VW ID.3

JPA

jonnythefox wrote: »

I have free charging also in work at 7kw. So not too bad.
I’m also getting a walk charger for home. Had a call today from Bord Gais who will be installing it.
Nice lady asked me if I wanted to allow electric shower to be used at the same time as charger.
€115 extra charge. Otherwise I was told they would have to throttle the wall charger down to 3.6kw permanently. Does Anyone else have experience with this ?

It's a priority switch. A typical house cannot provide enough electricity to charge at 7kw and use a shower at 9kw so the priority switch will give the shower priority and stop the car charging while it is in use.

Easy solution change the electric shower to pumped only, if you have central heating there is no need to waste electricity heating water when there is usually a tank full of hot water.

arch_stanton

JPA wrote: »

It's a priority switch. A typical house cannot provide enough electricity to charge at 7kw and use a shower at 9kw so the priority switch will give the shower priority and stop the car charging while it is in use.

If you're going for the VW box, from what I understand, it has built in load balancing. The extra bit needed is a CT clamp that goes on the main line into your fusebox/meter and connects to the charger. It measures the current being drawn is reaching a preset level it reduces the charging speed to stay under the limit.

I picked up my car earlier in the week. Very happy so far but haven't had much chance to test yet. The only bug I've noticed so far is that on one occasion the reversing camera wouldn't come on. It fixed itself after going in and out of the screen a few times. Voice commands are slow compared to Alexa or even Siri and it seems quite easy to accidentally trigger the wake word.

I had my first charge at Lidl. It drew 11.2 kW as expected. The only problem was as a charging noob I had to grab the manual to find how to disconnect the cable from the car. I'll try my We Charge card on a Circle K 50 kW charger later.

zg3409

jonnythefox wrote: »

I have free charging also in work at 7kw. So not too bad.
I’m also getting a walk charger for home. Had a call today from Bord Gais who will be installing it.
Nice lady asked me if I wanted to allow electric shower to be used at the same time as charger.
€115 extra charge. Otherwise I was told they would have to throttle the wall charger down to 3.6kw permanently. Does Anyone else have experience with this ?

They might install a different model charger or an extra board inside the charger with a current clamp elsewhere. At least they are asking before they install rather than on the day. Shop around as quotes vary a lot

Greenbin

Picked ours up yesterday. First long drive on commute this morn. Mix of motorway, N & R roads. Really great drive but lane keep assist def doesn’t work well on R roads. Must turn off before return journey.
Will post some range data tonight and try public charging for the first time.

eagerv

arch_stanton wrote: »

If you're going for the VW box, from what I understand, it has built in load balancing. The extra bit needed is a CT clamp that goes on the main line into your fusebox/meter and connects to the charger. It measures the current being drawn is reaching a preset level it reduces the charging speed to stay under the limit.

I picked up my car earlier in the week. Very happy so far but haven't had much chance to test yet. The only bug I've noticed so far is that on one occasion the reversing camera wouldn't come on. It fixed itself after going in and out of the screen a few times. Voice commands are slow compared to Alexa or even Siri and it seems quite easy to accidentally trigger the wake word.

I had my first charge at Lidl. It drew 11.2 kW as expected. The only problem was as a charging noob I had to grab the manual to find how to disconnect the cable from the car. I'll try my We Charge card on a Circle K 50 kW charger later.

I had the same problem this morning, clicking the open button on remote control twice worked.


Will be interesting to hear how the charging works on non Ionity through your We Charge card.

Mr Q

Has anyone had an issue with the ACC? This morning was the third time that it was deactivated when driving the car.

I just got in the car as normal but it didn't work for the whole trip. When I press the steering wheel button I get "ACC is deactivated" pop up on the screen. Very annoying and randomly happening

Rusky rusky

Mr Q wrote: »

Has anyone had an issue with the ACC? This morning was the third time that it was deactivated when driving the car.

I just got in the car as normal but it didn't work for the whole trip. When I press the steering wheel button I get "ACC is deactivated" pop up on the screen. Very annoying and randomly happening

I had it 1st time today. The button for acc stopped responding altogether.

drunkmonkey

Just had the first spin in my one, won't have it for a few days needs to be registered etc, plenty of pick up in it, feels effortless to drive. Surprised at how easy I could get the back out with a quick press of the play pedal on a roundabout. There's no mistaking it's RWD. Feels well planted around bends and soaks up the bumps well.

mikeucc

Managed to mess up registering my car on the app.
I put in the incorrect VIM, no way to remove it , quiet annoying as it pops up every time I open the app asking me to complete registration

I have the my car registered as well, but really want the incorrect one gone, anybody know how to remove it?

drunkmonkey

Did you try deleting and reinstalling the app...or if you go into where the car is shown in the garage there's a plus symbol at the top tap that to add another VIN.

rocketspocket

should have the car within 2 week. Anyone know about the 'first movers' club - the dealer doesn't know much but my understanding is you get;

1 year free Electric from Ionity
&
Servicing & Tyres
OR
1000 off the charger via VW?

Is that correct? what do i need to get this (is it the dealer i need to push)?

TitianGerm

rocketspocket wrote: »

should have the car within 2 week. Anyone know about the 'first movers' club - the dealer doesn't know much but my understanding is you get;

1 year free Electric from Ionity
&
Servicing & Tyres
OR
1000 off the charger via VW?

Is that correct? what do i need to get this (is it the dealer i need to push)?

Seems correct. You should have the option of 3 months free payments as well.

When did you order?

njburke

rocketspocket wrote: »

should have the car within 2 week. Anyone know about the 'first movers' club - the dealer doesn't know much but my understanding is you get;

1 year free Electric from Ionity
&
Servicing & Tyres
OR
1000 off the charger via VW?

Is that correct? what do i need to get this (is it the dealer i need to push)?

The €600 /2000kwh electricity comes with the car. Then you have three options.
3 months payments if taking Finance
Or
€1000 towards a charger, you should also get an SEAI grant of €600 towards this.
Or top tier service plan for three years.

Lumen

Audi bro, y u so thirsty?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPod1jjtNhI

Based on the results for the 58kwh ID3 it seems that the long range ID3 would be able to match the time of the Model 3 for his 1000km test.

DaveyDave

Are many people driving with normal comforts on? AC for auto climate, heated seat, driving at the speed limit etc.

I have zero interest in limiting my use of air con, heated seats etc. Curious to see what sort of range people get in those circumstances.

DaveyDave

DaveyDave wrote: »

Are many people driving with normal comforts on? AC for auto climate, heated seat, driving at the speed limit etc.

I have zero interest in limiting my use of air con, heated seats etc. Curious to see what sort of range people get in those circumstances.

It's not ac, heated seats and AC that matter much these days it's the wind resistance, wet roads.

Rusky rusky

DaveyDave wrote: »

Are many people driving with normal comforts on? AC for auto climate, heated seat, driving at the speed limit etc.

I have zero interest in limiting my use of air con, heated seats etc. Curious to see what sort of range people get in those circumstances.

I drive in eco mode with auto climate set to 20C, heated the seat and the steering wheel for a while. The range on the app now is 267km for soc of 65% (though it could be 65-69% as it shown in 5% increments). The weather def makes a difference. Yesterday on the way to work the consumption was 15.2kwh/100km (dry, 13.5C), today 17.8kwh/100km (wet, windy, 8-9). Yesterday returning home i got 12.5kwh/100km (mainly downhill, dry, 12.5C). Interesting what will be the consumption on the way home today.

eagerv

I wish my app would show kilometers, still in miles.
Tried everything, re-downloading app, reset car etc.


Anyone any ideas what else I can try?

rocketspocket

TitianGerm wrote: »

Seems correct. You should have the option of 3 months free payments as well.

When did you order?

Last wednesday (14th i think) & paid cash. My dealer didn't know (small dealership). Take it its nothing to do with the dealership agreement & is a VW corporate thing?

macrubicon

eagerv wrote: »

I wish my app would show kilometers, still in miles.
Tried everything, re-downloading app, reset car etc.


Anyone any ideas what else I can try?

Try logging in your account on a web browser - you can delete cars from there even if they have not finished provisioning (like yours won't).

It's the VW Connect online login - there is no online login for Connect.ID.

drunkmonkey

rocketspocket wrote: »

should have the car within 2 week. Anyone know about the 'first movers' club - the dealer doesn't know much but my understanding is you get;

1 year free Electric from Ionity
&
Servicing & Tyres
OR
1000 off the charger via VW?

Is that correct? what do i need to get this (is it the dealer i need to push)?

Everyone gets the 1yr free charging. Then the way your buying it you can get €1000 off price of the car as your not able to claim the charger grant through the company or you could take the free servicing. I took the €1000 can't see how you could spend it on servicing.

McHonda

macrubicon wrote: »

Try logging in your account on a web browser - you can delete cars from there even if they have not finished provisioning (like yours won't).

It's the VW Connect online login - there is no online login for Connect.ID.

Hey all, got my car today, whoop whoop! I'm struggling to get anything from the id connect app, I just have a picture of an eGolf. Can't see anywhere to see SOC or how to precondition the car for the morning etc. I'm on android.

drunkmonkey

That's done through the car not the app I think someone said earlier.

McHonda

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That's done through the car not the app I think someone said earlier.

Thanks, I'll have a look. I suppose half the fun is figuring this stuff out, it really is a lovely drive. Delighted with it.

eagerv

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Everyone gets the 1yr free charging. Then the way your buying it you can get €1000 off price of the car as your not able to claim the charger grant through the company or you could take the free servicing. I took the €1000 can't see how you could spend it on servicing.

The servicing includes free tyres and other ancillaries but agree it probably wont come to €1000. But it was the only option available to me.

Boscoirl

Going for a test drive in one tomorrow

rx8

McHonda wrote: »

Hey all, got my car today, whoop whoop! I'm struggling to get anything from the id connect app, I just have a picture of an eGolf. Can't see anywhere to see SOC or how to precondition the car for the morning etc. I'm on android.

If you hold down the on/off button on the infotainment system for 20 seconds, the system will reboot and you can try the QR code again. Tech guy had me try this. It didn't work for me though, Germany still trying to fix App problem.

eagerv

macrubicon wrote: »

Try logging in your account on a web browser - you can delete cars from there even if they have not finished provisioning (like yours won't).

It's the VW Connect online login - there is no online login for Connect.ID.

Thanks, but tried that. It wont accept my VIN unfortunately, says not a valid VIN