This thread took a major turn with Realist's announcement that he is selling his i8 and getting a P85D. Unfortunately what follows is off-topic, so I have moved that discussion to...
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BMW i8
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JRP3
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They have no idea about the i8's driving dynamics. These assumptions are entirely wrong.
You can turn off ALL traction control and stability systems. It's a hidden mode, but simply read the manuals.
The car will go very sideways than in a controllable matter. Not like a finish rally car, but it certainly has talent.
Getting in and out of the i8 seems similar to the Roadster: you sort of fall in to the car and then you have to push your way out.
lol -To each his own but if we're going to be honest, its more accurately stated that the Fusion is trying to look like the Model S or Aston Martin AFTER Ford jacked body design/stylings for their Fusion model year 2013.
chickensevil
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yeah, the sharp lines on the Ford... I never really thought the MS looked anything like the Fusion either. With the side-by-side it really does look like a cheaper version of the Aston Martin.
Great interesting thread guys - You really can't compare the I8 to the Tesla they are two different vehicles - one is purely electric (battery only) and the other (BMW I8) for the most part only uses the electric for the front axle to assist the twin turbo / 6 speed gas engine in the rear for 4 wheel drive launch off the line. The design was never intended to travel around in electric mode like the Tesla. For other than stop and go traffic or for pulling out of a parking lot,or short runs, the average I8 driver would seldom use the electric only mode since the range only averages less than 15 miles.
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Mike
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Mike
JRP3
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Well yeah, but that doesn't stop many people from making that comparison, so it must be discussed.
Sorry, I don't understand what these different purposes are. Can you please elaborate? The one area where they differ significantly is that you can't fit 5 real people in an i8, but except for that the Tesla mostly outperforms the i8. So the i8 is definitely better for people who hate other people and/or children?
jerjozwik
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Sorry, I don't understand what these different purposes are. Can you please elaborate? The one area where they differ significantly is that you can't fit 5 real people in an i8, but except for that the Tesla mostly outperforms the i8. So the i8 is definitely better for people who hate other people and/or children?
...and minority report.
i am in no way planing a faimly, 80% of my cars have 2 doors and 2 seats. im very willing to plop down 100-ish k for the models, the i-8 is not even on the radar.
Yes, but the public charger was highly likely offline as 25+% of that network has been down at any given time for months. It's driving British Leaf owners crazy. I'm giving him a pass on that one.
He also said afterwards that he only got 31(UK) MPG over the whole trip. It's hardly stellar fuel economy.
Still, for Clarkson to prefer it to the M3 it must be doing something right.
He also said afterwards that he only got 31(UK) MPG over the whole trip. It's hardly stellar fuel economy.
Still, for Clarkson to prefer it to the M3 it must be doing something right.
Canuck
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This is from Andrew McCredie -- the driving editor of the Vancouver Sun and Province newspapers (the largest ones in BC) and a member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada:
An electrifying supercar Design Magazine
Too bad that my back yard has a newspaper vehicle editor with no sense of style or understanding of the difference between the Model S and i8.
An electrifying supercar Design Magazine
Too bad that my back yard has a newspaper vehicle editor with no sense of style or understanding of the difference between the Model S and i8.
bluenation
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why do you care about someone's subjective opinions? nothing is more subjective than looks.
altho yes , he IS wrong
SwedishAdvocate
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So why didn't he say so then? In the broadcast he pretends something else – whatever it is...
When showing off the i8 phone app, that app clearly tells him "CHARGING ERROR" – albeit in a rather tiny font. But it is RED and in CAPITALS...
Then he pretends to just have found out that it hadn't worked when he returns to the i8 to unplug it.
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