I absolutely hate it and i wish i could disable it easier. Pretty much the only thing about the car that annoys me.
i don't have travel assist so maybe that's part of the problem.
I'd say if you have travel assist, then the lane keep should not be as annoying. Probably does the same job with or without travel assist, just the assist is probably better at keeping the car central than a lousy driver like me..😋
One thing I've been wondering is whether the lane keep assist works better on the cars with travel assist
Just noticed in general that the folks who find the lane assist annoying seem to be driving the cars without travel assist
Maybe the travel assist has more sensors or computing power and keep read the lanes better?
Is that travel assist you mean ? or the normal version ?
It doesn’t really bother me at all.
I don't mind it too much, it only kicks in above 60km/h or something. Doesn't have much effect for me on most of my driving
It can get slightly head wrecking on narrow roads, so might be worth turning it off then
What are peoples opinions on the lane keep assist?
I find it only works periodically and I have to turn it off on country lanes as its pinging away.
Not soon I would imagine since VW have suspended orders of the pure variant in Europe due to semiconductor shortages. They're focusing on the bigger battery versions for now
Any word on when the entry level ID3 is coming to these shores? Think it's called the ID3 pure. No sign of it on the configurator on the vw site yet.
Car is at Arrival Port of Shipment 20/09/21, hopefully on the next boat. Might have it mid October then. That would be 6.5 months since deposit paid. Ridiculous.
Anyway, I believe the grant benefits the supplier, we as consumers are being conned.
Anyway my zappi arrived this morning , 48 hrs from ordering, am impressed, all I need now is the car
Probably just further kite-flying ahead of the budget from a particular interest group (in particular if the same lad wrote a similar article this time last year).
I’d say the ev grant will have to be slowly phased out as a sharp shock to the market by removing grants completely would hamper them meeting their targets. Can’t see it happening.
Absolutely, I would too and you'd be perfectly within your right as the price would not have been that advertised, so make sure and download the current price list.
What really makes me laugh is that in Ireland a Crossover is classed as an EV even though it's actually a crossover which like the Kona for example is a pretty small car.
The greens being anti car or just a desperate attempt from the Government to get as much money as they can from the old reliable ? they destroyed the economy and their get out of jail card is COVID and NPHET.
The ever learn that you can't tax the sh1t out of People ? if tax is lower people will spend more which will contribute more to the economy than direct to the Government.
COVID has made me realise the Government are capable of anything but that's what they want use to believe that they are the ones with the power but they only have the power the People give them helped by their RTE and State controlled Radio and TV.
Looked it , they can apply for the grant and get it approved up to 4 months in advance or up to 31Dec!!!
https://www.seai.ie/grants/electric-vehicle-grants/dealers-ev-grant-scheme/EV-Grant-Scheme-Application-Guide-Rev-06.pdf
This is the same lad who wrote the article below around this time last year..
There’s another thread on this topic and the government papers don’t line up with this article and it’s statement of a €4100 price increase on an id3..time will tell-
Don't think the car can be registered before it arrives in the country?
In all cases you will need the following documents.
dealers can pre register cars, also VW can prioritise cars abs divert them from markets which won’t be affected by the loss of grants
My car is due in January. If the government decides to increase the price by 4k, I will have no option but to cancel the order
The article
The price of the average new car will rise by €1,294 – while all-electric cars like the Volkswagen ID.3 Family will jump by about €4,100 – under proposed Budget 2021 tax changes.
The Department of Finance’s Tax Strategy Group last week put forward changes to the Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) system that would mean the tax rate on regular cars with emissions above 100g/km rise by between 2 and 5 per cent.
It also called for a drop in the cap for tax relief on electric cars to €40,000, with the current €5,000 tapering off from €30,000. It would end tax relief on the majority of the current best-selling electric cars on the Irish market.
According to figures seen by The Irish Times, the higher VRT rates will mean average price rises of €604 for cars with emissions between 101g/km and 105g/km, €1,141 for cars with emission of 126g/km to 130g/km, rising to €2,401 for new cars with emissions of 141g/km. The average price hikes increase significantly from there. Vehicles with emissions above 191g/km, which include several large SUVs, could have average prices rise by an estimated €8,765.
The proposals have been strongly criticised by motor industry executives who say they run counter to efforts to lower transport emissions.
Kia Ireland chief executive Ronan Flood said the changes would only serve to deter motorists from changing to new lower emission or fully electric cars. “People will just keep their older car, which is more polluting,” said Flood.
Society of Irish Motor Industry (Simi) director general Brian Cooke said “all this does is reduce demand for new cars and it ignores the real issue out there, which is the 900,000 cars over 10 years old on the roads”.
On the lowering of the cut-off for tax relief on electric cars Mr Cooke said “there’s a lot of what you would call family cars in the €30,000 to €40,000 space and they’re actually going to go up in VRT if the measure is brought in.”
A spokesman for VW Group Ireland said: “As the market leader in battery electric vehicles [EVs], we believe these tax proposals would have a profoundly negative effect on the long term ambitions of the Climate Action Plan and Ireland’s wider sustainability goals.
“Under the Climate Action Plan, the Government wants 936,000 electric vehicles in Ireland by 2030. Of the 2.8 million vehicles currently on our roads, around 35,000 are electric.”
The VW spokesman said electric cars and plug-in hybrids are vital to achieving the plan’s goals and “the Government should be incentivising their uptake rather than discouraging it. For instance, the proposed changes to the VRT rebate would mean the price of the popular ID.3 Family increase by around €4,100. We need policies that accelerate the transition to cleaner mobility solutions rather than impede it.”
The Tax Strategy Group also proposes changes to the current system of Benefit in Kind (BIK) tax relief on electric vehicles.
At present employees driving electric cars are entitled to a zero per cent BIK rate. The exemption is due to expire at the end of 2022. From then on a new system that takes account of CO2 emissions and mileage is due to begin.
The Tax Strategy Group is proposing an extension of the zero per cent rate until 2025, though it will taper off every year. The threshold would drop from €50,000 down to €40,000 for the first year, €30,000 for the second year, €20,000 for the third year, before expiring in at end 2025. After that, a maximum rate of 19.75 per cent would apply to electric vehicles.
The Tax Strategy Group paper states: “Ireland has a generous BIK regime when compared with other jurisdictions in Europe. Effective BIK rates are higher in the UK, for example.”
What, how on earth does this chime with carbon taxes etc, why!
No sign of mine, which was supposed to be built last week.
Meanwhile, I have this to worry about: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/motors/new-car-prices-will-jump-1-300-with-electric-vehicles-up-4-100-under-budget-proposals-1.4679851
Car arrived in garage just now, will collect Friday 😀
We charge , excuse the autocorrect
recharge app?
I've mine 4 months next week and am nearly at 14K!! And only commuting 2 days a weeks for that. Back fully time tomorrow.
6k up on mine on track for 34k per year......
Ages ago,but I sent them the email,also got the recharge app weeks back
I was sure today would be heavy. Yeah used travel assist most of the way. Got home with 31% battery after starting out with 90% SOC. 260 Kms of which about 150 was motorway. The 77kwh battery is useful!
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