VW ID.3

2 great options for people looking for a performance hatch now.

Very little between them, just styling preference really

Just looking at the below configuration, it’s it correct to say the finance price (€39,025)is cheaper than the cash price (€40,420). The difference seems to be no delivery price. Is that waived if you take the finance?

Total amount repayable is €40,927.99.

Maybe try eBay.de, can sometimes get decent prices on genuine parts. Postage shouldn’t be too much on small stuff like that. Best to search using a part no. It’s probably 5WA919275C or a variant of it.

Hi. How do the warrantys for the ID3 and Cupra Born compare? Thanks.

Thanks.

My Born is out of warranty end of sept this year but thankfully is still going strong with no faults. Has 46k kms on it now, maybe 60k by Sept maximum.

I'm going to hold on out of warranty anyway, I haven't heard any horror stories at all

potentially looking at a 2020 ID.3, limited budget so only looking at 2020. I wonder were many sold in 2020 or was it very low with Covid etc.

do they suffer from the door locks issue like the ID.4?

Any other general thing to look out for on this 2020 car when buying used?

what would average battery degradation be? Maybe down to 90%

The common issues are

• Charge port door
• Drop links in the suspension
• Make sure its on v3.2+ of the software
• Some parking sensors are starting to fail but thats not a biggy to fix.

I wonder were many sold in 2020 or was it very low with Covid etc.

It only got released into the Irish market in Sep 2020 so they should all be 202 cars.

what would average battery degradation be? Maybe down to 90%

I dont think anyone can give you the average, only anecdotal values from their own. My Oct 2020 one is around 93% with ~100k km's on it

You’d be as well to include 2021 cars in your search. ID.3’s only became available around September 2020 after many many delays. e-Golfs were also still being sold in 2020. Only 7 2020 ID.3’s for sale on DoneDeal at the moment and none of them seem any cheaper than 2021 models.

VW heat pump generally regarded as not being worth the money - indeed, they had to partially refund some early ID4 owners in the UK as it was so shite!

Michelin Cross Climate and buy online from Tyreleader or Oponeo etc.

Was sent the price for mine today. Even though I selected the black wheels that were free on the online build there is a charge on them and it mentions the performance tyres. Was able to add the iq drive like somebody here suggested. Those are the only options as I went with the colour black and will chance my arm without the heat pump. Still don't have an estimate on when it will arrive.

Yep, but the person is doing me a favour ordering it with a discount. I'm not going to be doing any back and fourth like I would with a dealer. Never kick a gift horse as the saying goes.

I'm more worried about road noise in the cabin than the extra price. I take it I can't change to 215 when changing tyres as the wheels will be a different width?

If the noise in the cabin is too much I'll change them to the thinner ones when they are out. Thanks.

I saw a Born vz video that I now can't remember, but they seemed to have more fun on the 215's because they were sqeeling with more rear body movement compared to the 235's where they said it was faster and more assured. I rarely drive in a "spirited" manor these days so would have happily taken the 215's for less noise, only really use power in a straight line these days.

Ordered mine on the 1st October and picked it up from the garage on the 22nd January