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Originally Posted by wordsworth03
Or just go into your BMW Connected app on your phone and tap on “climatize now” about 20-30 minutes before you leave. As long as your car is plugged in, it should preserve most of your battery and you don’t have to program a preconditioning schedule.
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IMHO. It's a little bit challenging to calculate the right time to get the warm vehicle/cabin and the full battery when you're ready to leave.
If I program to warm up the car 30-mins before my departure time, my battery may drain all the way to 80-90% even though my Level 1 is plugged in. I intend to warm up the car a little earlier, for example hours ahead. Or try to get the Level 2 installed.
Luckily my car isn't parking outsides, and X5 usually warms up the cabin pretty fast. So I don't have to program to warm my car all the time.