VW ID.3

Starting to do window shopping, was curious is anyone here has experience of the following perks , have a 221 ID3 Family, lane assist/rear camera/keyless unlock/matrix headlights are my really liked features. Anything else anyone finds amazing and 'worth it' ?
1) Area view, parking assist ?

2) (I forget the name) The fancy travel assist, i.e one up from lane assist.

3) Lumbar support

4) 'Discover Pro' navigation ? is this more than what my ID3 has ?

Agree with this, the area view is dead handy when parking. The biggest issue is remembering you aren't playing some flash game and the stake for game over are a bit higher

Travel Assist is brilliant for long motorway drives. Not really able to handle country roads but since most long journeys consist of both road types it'll take the work out for a big chunk. It's also good for traffic jams, can set a low speed and it'll start and stop with the car in front. ACC does that to but you need to handle the steering

Lumbar support is good if you need it, but pointless otherwise

Discover Pro is just the maps I think, can't remember exactly. As I recall it means you get the map updates included and don't need to pay a seperate subscription

Okay so lane keeping stops you leaving the lane unintentionally, but doesn't do anything to follow the lane

So if you came to a bend and didn't steer (don't try this) the lane keeping would intervene when you got too close to the lines and steer to keep you on the line

But it's a safety system rather than a driving aid, if you tried to use it like an autopilot you'd end up ping ponging around the lane with the car screaming alerts at you

Travel Assist is much more of a driver aid, it'll proactively steer to maintain the position within the lane. Basically on a motorway, it'll follow the motorway around bends and such. Combined with ACC it'll also match speed with the car in front

In general Travel Assist seems to try and maintain the lane position from when it was started, if you're slightly to the right or left then you'll stay there. This is in contrast to Tesla Autopilot which will try to stick rigidly to the centre of the lane. Sometimes on suboptimal Irish roads it can be better to be slightly off centre I find

It can also do other things, like if it sees a bend ahead it might slow down to safely take the bend. The newer cars can also do lane changes to overtake, although you have to give it the okay first

It's important to remember that it isn't autonomous driving. For example if you're coming to your exit Travel Assist won't exit the motorway for you, you need to switch it off and do that yourself

One other thing to remember is that the thing can't see traffic jams in the distance. If you're doing the famous M7 120 to 0 sudden traffic then you'll want to take over and brake earlier, otherwise the car might leave it to the last moment

Another thing I've noticed is that the Lane keeping (Lane Assist) seems a lot better in cars with Travel Assist. Just noticed that the posters here who have it don't complain about the lane warning beeping nearly as much

Regarding the subscription thing, VW (and others) have been trying to sell customers on monthly subscriptions for years now. Unsurprisingly, no-one goes for it so they tend to end up just including the add on packages as standard

If the cars were significantly cheaper without the subscription then it might be worthwhile, but it's still a €35-40k car at the end of the day. Asking for €30 per month or something on top is a bit much

Price ladder should be the company motto 😂

It should be at the end, but I think some of the packages don't always show up for some reason

At the end of the day the configuration is only an indicator of price, not an actual order

Can't comment on the heat pump but I've the panoramic roof on my ID.4

You're correct, it doesn't open so you can't stick your head out the top unfortunately

Admittedly you don't get the full effect up the front, but it does open the car up a lot and make it a much brighter space

On the flip side, it can get very bright and warm in the car so you might find yourself using the sun shade. This is particularly true if you've kids as they'll probably moan about the sun in their eyes

At the end of the day it's a luxury, doesn't functionally improve the car. At €1700 or so it's up to you whether it's worth it. Personally I'd go for it again, but I'd probably drink a few whiskeys afterwards to help forget how much it cost

Only other options are Bicycle Carrier Preparation and Type 2 Charging Cable.

Slim pickings.

I deliberately chose not to get a model with the panoramic roof on our MY22. Most of them had it standard at the time. Just seemed like something likely to decrease the solidity of the car. Also heard reports of squeaks. Plus my bald head doesn’t like the sun. 😝

Good news about the gtx, I have a build week of 47

Sent you a PM

Well I guess we know how much the Paddy tax it, same car in Germany costs just under €30k because VW will give a discount of around €3750 or something to German buyers

I don't get it either, even when you subtract the VW discount it's still more expensive than here

As far as I can tell the spec of the Irish one is actually better since it includes the assistance pack as standard (and also floor mats, I'm still shocked they're an extra)

Regarding the Pure, I did a quick comparison and didn't spot any major differences. It is pretty bare bones as far as trim goes, but I guess that's what you'd expect for the price

It's worth noting that a lot of the add on packs aren't available for the Pure, like the matrix headlights or interior package. It makes sense I guess, although personally I'd say the extra €1300 for the Pure Plus is worthwhile to get the heated seats and steering wheel

Just had a first chat with my dealer.

Offering €2k below the GMFV, which just means I’ll get the GMFV.

This is on an immaculate car with only 36,000kms on the clock.

Very disappointing. Are any of you on PCPS getting offers above the GMFV?

Is the GTX, with the 77kWh battery, definitely a 5 seater?

The 77kWh variant of the ID.3 1st was a 4 seater only so just want to be sure it has been upgraded to a 5 seater before wasting time looking at it

Yes the 77kw is a 5 seater. They upgraded the rear axle and its now a five seater. It's explained in a video on you tube.