VW ID.3

waynegalway · 22-06-2021 09:09AM

ewj1978 wrote: »

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.

The Nissan 360 camera system is excellent.

We don’t have a reversing camera on our ID3 Style, but from what I’ve seen online, the fisheye thing is in the settings and you can turn it off to get a “normal” reversing camera view.

eagerv · 22-06-2021 09:41AM

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 better and are normally lighter. Steel wheels are more durable, less likely to be damaged from potholes etc and are cheaper.

VW are experts, similar to many manufacturers, at extracting a large extra sum from you for one or two items you feel you cannot do without..:)

Probably the best value are the Base 45kWh, Base 58kWh and Base 77kWh. But we are all human..

Bif · 22-06-2021 10:58AM

Hi. I was wondering if anybody got the VW charger installed and if so were they happy with it? I am trying to decide what charger to install with Zappi the front runner at the moment as I want to install PV in the near future. Thanks.

Comer1 · 22-06-2021 11:50AM

eagerv wrote: »

Alloy wheels look better and are normally lighter. Steel wheels are more durable, less likely to be damaged from potholes etc and are cheaper.

VW are experts, similar to many manufacturers, at extracting a large extra sum from you for one or two items you feel you cannot do without..:)

Probably the best value are the Base 45kWh, Base 58kWh and Base 77kWh. But we are all human..

I will be receiving my Life model in first week of July. It's my first EV coming for twenty five years of driving 13 Hondas (Accords and Civics.) My current car is a 182 BHP Civic with cool alloys and tinted glass. I'm currently fighting the urge to be "human" and not fork out in excess of a grand for alloys and tinting:)

There was a lot of talk of the ID.3 only pre-heating the cabin and not the battery on mains electricity on the early software versions. With Summer here, I haven't come across mention of it in the last hundred posts of this thread. Does the latest update (is it 2.1???) now allow for pre-heating the battery on the mains instead the car's battery?

For insurance purposes, is the value of the car the full €40,000 or less the discount for grant/VRT?

Anyone source a spare wheel? I suppose if I did get alloys, I could put an old tire on one of the steel wheels and throw it in the boot. It's just that I'm finally getting old enough to value the cost of €1,000 above vanity:pac:

hogan86 · 22-06-2021 12:09PM

rx8 wrote: »

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.

Who can retrofit these in Ireland or NI and what is the cost to it? The rear camera is the only think missing for me.

Ive spoken to a few dealers over the last week or so. Theres absolutely no discounts or money off cars in stock and said VW are upping the price by 1% too. The world’s gone mad.

eagerv · 22-06-2021 12:46PM

Comer1 wrote: »

I will be receiving my Life model in first week of July. It's my first EV coming for twenty five years of driving 13 Hondas (Accords and Civics.) My current car is a 182 BHP Civic with cool alloys and tinted glass. I'm currently fighting the urge to be "human" and not fork out in excess of a grand for alloys and tinting:)

There was a lot of talk of the ID.3 only pre-heating the cabin and not the battery on mains electricity on the early software versions. With Summer here, I haven't come across mention of it in the last hundred posts of this thread. Does the latest update (is it 2.1???) now allow for pre-heating the battery on the mains instead the car's battery?

For insurance purposes, is the value of the car the full €40,000 or less the discount for grant/VRT?

Anyone source a spare wheel? I suppose if I did get alloys, I could put an old tire on one of the steel wheels and throw it in the boot. It's just that I'm finally getting old enough to value the cost of €1,000 above vanity:pac:

You are coming from the same previous car as me..:) Great car, mine was the GT spec so was loaded.

The reason nobody is mentioning the battery heating is because of battery temp, needs to be below about 5c which would be typical on a cold winters morning. AFAIK no changes have been made with the updates.
I would say insure your car for the price you pay after grants.
Haven't thought much about spare wheel..

slave1 · 22-06-2021 01:38PM

Comer1 wrote: »

I'm currently fighting the urge to be "human" and not fork out in excess of a grand for alloys and tinting:)

Local "tinter" should be able to do the rears and boot window for just over a ton

Rusky rusky · 22-06-2021 01:48PM

slave1 wrote: »

Local "tinter" should be able to do the rears and boot window for just over a ton

I paid €170 for the privilege in Douglas:)

Patmwgs · 22-06-2021 01:59PM

Bif wrote: »

Hi. I was wondering if anybody got the VW charger installed and if so were they happy with it? I am trying to decide what charger to install with Zappi the front runner at the moment as I want to install PV in the near future. Thanks.

The eo mini pro that electric ireland install works with solar and there is no exterior control buttons to perish with the sun, unlike the zappi. The price for full installation is a pretty good deal.

Patmwgs · 22-06-2021 02:11PM

Comer1 wrote: »

I will be receiving my Life model in first week of July. It's my first EV coming for twenty five years of driving 13 Hondas (Accords and Civics.) My current car is a 182 BHP Civic with cool alloys and tinted glass. I'm currently fighting the urge to be "human" and not fork out in excess of a grand for alloys and tinting:)

There was a lot of talk of the ID.3 only pre-heating the cabin and not the battery on mains electricity on the early software versions. With Summer here, I haven't come across mention of it in the last hundred posts of this thread. Does the latest update (is it 2.1???) now allow for pre-heating the battery on the mains instead the car's battery?

For insurance purposes, is the value of the car the full €40,000 or less the discount for grant/VRT?

Anyone source a spare wheel? I suppose if I did get alloys, I could put an old tire on one of the steel wheels and throw it in the boot. It's just that I'm finally getting old enough to value the cost of €1,000 above vanity:pac:

I have sorted a spare wheel, the vw tiguan spare 145/80/18 fits with the addition of a 3mm spacer plate from autostyling ireland for the front to clear the disc brakes. I also bought a wheel bolt to suit a golf and cut the head of it to screw in to hub first to aid alignment. You need a 1 1/2 to 2 tonne jack as car is very heavy.

slave1 · 22-06-2021 02:19PM

I've had spare wheels at the house for my last four cars (prior to current two), never used across those years, I must actually put on on Adverts along with roof racks etc, never seem to get around to doing this necessary clearout

Patmwgs · 22-06-2021 02:27PM

If you live in the sticks a spare wheel is very useful, especially if travelling long distances to catch a flight. Ryanair wont wait on the rac.

Comer1 · 22-06-2021 04:31PM

Patmwgs wrote: »

I have sorted a spare wheel, the vw tiguan spare 145/80/18 fits with the addition of a 3mm spacer plate from autostyling ireland for the front to clear the disc brakes. I also bought a wheel bolt to suit a golf and cut the head of it to screw in to hub first to aid alignment. You need a 1 1/2 to 2 tonne jack as car is very heavy.

Which spacer plate did you get? Was it any of these? Thanks

Patmwgs · 22-06-2021 05:13PM

Comer1 wrote: »

Which spacer plate did you get? Was it any of these? Thanks

Vw golf. 57.1 centre bore. Pcd 112 , 3mm thick
Just make sure its 57.1 centrebore, or it will be very hard to line up.

KCross · 23-06-2021 11:33AM

Released a few days ago.

It looks the same. It does show the correct color for your car now... Whoopee! :pac:

It apparently has push notifications if a charge session fails. That's useful, if it works, but I dont see any options to configure it.

And various bug fixes.

I also got a small OTA update this morning to the car. It didnt seem to do anything much other than go through the motions. My guess is that it was a dry run for the upcoming larger update which hopefully fixes the charge timers! Here's hoping anyway!

whippet · 23-06-2021 01:13PM

KCross wrote: »

Generally sorted at this stage except for the in-car timers which are still broken.

What was the “fix” the last 3 times?
What version of the software is the car running?
Has the 12V battery been checked?

My wife was talking to her dad earlier.

The car is still with the dealer nearly a week later .. no diagnosis or even suggestion of what the problem might be.

He is now looking for his money back

Patmwgs · 23-06-2021 01:36PM

KCross wrote: »

Released a few days ago.

It looks the same. It does show the correct color for your car now... Whoopee! :pac:

It apparently has push notifications if a charge session fails. That's useful, if it works, but I dont see any options to configure it.

And various bug fixes.

I also got a small OTA update this morning to the car. It didnt seem to do anything much other than go through the motions. My guess is that it was a dry run for the upcoming larger update which hopefully fixes the charge timers! Here's hoping anyway!

It must be an apple update. Android still on 1.13.1

kesey · 23-06-2021 02:27PM

Patmwgs wrote: »

It must be an apple update. Android still on 1.13.1

My Samsung Galaxy S10+ (Android) is showing Version 1.14.0

the_amazing_raisin · 23-06-2021 06:51PM

KCross wrote: »

Released a few days ago.

It looks the same. It does show the correct color for your car now... Whoopee! :pac:

It apparently has push notifications if a charge session fails. That's useful, if it works, but I dont see any options to configure it.

And various bug fixes.

I also got a small OTA update this morning to the car. It didnt seem to do anything much other than go through the motions. My guess is that it was a dry run for the upcoming larger update which hopefully fixes the charge timers! Here's hoping anyway!

My app now shows a white ID.3, which is interesting because I own a blue ID.4 :-/

I guess they still have a few bugs to work out...

remoteboy · 23-06-2021 07:12PM

Looks like I’ll be joining the club. Put a deposit down in an ID.3 Family 145hp. Just waiting to find out when it’ll be ready. It’s in stock so don’t need to wait for a build.

Bif · 23-06-2021 07:17PM

remoteboy wrote: »

Looks like I’ll be joining the club. Put a deposit down in an ID.3 Family 145hp. Just waiting to find out when it’ll be ready. It’s in stock so don’t need to wait for a build.

Congrats. Enjoy!

adunis · 23-06-2021 07:44PM

remoteboy wrote: »

Looks like I’ll be joining the club. Put a deposit down in an ID.3 Family 145hp. Just waiting to find out when it’ll be ready. It’s in stock so don’t need to wait for a build.

I didn't think any of the cars in stock were 145hp..........
Anyhoo well wear,what colour did you go for ?

23-06-2021 07:54PM

Had the pleasure of meeting eagerv today at Kilcullen Charger, very sound bloke and got a free Coffee !

Had a good look at his id.3, seats a lot nicer than I had seen before. Love the white Colour. Made me want mine even more!

I'm sure he'll need some time to recover after meeting the Mad_Lad.

TitianGerm · 23-06-2021 07:59PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Had the pleasure of meeting eagerv today at Kilcullen Charger, very sound bloke and got a free Coffee !

Had a good look at his id.3, seats a lot nicer than I had seen before. Love the white Colour. Made me want mine even more!

I'm sure he'll need some time to recover after meeting the Mad_Lad.

Was he heckling you while you filled up on dino juice?

23-06-2021 08:05PM

TitianGerm wrote: »

Was he heckling you while you filled up on dino juice?

Actually, no, I was getting the electrons.

remoteboy · 23-06-2021 08:09PM

adunis wrote: »

I didn't think any of the cars in stock were 145hp..........
Anyhoo well wear,what colour did you go for ?

Unless the dealers been feeding me a line. Went for the scale silver.

eagerv · 23-06-2021 08:41PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Had the pleasure of meeting eagerv today at Kilcullen Charger, very sound bloke and got a free Coffee !

Had a good look at his id.3, seats a lot nicer than I had seen before. Love the white Colour. Made me want mine even more!

I'm sure he'll need some time to recover after meeting the Mad_Lad.

Likewise Mad_Lad, a pleasure meeting you.

I shouldn't have had that Chocolate Magnum earlier before meeting you. As happens, without knowing, a big chunk of chocolate fell off and landed between my legs and melted right into the "upmarket seats".
The seats cleaned off when home no problem, but now I know why I got a few funny looks when at Kilcullen, when you see the arse of my trousers..:D

23-06-2021 09:44PM

eagerv wrote: »

Likewise Mad_Lad, a pleasure meeting you.

I shouldn't have had that Chocolate Magnum earlier before meeting you. As happens, without knowing, a big chunk of chocolate fell off and landed between my legs and melted right into the "upmarket seats".
The seats cleaned off when home no problem, but now I know why I got a few funny looks when at Kilcullen, when you see the arse of my trousers..:D

A f1ck, you can't be serious ? hilarious.

That will teach you to guzzle down Ice Cream in your id.3 !

:D:D

CoBo55 · 24-06-2021 10:17AM

eagerv wrote: »

Likewise Mad_Lad, a pleasure meeting you.

I shouldn't have had that Chocolate Magnum earlier before meeting you. As happens, without knowing, a big chunk of chocolate fell off and landed between my legs and melted right into the "upmarket seats".
The seats cleaned off when home no problem, but now I know why I got a few funny looks when at Kilcullen, when you see the arse of my trousers..:D

Classic:D..

robbie_63 · 24-06-2021 11:49AM

Hi All,

Just checking has anyone bought an ID3 on PCP?

I'm just working out numbers and when I do the online calc on VW, they list the base car as €39910 which seems to be excluding the SEAI Grants & VRT Relief?

It's working out cheaper for me to do a PCP at 0% for 3 years then a short loan for the remaining balance at the end ,
Compared to just one large car loan at 5%-6%

Just curious as to why the Grants are not included on the PCP Calculation?

Cheers

VW ID.3

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