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Re-adjusting to my M3. Back when I had my MS in 2017 this wasn't even available...
So scheduled departure. Used it this morning. Leave at 5 AM, so set that as my departure time. Car was nice and toasty and happy. But looking at the numbers, I don't know if it's worth it.
It looks like the car used approximately 8% charge, or approximately 22 miles of range to precondition. My entire drive to work is 12 miles. Seems a little backwards to use 22 miles of range to prepare for a 12 mile trip? Even if my efficiency is down 50% due to the cole, I would effectively use 24 miles of range on my 12-mile drive as opposed to 22 for preconditioning plus 12 of actual drive = 36 miles of range?
I don't know, maybe I'm not understanding something here, or maybe preconditioning is only effective for long trips, not short morning drives?
So scheduled departure. Used it this morning. Leave at 5 AM, so set that as my departure time. Car was nice and toasty and happy. But looking at the numbers, I don't know if it's worth it.
It looks like the car used approximately 8% charge, or approximately 22 miles of range to precondition. My entire drive to work is 12 miles. Seems a little backwards to use 22 miles of range to prepare for a 12 mile trip? Even if my efficiency is down 50% due to the cole, I would effectively use 24 miles of range on my 12-mile drive as opposed to 22 for preconditioning plus 12 of actual drive = 36 miles of range?
I don't know, maybe I'm not understanding something here, or maybe preconditioning is only effective for long trips, not short morning drives?