Coming from a Tesla Model 3…should I get a lightly used i8 as a daily driver? I’ve always been a BMW guy, this will be my 5th if I pull the trigger. I drive A LOT, and put 40k miles on the Tesla in a year and a half, just getting bored of it. Would going to an i8 be worth it? Just want to hear some opinions and feedback
Had one for a few years.
As a daily driver it’s perfectly comfortable and practical as long as you never need to carry more than one passenger or a carry-on worth of cargo.
It drives great but it’s going to be a step back performance-wise from any model 3. It’s by no means slow, it’s just slower than it looks. Very comfortable in comfort mode, and not too stiff in sport mode.
I will die on the hill that it’s the most beautiful car ever made. But ultimately that’s why I sold it. It just attracted too much attention. You will feel weird parking it in the mall parking lot. You will not be comfortable parking it in the 7/11 in “that part of town.” Anywhere you go everyone will be looking at who is stepping out of it. It is impossible for it to not make a statement everywhere you go (that statement being I’m rich and I want you to know it.) Whether you actually feel that way or not, that’s the vibe it will give off.
Not from any model 3 surely. The i8 is ~4.2s to 60mph, the standard range model 3 is 5.6s.
Any model 3. The i8 is 4.2s to 60mph in launch mode. Outside of that it’s slower than a Prius in EV mode and there’s a noticeable delay in comfort mode before the engine kicks on. And even compared to sport mode, the model 3 will just plain be more responsive, even if it’s a tiny bit slower off the line.
Doesn’t it technically come with four seats? Or are the two rear seats so small they’re practically just storage space?