I Sold My BMW For An EV… And Here’s Why

[@stephen-he4iw]

I don't hate how it looks either! makes a tonne of sense why you went with this

[@ducthinh2412]

Congratulations on the new ride! Would you mind sharing what was your monthly payment on the BMW, and your negative equity?

[@Albebacck]

I have a id3 pro performance and a id4 gtx. Love them never had issues with bugs or whatever. Much better then tesla garbage build quality. Good pick if u ask me gl on yt

[@jabajaba15]

Hey Zach, what was the MPG of the X3 after all the tunes?

[@ZachEgbert]

In town maybe around 21 / 22. On the highway, depending on how fast you set the cruise control, anywhere from 25-29mpg

[@jabajaba15]

@ZachEgbert that's not too bad actually. I'll give a stage 1 go on my 19 x3 m40i

[@Lanoumik]

I mean, I was checking out EVs this spring and joined a several “fan groups” on FB for each. And the Tesla, BMW and others were like regular. Some people excited, some complaining, but the VW ID groups were like 70% people complaining about buggy SW, mostly :) . Like really weird bugs and errors. And that scared me off it :) Supposedly the new ID7 is a bit better.

[@ZachEgbert]

I’ve encountered one bug or two but nothing major so far! They did just release a software recall and fix for those bugs people said they were experiencing. So, when the recall gets applied here soon hopefully most of the issues people had will be fixed! I know the 2024 model year cars did have that issue fixed already and I’ve heard they’re way better

[@hase3362]

​@@ZachEgbertthe Software is very buggy and slow, but the car itself is better quality and more reliable than a Tesla. In my and a lot of other peoples opinion the IDs are the ugliest cars volkswagen has ever made. Why didnt you get a BMW EV? They're very nice.

[@ZachEgbert]

@@hase3362 the BMW EV’s are nice! But not $50-$100k nice IMO. Getting this car for $20k off compared to an i4 for $65-$70k didn’t seem worth it.

[@kellysilveira]

It’s not even a Tesla 🫠

[@ZachEgbert]

I know! That’s the best part 😉😂