My first year of BMW i8 ownership: Costs, issues, concerns and the future.

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After one year of ownership and 17,000 miles added to the odometer, I decided to upload some information about my ownership experience. I purchased a BMW Certified Pre-owned Used BMW i8 from a BMW Dealer. The 2015 BMW i8 I bought had 10,500 miles on the odometer and was previously owned by the dealership owner. It was a better looking car than a lot of the other 2015 BMW i8's I had gone to visit. Others were in bad shape compared to mine, so I decided to pay more for mine. Insurance was about $100 a month for coverage. I suggest gap insurance that will cover the cost of depreciation, as well as getting a glass rider to cover 100% full glass replacement due to the potential for the windshield to break in the i8.

Please check out Heidi and Franny's first year review of their BMW i8. They covered a lot of subjects I did not cover in their review, so this is incredibly useful information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ranw1vF_HcI

Overall, I've used the factory and CPO warranty many times. Here are the parts that were replaced on my BMW i8 in the past year via Factory or CPO warranty. The list MSRP price on all these parts is about $6,000 (plus labor).

Oxygen Sensor: 1 11-78-8-617-030 LAMBDA MONITOR SENSOR
Door Sruts: 2 51-22-7-375-528 GAS PRESSURIZED SPRING
Door gap: 8 07-14-9-302-625 FILLISTER-HEAD SCREW
Door gap: 2 07-14-7-328-087 BALL PIN
Door gap: 24 07-14-7-240-724 CLIP GREEN
Turbo leak: 1 13-71-8-697-279 GASKET (TURBO)
Rebooting iDrive: 1 65-12-9-325-986 REMANUFACTURED HEADUNIT
Stress cracked windshield: 1 51-31-7-310-762 WINDSHIELD
1 61-35-6-814-596 RAIN SENSOR
1 51-31-7-310-765 COVER
1 51-31-7-288-462 BUMP STOP
1 51-31-7-354-093 LEFT ROOF FRAME GASKET
1 51-31-7-354-094 RIGHT ROOF FRAME GASKET
1 83-19-2-289-180 WINDSHIELD ADHESIVE
1 83-19-2-289-181 WINDOW-GLASS ADHESIVE
Coolant low warning, but coolant not low:PERFORMED SIB-17-03-18. REPLACED ENGINE COOLANT EXPANSION TANK & WIRES/HARNESS WITH CONNECTOR. CONNECT CHARGER. PERFORM ENGINE COOLANT BLEEDING PROCEDURE.
1 17-13-7-640-831 COOLING WATER EXPANSION TANK
1 61-11-9-312-324 REPAIR CABLE
1 82-14-1-467-704 COOLANT

I compared my BMW i8 to others with similar miles using Cargurus. In short, my car has depreciated about $17,000.

Used car search: https://www.cargurus.com

How to replace your door struts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q98Wrd-8hNI

My review and suggestion on tires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ZX4bjFsoo

BMW i8 depreciation guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdus6fvpFR8

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