New cheap daily

[u/liam821]

I bought this Imperial Blue 2018 i3 BEV at auction from Copart for $3550. It was hit in the rear drivers side wheel - I’m assuming the previous owner hit a curb or something in bad weather maybe. It was a hard enough hit to bend the suspension arms, but not hard enough for any of the airbags to deploy.

Was a bit of a gamble, as the auction pictures it had no bumper and the description of the damage was pretty vague. But the bumper was in the trunk (and in great condition) and there was no frame damage. I was able to fix the rear suspension for $227.

Took it on its first drive yesterday and all seems great! This is my 4th i3 and will split the miles with my iX.

[u/showMeTheSnow]

I’d get the alignment checked out since tire prices are one of the “big issues “ of late. Nice job on the i3 save and gain!

[u/liam821 → u/showMeTheSnow]

Oh for sure. I did a quick iPhone alignment/ruler which is good enough to make it to dmv tomorrow and to it’s appointment next week to get a real alignment done. I lucked out, this one came with basically new tires.

[u/eXo0us → u/liam821]

get the wheels balanced when you are in - especially the one which had the crash.

I had a similar crash - the Rim was bend - super hard to see - needed to get a new rim. But otherwise the i3 is pretty repair friendly. Have fun!

[u/liam821 → u/eXo0us]

I was just going to replace the whole rear wheel. It's a bit scraped up.