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BMW donates 20 i3 cars to NYC parks
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05-21-2015, 03:37 AM | #4 |
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Just saw that they still have 2014 MY, new on the lot, at many dealerships around Atlanta. They are fireselling them at 1/2 of MSRP. That car has been a flop in the US, it seems. Well, that's a good way of doing something useful with them.
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05-21-2015, 03:06 PM | #5 |
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I think the under/over for seeing one turned over is Labor Day. Considering the Mayor... I have my money on under.
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$329*/month for 24 months. • $329 First months payment • $3,000 Down payment • $0 Security Deposit • $795 Acquisition fee • $4,124 Cash due at signing • $500 Build-Out Cash, $4,875 Lease Cash, included in payment. |
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I just checked ... he's at $149 http://www.herbchambersbmwofboston.c...r-specials.htm |
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I'm guessing the design is just too radical for this area which tends to the more subdued design wise. You rarely see modern or contemporary houses up here either. |
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I've driven one. It's actually not too bad to drive, the instant acceleration is a lot of fun. They just went too overboard with the exterior styling. Had they made it look a bit more 'Veloster-ish', they'd have an easier time getting people to buy into it. As it is right now, it looks like it belongs on the surface of Mars collecting soil samples. |
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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05-22-2015, 06:05 AM | #15 |
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A car with an 80-mile range just doesn't cut it in America. It looks like social media advertisement of giving 20 i3's away was cheaper advertising than a real TV commercial...
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05-22-2015, 09:15 AM | #16 |
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And that's the problem with cars like the i3. They make sense for a city, but for the taxi service, bus service, and subway service a city like NYC provides effciently and inexpensively. Not even to consider Uber... and charging challenges.
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