I've Bought A Bargain Used Electric Hot Hatch!

I love hot hatches, whatever the powertrain, now they're starting to become affordable in electric car world!

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[MarkGaudie]

After driving many EV’s from Tesla’s to, ID.3, ID.4, MG4, Kona, e-Niro, Ioniq, Mach-e, Leaf, Ariya etc I still think the BMW i3 is still one of the most quirky, fun and stylish EV’s I’ve ever driven. I had one for 4 days and still have a massive itch to buy one. I’ve actually been looking at used i3’s on the current market and love them in the red and black paint option. Certainly a lot of car for the money. Perfect now we no longer needs prams and we already have a larger EV for holiday away etc.

[trick]

We have an i3 and it’s absolutely brilliant. We use it as city car. It is actually roomier than it looks. Load space is adequate, particularly with rear seats down.

[simonreeves]

Hi EVM, greetings from Oxford. Wow, having seen your previous review of the i3, I was slightly surprised to see this video from you. I bought a new i3 in 2019, I still have it, I still love it! As a daily commuter it is just superb. I think you will like it. It doesn’t have the range or charging speed of a Tesla, but it’s a super car that will never rust and has reliability and build quality in spades. Welcome to the club!

[SmartMart]

Great choice - I like these too. It's a shame they didn't keep making them.

[tkmedia]

I like the reverse rear doors. Makes it much easier for me to put a folded compact wheelchair back there. Tighter parking spots don’t have to get around the doors as opening is on the same place.

[steveyoung]

just bought a zoe for 3500 battery owned in black 64 plate- love it - 4th zoe!!

[kevingannon]

Great choice I also have a Tesla 3 and we bought an i3 last week for my Wife also an I3S also a 70 plate, Its fantastic ....you will find that the apple car play only takes up 60 percent of the screen so I had this coded to fill the screen (about 50 quid) no rear camera on ours so having one fitted that comminicates with I drive and maintaines all BMW parking lines etc .The cupholder in the armrest area will fit in front of the front cupholder in one of the three slots also .The front boot will let in water so we have bought a watertight Ikea box with lid that fits perfecly ( Salma 22 litre) . On a run into Yorkshire last week we achieved 4, 5 miles PKWH but have averaged around 3.4 this week on general pottering about .

[EarlyRetirementWales]

My first EV was an i3. Loved it. Best Traffic Light GP ever. Best tip car ever - amazing how much you can get in with the seats down. Tiny turning circle. I would have an i3S one day.

[garrycroft]

The heated seats are standard as is the cruise control. You don’t have adaptive cruise control that was an extra. 4 miles kWh 190 miles in summer. 1, 300 kg an id3 is 500Kg heavier. You will absolutely love it. Oh the sunroof and black wheels were also extra.

[markymarkreviews]

Owned the original i3 Rex (2017) for 4 years and 60, 000 miles. It remains one of the best cars I have owned. Light, agile, RWD with brilliant steering feel due to those narrow wheels so you felt connected to it. Great visibility and ride height, Brilliant turning circle. BMW have lost their way! Did my end of ownership review on my YT channel and it gets the most views and comments although now obsolete.
Still own an Ariel Atom for my true kicks, but wife & I both hot hatch lovers. Her e-208 is also a fun drive. Not as punchy as the i3S though!

[nixer]

Excellent choice. We still have our i3 - now over 6 years old and have no intention of getting rid of it. We love it.

[gap]

I've got a standard i3 and absolutely love it. It's a brilliant car and I plan to keep it for a long time - unless I change it for an "S" of course!
I prefer the standard interior over the leather which puddles as soon as you look at it and quickly looks old! Cruise and heated seats were standard.
It's not too big and easy to use around town / shops etc but comfortable enough for longer trips. Range is easily 180 miles in the summer, which is very good for what it's designed to do. The 50kW DC is slow by today's standards but it will stay close to 50 at high battery percentages so it's still very usable for longer trips
It's quick - the i3 does not have Sport so Comfort is the full fat setting - strange! I tone it down to Eco to soften the throttle response, unless I'm involved in a traffic light GP of course! lol

The S is definitely a hot hatch !

[Hibbsy]

I was thing you were going to say VW e-Golf! I drive one, incredible hot hatch, exactly the same as a MK.7 with an electric motor. If you've not tried one I would highly recommend it.

[simonyendell]

Had a 2019 I3s as a company car and absolutely loved it. Got it with my head and it left with my heart. As a petrolhead I really wasn’t keen at the thought but it was such a saving and when it had to go back it had got under my skin. I have a M3LR now which I love but it’s not got that go kart appeal of the I3s. I think the I3s will be a classic one day, so innovative.

[gordonlaurie]

My wife got an i3 new 7 years ago. She still loves it, it’s been totally reliable and she’ll probably keep it for ever. We can get nearly 6 miles/kWh out of it in warm weather.

[cheduk]

Keep it. It's such a unique car that surely will become a classic.

[davesy]

With something that quick, it's a good job that ALLIEDNIPPON makes EV+ brake pads for it.

[loonymoon]

I’ve had two i3S’s. For the last 4 years. First one a rare 33kWh Rex model and second one is the run out unique forever special edition I bought new and fully specced in 2022 in Aventurine red. I love them! The boot may be smallish on seats up ( bigger than the mini though by quite a lot ) but when the seats are down it becomes a little van with a completely flat load area and no lip which can fit very surprising things in. In my case a 140cm high freezer … and I still managed to fit my dad in the front passenger seat … it’s like a tardis- and with proper ties down anchor points too. 😅😂 even after 4 year and with so many newer cars on the market swapping the i3S for something else would be a wrench as it’s so unique and just brilliant in its own way, hence .. I’m not and at the end of this year when my PCP term comes to the end I’m fully intending to pay the balloon 🎈 😊❤

[Orbit]

@18:30 I bet your wife will make the i3s her favorite car. My wife was getting very close to signing a new Range Rover, when we dropped by BMW and tried out the i3 - and was immediately sold on that one. The JLR sales person never understood how he lost that sale!

[MrGMawson]

It's a cracking little hot hatch back cheers mate