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Originally Posted by Traum
I'm sad that Polestar is no longer bringing their PS2 in for sale. It was one of the EVs I've been eyeing.
How is the Bimmer i4 when it comes to reliability? I am very apprehensive of the amount of "maintenance" ICE Bimmers require, so they have never been all that high in my contenders list.
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Depends on how you look at it. You are still drawing a lottery ticket when it comes to minor issues. The Mini was a POS, the M3 has been flawless, the X3 had a weeping diff and some minor cosmetic things, and the X5 has been a bag of shit outside of the engine.
BMW engines are imo, reliable nowadays as long as you aren't retarded about it. Ditto their EV stuff. Like what RZD said they are the one that allows you to replace bits of the battery instead of the whole pack.
The rest of the car is built in modules. Every major part has it's own brain, which yes makes things more expensive, but also makes it easier to troubleshoot and fix things. You can't win both ways.
The software has seen better days and has gotten progressively buggier as they add more functionality to it. IMO the best rendition of the iDrive was iDrive 7. The current iD9 is terrible.
IMO BMW EVs are low key the best ones on the market with the least amount of compromises. I have the hots for the Gravity and Rivian, but the iX is the standard for me for a usable, functional, livable EV.