Subj : Re: the stores all take a
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Wed Feb 04 2026 03:13 pm

-=> Rob Mccart wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

 KW>BMW does great thermal management and battery maintenance. People on some
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  >the BMW boards showed cars with limited degradation and 100,000+ miles.

 RM> The wear out is probably linked more to battery age than the miles
 RM> put on the car so you'd need to know both..


Agreed, these were 2014/2015s, the first years the made the BMW i3.


 RM> Can't you switch over to more common makes of tires when they
  > wear out?

 KW>There's only one model and brand of all-season tire that fits.   :(

 RM> Really? An odd size then.. Probably done purposely to sell their
 RM> expensive tires..  Possibly new wheels could be purchased that
 RM> are a more common size, but that's an expensive change.

Well, they don't get the money for the tires, Bridgestone does. I'm sure 
it's an engineer designing in a vacuum for lowest possible rolling 
resistance.

Like the engineer that canted the spark plugs back 30 degrees on the Prius. 
If they'd canted them forward, changing them would be a breeze. As is, you 
need to take off the wipers, the wiper valance and other parts to get to 
them.


.... Walk without rhythm and you won't attact the worm.
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