VW ID.3

TitianGerm · 20-06-2021 07:17AM

hogan86 wrote: »

Regarding Alloys, I see VW do an offical 18” for the ID.3 or 19” for the ID.4 (will fit ID.3 too) for reasonable money and couple of guys in the UK have them fitted and look nice.

Thoughts 1st pic is 18” Loen vs 2nd pic the 18” East Derry alloys

https://www.volkswagenpartsuk.co.uk/parts/id3-18-loen-alloy-wheel-brilliant-silver/

The top alloys don't suit the car in my opinion.

TitianGerm · 20-06-2021 07:47AM

Anyone having issues charging on 50KW units? Cross post from the eCars thread below with details.

I posted here recently to say I couldn't get my ID3 on the new 50KW unit at Enniscothy. Well I tried again this morning and still getting the "unable to start charge - consult vehicle wallet" pop up ony dash.

I know the charger works because there was an ID4 using it the other day and I don't think there's anything wrong with my car because it charges fine at home, on 22KW units and on Ionity so I'm not sure what's going on.

Edit: tried again when I got back to the car with the dogs and used my eCars card and the charge started so maybe it's some issue with the We Charge card but it works on the 22KW units.

hogan86 · 20-06-2021 09:50AM

eagerv wrote: »

I have the East Derry 18" and they are a practical wheel which I like the look of. Plenty of rubber on the tyre, hard to kerb. Also very easy to clean with a quick wipe with a mitt, most of the surface is flat with very little gaps. I regularly only clean the wheels, being too lazy to clean the car, and the car still looks smart overall.

Thanks for the info, speaking again with the better half as it will be her car she likes the 18” East Derry wheels or would ho for the 19” Andoya if they pop up and someone wants to do a deal with cash their way. I actually havent seen the wheels in person but I think the 19’s are the best compromise between them all. Tyre kerbing is certainly a worry for ehh herself 😂.

TitianGerm wrote: »

The top alloys don't suit the car in my opinion.

For some reason i think they look nice and much better than the steelies. The 18” tyres from the steelies will swap over too so nice upgrade if someone wanted the life and nicer wheels.

DrPhilG · 20-06-2021 10:41AM

If anyone sees good offers on compatible wheel do share.

I'll be looking for a spare set to use with winter tyres.

McGiver · 20-06-2021 03:07PM

hogan86 wrote:

For some reason i think they look nice and much better than the steelies. The 18â€ tyres from the steelies will swap over too so nice upgrade if someone wanted the life and nicer wheels.

Yeah I'd go for the Life, don't need style or family for the extra money, but my complaint is the wheels on the Life
Absolutely terrible....

rx8 · 20-06-2021 05:40PM

hogan86 wrote: »

Thanks for the info, speaking again with the better half as it will be her car she likes the 18” East Derry wheels or would ho for the 19” Andoya if they pop up and someone wants to do a deal with cash their way. I actually havent seen the wheels in person but I think the 19’s are the best compromise between them all. Tyre kerbing is certainly a worry for ehh herself ðŸ˜‚.

For some reason i think they look nice and much better than the steelies. The 18” tyres from the steelies will swap over too so nice upgrade if someone wanted the life and nicer wheels.

Those 18" Loen wheels also come in black and they look much nicer. Battery Life has them with winter tyres on them, if you want to check out his ID3 videos with them on.

https://youtu.be/tf931NR1SeU

adunis · 20-06-2021 06:10PM

My two cents,I've ordered a life at 31k in silver
Style/business/family are way too much of a premium for what you actually get.
In a similar vein I wonder how many will spec 150 brake to save 2 grand ?
And what will the most basic 44kwh one come in at when it launches ?
I may tint the rear windows.
I may add a set of alloys black simple design flat faced polished accents aftermarket mak clubsports for example are CA.700euro.
5x112 ,et50,centere bore 57.1,load rating 1260kg

the_amazing_raisin · 20-06-2021 09:05PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

lol no one is telling me how to get my order to show up, should I have a number from the dealer ? I didn't get it only the quotation number it's not an order number and I doubt he'll give it to me.

We already told you a bunch of times

You need the commission number from the dealer, if he doesn't know what that is then you'll need to get another car dealer

Once you have that, go to volkswagen.ie, go into the menu, click Connectivity and click myVolkswagen

You'll need to create a Volkswagen login if you don't already have one. It's the same login for the app as well

Once you've logged in there should be an option to view your vehicles. You can enter the commission number at this point and it should bring up your car

20-06-2021 10:42PM

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

We already told you a bunch of times

You need the commission number from the dealer, if he doesn't know what that is then you'll need to get another car dealer

Once you have that, go to volkswagen.ie, go into the menu, click Connectivity and click myVolkswagen

You'll need to create a Volkswagen login if you don't already have one. It's the same login for the app as well

Once you've logged in there should be an option to view your vehicles. You can enter the commission number at this point and it should bring up your car

I'm emailing him now so we'll see if he gives it to me or not.

robbie_63 · 21-06-2021 07:35AM

adunis wrote: »

My two cents,I've ordered a life at 31k in silver
Style/business/family are way too much of a premium for what you actually get.
In a similar vein I wonder how many will spec 150 brake to save 2 grand ?
And what will the most basic 44kwh one come in at when it launches ?
I may tint the rear windows.
I may add a set of alloys black simple design flat faced polished accents aftermarket mak clubsports for example are CA.700euro.
5x112 ,et50,centere bore 57.1,load rating 1260kg

Have you looked at the silver styling pack (Its just a bunch of stickers but it comes with black vinyl to fill in the gaps on the Wheel Trims, it makes them look a lot better.

Have a look at it on the configurator and you can see how they look.

adunis · 21-06-2021 08:02AM

robbie_63 wrote: »

Have you looked at the silver styling pack (Its just a bunch of stickers but it comes with black vinyl to fill in the gaps on the Wheel Trims, it makes them look a lot better.

Have a look at it on the configurator and you can see how they look.

Yup it's the bones of a set of wheels............
570 ? Or there abouts it is effective however

robbie_63 · 21-06-2021 08:15AM

adunis wrote: »

Yup it's the bones of a set of wheels............
570 ? Or there abouts it is effective however

I think some of the guys on the UK Forums were just doing it themselves as its only applying a bit of vinyl to the Wheel trim.

Even getting a wrap company to do it would be a lot cheaper than VW

hogan86 · 21-06-2021 08:39AM

adunis wrote: »

My two cents,I've ordered a life at 31k in silver
Style/business/family are way too much of a premium for what you actually get.
In a similar vein I wonder how many will spec 150 brake to save 2 grand ?
And what will the most basic 44kwh one come in at when it launches ?
I may tint the rear windows.
I may add a set of alloys black simple design flat faced polished accents aftermarket mak clubsports for example are CA.700euro.
5x112 ,et50,centere bore 57.1,load rating 1260kg

Have you already placed the order? Divanes are doing good deals and have Life’s in stock at the minute. From memory he was giving me €4,800 trade in on a cheap run around and was coming in under €29k for it with 0% pcp so will be no waiting for you. Im listing my second car soon if you want something as a trade let me know.

Then again, if you are going for. Style, didnt someone on here get a style for extra €1250 and if you are paying for alloys and tints they are already included with it.

21-06-2021 09:59AM

I got the commission number.

VIN not yet known.

Will be another month anyway, maybe in 2 weeks I'll see an update.

the_amazing_raisin · 21-06-2021 10:03AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I got the commission number.

VIN not yet known.

Will be another month anyway, maybe in 2 weeks I'll see an update.

Happy days, you're right the VIN won't show up until the car is being built

Did you manage to check if the spec is correct?

21-06-2021 10:13AM

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

Happy days, you're right the VIN won't show up until the car is being built

Did you manage to check if the spec is correct?

Yep says tour 5 travel assist and all that.

Interestingly it says " Without front cross traffic assist"

This is what I think that is in the link below, seems strange a brand new model doesn't have that ? Not sure how useful it would be.

fits · 21-06-2021 10:22AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I got the commission number.

VIN not yet known.

Will be another month anyway, maybe in 2 weeks I'll see an update.

I’d say mine is on same timeline as yours then. Keep us posted.

21-06-2021 10:24AM

fits wrote: »

I’d say mine is on same timeline as yours then. Keep us posted.

Will do.

21-06-2021 10:26AM

Another interesting thing in the specs.

"Laminated safety glass windshield, heat- and sound-insulating"

Sound insulating glass wasn't in the specs of the tour 5 so interesting to see it on the build spec.

adunis · 21-06-2021 10:40AM

hogan86 wrote: »

Have you already placed the order? Divanes are doing good deals and have Life’s in stock at the minute. From memory he was giving me €4,800 trade in on a cheap run around and was coming in under €29k for it with 0% pcp so will be no waiting for you. Im listing my second car soon if you want something as a trade let me know.

Then again, if you are going for. Style, didnt someone on here get a style for extra €1250 and if you are paying for alloys and tints they are already included with it.

31k Inc the metallic and 16k for my 171 ioniq,that's as good a deal as I'll get I recon,
If I could get a style for 1250 ...well yes butbut 3k more,life is from stock at 0%

M_Murphy57 · 21-06-2021 12:17PM

Currently drive a Hyundai Kona on loan through my work.

Think of buying the VW. Following.

waynegalway · 21-06-2021 12:17PM

adunis wrote: »

31k Inc the metallic and 16k for my 171 ioniq,that's as good a deal as I'll get I recon,
If I could get a style for 1250 ...well yes butbut 3k more,life is from stock at 0%

Our Style was €1250 more than the Life, but we didn’t go for the metallic paint. Moonstone Grey. The upgrade would’ve been more like €2k if we wanted metallic.

dmcg90 · 21-06-2021 02:24PM

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

We already told you a bunch of times

You need the commission number from the dealer, if he doesn't know what that is then you'll need to get another car dealer

Once you have that, go to volkswagen.ie, go into the menu, click Connectivity and click myVolkswagen

You'll need to create a Volkswagen login if you don't already have one. It's the same login for the app as well

Once you've logged in there should be an option to view your vehicles. You can enter the commission number at this point and it should bring up your car

How long does it take to see the details pop up on there? I have a commission number from my dealer (ordered Friday) but I'm getting errors once I've entered it there

"This commission number or vehicle identification number (VIN) is invalid. Please check the capitalisation and that the character “0” (number) has not been entered instead of “O” (letter) or vice versa."

jogdish · 21-06-2021 10:42PM

New to all this, looking at the ID.3 life (basic model).

What is the advantage of alloy wheels? Are any extras really a must have or well worth considering?

pad199207 · 21-06-2021 11:07PM

dmcg90 wrote: »

How long does it take to see the details pop up on there? I have a commission number from my dealer (ordered Friday) but I'm getting errors once I've entered it there

"This commission number or vehicle identification number (VIN) is invalid. Please check the capitalisation and that the character “0” (number) has not been entered instead of “O” (letter) or vice versa."

Mine did that aswell. Give it a a week and it should come up.

fits · 22-06-2021 05:33AM

jogdish wrote: »

New to all this, looking at the ID.3 life (basic model).

What is the advantage of alloy wheels? Are any extras really a must have or well worth considering?

Depends on what you want! The life is a super car for the money.

the_amazing_raisin · 22-06-2021 07:40AM

jogdish wrote: »

New to all this, looking at the ID.3 life (basic model).

What is the advantage of alloy wheels? Are any extras really a must have or well worth considering?

Alloy wheels look good, that's the only advantage

The Life has most of the basics you'd really want from a car, air con, heated seats, infotainment system, adaptive cruise control. Any extras beyond that are really up to what you want

robbie_63 · 22-06-2021 08:01AM

If your getting the life, you can order Wheel trims with black trim already applied from a company in Germany.
Cheaper than the Silver Styling pack which was €500-€600

https://shop.ahw-shop.de/media/image/7c/e0/f6/10A601147BWZG.jpg

rx8 · 22-06-2021 08:09AM

jogdish wrote: »

New to all this, looking at the ID.3 life (basic model).

What is the advantage of alloy wheels? Are any extras really a must have or well worth considering?

The Life and Style models don't have the rear view camera. Maybe see if it can be added to the build. It can definitely be retrofitted anyway.
Well worth having. It's a must have for me in the future on my next cars.

ewj1978 · 22-06-2021 08:50AM

Mrs hates the camera on the Vw.
We've had a leaf, i3 and a E-soul all with cameras and this is the first one she doesn't even look at.
Doesn't like the fishbowl effect it gives. Personally I'm fine with it. Tbh nothing comes near the 360 cameras that came with the leaf.

Day of reckoning is coming on my motor. I'll be ringing today to see if the part is in. If its not in by Friday I'm walking away.

VW ID.3

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