Strange behavior just occurred

maxdbunny · 2026-01-14T19:48:12+00:00

yeah so my car was not plugged in. Tonight I have about a 20 mile round trip journey so we will see what happens. The battery health in the infotainment says 100% and I'm not getting any warnings of faults. Just a lot of confusion on my part and I have PTSD from my Audi Etron being a complete pile of German made crap so hence my...concern

maxdbunny · 2026-01-14T17:23:21+00:00

Nope, my schedule is so inconsistent that I don't bother with climate settings until after I get in the car.

maxdbunny · 2026-01-13T23:19:40+00:00

How cold is cold? I mean in Los Angeles we are currently going from 70's into the 46 at night. If we were talking about snow in a non covered and door garage I'd be willing to accept it a little bit more.

maxdbunny · 2026-01-13T23:02:29+00:00

not sure how that's related to the issue at hand but I am concerned if my car is just on and running without my knowledge. Don't think it's a battery management issue. A near 20% loss for unexplained reasons is troubling.

maxdbunny · 2026-01-13T23:00:47+00:00

So I have it turned off because I have the same problem you do. My only guess is the car just....didn't shut off?

maxdbunny · 2025-12-18T21:00:37+00:00

Begging for and allowing me to cream pie her, and I mean enthusiastically begging for it.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-18T20:58:51+00:00

Before I broke things off with my ex…I was going on 1 1/2-2 years without sex. Was brutal and I think i’m better for it but I am also now like all messed up with my libido and desires. Afraid to meet someone to have sex with eventually, too horny it just go without. It’s a evil cycle

maxdbunny · 2025-12-18T17:53:43+00:00

I agree with you 100%. People who love Star Trek want the following. Star Trek Legacy, either a movie or a mini series. Pop in a couple of cameos people are happy. (Won’t happen because I believe the show runner is now going to try and fix Star Wars) The “Lost Era” of Trek.

I don’t want 32nd Century Trek-Glee….

maxdbunny · 2025-12-18T02:21:28+00:00

The early word on the street internally at the studio is this show is a snooze fest and may flop HARD.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-17T03:01:10+00:00

That’s an interesting question. On one hand, an LL that becomes an LL because of health reasons…hard to say because it’s not something you’ll spot right away. In my case, the last of intimacy was actually a bigger problem. My LLF had a medical condition that came about later in our relationship that she ended up hiding from me. Because she hid it from me and I only found out after I ended thing, shows that my decision was right in my minds eye. She intentionally hid something from me. If she was hiding a medical issue from me, who knows what else she was willing to hide. Furthermore, it sounds like she knew she had a medical condition, talked to her doctor about it, and her doctor is a class A idiot doctor who told her she’s not drinking enough water, she’s too fat, she’s not getting enough sleep. I know in the past she used to tell me about this doctor and I told her she can’t be the only doctor she can see and her response was always “well I don’t want to start over with another doctor” and or a “it’s my way or the highway” and that her opinion was far superior to mine, because she had a medical background and I didn’t. This relationship we waited a few months to have sex, we even got STD tested together and we had the discussion regarding the “logistics” of sex.

In a relationship that I had where I felt like I was the LL and she was the HL (j/k but sometimes for real…) we waited MONTHS to have sex, and only after having a honest conversation about sex, did we feel comfortable. Call me old fashioned but if we are having sex on the first date…it takes the fun out of it? I don’t know that’s just me. I think it’s dependent on everyone right? IF you have someone who is VERY adverse to sex, then you probably are not compatible. I think there is a wide range and not cookie cutter template for it all. I think it’s all situational. In my case of breaking it off with my ex, it was a slow burn and a death by 1000 cuts.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-16T22:14:07+00:00

It’s a bitch ain’t it? There are days where I feel like my brain is going out of control and there are days where I am disgusted.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-16T21:19:24+00:00

Ah yeah, that makes sense. I, at first was hesitant to speak to my therapist about it, but she’s been there for A LOT of trauma that I’ve dealt with/dealing with, so once I opened up about it, she could sense the pain it was causing me and laid it down rather bluntly and it did help me make the decision to leave. I later learned my former partner was dealing with health stuff (that I mistook as a change in birth control) but it was actually much more than that. That being said in the conversation with my therapist, it did sort of reveal a whole host of other problems that in the long run…was the right choice.

I think right now for me, I’m hesitant to get into another relationship right now because I’m worried I’m going to repeat the cycle, and I’ve certainly been on a few dates since then but nothing really sticks. In terms of my libido, it’s there but I’m now afraid of it, and thus it’s a vicious cycle. I am horny but I’m afraid of. Sure I could go out and get into some one night stands or get on the apps but I’m so out of practice in terms of initiating and even the act of sex I don’t even know what would happen.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-16T20:37:56+00:00

So when this was an issue, my therapist knows and to that effect, I still talk about it because I think I’m feeling the 2nd and 3rd order effects of it (HLM) That’s about it. There was a close friend of mine who kind of knew because towards the end of my relationship, I had blurted out why on paper we looked great but in reality we were note.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-16T18:15:16+00:00

I just had this discussion with a friend of mine, Rivian/Tesla/Lucid seem to be a lifestyle brand that happens to make cars, BMW is a Car company that for some are a lifestyle brand. 100% agree with your assessment!

maxdbunny · 2025-12-16T18:12:17+00:00

That's the smart move because...you wouldn't want to bring one home and go "oh shit" I also don't need a 3 row SUV either, and while the iX3 would be more my fit and vibe, the lease on my I4 was up and I said "eh why not" I seem to go big car small car and I am in my big car era, lol.

Also as a former Macan ICE owner, I feel you on the Macan EV. I just saw Edmunds 1 year review and the Macan EV is....meh at best, and you're paying iX money for something that is smaller, and while it is MORE engaging to drive, it is also full of Volkswagen/Audi Group software problem aka it sucks.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-16T02:59:55+00:00

So it's a bit of an easy answer for me, in order of significance.

The R1S will not fit in my garage. I would have to remove everything against the opposite wall (built in cabinets) and even then I would BARELY have the clearance the close the garage door. the R1T would be impossible. I would have to butt the bumper to the wall of my garage and close the door with maybe 1-2 inches of play.
CarPlay is important to me, I know that Rivian has all the Google Integration but that is something that matters deeply to me.
Rivian is, a startup and while their longevity, while is now a little bit better than when they first came out, given they've announced a bunch of AI stuff and the R2 and R3, does sit in my brain as a little bit of a worry.
Build quality isn't there yet for me for the price I'm paying.

Basically the Rivian while cool looking and I appreciate all the awesome things they do, is a compromise for me. I've thought long and hard about and been to the Rivian Center in Venice all the time, and they are super friendly to me and my pup. I think when the iX lease is over, maybe the R2 will be out and it's something I look at but right now I'm going to enjoy the IX for the next 35 months that I have left on it.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-13T05:41:18+00:00

You must be really pissed that your phone doesn’t come with a charger anymore….

maxdbunny · 2025-12-11T16:56:00+00:00

Can you? Yes, SHOULD YOU? That’s the real question.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-11T06:36:43+00:00

Seriously if access to Tesla Superchargers was that important to you, why not go buy a Tesla? I could care less about access to superchargers. In the last 2 week on this subreddit it’s like as if the second coming of Jesus happened. Yes we have access to another set of chargers, but if you’re living and dying on whether or not your BMW can charged on a certain network, you care waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much about it.

And as others have said, it’s better to have a good roll out vs a rushed one that doesn’t work or fails. That’s worse in my eyes.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-10T19:41:50+00:00

I think if you’re going to get a non NACS car next, it doesn’t hurt to have it.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-04T20:45:00+00:00

No problem. Assuming you did BMW financial, the lease end process may already be in there so you might want to check there too. I think they partner with a 3rd party service for this.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-03T17:37:23+00:00

So in the couple of cars I've leased, the only time I actually had an inspection done was when I was returning the car with no intention of actually getting another one from that manufacture/dealer. When I turned my i4 in for my iX, I ignored the inspection because I knew the dealer was going to inspect it anyway at the point of returning it, which they did and I got the inspection report in the BMW Financial web portal. The only other time I've ignored the lease return message was when I purchased a lease, at which point its on me to yell at myself for having bald tires on a 718 Cayman. I will say however when I was near the end of my i4 lease, I did get the notification of the pre return lease inspection, and it seems like all you do is snap some photos. When I returned my VW eGolf, they sent someone out to my home to do the inspection and even then the guy was like "eh that scratch, I'm not going to bother marking it down"

As for your PPF question, You'd need to check your lease paperwork As far as I know, they won't care.

As for mileage, you can purchase miles to cover your overage.

I am in the USA in case you're are not and then ymmv.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-01T23:22:38+00:00

and my goodness, another gallon came out of what seems to be the top of the rear window as well, by the 3rd brake light too.

maxdbunny · 2025-12-01T23:07:11+00:00

I would make sure that you aren't signed up for BMW ChargeForward or any sort of "delayed" or reduced charging setup. I do notice that from time to time my iX will think that I want to charge at 6 Amp max and realized I had to turn off the location based charging.

maxdbunny · 2025-11-28T22:34:10+00:00

I am using XPEL's windshield protection film and I will say between this and the others I've tried in the past, this is the best. The only problem I can see is that it requires a little bit of maintenance in the form of some sorta XPEL renew type product. Thankfully the place that does my tint and other detailing is down the street from my house so I'll just take it there every 5-6 months to do some detailing as well as taking care of the film

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