[mobike008]

Originally Posted by niruvrs9669

@mobike008, Now this makes sense). Tesla creates that void to fill in, what better way than to fill that silence with B58 !

Yes, we own them as a firm - iX, X5s - B57 and B58.

Absolutely right. B58 fills the void and probably also overflows it. lol!

Nice to know. I'm not sure how much but, hopefully you are doing proper justice to the Bimmer brothers in a traffic congested place like Bangalore.

[niruvrs9669]

Originally Posted by mobike008

hopefully you are doing proper justice to the Bimmer brothers in a traffic congested place like Bangalore.

Actually, quite a bit of routine out of town drives to Bangalore suburbs, Mysore and Kurnool-A.P for project visits. X5 30d has clocked close to 2,00,000 kms in last 8 years (less covid lockdowns, services & repairs halts). X5 40i is butter smooth and packed with thrills, clocked 3,000 kms in last one month including a drive to Hyd.

We've had distressing range anxiety issues taking the iX out of Bangalore with almost non existent EV charging network. In India we are eagerly waiting for Tesla launch for it to fill the void in Charging network more than it's cars .

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by niruvrs9669

Actually, quite a bit of routine out of town drives to Bangalore suburbs, Mysore and Kurnool-A.P for project visits. X5 30d has clocked close to 2,00,000 kms in last 8 years (less covid lockdowns, services & repairs halts). X5 40i is butter smooth and packed with thrills, clocked 3,000 kms in last one month including a drive to Hyd.

You have 2 X5’s at home? This is super. Do share a pic whenever you can.

Wow. 2 Lakh Kms with a BMW X5 30d sounds like you are properly using the vehicle and is a testament for its reliability.

I assume you are in construction business and I know it needs a lot of travel (Have lot of friends in that line and mostly use Innova or Fortuner for this type of travel).

X5 40i is the B58 so it will be enjoyable for sure.

Btw, we added another BMW to our family (actually Sis’s family) and will share a few pics on my BMW thread. Do check that out.

Originally Posted by niruvrs9669

We've had distressing range anxiety issues taking the iX out of Bangalore with almost non existent EV charging network. In India we are eagerly waiting for Tesla launch for it to fill the void in Charging network more than it's cars .

I test drove the BMW iX 50i and honestly speaking it wasn’t that impressive.

It’s nowhere close to a Tesla. Not sure if you have seen that brief impression post :

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/elect...ml#post5608909 (BMW iX electric SUV launched at Rs. 1.16 crore)

Also, BMW’s claimed range vs. actual range is pathetic. Not that others claims are any better but, it much lesser than other EV claims in the market.

You are right. Musk would take that approach- First build the charging network and then launch the car. I think it will be another 3-5 years before anyone can buy a Tesla made in India.

[niruvrs9669]

Originally Posted by mobike008

Do share a pic whenever you can.

Wow. 2 Lakh Kms with a BMW X5 30d sounds like you are properly using the vehicle and is a testament for its reliability.

I assume you are in construction business and I know it needs a lot of travel (Have lot of friends in that line and mostly use Innova or Fortuner for this type of travel).

Also, BMW’s claimed range vs. actual range is pathetic.

Just got that one pic of the two together.

2 Lakh kms on 30d was quite engaging but with a new short block (replaced under warranty) and a new gear box (the gear box was cracked by the broken shaft, replaced under insurance) - not quite that Toyota reliability though. Learnt that driving dynamics and reliability don't come as a package .

Yes we are into land development & constructions, like your pals, we ended up getting one Innova crysta midway - which has clocked 90 K kms now.

Agreed, the claimed range of iX is a joke on the highways without regen !

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Spring is here and super excited that summer are on the way.

Time to spruce up some things on the home-front. Started with the front yard beautification process. Tesla did all the heavy lifting of transporting the mulch and chip stones from Home Depot.

With the seats down, I was able to carry 12 bags of Mulch and a few bags of chip stones in one-trip goes to show how spacious is the Model 3.

Transportion of Mulch and Stones.







Post using it.

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With the gas prices again jumping up, it forced me to look at these statistics and feel happy about it.

Gas here now in Seattle is $5.00/Gallon. And, our electricity is exactly opposite, it's just $0.08 per KWH. So, you can say we are living in other end of the spectrums.

Spent just $315 on electricity to drive 12,000 miles (~ 20,000 kms).

If it had been a gas car (E.g: BMW)- I would have needed 600 gallons of gas to cover 12,000 miles and at an average of $4.25/gallon, I would have spent $2550. These are massive savings.



I noticed this feature recently. Other day, wifey took the Tesla to work and I opened the app on my phone when she was driving. As you can see from below screenshots, app screen was in motion and showed "Real-Time" speeds as she kept driving.

This is a simply awesome feature to keep track of what speeds your car is being driven at.



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Tesla has finally unveiled the new Tesla Model 3 Performance :

https://electrek.co/2024/04/23/tesla...3-performance/

Some notable updates :

1. Front Lip Upgrade
2. Rear Diffuser
3. Seats are now bolstered
4. Adaptive Dampers
5. NVH improvement
6. New Wheel Design
7. Rear Seat Screen
8. V3 Version Track Performance Update (Don't know exactly what it means)

Finally, the most important aspect- acceleration shaved by 0.2 seconds and now it's even more blistering fast to 60mph at just 2.9 seconds.

Top speed decreased by 1mph to 163mph.

Range dropped from 315 miles to 295 miles.

Am I tempted to upgrade? Yes. Super tempted. Now with all these changes, it's now equal to an M3 competition (minus the engine...lol!)

Am I disappointed? Yes. I'm highly disappointed that I paid almost $15K more for my car and now comes a newer version that is cheaper.