VW ID.3

I dont know if you will see much improvement when you are plugging in at such a high SoC to begin your session. You would get a much higher rate at 65% if your charge session started at <20%.

Did you really need to plug in at 65% or could you have charged on the way home instead at a lower SoC, and then you would have got the higher rate you are after?

EVERY single time I've plugged into a charger I get 100kW but its always at <20% SoC to begin the session. Thats the key.

I was told the last week of July or first week of August as my dealer hasn't received a delivery of batteries yet. I'm not in a rush either way but next week would have been handy as I'm off work for a few days.

I would bring one car and do as much together as possible: eg hiking for all just one parent/child goes further.

Western Motors Drogheda taking bookings too, in for August 10th, say they have one in with them currently.

Expected to take two days and pick up on day three, will be given a complimentary car for the duration.

Walked into fk deansgrange and booked for august 8th- could have booked any time after july 25th.

also saying 3 days but was told that’s just to give them wiggle room. I’m hoping it’ll be 1 day.

Ha ha, I was offered a choice- automatic or manual. I went for manual as it’s been a while and I might have forgot how to. And sure, it’s not my clutch.

They didn’t say they weren’t doing it there so I assumed they were? We’ll see how long it takes I guess.

I wasn’t overcharged on the car when I got it- list price + tow bar, decent trade in on the egolf and 0%pcp. Admittedly I didn’t shop around - it seemed like a good deal and they got me one from stock 2 weeks after I walked in the door. Maybe depends on who you deal with?

Has anyone successfully got a report on battery health from a dealer. The only reply I got so far was "everything is ok" without any data to back it up. Hypotheticallyhow can you claim battery warranty if you can't get an accurate figure from the dealer.

The reason I'm asking is the report from one of the id.3 owners in VW club about the substantial drop in the autonomy and low soc of 45kWh reported by one if apps. The post is here. A high cell voltage imbalance of 201mV is also reported. This is aligns with testing of other apps by battery life with soc of 50kwh reported. I always suspected that my battery does not perform well. With consumption of 13kWh/100km I can only cover ab 160-165km and this will be ab 55% soc. The charging at home to 80% would only be ab 25 kwh and this is including high ac losses. Its possible that there a few weak cells like with one the faulty ID.5 driven by Bjorn. His car didn't bot report any faults but the range was lower than expexted. I was continually told here that this just my driving, weather etc but i still think theres more to it. Even with consumption of 12kWh i cant get to 400km. So I wonder how get we get a report from the dealer?

KC, what dongle/app are you using in the ID3 1st. Thanks

I charged in Ionity cashel today and charging started when I connected my car without scanning of my card. Looks like I got free charge as this session is not on my bill?? Next one From Gorey is there. Anyone had something like this before?

@KCross sent you a pm there.