What's the Slate's maintenance like?

[Dorbiman]

I never said the ICEV miles were maintenance free. I originally commented that more moving parts doesn't necessarily mean less reliability. The actual moving (rotating) parts of an ICEV drivetrain rarely fail when the vehicle is correctly maintained. Lots of people jumped on my case about that statement, bringing in manufacturing defects and such - LOL.

I can't speak to your BMW experiences, but I've had 5 BMWs from the E30 to the E90. I have a Z3 1.9L (M44) that's the 200,000 mile car, and my Z4 is basically an E46. I owned an E46 330i Cabrio for about 30-months, which I brought off a friend at the 100,000 mile mark. I drove it to 135,000 miles, it had a similar maintenace history as any of my other BMWs that I bought new (or used, the Z4 at 23,000 miles).

I agree with you. On paper the Slate should be relatively maintenance free. It all depends on how good the engineering is. I look forward to buying mine. But I've never really had a bad experience owning an ICEV. EV do run at lower operating temperatures, about 90 deg. F less from my research, that doesn't mean ICEV are not engineered to run at 220+ deg. F. I know I'll be dead long before my Slate will run out of miles and heat cycles.

I have such a sweet spot for Z3s. I've had a 96 Z3 with the 1.9L, and my brother owned an '00 with the 2.8L. Mine was manual, his automatic. Both were truly awesome cars, and I miss mine ALL the time. I'd own another one in a heartbeat.

 

[E90400K]

I have such a sweet spot for Z3s. I've had a 96 Z3 with the 1.9L, and my brother owned an '00 with the 2.8L. Mine was manual, his automatic. Both were truly awesome cars, and I miss mine ALL the time. I'd own another one in a heartbeat.

My wife bought hers new in 1997. We still have the gold, complimentary James Bond promotional license plate hanging on the garage wall.