VW ID.3

Mr Q · 10-12-2021 04:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118300520#Comment_118300520

The WeCharge card will work on Ionity and ecars. For me that covers any time I have ever needed to charge away from home, which is not often.

rx8 · 10-12-2021 04:40PM

Not everyone even knows about we-charge. Some dealers don't give them to customers with new cars.

handpref · 10-12-2021 05:16PM

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Should I be expecting a WE-charge card with a 22 car ?

I know they did offer free charge credit to those who bought the 1st id3’s- but once that credit is gone is the WE-charge card any good to you?

To use Easy-Go on IONITY you have to be pre-pay and load up the account to over €20.

fits · 10-12-2021 05:21PM

I never looked into we charge and don’t have a card. From what I know it might be convenient if travelling abroad?

for those unhappy with Id.3 and I’m very happy - there’s very little else in that segment imo. Kona is too small, soul boot is too small, e-niro is very plain looking, and the ioniq5 and ev6 are massive cars. The MG estate is one Id maybe look at. And the new megane.

charlieIRL · 10-12-2021 06:31PM

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The garage I bought my car hadn't a clue about it!!

charlieIRL · 10-12-2021 06:32PM

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From what i found out a Mk7 golf or certain Tiguan space savers work.

VWPAT · 10-12-2021 06:33PM

I'm just thinking of buying a road wheel rather than space saver. A bit bulky but not great weight difference.

Comer1 · 10-12-2021 07:22PM

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I bought this wheel and it works perfectly but you need a 3mm spacer so that it clears the front callipers. The spacers came in a pair so if you get the wheel, pm your address and I'll send you on the extra one I have.

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https://www.ebay.ie/itm/324603996314

10-12-2021 08:54PM

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Yeah I don't know either, whether the dealer was supposed to install it or not I'll never know!

rx8 · 10-12-2021 09:03PM

Do any of you notice that the steering wheel heater seems to work the wrong way around. That is to say that the 'High' setting only seems to barely warm it up, but the 'Low' setting has it roasting.??

I've noticed this since I got the car. I think it's a glitch from when they swapped over to the RHD settings.

KCross · 10-12-2021 09:09PM

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No. Fine for me.

10-12-2021 09:10PM

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The efficiency wouldn't really bother me on your trips to be honest because of the extra range over the Golf for the long trips, it's a lot more efficient on the long trips, it's actually quite decent and this is where you would see far less benefit if you change because warmer weather efficiency should be a lot better and the difference between depreciation vs efficiency of next car which might not be all that more efficient would be a very costly mistake in my opinion.

The charge timers would annoy me the most but, to be perfectly honest, getting the Wallbox, which is a lot easier to use and a lot neater than the Zappy, would be a much cheaper alternative than changing the car at this point. You shouldn't have to of course but compared the cost of the Wallbox vs depreciation it would be quite mad to change + you can sell your existing charge point.

We'll see if VW change things for the better, it's brand new territory for Volkswagen, they will get the hang of it eventually, even tesla were plagued with issues in the beginning.

eagerv · 10-12-2021 10:06PM

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Mine seems fine as well. I find high settings too hot, normally leave it on lowest setting. Same with the seats. Only slight problem I have is with the artificial sound generator at slow speeds. Seems to have stopped working, but not complaining..🙂

KCross · 10-12-2021 11:40PM

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Must listen out for that on mine. I think its still working.

What I did notice today on mine (but I think it stopped a while back) is that it no longer throws up that message on each startup about not having an active internet account... you know that message box next to the internet signal... that used annoy me.

eagerv · 11-12-2021 12:42AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118303619#Comment_118303619

Doesn't throw up that message every time on mine, but enough of the time to still be a bit of a nuisance. Though I do tend not to notice it as much ..

DrPhilG · 11-12-2021 02:33AM

Next space saver wheel question...

Can you mix wheel sizes briefly in the event of a flat?

My car came with 19s but when I got a set of winter wheels I went with 18s as they're cheaper. But if I'm buying a spare wheel, can I use one spare all year?

Mr Q · 11-12-2021 09:14AM

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My sound generator has been replaced by VW already. When I parked the car it would keep making strange noises for 45 to 60 minutes and the lights wouldn't go off.

Working as normal now but I don't really notice the noise from it when driving at slow speeds.

Mr Q · 11-12-2021 09:19AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118304082#Comment_118304082

If you have the 215/50/19 as standard I assume you put 215/55/18s on for winters. These are close enough in diameter so it wouldn't be an issue to use as a spare all year with one of those sizes.

RevID3 · 11-12-2021 01:36PM

Just done over night charging using the on board timer and settings. Worked flawlessly.

Id3 58kw Life Pro Model.

11-12-2021 02:09PM

Has anyone else noticed very poor 4G signal on their id3 ? in areas I should be getting good signal I get only 1 bar, my own phone would have max signal and the id3 only 1 bar.

Also, I noticed on a few occasions it would tell me GPS signal lost.

I'm only really paying attention to it now because I'm waiting for the 2.3.

electricus · 11-12-2021 03:36PM

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now that you mention it… I only tried it once on low but decided it was for icy days!

Rusky rusky · 11-12-2021 04:03PM

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I haven’t tried other settings yet, only used the low one. One thing I’ve noticed is that despite having the app preheating setting which control the side of the vehicle set to right it heats up the passenger side. The only way to see this is to check the main screen in the car during preheating - the passenger seat is being heated. Need to take a photo one day and have a good old rant in the VW Facebook group:)

KCross · 11-12-2021 04:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118304945#Comment_118304945

Do it a few more times and see if its consistent. Consistency is the issue with the ID.3 timers.

Its hard to pin down but sometimes the car just doesnt charge fully for some reason. Its hit and miss when using timers but 100% reliable if you manually start it. Possibly something to do with the car going to sleep, so the amount of time its idle before the timer kicks in or something like that.

Old diesel · 11-12-2021 04:46PM

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The bigger loss will be the fact that loss of efficiency is spread over 58 kwh instead of 32.5 kwh like your old eGolf imo.

By my calculations the loss of kms per kwh in winter is the same on both cars at 2.7 kms per kwh.

I don't think your ID3 is worse then your old eGolf for efficiency loss but the loss of range looks drastic when its 160 kms instead of 90.

But yet the gap between 90 kms loss in eGolf and 160 kms does correlate to difference in battery size.

However there is a solid argument that VW should have improved battery efficiency on ID3 as a dedicated EV platform

Rusky rusky · 11-12-2021 11:22PM

I was wondering whether the charging speed wasn't the only update to the app. I haven't noticed previous but now you can start the charging on esb chargers via the wecharge app. It worked for the rochestown 50kW charger which still doesn't read cards (I reported in August!). Nice addition to the app but I'm going to use up my last €10 of the credit and probably will never use the app again. The new we charge plan prices are extortionate for my mainly local use:)

Rusky rusky · 11-12-2021 11:39PM

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Calahonda52 · 12-12-2021 10:43AM

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what are we looking at here: is this recharge rates on a ESB charge point?

Is this what interoperability looks like at CPs?

Anyone can use any CP but their app will decide own pricing?

bodgerfederer · 12-12-2021 10:50AM

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good maths.

i never noticed that amount of range drop in my egolf though - with heat pump I was getting a pretty consistent 190-200km in the winter.

Like I said earlier, the big difference is on my short runs; a typical weekly commute of 150-190km sees me having to charge the id3 as often as I charged the egolf.

Rusky rusky · 12-12-2021 11:57AM

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Yes, wecharge prices but also charge and pay toggle at the bottom which allows app activation of charging session. Don't who is going to pay those prices instead of esb prices

12-12-2021 12:02PM

It's a real shame most if not all electric car manufacturers refuse to show the amount of Kwh you use per charge or per trip, it's really mad, Kwh/100 Km is absolute sh1t.

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