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When I first read your post I thought, "The Bolt is one thing, but a BMW M3 is an entirely different beast." Took me a minute to cotton on to the fact that you mean "Model3", not BMW M3. It'll be interesting to see what i3 lease rates are like now that the Bolt is out. I also have no idea what...

I had a chance to drive the i3 today. I have a friend who has one on a lease. I think it is a 2015 but I cannot be certain other than to say that he has it on a lease and his lease is up in April. It is a Rex version. He saw my Bolt EV at work and called me wondering if it was mine so we took...

Yup. Really. 328i has MPSS and runs the Active8 Chip, so while it wouldn't hang with a 335i and a tune it is plenty forceful. But I feel every lump in the road, which I don't with the Bolt. The Bolt is quicker off the line unless I have the 328i in sport mode and feel like juicing it - when I am...

A two week report is that I prefer the Bolt EV to my 328i Msport. Funny how quickly I got used to the Bolt. I drove them both today, back to back, and the Bolt's ride is far smoother with less road noise, some of which can likely be attributed to tire differences (Michelin Energy All Seasons on...

I'm about two weeks in and agree that they are apples and oranges but I too like them both a great deal (328i Msport and Bolt EV, standard tires). The one thing I've learned about the Bolt now that I've had a change to wring it out is that indeed it does have some wicked torque steer. I flung...

By the way, at least one i3 owner still had his i3 but prefers his Bolt. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1108691_science-guy-bill-nye-buys-chevy-bolt-ev-his-tkth-electric-car

Thanks.

Could be BS but Chevy claims that time on lots in January for Bolt is 7 days - the fastest selling car in the Industry. My dealer had 10 on the lot when I picked up mine and my sales guy said they were all either sold or bearing deposits. Cars.com may have them but even the big dealers in CA are...

1. LT 2. 1/27/17 3. 36652 4. N/A 5. 5'7", 150 lb, 30 inch waist 6. Zero issues 7. LT (cloth) seats are supportive and comfortable Great idea BTW OP. Thanks for doing this.

I just priced an i3. Deka World to keep it cheap. Range extender version to get 180 mile range. Had to choose the $1k park distance package to keep it close to my Bolt LT. I did it a favor and excluded the Nav, as that seemed like a pretty price to pay to get CarPlay, even though CarPlay may not...

and taking umbrage because I claim to be a BMW man even though I didn't compare my Bolt to the BMW you wanted me to is just silliness. It should go without saying that we all take our own paths to the cars we buy. I bought a Bolt because it compares favorably in my opinion to past cars I have...

I own a BMW currently and have owned two others. My comments stand. But as I said I will drive and i3. As for what sources I cite, I will now quote Motor Trend in the COTY write-up. "Simply put, it's twice the car for half the price of a BMW i3," guest judge Chris Theodore said. "A better car...

https://www.thrillist.com/cars/nation/chevy-bolt-ev-2017-review

I think part of the problem is that when expectations are high and are dashed, bitterness and complaint are easier than when expectations are high but met and the natural impulse is to just let it all ride quietly. Lots of people think the seats are just fine, I among them. Everyone will sit in...

Actually I wasn't kidding. I haven't seen a review of the i3 in the last six months that claimed it was better of the Bolt but many taking exactly the opposite view that the Bolt is superior. Now some guys swear by Camaro's and wouldn't be caught dead driving a Mustang and some guys swear by...

+1 to both of those.

LOL. I guess I should've seen that coming - the i3 man goes Bolt. All the same, none of the professional reviews have had much love for the i3 and there has been a paucity of coverage of the i3 versus Bolt, with most of the ink, this time both amateur and professional, focused on the Telsa S...

I haven't had a chance to really wring it out in the corners yet so I cannot say what heavy throttle application in a corner will do. I suspect that there will be torque steer. In this phase of the EV design cycle the only RWD or AWD options are I think the Tesla S and the i8. That S2000 is a...

An encounter with an i3 is the root cause of my decision to buy the Bolt EV. I launched at a stoplight one day with an i3 in the adjacent lane and that I3 kept up pretty well until we hit 60. I did not consider the i3 for a couple of reasons: (1) I find it to be among the least attractive...

Thanks, SeanNelson, I will indeed enjoy it. And I report back periodically from the land of spirited driving, particularly if I do end up deciding to test out those summer tires.