VW ID.4

It does in general but I live in Dublin so on the M50 regularly and when I’m in an exit lane and someone is doing 80 in the lane beside me, it very much doesn’t make sense!

Ordered my GTX in January and still don't have it, its in the country since last Thursday week but still not with the dealer.

Got my car back this morning. Went in Monday last week, ready to collect yesterday late afternoon.

5 days for body shop work, 1 day for 2.4 update.

Update went fine, was told of some of the initial problems they had with the first updates were that that the brake had to be depressed at some point and if it wasn’t done the update failed. Also, the doors have to be open for another stage, so if someone accidentally closes them it can cause problems. Haven’t heard of this before , all done now regardless.

No OTA 3.0 flyer, the staff knew nothing about it.

Another small update when I drove off, and the handbook was also downloaded, so should be good to go for 3.x whenever that starts.

They checked the cable for me, told me it was fine (I was having intermittent problems with it). Have it plugged in at home now and working , but have a spare just in case.

Car was washed and cleaned when returned.

Taking it out for a long drive today, so hopefully won’t have any problems.

Had a loaner ID.3 business for the week. Definitely noticed the weight difference, nice car to drive and might be the replacement for the Leaf in a year or two. No charge for the loaner.

Loved the wireless charging in the ID.3, didn’t like the keyless entry , seemed to wake the car (not unlock) anytime I was within 10 feet of it, so thought the car was on the first few times it happened. The infotainment screen is angled more towards the driver than the ID.4 which caused a few problems with the front seat passenger, smaller screen size also noticeable.

The ID3 has the same power as the ID4 and is lighter so not sure what you mean by feeling the dead weight of the ID3 but not the ID4?

Maybe you had the 145bhp model.

On mine all the doors seem to lock from the outside after a few minutes... It's annoying as when people try to get in they can't..I use the button beside the mirror adjustment to unlock

Its very strange, all of the other doors open fine with a click of the key its just the door behind the driver that won't open from the outside.

If your insurance contains a PC12A clause (which most do) you usually get 7 days automatic transfer of cover without having to contact your insurance provider.

With Aviva, if you need the loaner for more than 7days you have to call them and do the temporary transfer with a max of 28 days per year.

Noticed that after 2.4 was installed the speed limit preview was reset, so the ACC started acting up around Kinnegad (as it always did). Turned it off again as always hated it.

Navigation now shows 22.7, not sure if that got updated at the same time as well.

I've noticed that if I lock the doors from the inside, then get out, the rest of the doors don't always unlock properly

Pressing the unlock button inside or on the key fixes it

Had a disaster today, found the rear passenger tyre was flat last night. This is when I'm in a hotel in Falmouth in the UK and I'm getting a ferry today (supposedly, more on that later)

Tried pumping it up but no joy. Found a screw in the tread so figured that was big enough the tyre wouldn't stay inflated

Rang VW breakdown, they said they'd talk to the UK service and call me back. Never rang back so several more calls over the next few hours looking for updates and eventually someone from AA UK rings and I arrange for a call out first thing in the morning

Kinda wish I'd stayed up to try and get them earlier. AA van turned up around 9am, found not one but two screws in the tyre. He put a temp plug on one and the other sealed itself, I guess that must be the puncture protection at work

Then off to the local tyre shop for a repair. They're not supposed to repair puncture protection tyres, but they did one anyway to get me to Holyhead

By the time I left Falmouth, I had exactly enough time to get to Holyhead with no traffic or anything going wrong

Both charging stops worked fine, I wrung Ionity for every kilowatt they could give at two stops

But alas, despite my best efforts, I missed the ferry by around 15 mins. And arrived with 7% so getting off the ferry would have been interesting 😏

Luckily I've booked into the night ferry, grabbed some juice in the Gridserve charger in Holyhead and now waiting in a Tesco car park hoping I don't get attacked

And to top it off I'll probably need to get a replacement tyre at some point soon 😬

There aren't any in that corner of England, it's basically AA or RAC

I will say next time I'm traveling to the UK I'm going to get some direct breakdown cover. Going through VW worked, barely, but I think if I'd gone direct I might have gotten someone out the night before

I would still have to get the tyre repaired during the day. But it probably would have saved enough time to get me to the ferry

I'm pretty sure I do, probably should have gone with them in retrospect. Although I suspect they all go to the AA, so it's debatable if they'd have turned up any quicker

Must have been the charger, I was getting consistently high speeds from Ionity, started at 34% and getting over 90kW first time

I remember one of the Ionity reps saying they work hard to make sure the chargers have the full power available and don't throttle if they can avoid it.

It certainly costs extra but seems to be worth it when you need it