VW ID.3

There's no buzz in using the internet when I can use my own radio and antenna and end up contacting someone anywhere, just using the ionosphere to bounce the signal off + not knowing who you're going to end up talking to or what you're going to be talking about. 😀

Hearing a human is much more, eah, Human, than just reading text all the time.

Look great Phil! have you a link to the site where you got them ? I was wondering whether to get something like this or the plastic film.

And I agree, the new site is annoying, I don't like it.

Drove around 500 Kms since Tuesday evening, set off with 100% charge from the dealer, plugged in work 3 pin plug using granny lead and no charging at home Wednesday and Yesterday, 37% left now, will plug in tonight for around 4 hrs for roughly 28 Kwh. Have it set to 70% just in case, should be plenty for the weekend.

I thought I'd get to the 22 Kw charge point on the other site today to suck as much as I could for the weekend but had too much work where I was. Still, if I only have to charge maybe twice a week it's going to reduce the bills a fair chunk if I can get to charge at the 11 Kw once a week at least.

Love the range of the tour 5. Not sure what I'd get from a full charge yet but currently at around 18.5 Khh/100 Km would be 5.40 Km/Kwh so roughly 420 Kms to empty, I wasn't driving it too easy either, love D mode for gliding along just coasting, it's a very welcome relief from the constant 1 pedal driving in the i3 which was really tiring after a while because you find your foot having to be constantly on the throttle. Fine for town but not so good on the open road.

I could believe I would hit 500 Kms in the Summer in the conditions that allowed me get 220 Kms in the i3. 94Ah

Cheers, yes i3 owners can be proud that the Tesla folk didn't get me! :-)

Cheers will remember that with the charging.

No didn't fast charge that much in the i3 that was the Leaf, while I was prepared for the charging I wasn't prepared for the type of People I met around Naas but going from around 110 Km, new battery in the 2015 Leaf to around 170 Kms in the i3 to around 420 in the id.3 is really cool in just 7 years. If sticking to 100 Km/hr I would estimate 450 Kms should be do-a-ble. More in Summer.

I expect I won't need to fast charge for some time but I think VW are being very conservative when it comes to the charging curve, it's just not so good on such a large battery in 2021 almost 2022. I really do feel it could hold 125 Kw for much longer. But going back to the Leaf days , it would struggle to go over 35 Kw and less if it was cold, I remember People complaining on the ESB FB page about them "throttling" chargers and I thought it was funny because no matter how much I tried to explain that internal resistance increases due to cold it never sank in and there would be lots of angry posts which reminds me of how I really don't miss social media or facebook, this is about as social media as I get.

Wow, suppose I'll have a fair chunk of Kms on it by tis time next year.

440 Kms that's good, yeah suspect 500 kms is achievable than, that's what, around 300 miles ? I remember our old 2000 Honda CRV could just about manage that.