VW ID.3

For the first edition VW offered a lease and pcp options. This sounds like the lease. They were giving it out with no deposit to fulfil their numbers.

if you got the first three months payments free then it’s a lease. I had to sign as well that there was no value at the end.

Although even with this the car is still worth more to dealers than its currently owed value. How long that lasts I do not know (probably until intel get their 2 chip factories built in the US and wherever they put their European one.)

The lease and pcp are structured exactly alike. Except the lease has no equity at the end. Although it still could. I think this was a one time thing to get people in cars. It doesn’t look like it’s being offered anymore.

I’ve heard, so unless someone actually works for vw and can very take only as a reasonably sounding rumour, that as it was expected to be launched earlier in 2020, the sales targets and vw orders for cars were pre-set for the year. So instead of moving a 1000 cars over the year, they had 3 months to do it.

VW have a plant in the states which will be pumping out IDs later this year and I believe another one in China.

I was gaving a look at the ionic 5 last week, they offered me €30,000 for my id3 first plus.

Just noticed that the tyre on left front wheel shows signs of uneven wear. I suspect that touching the kerb at kinsale roundabout while avoiding a g$%sh#%te in the wrong lane did some damage. So i thought I would do a 4 wheel alignment and rotate the tyres at the same time. Called a few local garages and got two types of reply - can do without asking for the car type and can't do it when asked. Seems that laser alignment systems have database till 2019 with egolf being the only car on the system. Im affaraid that people who said they will do np will find that the car is not on thier system and will send me packing. So the options I was given - go to official VW dealer or get the tracking data from VW and go to independent who said he an do it with numbers. What are the chances VW will be willing to share the data? Forgot to call service department today but will try tomorrow. My guess that I won't see much change from €100 if I have to go official dealer route while I was promised €60 all in inthe independent garage. Maybe some one can find the tracking data, I couldnt find anything credible on Google.

hmmm...now you've put that idea in my head...

I have had mine done twice. They were wearing on the inside, much worse than your pics.

The first place told me they couldn't do it initially but done it a while later after they had received settings they could use manually on the machine instead of the database.

The second place done it straight away and the car is wearing perfectly since then. So I assume they had the correct option on the machine.

Yes disappointing sales for the month, but to be expected. VW don't appear to want to sell their lower profit models at the moment. Until they ramp up production when supply chains and production improves. Their commitments to manufacture their other brands I am sure is also taking a toll. Why pay 36K plus for an ID.3 when you can get an Ioniq 5 with same size battery for a grand or two more? And will probably be more efficient for anyone doing shorter winter journeys.

I thought by now that VW would be selling the ID.3 in large volumes, with a price of about 33K. And a smaller battery version for perhaps 28/29K. But they don't seem to want to and probably cannot yet.

All IMO, and probably rubbish..😊

The low sales must be about the chip supply problems. People ordering today are being given delivery dates a year from now. In addition to affecting the delivery of cars, they also lose sales to those who can't or won't wait that long.

I don't in any way regret getting the ID.3. It has exceeded my (high) expectations and I wouldn't trade it for a Model 3.