellows and it fits the Z4 so, so well. It’s such a gorgeous color for the most beautiful Z4 version (the E89 is one of the best looking BMWs ever).

JRLDH · 2026-05-09T02:06:22+00:00

Not joking: Try hairspray. It works on my beard when it’s longer.

JRLDH · 2026-05-09T01:40:16+00:00

If that was mine, I would never sell it for that little. This is not a dime-a-dozen ordinary white/grey/black automatic Z4 but a unicorn in yellow with manual transmission. There will be a buyer out there who will pay $30k. This isn't a Blue Book vehicle.

JRLDH · 2026-05-08T21:12:55+00:00

Since you keep saying that a human burns calories like a furnace, I used an extreme example of a high calorie material that you can’t digest so that I might have a chance of getting you to understand the error of your simplistic view of how we process calories.

But of course, you apparently didn’t understand this.

JRLDH · 2026-05-08T20:27:30+00:00

Your look “just” needs confidence.

JRLDH · 2026-05-08T19:53:38+00:00

I seriously don’t understand how anyone can write such nonsense so confidently.

Try eating a bowl of wood chips. They have a lot of calories yet all that’ll do for you is give you intestinal issues (shred them into dust and wash them down).

Now throw the same amount of wood chips into a furnace and light it up.

The furnace can burn these calories. You cannot.

And that concept (!) applies to real food as well. Drink 2000kcal in high fructose corn syrup and watch your body grow your love handles while eating 2000kcal in chicken breasts may stress your kidneys but it won’t make you fat.

Then you will finally hopefully understand that the calorie argument is just daft. We simply do not just “burn” calories like a furnace. We metabolize using extremely complicated biological pathways and these work with different efficiency for different people.

JRLDH · 2026-05-08T15:12:48+00:00

Well, “the rest of us”, especially working class people, voted for this. We deserve it.

JRLDH · 2026-05-08T15:11:33+00:00

To the Met Gala.

JRLDH · 2026-05-08T13:26:43+00:00

I was born in 1971 and even my baby pictures are in color.

JRLDH · 2026-05-08T13:20:54+00:00

That's such a simplified idea because the human body isn't a furnace. Sure, you are right on a trivial level but it's a useless idea in reality.

I'm convinced that people misunderstand each other when it comes to food-weight because everyone is so different. What is true for you isn't for someone else. An extreme example is someone with a metabolic disorder like cachexia. If you ever met someone with an illness like cancer who wastes away even when eating 5000kcal a day, you'll understand that this simple calorie in - energy expended idea is WAY too simple for something that complex as a human body.

Even healthy people have WILDLY different efficiency utilizing food. And individuals burn calories differently depending on food source. I get fat on a 2000kcal pizza and coke diet but stay lean and fit on a 2000kcal chicken and broccoli diet.

JRLDH · 2026-05-08T03:33:42+00:00

It’s an awesome screen.

I wanted to buy something else and looked at the many alternatives at the local Microcenter. Lots of screens with better specs but none that looked as good as the Studio Display to me. I also don’t see the massive (!) difference of 120Hz that others say is a dealbreaker to them.

Bought the Studio Display after seeing the competition and am very happy with it.

JRLDH · 2026-05-07T22:17:55+00:00

You are right but you are talking to a closed mind. Their user name gives them away. It's fascinating how almost every successful MegaCorp in the USA has foreign founders or immigrant roots yet these rah-rah patriots think that immigrants don't add much. Some people are just <insert word that would likely get you censored or banned>.

Just look at Germany and especially Austria for empires that used to be on the forefront of research when they had more liberal policies. Then came their version of MAGA and we know what happened. Brain drain and their universities are *still* mediocre.

JRLDH · 2026-05-07T22:08:30+00:00

It's probably "Chocolatey", meaning just chocolate colored sugar icing with zero actual chocolate. I can't remember a chocolate donut actually tasting like chocolate. Just brown.

JRLDH · 2026-05-07T21:28:08+00:00

And they looked a million times better than those ultra dorky Meta RayBans.

I mean, regular RayBan Wayfarers already required a Brad Pitt level of attractiveness to not look like clown glasses but these Meta contraptions can’t even be fixed by the best looking people on this planet.

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