BMW i3 in the Wild

"Mosqvich" (mosqvich) 06/18/2014 at 21:46 • Filed to: BMW, i3, electric car, Washington DC

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As I was leaving a semi-fancy Washington DC hotel, I saw this baby as I was awaiting my Sonic rental from the Valet. By the way, I'm pretty sure there was no Ferris Bueller's Day Off joy drives in my Chevy Sonic sedan.

Back to the i3. I moseyed on over to the i3 and chatted with the owner. He had just purchased the car and he was smitten with it. Completely.

His car has the range extender and he insisted it is the only way to order an i3. At least for the US market.

My first impressions were the car is actually pretty big. It looks good in person. It's almost mesmerizing in fact. This i3 had the Tera World trim and the 19" wheels make the car look pretty good. The interior was truly roomy, but I didn't love the fabric, particularly on a hot 95 Washington DC day.

The instrument panel is pretty interesting. The wave-like wood surface as the dash board was pretty nice actually. I'm no fan of the stand-up screens, but they seem to work in the i3. It's a paradigm shift, but sometimes we need to accept change.

The i3 is no sports car, but it could be a different kind of enthusiast car. I could actually see myself driving one, as long as the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! was in the garage waiting to be hooned.

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Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Mosqvich 06/18/2014 at 21:51

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what u doing in dc? i thought u were in co spngs

Mosqvich > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/18/2014 at 21:53

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I'm at the Colorado Capital Conference hosted by Senator Udall. Also, my employer's HQ is here, so I come out here a fair amount and travel a ton.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Mosqvich 06/18/2014 at 21:57

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Cool

Mosqvich > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/18/2014 at 21:59

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You can see the back of my head. I'm in the light suit in the middle. The room is in the Senate. It's been a great conference.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Mosqvich 06/19/2014 at 07:54

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i thought this was about as big as a Honda Fit...

Mosqvich > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 06/19/2014 at 07:55

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It seems a little larger, but it may not be. I fit comfortably in the back seat and I'm just shy of 6 feet tall.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Mosqvich 06/19/2014 at 08:00

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Yeah, like a fit with shorter bonnet i think.

Mosqvich > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 06/19/2014 at 08:15

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I'm pretty partial to BMWs, I've never been in a Fit. I just sold my 2012 Fiesta and the i3 is definitely more roomy and way nicer. But it should be at $42k or so.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Mosqvich 06/19/2014 at 08:56

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Well, my girl has one, and since i've dating her for a year or so the Fit is my new standard of small car size. Fiesta is a bit bigger than fit i think, and that menas the i3 is quite big, probably a size of the old Audi A3.

Milky > Mosqvich 06/19/2014 at 09:05

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Really like that car & LOVE the interior. I'm Oppo's resident RWD coupe fanboy, and yet I would DD the hell out of an i3.

trmoore09 > Mosqvich 06/19/2014 at 09:20

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Nice! I saw one at the dealer a couple of weeks ago! They look like the future on the inside.

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