VW ID.3

Yep efficient it's not.

Perfectly fine but I'll be looking at ioniq 5/E Megane at PCP end , available deal will dictate direction.

I paid 31k, 0% PCP metallic and 204hp

And got 17.5k off the dealer for my ioniq

Easy to see why I went id3 not ioniq5 at the time.

yep, in pretty much the same place but no metallic paint!

i assumed that I’d be keeping the car for a long time but now I’ll be looking at my options when pcp ends.

unless the software updates fix everything, lolz

I’m looking at electric bikes this morning. Live just outside a hilly village and would be great to spin into the shops on it.

Which one is that?

That Polo sounds like the definition of sadness. I'd hope you get the ID.3 back before petrol hits €2 per litre

Personally from seeing the Ioniq 5 in person I'd say the EV6 is the better looking one. Mégane E is nice too, but the spec sheet is impressive for 2019

None of them are as efficient as the original Ioniq, but the bigger batteries makes that basically moot

They are bigger cars than the ID.3, so maybe this argument would have a better home in the ID.4 thread 😉

If it were up to me, I'd really like an ID.4 exterior on the Ioniq 5 platform and interior

Reminds me of my mum driving through the UK recently with her brother and sister in law in a rented Yaris Hybrid. They were going up a long slope at one point and the cat sounded like it was about to explode.

And people complain that they won't be buying city car EVs that can't handle long trips 🙄

Of course I was winding her up asking why she didn't take her ID.3 down instead. It's a 58kWh so there would be a few charges but the UK network is a lot better and she wouldn't be in a hurry

The only issues really were the software issues which have been resolved now. We all want to see further improvements in the software but it doesnt equate to bad reliability of the car.

There will be a few examples here and there of other faults but the car is as reliable as any other car.

Dealers put a huge markup on second hand cars, so that customers think they are getting a great deal when they are offered 2 or 3K more than they reckon their old car is worth when trading up. Or the classic 2K scrappage allowance.🙂

But I think dealers are price gouging at the moment..

the sooner the better the VAT rebate comes through for the NI used dealers

I thought the 1st editions had heated windscreen washers? Had the car heated but when I pressed to wash the windscreen a few miles later, nowt.

Worked fine later when thawed out.

The range thing is still doing my head in, got in this morning said 269km, drove 96km and says 134km - charged at work. By my estimates would have made it back just about.

I know it was very windy and wet on the motorway, does that really knock a chuck out of the range, last week I got to destination with 180km, same starting and was colder.

Yeah I've never trusted the GOM on any car. Can't wait until they start displaying the battery percentage in 3.0