I also chose to lease as opposed to purchase because I'm hoping BMWFS is way off on their residuals for these early cars. With the Bolt and the Model III coming to market with claims of up to 200 miles battery range I sure hope the i3's resale/residual is much less than they expect. My residual is estimated at $35k , if cars like it are only selling for $20k then I can attempt to buy the car at a lesser price than what they estimated it would be worth. $20k is my goal, it's aggressive, it might be a bit unreasonable but between the below invoice price on the car, the tax incentive and hopefully another $15k off at the end of the lease, I hope to have paid about $32k for a $55,850 MSRP vehicle. We'll see what happens, Tesla is slow at delivering cars and rumors are that Chevy is having trouble getting that 200 mile range they said the Bolt would have. It's a gamble!Originally Posted by JB3
Ah ok, that all makes sense. Hopefully they have some aggressive value when purchasing at the end of a lease.
35% on the front? Cray talk! lol. I'm old and my eyes aren't as sharp as they were, but it would be great for oncoming lights for sure. I had Air 80 on the front, and TBH, the only difference I noticed in heat was in the first 10 minutes. After that, the car felt as hot as no windshield tint, so I don't think I'll spend that money again myself.
Good plans for mods for a lease vehicle, and good plan on waiting 2 years to go further. Just don't be like me, and kick yourself for selling your ZHP 2 years from now.
I LOVED the 35% on the ZHP windshield. It did make for some dark traveling at night, but that car wasn't driven too much or too far at night. Did you have ceramic on the car your taking about? It's supposed to be better at reflecting heat, but I haven't had a vehicle with it yet. In all actuality, like the ZHP, this car will only be outside about 4 days per repeating 4-week schedule. 52 days per year, maybe half of those will be warm. But I want the high reflectivity for traveling between covered parking spots too, hopefully work the AC as little as possible.
I will always miss my ZHP. I miss all of my cars I've had and let go, I can't help it.
Yup, waiting for aftermarket goodies is one of the caviats to buying something low production volume. I wish I lived near an aftermarket company so I could offer the car as a tester, but I don't. Rumors are that Eibach is working on a set of springs for the car. I'm going to have to get back into the grove of making car payments so not having a lot of modding options yet is probably best for my credit card anyway, haha.3D Design makes some nice lips but they are pretty expensive.
I would definitely wait for better options for the suspension. The car is still a niche product and it has limited aftermarket options until people start deciding to modify them. Perhaps call suspension companies and see if they are willing to prototype stuff with your car and you could get a massive discount on the car?
Either way, enjoy it! I wish my commute was short enough to use one of these badboys.
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