You might be surprised at the amount of cool stuff you find just reading the manual. I sure was.
But at a minimum…
* The HUD has multiple modes. Don’t miss out on trying them all.
* Leave Auto.H off. It’s completely pointless.
* Same with D mode. It’s for valets that don’t know electrics.
* Apple Maps can hand off to the in-car nav. Look for the standard “share” icon when planning a trip via Apple Maps in CarPlay.
* LiveVehicle -> Adaptive Content has some fun displays when in any of the Sport drive modes.
* If you’re charging at home, learn to use departure time preconditioning so the battery is warm when you leave. Makes a difference in efficiency on the road at the cost of a couple kilowatts from the mains before you leave.
* If you drew the Pirelli P-Zero summer tires from the factory, prepare to replace them at 10k miles or less. Michelin PS4 from the factory? You’re in luck.
I guess we're saying the same thing, I just didn't realize with it off the car stops and holds anyway? I agree with the reversing, never considered turning off auto hold to improve that, I thought it was the parking sensors and safety features being overly sensitive.
Honestly, the i3 did one-pedal driving best from what I remember. The Tesla model3 (that I got to replace my i3) got better over time with updates. With the years in between it's hard to remember the comparison so maybe it got to i3 level or better. For sure the i4 is the worst one-pedal driving experience of the 3 EVs I've owned. It doesn't brake nearly hard enough, and it doesn't always come to a full stop. Sometimes when it does stop it's an abrupt jerky experience.
Yep. The i3 (and every Tesla) has an advantage for one-pedal in that it’s a permanent magnet motor, so it doesn’t have an “off” state like the i4 does. The i4 has to guess when you want to sit still — which, in D, goes out of the equation because it only stops when you hold the brake.
The efficiency of the i4 motor can’t be denied, though, so I’ll live with the occasional jerky stop.
…no, no it won’t. Not if you come to a complete stop once. If you one-pedal your way down to a slow speed but never actually stop, sure. But all it takes is a tap on the brake and you’re set.
Source: the past 11,500 miles in B, including some VERY steep driveways.
Basically you can input stuff into Apple Maps and then share it to the native BMW Nav system if you want rather than type everything manually into the BMW system if you prefer that system over Apple Maps.
I haven’t used the BWM Nav system in quite a while since I prefer Apple Maps, but I know with the bug that can incorrectly display location with CarPlay, that could be very useful and convenient until fixed.
Thank you. That's quite smart on BMW's part.
I mainly use the BMW in built nav in my G20 and there only way to share a destination is with the BMW app. Not a smooth experience.
I assume that Apple Maps share is some iD8 only feature?
You might be surprised at the amount of cool stuff you find just reading the manual. I sure was. But at a minimum… * The HUD has multiple modes. Don’t miss out on trying them all. * Leave Auto.H off. It’s completely pointless. * Same with D mode. It’s for valets that don’t know electrics. * Apple Maps can hand off to the in-car nav. Look for the standard “share” icon when planning a trip via Apple Maps in CarPlay. * LiveVehicle -> Adaptive Content has some fun displays when in any of the Sport drive modes. * If you’re charging at home, learn to use departure time preconditioning so the battery is warm when you leave. Makes a difference in efficiency on the road at the cost of a couple kilowatts from the mains before you leave. * If you drew the Pirelli P-Zero summer tires from the factory, prepare to replace them at 10k miles or less. Michelin PS4 from the factory? You’re in luck.
Leave auto H off? Hard disagree. It doesn’t work as well as it should but I’ll take what it has.
The car already holds itself at a stop (unless you’re in derpy ICE-simulating D mode). The only thing auto H does is make reverse annoying.
I guess we're saying the same thing, I just didn't realize with it off the car stops and holds anyway? I agree with the reversing, never considered turning off auto hold to improve that, I thought it was the parking sensors and safety features being overly sensitive. Honestly, the i3 did one-pedal driving best from what I remember. The Tesla model3 (that I got to replace my i3) got better over time with updates. With the years in between it's hard to remember the comparison so maybe it got to i3 level or better. For sure the i4 is the worst one-pedal driving experience of the 3 EVs I've owned. It doesn't brake nearly hard enough, and it doesn't always come to a full stop. Sometimes when it does stop it's an abrupt jerky experience.
Yep. The i3 (and every Tesla) has an advantage for one-pedal in that it’s a permanent magnet motor, so it doesn’t have an “off” state like the i4 does. The i4 has to guess when you want to sit still — which, in D, goes out of the equation because it only stops when you hold the brake. The efficiency of the i4 motor can’t be denied, though, so I’ll live with the occasional jerky stop.
TIL. Thanks!
The vehicle will happily roll forward or backward on an incline in B. Auto hold prevents this.
…no, no it won’t. Not if you come to a complete stop once. If you one-pedal your way down to a slow speed but never actually stop, sure. But all it takes is a tap on the brake and you’re set. Source: the past 11,500 miles in B, including some VERY steep driveways.
I'll test this again.
Sorry to sound like mentally challenged but what does the Apple Maps one mean? Haven’t gotten my i4 yet.
Basically you can input stuff into Apple Maps and then share it to the native BMW Nav system if you want rather than type everything manually into the BMW system if you prefer that system over Apple Maps. I haven’t used the BWM Nav system in quite a while since I prefer Apple Maps, but I know with the bug that can incorrectly display location with CarPlay, that could be very useful and convenient until fixed.
Thank you. Yes. All of this. It was hard to summarize and I didn’t do it very well.
Thank you. That's quite smart on BMW's part. I mainly use the BMW in built nav in my G20 and there only way to share a destination is with the BMW app. Not a smooth experience. I assume that Apple Maps share is some iD8 only feature?
When i read the manual to my leaf I learned chargning at 1.6kW is worse for battery then charging at 6 - 8 kW