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If they made a current Camry or Avalon wagon in NA I’d buy it.
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ThirstyBuck posted:If they made a current Camry or Avalon wagon in NA I’d buy it. no one bought the earlier Venza so it turned in to a real CUV
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:no one bought the earlier Venza so it turned in to a real CUV It was based on the camry but it was still lifted crossover style. And ugly.
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ThirstyBuck posted:If they made a gr corolla wagon in NA I’d buy it.
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BMW Thread: I wish I could just buy a Camry Wagon
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With a carbon fiber front bench seat
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Ever wonder what f10 tire sizes and fitment look like on an e9x? Chonky.  These were the only snows I had mounted on BMW wheels, so I went for it, and they baaaarely rub in one spot up front. (I need new fender liners anyway)
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My mom put her name on the list for an i4 eDrive40. What really sold her on it was the trunk: 
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Woolwich Bagnet posted:My mom put her name on the list for an i4 eDrive40. Had she never seen a sportback before?
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Alright maybe I’m dumb and don’t know what the badges specifically mean, but isn’t “i# eDrive”redundant?
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the i4 part is the model and the edrive# is the rough trim/power level (like sdrive30i and xdrive40 or whatever) its dumb but it's consistently dumb
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lol at 245 miles of range in the M50 model. that is frankly pathetic compared to the competition.
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KillHour posted:Had she never seen a sportback before? Yes, and she specifically likes them. Just didn't realize that it was being used in this model which is nice.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:lol at 245 miles of range in the M50 model. that is frankly pathetic compared to the competition. Haven't the Germans been super conservative with their advertised ranges?
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Our gas car has ~500 miles of range (20 gallons?) when using highways etc Longest average trip for me is about 40 miles one way. Periodically we would drive into the foothills about 150 miles away, so I guess we'd need about 300 miles of range per day 240 seems pretty adequate, especially if you can charge at/near your day trip destination My mother in laws car has an 30 mile EV mode and she doesn't hardly use her gas engine anymore since the grocery store is about 2 miles away
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More people need to track their mileage for a month or longer before they complain they need 300+ mile range, not calling KOTEX out in particular just in general. I had an i3 with 55-75 mile range depending on weather, it was fine more than 95% of the time. I had the range extender and barely used it. Sure 300+mi range is cool but having that as your minimum range seems pretty short sighted unless you're doing weekly 200+ mile trips. We had another vehicle for road trips but you can always, covid bs aside, rent a car for the few times a year when you need to drive a bunch of miles and can't be bothered to quick charge. I see it like the people that need a F350HD+ dually because they tow a camper or trailer 3-4 times a year. Rent that crap and drive/insure/maintain/store something suited to your needs the rest of the time.
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On longer road trips I hate slowing down to stop & get gas for the 9 minutes that takes, so stopping for 6 hours to charge every 240 miles would be really annoying but I suppose in a real life driving situation the range on those is likely fine for 99% of users 99% of the time, but in my mind a BMW should always be an Autobahn-crushing Gran Tourer at heart and ready to drive 48 hours straight at 160mph.
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Call me crazy, but I have a feeling that a not-insignificant proportion of people buying EV cars today also have a gas powered car they can take on long trips.
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The problem with just rent a car are like right now where stock is hard to come by and you dont know what youll get if anything. Additionally the whole hassle and ordeal of having to plan that. If you are a planning type sure thats fine. If you are someone that is like, “hey honey lets drive to tahoe this weekend” that really sucks. Yes I understand the extrapolation to the towing situation cosplay use case thing whatever but I think is a bit further down the spectrum to reality.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:the i4 part is the model and the edrive# is the rough trim/power level (like sdrive30i and xdrive40 or whatever) Yeah I get the numbers at the end of eDrive… but why do you need the eDrive?
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If we bought an EV, we'd probably keep our gas car for long trips and stuff, since we don't really need two cars and even a 50 mile range EV would be acceptable for 92-97% of all daily tasks, and also because we're taking the gas car out of daily service, annual maintenance costs ought to drop off considerably for the gas car
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The Big Jesus posted:Yeah I get the numbers at the end of eDrive… but why do you need the eDrive? to match the fact that they call the other drive systems sDrive and xDrive
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lol just realized the bavarians have owned elon by actually creating SEX DRIVE
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Ether Frenzy posted:On longer road trips I hate slowing down to stop & get gas for the 9 minutes that takes, so stopping for 6 hours to charge every 240 miles would be really annoying but I suppose in a real life driving situation the range on those is likely fine for 99% of users 99% of the time, but in my mind a BMW should always be an Autobahn-crushing Gran Tourer at heart and ready to drive 48 hours straight at 160mph. I mean, the only time you're going to be charging to 6 hours is if you're plugging it in to a regular power socket. It's closer to 15-25 min to get 80% range back, so 250+ miles. Probably should be taking a break every few hours anyway. fknlo posted:Haven't the Germans been super conservative with their advertised ranges? For the Taycan, definitely. Tesla is the worst offender when it comes to cheating the EPA test, which I'm sure will shock everyone here. https://insideevs.com/reviews/443791/ev-range-test-results/
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:lol at 245 miles of range in the M50 model. that is frankly pathetic compared to the competition. The tests that people have done during reviews are saying they're getting closer to 270 when not keeping it in sport mode all the time. The regular I4 I've seen people saying they've been getting 325+ with normal use in England fall temperatures. 245mi seems pretty reasonable since you can just plug it in to charge over night, unless your normal commute is 120 miles each way. Even for trips, driving 200 miles would be around 3 hours at which point it wouldn't hurt to take a break and put some more in the tank. Or like other people said here you also can just own an ICE vehicle more suited for long distance trips instead of a luxury sports sedan. We use the wife's Lexus SUV for road trips because of all the extra stuff we have to pack when you have a young child.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:to match the fact that they call the other drive systems sDrive and xDrive What the hell is sDrive KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:lol just realized the bavarians have owned elon by actually creating SEX DRIVE sexDrive3 
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KillHour posted:What the hell is sDrive
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KillHour posted:What the hell is sDrive ///sexDrive 3
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The Big Jesus posted:///sexDrive 3 brb rebadging the e39
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i am very intrigued by the i4 but all the reviews thus far say the steering is awful man BMW really fell hard on that one
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But what if I don't want my good looking car to look like poo poo, what then BMG?
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:i am very intrigued by the i4 but all the reviews thus far say the steering is awful What the hell are you talking about? All of the ones I've seen say it's great
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Seems like as long as the car turns in the correct direction when you turn the wheel your steering should be fine
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THE BIG DOG DADDY posted:What the hell are you talking about? All of the ones I've seen say it's great C&D said it had insufficient steering feedback, autogefuehl called it very un-BMW like and not confidence building with poor feel, out of spec said the steering is quite vague just off top of my head
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BMW Thread: The car turns in the correct direction
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THE BIG DOG DADDY posted:Seems like as long as the car turns in the correct direction when you turn the wheel your steering should be fine Fine for a Mercedes, not THE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE
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