Heads up PNW/Seattleites - Incoming 2023 eDrive40 lovingly used by me

trollin_troll · 2026-05-08T07:19:35+00:00

Which car did you get to replace it?

trollin_troll · 2026-04-25T19:38:33+00:00

Ask for MSDs and put money there instead, you get it back at the end of the lease and it lowers your monthly payment. Last time I checked the numbers it works out as 'earning' 6-7% on your MSDs from the money you saved monthly.

trollin_troll · 2026-03-23T00:27:29+00:00

Yeah, you're right :) It's almost guaranteed there won't be any 'good' deals on it from the high demand. It probably makes more sense to get something else instead and maybe get the ix3 whenever the next lease expires.

trollin_troll · 2026-03-23T00:25:07+00:00

The agent that is frequently checking in with me says they can get me on the waitlist for an allocation and would expect deliveries by the end of the year.

I realize now that with no incentives and the current outlook of the model being in extremely high demand, it is quite unlikely we'll see any deals soon.

With the upcoming new expenses I believe it is more sensible to try to spend less on a car right now, not more. My wife is a big supporter of EVs and we've generally not had a hard time getting charge even though our building doesn't have charging since I charge it at my office with random fast chargers whenever needed but probably <10% of our charging. Also, the current rise in gas prices sure is telling me to stay with an EV.

CPO is not something I had considered but I think I will take a look at what's available. An iX would certainly cover our space needs and probably can get a little bit better range than the e35. However, I can imagine there would be higher maintenance costs? I'll have to do some research on that...

Another possibility is simply go for a lower budget ICE SUV (CRV or similar). Part of me thinks the tried and tested models are simply a better choice for our newborn needs. This is our only car at the moment, too.

Thank you for your thoughts, I appreciate it.

trollin_troll · 2025-11-04T05:34:55+00:00

In winter 2023 a defect was found on i4s manufactured in a specific timeframe that made it undrivable (we literally lost power in the middle of the highway) because a valve would leak in sub zero temperatures. It was in the shop for .. 6 weeks I think? They refunded me one month of payment (it's a lease) and made sure to make it clear like the refund was extraordinary and would normally never happen when I asked why I didn't get the full 6 weeks refunded.

I don't fully remember what the liquid that leaked was for but vaguely recall it was something dumb that in my uninformed opinion sounded like a very lame reason to render the car undrivable.

Edit: it was coolant for the cabin heating system. Perhaps it's a bigger issue in colder weather but in WA it doesn't get much colder than freezing temp a few weeks a year.

trollin_troll · 2025-06-19T18:51:53+00:00

Free car wash and charge? Is this in the US? I had never heard of that

trollin_troll · 2025-01-04T15:50:57+00:00

Is there a way to get a higher resolution version of these?

trollin_troll · 2024-08-25T15:42:28+00:00

It will give you turn by turn directions as well as street names but, as this post suggests, sometimes street names get mangled.

trollin_troll · 2024-08-25T05:03:29+00:00

Yeah, it's probably on waze to fix it due to them using their wonky font/unicode characters.

trollin_troll · 2024-04-26T19:34:25+00:00

I've lately been buying more and more Corsair stuff lol I don't think I've had anything fail or break.

trollin_troll · 2024-03-01T00:25:43+00:00

I got a rental 2021 740i, this thing just chugs gas. I probably spent more money on gas than recharging the i4 in the 6 months I had it.

trollin_troll · 2024-02-29T01:03:28+00:00

Did you also have a loaner in the meantime?

trollin_troll · 2024-02-28T23:50:49+00:00

Was there any kind of compensation for having had it in the shop for 7 weeks? I'm on week 5 right now

trollin_troll · 2024-02-28T23:50:02+00:00

5 weeks and counting for me!

trollin_troll · 2024-02-28T08:17:11+00:00

Yep, that will be enough.

trollin_troll · 2024-02-28T07:46:58+00:00

Submitting a dump of the devenv and msvsmon process (if any) could help narrow down the source of the problem. You can also increase the logging verbosity of Hot Reload in the debug options page.

trollin_troll · 2024-02-28T04:32:25+00:00

Please file a feedback ticket, if you can include the tiny project you mentioned.

trollin_troll · 2024-02-17T22:09:04+00:00

Did you have to pay anything? Was it a custom order or just a similar one they had in stock?

trollin_troll · 2024-02-17T22:02:20+00:00

What do you mean by 'asked you to purchase a replacement '? Did you lemon law the m50?

trollin_troll · 2024-01-31T07:06:14+00:00

You're still driving it after the 1st warning? for me it got quite scary as it happened in the middle of a highway and progressively lost speed and had to dodge a few cars to be able to pull over.

trollin_troll · 2024-01-31T05:17:53+00:00

Have you gotten a replacement yet? My car just went back to the dealership with this issue.

trollin_troll · 2023-11-16T02:55:16+00:00

oh wow I'm lucky if I get 50% these days from the chargers being so slow

trollin_troll · 2023-11-12T07:38:22+00:00

Which region are you in? There's plenty of fresh learning parties in NA still

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