Never heard of such a thing with any car, maybe the that dealer was bull$hitting?
An earlier post said once the car was in the country it had to be registered 212, according to the dealer. So surprised you have the option.
I'd say it's the same car, the choice is to collect it now or wait until January. For the sake of six weeks, I think it would be mad to take it now.
It sort of depends on how long you intend to keep the car. If you get a 221 reg and keep it 6 months longer, like you would on a PCP, then the savings are 0 because the car will be the same age when you sell it regardless
Otherwise, there's plenty of depreciation calculators online which should give you an idea. It's all estimates of course a since there's no ID.3s older than a year and there's a strong possibility that they'll hold their value well given strong demand for EVs in general
Personally, unless there's a massive jump in the spec or huge discount (both seem unlikely) the I'd go for the car that's in the country right now
I'd say the dealer reckons he can sell that car for more than you're paying and will have locked in another sale from you
Depending on how long you keep the car, it could be as much as €4,000. The longer you keep it, the less impact it will have at resale time.
I'm told that my car is in the country and will be ready for collection shortly. However, dealer has asked whether I'm interested in waiting until the new year to get a 221 reg with everything the same as what we agreed when I ordered the car.
I understand a 221 will have a higher resale/trade-in value than a 212 and that many people at this time of year are keen to put off the purchase. Is there any way to quantify the approximate value of having a 221 as opposed to a 212?
True enough, and since a lot of people are able to work from home now there's a big argument removed for trying to get people commuting on snowy days
Better to leave the roads clear to let the snow clearing work and only essential traffic needs to be on the road
It's part of 2.3
The blue light is Eco Assist.
Yea, its a new feature in the 2.3 software (doesnt require HUD) that just brings your attention to a change in conditions up ahead (roundabout, speed change etc)
Me too. Yeah it seems to have started with 2.3 update.
And they have a huge fleet of machinery and serious manpower employed to do all the snow work. Wouldn’t make sense to have those resources here.
Ah I get ya.. Yep I have the HUD - TOUR version ... Thanks for that.
I think it’s to bring attention to upcoming junction or change in speed limit. Do you have the HUD?
Every now again I get the blue light on the ID light light up in front of me and then go off again. Anyone know why it is doing this?
I probably need to reset networking, from what I can find it seems to be an ios 15 issue
IOS hotspot must be enabled every time and if it detects nothing connected for a period of time it shuts off requiring it to be re-enabled again, very frustrating. Not sure with Android, haven't used hotspot on new Phone yet.
With Apple car play and Android Auto you shouldn't need to enable hotspot on your mobile unless maybe you're using the built in Internet Radio on the head unit but using tune in has more stations + you can use it off Car Play and Android Auto without having to enable hotspot.
The big difference in Finland is that they know what how to deal with snow, they even clear the footpaths and cycle lanes, not just roads
Whereas in Ireland the whole country grinds to a halt as soon as we get 2 inches of snow
Pull the fuse for traction control (F15)
Then you can do this😂
No works fine here.
Do any other iPhone users have Bluetooth and hotspot sharing issues?
I have to manually enable both every time, in my last car they connected automatically.
Thanks for that, I couldn’t find any explanation but that makes a lot of sense and something I hadn’t considered.
it would be handy if the message displayed on the big screen with some more info and a shortcut to disable safe lock if required.
Haha! 😂🤣 -25C cut off point. If we got weather like that I'd say work would be off for the day.
I lived in Finland for four years 😉
That said I had no need for a car there but I had winter tyres on my bicycle. -25C was my cutoff point for biking to work.
Proper winter tyres make a massive difference but for all we'd need Winter Tyres here you'd be better off leaving the id.3 at home 😊
Think I’ll be leaving the Id.3 at home those days! Our old merc was rear wheel drive and useless in ice/snow too.
That traction control doesn't work like standard cars as it cuts power to the motor. I assumed it would work like on other cars as it usually would help gain traction.
It's not traction control you should be worried about on icy roads it's regen and it can be very dangerous/scary with RWD and icy roads as it can be like pulling the handbrake in an ICE car when you lift off the throttle so on icy roads make sure not to be in B mode or have that function is it eco assist ? that enables regen for you before junctions, roundabouts etc.
Driving on ICY roads in the BMW i3 was scary because of the one pedal driving.
See fits post. Open to correction though! Still can’t understand why they won’t allow it to be disabled.
https://m.facebook.com/story/graphql_permalink/?graphql_id=UzpfSTczMTU5MTg4ODpWSzoyMDAzNjkzMzEzMTEyMDA3
interesting thread about it here.
Would traction control not help in icy conditions?
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