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VW ID.3

Shefwedfan

This is just a thread so everyone can keep updated on the ID.3 Launch Edition.

Target price to start below €40k before any state subsidy
1st year 2,000kWh free public charging(WeCharge app required and include Ionity)
8 year battery warranty, 160k km minimum of 70%

After Frankfurt show(12th Sep- 22nd Sept) order phase starts. The registration number is required. Will be able to order via the chosen dealer. This is the one you picked on preorder.
Production end of year

ID.3 1st
4 colour choice
3 version(large wheels on all)
420km
58kWh battery

ID.3 1st
Voice control, sat nav

ID.3 1st Plus
IQ lights, bi-colour interior and exterior

ID.3 1st Max
HUD, panoramic roof

If you want we can track users and garage. If you post details I will add to list. I seen similar on the Ioniq thread so might as well rob

I picked Liffey Valley as they service my eGolf at present so seemed to automatic choice

Of course you dont need to post details if you dont want

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Shefwedfan - Liffey Valley
DrPhilG - Donnelly VW Derry
DrPhilG - Reid VW Letterkenny
Arch_stanton - Frank Hogan Limerick
eagerv - Tom Murphy Car sales Waterford
DriveSkill - Blackwater Motors Cork
Fitz2011- Tom Murphy car sales Waterford
Kris_2021 - Pierse motors Tipperary Town
Tollot - Blackwater Motors -Cork
CFC007-Frank Keane, Liffey Valley.
Silent Running - Wexford Volkswagen
ainsyjnr - Kilkenny.
Donall.ID.3 - Pierse motors Tipperary Town
Rx8 - Joe Duffy Volkswagen, Airside
80sdiesel - Kilkenny
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Akabusi - Bradys Arva, Co Cavan
catharsis - Frank Keane Deansgrange
Jordan191 -- Mullingar autos
McHonda - Sheehy Motors, Naas
liamog - Frank Keane Liffey Valley
unkel - Frank Keane Liffey Valley
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Irishjg - Tom Murphy Waterford

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CoBo55

TitianGerm wrote: »

My trip from Enniscothy to Kilkenny today via Carlow. Very relaxed journey sticking at the speed limit using ACC. Very happy with the efficiency considering I'd motorway from Carlow to Kilkenny.

Most people hate it but I prefer going over the hills, borris gowran etc it's a much nicer drive, be lovely in an electric car. What would that rate cost per 100km? (16.2)

CoBo55

Everyone here seems to be very happy with their cars. Would it be stupid to buy one and use a local 50kw charger and not get a home charger at all? The missus is grumbling about having a charger at the front of the house...

waynegalway

into_the_wild wrote: »

Thanks. Just wanted to know if dealers are flexible enough with such extras. That's a fairly good deal you got there for a Style spec. Around 34k if I calculated that correctly?

Something like that, yeah. Not sure of the exact final figure because there were so many figures flying around at one stage. The trade in had a little equity in it, and our priority was the keep the monthly payments under €400, so the difference between the Life and Style turned out to be €1250 extra deposit on top of the trade in equity. Decent enough deal. I’d have liked the alloys as an extra on the Life, but at €950, stretching another €300 on top was a very good deal for the bump in spec.

eagerv

CoBo55 wrote: »

Most people hate it but I prefer going over the hills, borris gowran etc it's a much nicer drive, be lovely in an electric car. What would that rate cost per 100km? (16.2)

Yea I love that roads as well:). And the ID.3 is in her element.
Would cost a little over €1 on night rate. Expensive...:D

dmcg90

Silent Running wrote: »

Any ID car ordered now, and for the last good few weeks will be the 2022 model. They start producing them when the factory gets going again after the summer break. That's next week, so any cars not yet built will be 2022 models. They'll have different features, like area view.

The thought is that the new software, 2.3, will be on the new cars from next week and that there'll be an OTA update for existing ID cars. All speculation, of course, but not long to wait to find out.

Area view would be huge for me (hate parking with a passion!). Is that just speculation or have they said it’s coming online?

dmcg90

dmcg90 wrote: »

Area view would be huge for me (hate parking with a passion!). Is that just speculation or have they said it’s coming online?

Looking at the spec sheet, Area View is on the Tour 5 and not the tour (looking at the tour). Argh!

KCross

CoBo55 wrote: »

Everyone here seems to be very happy with their cars. Would it be stupid to buy one and use a local 50kw charger and not get a home charger at all? The missus is grumbling about having a charger at the front of the house...

Visiting the local charger will get tedious fairly quickly. Don’t do it.

Sound like aestethics of the charge point will be important for you so just get an untethered one that blends in... EO mini springs to mind or possibly the Andersen( very expensive though) and I’m sure there are plenty others that would suit... there must be some discreet spot it could be located at.

Michael malone

So left Waterford at 4:30 this morning, headed to Dublin Airport, approx 155km. Had 100% Battery showing 420km range. Arrived at Dublin Airport with 130km range and approx 20% battery, had the acc set for 120, 3 people in car with luggage for 1, air temp 8c. And occasional air con. That was my first long spin. Thought it was a bit energy hungry. Driving a 211 Family spec. Charged up in Dublin had 350km range, got home with range of 114 left. 120kmph all way home.. a bit disappointed with the range on a long spin. Have 4000km on the clock

KCross

How are you all doing on tyres?

I've over 10k km done but the rears are at 2mm already! :eek:

Fronts are just shy of 4mm.

I've the Bridgestone Turanza ECO 18". These ones
They are well rated (A fuel and B grip) but obviously soft.

How are the rest of you doing? Not sure I'll get the same tyres if they disappear after 10k km.

Patmwgs

CoBo55 wrote: »

Everyone here seems to be very happy with their cars. Would it be stupid to buy one and use a local 50kw charger and not get a home charger at all? The missus is grumbling about having a charger at the front of the house...

I would not rely on public chargers alone, i was in enniskillen today and only one charger out of four worked and one half of that one was broken . A guy pulled up in a hybrid and said thats the very reason he would not go fully electric yet.

punisher5112

CoBo55 wrote: »

Everyone here seems to be very happy with their cars. Would it be stupid to buy one and use a local 50kw charger and not get a home charger at all? The missus is grumbling about having a charger at the front of the house...

She won't even see it, plenty of ways they can be hidden from view, hedging, timber etc etc ...

TitianGerm

Patmwgs wrote: »

I would not rely on public chargers alone, i was in enniskillen today and only one charger out of four worked and one half of that one was broken . A guy pulled up in a hybrid and said thats the very reason he would not go fully electric yet.

What colour is your house? You could get an EO mini without the attached cable and it'd be very discreet.

TitianGerm

Patmwgs wrote: »

I would not rely on public chargers alone, i was in enniskillen today and only one charger out of four worked and one half of that one was broken . A guy pulled up in a hybrid and said thats the very reason he would not go fully electric yet.

What colour is your house? You could get an EO mini without the attached cable and it'd be very discreet.

Edit: that was meant for CoBo.

Patmwgs

Patmwgs wrote: »

I would not rely on public chargers alone, i was in enniskillen today and only one charger out of four worked and one half of that one was broken . A guy pulled up in a hybrid and said thats the very reason he would not go fully electric yet.

This is my sync ev its very small, the eo mini is about the same size

the_amazing_raisin

CoBo55 wrote: »

Everyone here seems to be very happy with their cars. Would it be stupid to buy one and use a local 50kw charger and not get a home charger at all? The missus is grumbling about having a charger at the front of the house...

There's evidently a lot of folks around Dublin do it, lots of traffic on the 50kW units in some areas

That's tailed off a bit since they introduced charges, but some folks rely on it

I was reliant on public charging when I first got the Leaf, it wasn't great. It would be easier now in the ID.4 since I'd only charge once or twice a week, but still hard to beat the convenience of home charging

Hard to beat the cost too, 50kW rate is 6 times the cheapest night rate of 5c/kWh

I got an EO Mini, very discreet, about the size of small shoe box. If you want as compact as possible go for untethered, this means the charger has a socket and you'll need to plug the charging cable into both the charger and car.

If you have a side passage you can also tuck the charger around there to keep it out of sight

eagerv

KCross wrote: »

How are you all doing on tyres?

I've over 10k km done but the rears are at 2mm already! :eek:

Fronts are just shy of 4mm.

I've the Bridgestone Turanza ECO 18". These ones
They are well rated (A fuel and B grip) but obviously soft.

How are the rest of you doing? Not sure I'll get the same tyres if they disappear after 10k km.

Haven't looked recently, but hope not that low on thread.. Will check and report back tomorrow. Any previous complaint I have heard re Bridgestone is that they are a hard tyre but last well.
My own are GoodYear and almost 12k km.

ewj1978

Michael malone wrote: »

So left Waterford at 4:30 this morning, headed to Dublin Airport, approx 155km. Had 100% Battery showing 420km range. Arrived at Dublin Airport with 130km range and approx 20% battery, had the acc set for 120, 3 people in car with luggage for 1, air temp 8c. And occasional air con. That was my first long spin. Thought it was a bit energy hungry. Driving a 211 Family spec. Charged up in Dublin had 350km range, got home with range of 114 left. 120kmph all way home.. a bit disappointed with the range on a long spin. Have 4000km on the clock

cold, yep
motorway speeds, yep
full car, yep
I'd be expecting 330-350km max at those speeds and temp.

[Deleted User]

ewj1978 wrote: »

cold, yep
motorway speeds, yep
full car, yep
I'd be expecting 330-350km max at those speeds and temp.

I wouldn't. I'd be expecting what he saw which is 155 travelled + about 114 remaining which is 270km.

You are expecting 16.5kWh consumption at 120kmph. I'd expect 21.5kWh.

It hasn't got a good enough drag coefficient to do what you expect. It'd get closer to your expectation if driven very, very smoothly. The return trip should have been more efficient with a warm battery, drivetrain and slightly lighter car.

CJmasgrande

Can someone please clarify what is the cheapest ID3 to buy if I have a 17yr old Petrol BMW for scrappage?

On donedeal I see some garages advertising €29k but seems to be too good to be true?

[Deleted User]

There will be a 93kW (motor power) ID3 coming in the near future. I don't know if it will reach Ireland but it is the one that VW promised would come in under €30k before incentives in Germany.
That with a 45kWh(55kwh gross) battery and 7kw AC charging/50kW DC charging will be the cheapest. If they can figure out how to remove the Sat Nav they will but android auto/apple carplay will stay.

ewj1978

CJmasgrande wrote: »

Can someone please clarify what is the cheapest ID3 to buy if I have a 17yr old Petrol BMW for scrappage?

On donedeal I see some garages advertising €29k but seems to be too good to be true?

certain Kerry garage? I say you'd have to ring them and see what they deem as a qualifying scrappage. AFAIK It isn't an Ireland wide scheme.

Cheapest Life edition with haggling would be ~32k. You'd be as well off selling the BMW privately.

Patmwgs

Anyone know why acc will almost steer itself around some bends and no assistance on others? And on some bends it says slow to maybe 60kph but the car does not slow on its own.

adunis

CoBo55 wrote: »

Everyone here seems to be very happy with their cars. Would it be stupid to buy one and use a local 50kw charger and not get a home charger at all? The missus is grumbling about having a charger at the front of the house...

I a word .......Yes

fits

ewj1978 wrote: »

certain Kerry garage? I say you'd have to ring them and see what they deem as a qualifying scrappage. AFAIK It isn't an Ireland wide scheme.

Cheapest Life edition with haggling would be ~32k. You'd be as well off selling the BMW privately.

Very hard to sell a 17 year old car. Get all sorts phoning up and goodness knows what it would be used for. I sold an old car like this a few years ago and regretted not just scrapping it afterwards.

CoBo55

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

There's evidently a lot of folks around Dublin do it, lots of traffic on the 50kW units in some areas

That's tailed off a bit since they introduced charges, but some folks rely on it

I was reliant on public charging when I first got the Leaf, it wasn't great. It would be easier now in the ID.4 since I'd only charge once or twice a week, but still hard to beat the convenience of home charging

Hard to beat the cost too, 50kW rate is 6 times the cheapest night rate of 5c/kWh

I got an EO Mini, very discreet, about the size of small shoe box. If you want as compact as possible go for untethered, this means the charger has a socket and you'll need to plug the charging cable into both the charger and car.

If you have a side passage you can also tuck the charger around there to keep it out of sight

Many thanks for the replies lads. You answered my next question, tethered v untethered I didn't know what it meant. I don't have a side entrance but I could put an untethered EO mini in the porch or even on the black raised border between myself and the next door neighbour. The meter is in the porch could the electrician access power from there putting in a separate isolator or does he need to go back to the consumer unit? Oh, I have an electric shower too:D

nkay1985

CoBo55 wrote: »

Many thanks for the replies lads. You answered my next question, tethered v untethered I didn't know what it meant. I don't have a side entrance but I could put an untethered EO mini in the porch or even on the black raised border between myself and the next door neighbour. The meter is in the porch could the electrician access power from there putting in a separate isolator or does he need to go back to the consumer unit? Oh, I have an electric shower too:D

Mine was installed three weeks ago and the technician said that they're now allowed to go through the meter box so that would be fine. I also have an electric shower.

[Deleted User]

CoBo55 wrote: »

Many thanks for the replies lads. You answered my next question, tethered v untethered I didn't know what it meant. I don't have a side entrance but I could put an untethered EO mini in the porch or even on the black raised border between myself and the next door neighbour. The meter is in the porch could the electrician access power from there putting in a separate isolator or does he need to go back to the consumer unit? Oh, I have an electric shower too:D

A 230V/16Amp charger cable will get the ID3 from 10 to over 80 percent a few nights a week if you must avoid the unsightly charger but a dumb 7kw charger with SEAI grant is better if you can make it work for you.

CoBo55

Deleted User wrote: »

A 230V/16Amp charger cable will get the ID3 from 10 to over 80 percent a few nights a week if you must avoid the unsightly charger but a dumb 7kw charger with SEAI grant is better if you can make it work for you.

Oh, I thought all the chargers mentioned were covered by the grant or did you mean the granny cable for 230v/16A?

CoBo55

nkay1985 wrote: »

Mine was installed three weeks ago and the technician said that they're now allowed to go through the meter box so that would be fine. I also have an electric shower.

Do you need an extra unit to prevent both running together? Shower/EV.

[Deleted User]

CoBo55 wrote: »

Oh, I thought all the chargers mentioned were covered by the grant or did you mean the granny cable for 230v/16A?

granny cable.