VW ID.3

Hey thanks, could you explain how this would work a little more? I might be stuck to get home today if I can't get it open

It's currently locked closed/stuck

The ID.3 is a decent car. Nice to drive... think Golf.... it's basically that.

If you are buying new then I think you have nothing to worry about.

If you are buying secondhand then you have a couple of small considerations....

1) the issue posted just above about the charge flap (they are starting to fail now on some cars). It's not an EV issue. It happens on VW ICE cars too.

2) drop links in front suspension can prematurely wear in the very first batch of 1st editions, should be OK on anything from 212 onwards.

3) Ensure any car you buy is on v3.2 or later of the software. It will mean that you wont have any of the software issues that you will see on every discussion forum about the ID cars. The vast majority of those issues are resolved.

Those 3 issues are covered under warranty if they need doing as long as the car is <3yrs old and less than 90k km's OR <2yrs old (unlimited mileage).

I dont have experience of the i3 but a big one would be that it's a 4 seater. If that's not an issue and the rear doors dont bother you then it's a decent car by all accounts with most owners being very happy with it. Maybe post to the i3 thread to get more specific feedback on it in terms of range etc (which wont be as much as the ID.3).

Thanks a mill - great to learn about the “known issues”

Cheers, I went back out and unlocked it and it released, will try the above if it sticks again

Might reach out to vw Ireland on the customer service I'm getting from a particular Cork branch

That EV Depreciation thread is giving me the willies (well it was before the trolls arrived). I’m paying 410 a month off my 0% interest PCP. It’s up at the end of July.

Does anyone reckon that depreciation is moving quicker than that?

I’m driving a 212 145hp Family edition (matrix headlights, reversing camera, dual climate control, sunroof) on 51000km and adding 1800kms per month.

Thanks for the replies. Paid about 37.5. There’s a little under 20 left - 17 of that is the guaranteed value.

if I wait until the end of the PCP I’ll have spent another 2.8k in repayments. The big question is will the car have depreciated by more than 2.8k in 6 months? If so, I should probably look at options.

You could read way too much into that depreciation thread, it’s been on fire lately, people talking like all of a sudden your car is worthless, which it isn’t - the market needs to adjust, the price gouging hasn’t helped and those who purchased at those inflated prices will feel it more, however, as pointed out above, the cost to change into a new car has also reduced. You also got a 0% finance deal which is a winner …

VW still want to sell new cars so they might offer you a decent cost to change deal, but jumping ship because of hear say on the depreciation may not help. Lots of people still in la la land, look at the price of 2021/22/23 model 3’s…You’d swear that you will be picking up an id3 for 15k in June, less than an egolf ..I may regret that statement, time will tell-

Was never really about the equity, more being sure that it wouldn’t be worth less than the final lump sum. Any thing else would be a bonus tbh. First time on a PCP so very much new territory for me.

I’ll drop the dealer an email and see what the options are.

You’ll have paid 2021 prices which should mean you’ll be ok.

it’s people who paid inflated 2023 prices that are seen big depreciation

What would one of those cost?

And there's the problem.

€48k for the 77kWh. I paid €41k for my Tour.

Tour was €42k at the time plus €1k OTR. I haggled them to €41k total and it was 0% PCP at the time.

Final value is about €18.5k I think.