had my i3 in for the fuel pipe safety recall and it was all done while I waited, no problems there. interestingly though a note about brake pad wear and disk corrosion. It said my pads (front) were down to 3mm and the disks were heavily corroded.
I checked the disks after some manual brake applications and I thought they came up pretty clean with no wear ridge and only slight grooving, possibly nothing to worry about there. perhaps it just looked bad with a cursory glance. The pads however a different matter, they were indeed worn down to 3mm and although the wear light has not come on yet, I would normally replace pads that looked as worn as they do. Rears looked fine and loads of pad material on them.
Interestingly I:
In fact I think it's fair to say I have never seen so much pad wear on any car I have ever owned at 28K miles. My driving style is economy and as if I have one of these pointed at my car.
I am going to ask them for a quote to do just pads for the front and disks/pads, will post back on how much they want for the work.
Pricing including fitting (inc VAT with my discount):
I checked the disks after some manual brake applications and I thought they came up pretty clean with no wear ridge and only slight grooving, possibly nothing to worry about there. perhaps it just looked bad with a cursory glance. The pads however a different matter, they were indeed worn down to 3mm and although the wear light has not come on yet, I would normally replace pads that looked as worn as they do. Rears looked fine and loads of pad material on them.
Interestingly I:
- Don't allow the cruise control to brake for me down hills (I want that energy)
- Almost never use the brake pedal (virtually all 1 pedal driving)
- Very careful when the battery is full as I realise the car will apply the brakes, not regenerative until a few % is out of the battery.
- Car is always kept garaged (allowed to dry outside first if wet) and is 3.5 years old
In fact I think it's fair to say I have never seen so much pad wear on any car I have ever owned at 28K miles. My driving style is economy and as if I have one of these pointed at my car.

I am going to ask them for a quote to do just pads for the front and disks/pads, will post back on how much they want for the work.
Pricing including fitting (inc VAT with my discount):
- Pads only for both front wheels (inc new wear sensors) £249
- Pads and Disks £435.