VW ID.3

I have a question about this road sign recognition, is there a front facing visual camera on the car? if so can it act as a dash cam, or is it the driving map has locations and limits built in and the dash just displays what it assumes should be the limit based on the map info?

Question..Ordered ID3 in early July..Deal done with trade in. Deposit paid. Now assuming it will not be delivered until Jan 22..Should I assume the dealer will honour the deal agreed, or will the price inflate in Jan due to the usual price increase.

I'm the same time frame, deal honored. I wrote an email of my contemporaneous account of the deal/meeting and he replied all was good. It was mentioned the the budget could upset things as my dealership cc'd me the letter to say the dealership got the government discount (they ordered this batch of cars late July) and this was valid till november 29th - the greens are in goverment, EV's are not going anywhere and the world is dying so I think the grant will not get worse.

Did you mean that, for your experiment you drove with the AC off and the windows down and got better range?

Yep. Pretty much. It wasn’t the most scientific experiment that’s ever been conducted to be fair.

I’ve been doing it for a few days now using the same route over and back to work, same speeds as I usually do. Weather has been broadly similar. And I’m seeing a huge difference in range. I’m actually getting what the GOM predicts instead of significantly less.

Could be a quirk to my particular car but I’m definitely going to leave the AC off for the next while to see if it makes a consistent difference or if it’s just a weird anomaly.

I would imagine a lot would depend on how wide open the windows were. If you only need to open them a small amount (which, given the current weather, seems probable), the effect on the aerodynamics is likely not great.

Don't think I have ever seen the cabin heating using 10kW, more like 2 to 4kW, but I don't keep the car too hot, just a comfortable level.

Now, the battery heating, that's a different story, on a freezing morning a total of 10kW is well possible for a while.

True, aircon doesn't use very much, not worth worrying about. Particularly if you keep it at an achievable level.

I had a six speed diesel in a previous life. I remember when you turned on the ac there was a noticeable drop in revs and there were certain gentle hills that the car would not pull 6th gear any more. Thankfully the ID's ac is a bit more efficient.🙂

just playing around to be honest. My GOM seems to be way off when I use the AC but much more accurate when it’s off.

also, when I say windows down I don’t mean fully down, just enough to get a bit of fresh air.

Good luck👍️.

Plenty of good weather next week, don't forget to take some pics..

Yes its definitely strange when you ordered before us. I guess they make batches of the same spec together. hopefully yours will be on next ship. Is VIN number up yet?

Reports like this definitely make me nervous.

So got in to the car at lunchtime and the driver side seatbelt is jammed tight. Can’t retract it to put it on. Have tried pulling it super slowly but no joy. Have tried reversing a bit then driving forwards to see if it’s a software thing that will suddenly wake up and fix itself. Tried locking and unlocking the car a few times. Anyone had a similar experience/ got any bright ideas?

I know I feel the exact same. I’ve ordered an ID 4 and it feels like I’ll never get to see it. Could be end of November or into December to which stage I’ll be insisting on a 221 Plate. I’ll even hand over the trade in if they want in Dec.