I BOUGHT A CHEAP HIGH MILEAGE BMW i8! 

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Can't be a bad car if the first owner decided to do 160k miles in it in 7 years - that's a lot of driving for a car like this.

As someone who recently got an i8 and daily drives it, it is refreshing to see one with that many miles on it!

Absolute perfect high mileage example of a car

Usually prefer high mileage well looked after to a lower mileage damage repaired or lacking history...thanks for sharing and for the effort that goes into making it

I don't think you're "bloody mad" Calvin. It's a bloody gorgeous car! For the mileage, it looks like a excellent buy! I think that as a Grand tourer, it does the job beautifully. As a daily driver it has it pegged too.

Great video Calvin as always!🤛👏👏 I had loads of bmw ‘s.. love them ! My friend had an i8 and I drove it a few times ,but the inevitable happened….the head gasket went😩he had it repaired and sold it ..😜. But great mpg and power .. same as you explained!! Nice one Cal! 🤙👏💪🤛

I thought the batteries would need changing after a while! Good to see a high mileage one still going! Hybrid or not 👍

Loved the video Calvin enjoyed the whole review aspect of it.

Fantastic video Calvin 👏 for the age they still look so futureristic today. Amazing buy Calvin

I got an i8 in Feb 2015, (64 reg) normally change my car every 3 years, but kept mine for 5 years. One of the best cars I ever had. Changed it for an 8 series convertible as the finance costs on a new i8 were stupid due to depreciation. Miss my i8 but do like the 8 series.

Calvin is a breath of fresh air, you're killing it mate..I see you have gotten the Omega a brother, nice Rolex, there..

I actually quite like these. And I reckon hybrids are the way to go as a pose to pure electric so as to make longer journeys more feasible until the battery tech is all the way there. Thing is if for some reason the grid went down it’s not such a huge issue if you have a hybrid

Great video calvin

Love you dragging it out!

Good luck with it!

You need a slot on Top Gear...guest appearance!!! You're enthusiasm is lit!!

Loved this vid 😁😁 Great enthusiasm and energy for the i8! Awesome. Literally just jumped on here to look for a couple review vids after seeing a couple on Trader. Thinking a 19 plate i8 might satisfy some car love and might also keep my employer with their ridiculously strict CO2 limits satisfied. How quickly did this one sell I wonder.

I had one of these for a bit and it was a great car, if charged you get some good MPG and there isn't anything else that looks like it on the road. It's funny when you catch the internal sound speaker out when giving it the beans 😂

The E Drive exterior sound is the humming noise that comes from the car when moving off in electric mode(warns people around it by making a cool humming sound) . There should be a option to turn it off and on in the setting and you'll then be able to hear it

Future classic without a doubt

Drove one at Bruntingthorpe on an experience day, and LOVED it. Would love to add one to my garage, sit nice next to my E60 M5 😉. Just booked tickets for the show, look forward to seeing you there fella 👍. Make my day and tell me the i8 is one of the raffle prizes 🤣

These are such cool looking cars , they have the wow factor when you see one in the road

You just go one more sub. Great Vid pal

I see Calv has upped his wrist game, about bloody time!

I own a 2019 BMW-I8 Roadster with 19,000 miles. Thanks so much for posting this video! Because I have every intention of driving the crap out of mine and I can only hope to put 160k miles on it! I'm driving it two weeks through the American southwest this September.

Great video thanks. What's the app you're using to get the spec with optional extras ? I think you said hpi check but I've not heard if a hpi check that gives such a detailed spec sheet

What a cracking piece of kit. Only 360 bhp but can beat an S4 after 161k miles. BMW quality shines through again. Love this car lots. £30k? Bargain.

Just checked through the 20-70’s I’ve done and the 2014 S3 with some intake goodies did it in 4.57 exactly the same as the i8! 😁👍🏼

FairPlay to you Calvin, you do buy a really interesting variety of stock. That shows a true car enthusiast enjoying every part of what they do right up until the cars are united with the new owner!

These look like something from Total Recall door pops open “welcome to Jonny cab” 😂

Calvin you make me laugh how doing draggy times you clench the wheel ,,lean forward as if it’ll go faster lol

The last 60 seconds was a pure sales pitch 😂.

It does still look good today and at least it has one owner with a full BMW service history.

Brilliant video, I've made up my mind, i must get one as long as it's at a good price

Can’t believe people still watch Top gear with Paddy and Freddy when there is Calvin’s Car Diary

I believe the bargain price reflects the possibly crippling cost of any repairs especially electrical .

Kudos! 🤙🏼 fantastic cars. I think these hybrids are far better than full-on electric cars. Would love to know how much you bought it for.

One of the nicest looking cars ever made

Honestly you're more enjoyable than all the new Top Gear programmes mate 👌 👍 great content. !!

I have a protonic red one. Amazing car, the styling, the doors, the power to economy is absolutely great but the handling is just as good and it’s also very comfortable and full of tech (although blindspot assist would be a welcomed addition). For someone like me (27 years old, no kids, have to travel 40 miles 4 days a week to work) it’s the perfect daily/everyday sports car.

I did 50k kms per year on my Citroens (for about 25 years) 90% highway driving. Will go past 400k kms easily with regular servicing and maintenance. Highway mileage highway cars are good buys

That NaFFCo Throwie is boss man!

Awesome car Calvin

i love high mileage cars, a bit of a gamble but you can get a premium level car for working man money.

I do like a high mileage car! Congrats on the purchase!

What a car. Great buy as ever 👍 👌 👏

I've got one of the last examples made. It's noticeably quicker than this one, but I suspect after 161k miles a few ponies have escaped out the back. I use mine as the daily driver and apart from it being the same width as a Range Rover and a pain to park cannot fault it really.

My M2 OG has just over 81000 mile on the clock and thought this was pretty high for a 18 plate BMW. Just shows how well they made these cars with 6 cylinders and hybrid in this time frame.

Really rate these. Would be nice to have one for some fun see how they hold up against some newer sports cars

Cracking amazing car, still cutting age today, beautiful, BMW knocked it out of the park with this

Good luck on the overhaul

*Calvin is always getting the juiciest stock in* 😲🔥

Calvin what is the app you use to check a cars spec? I'm looking g at a bmw 7 series and need to know cheers

Id absolutely love an I8,I’ve always thought they’re stunning. I don’t think I could daily it with a puppy

30,000 worth of repairs to cover is a no brainer Go the old girls time after time. 160,000 miles, is about 256,000 kms which in Australia has just been run in!!! I do 60,000km every year driving to work and back home. My "day drive" is a 2019 Volvo XC90 which has just hit 220,000 kms and apart from hitting a Roo last year and I had to drive it with one headlight for 9 months until the parts arrived from Europe. I have a 2003 Cayenne 955, and a Lexus SC430 (yes the dreaded worlds worst car, thanks Hamond) both with over 200,000km on them which are great "Toys" for the outlay. Good video mate Cheers from Oz

In sport charging it'll use more fuel so better off charging it with the cable if you want to maximise the electric mpg

high miles cars either well looked after and then it doesnt matter or neglected. a guy i know had one and it never did anywhere near what the MPG was supposed to do lol

At least you fit in this one Calvin

Quite impressed with these.

what app do you use to do your back ground checks on the Used cars ?

Calvin got the best fade on YT, I need his barbers details

Nice car Calvin

HOW MUCH WAS IT!???????

Nice looking car, I recon as it has fsh it should be absolutely fine as a proposition 👍

What app do you use for the HPI search?

Man I want one of these bad mother busters! Any year to be honest. They all look so nice.

Probably part of the reason the car was so cheap was because the steering wheel is on the wrong side. Also you forgot to use Launch Control for your timed speed runs and there is a fault warning displayed on the instrument display in one of your video shots. It would be nice to know what that was. Nice to know the car has held up well with all the mileage.

I am Looking at a i8 to buy soon though can you give some idea as to what to look out for >?

I keep looking at these , I think I’ll bite the bullet , nice watch 👍🏻

Wouldn’t buy this much mileage i8 solid as it may be the problems will start kicking in soon considering it’s one of the first cars to probably hit this level of miles

How much is a battery replacement, I would imagine it’ll want a new hybrid battery soon?

My mates old man recently bought a 70 plate Tesla model 3 with 75,000 miles on it, the things mint, miles don’t matter if the cars been cared for.

Isn’t the edrive option the electric tone so pedestrians in city’s can hear it? I’m not sure it’s the exhaust tone.

You have that the mileage is seriously high when comes from calvin

Still runs like a dream

think about how far can you drive electric in comparation with diesel or how far can you run

I really like these cars think they’ve always looked good

What a car for the money 😎🤙🏻 great content sir 💪

Planet of dreams please!! 😁😁😁

Calvin my bmw f20 on a 15 plate has 202000 miles and still drives fantastic

I absolutely love that car ❤️❤️

My bmw e90 has 330.000 km at this moment and it's all mine. I bought it back in 2007 brand new

You need to get a w213 e63s on the channel and if you like you can use mine, I’m sure it would get second maybe even first on your 20-70 leaderboard 😜

Nice car crazy what you can get for the money

My friend had one with better turbo s and a tune and ex was his most reliable car he has ever had and had amazing mpg

Love it..!!

I see Leon many morning coming out of Toddington so can confirm it’s a daily for him

Drop the 3 cylinder motor and the battaries, What you get is fast, light, with v8 4.4 mid engine BMW 👍

Full service history.. should be all good.

I'd love to own this one day maybe when I win the lottery.

They do look very special

good luck with the repair bills, that's if bmw will even give you support.

I'm getting one next year, they are around $50k for a 2016 with less than 60k miles🙌

A bmw i8 is super car than can be daily and is very fuel efficient

in the history whats been changed or re built ? batterie elec motor petrol motor ?

It is not a Mini engine. It was developed specifically for the i8. Later down the line BMW decided to use it also in a Mini. Thus it is a i8 engine in a Mini, not vv.

Issue with this car is that it is usually overpriced on the used market compared to what you get

If you don’t mind me asking mate, how much did you pay for it ?

Let's hear about the Amazon Van 😂