VW ID.3

Thanks all - just to clarify, I was comparing the 77kw T5 to the base model 3.

I go 350km round trip to my elderly mothers place reasonably often at the moment and for short periods. there won’t be an opportunity to charge there. I’d prefer an EV to suit my current needs anyway - aircon, heated seats, 120kmph motorway etc etc. to me it’s just a car with a different propulsion system.

the reason I was looking at the 77kw ID3 was that it’s the size of car we need and potentially the size battery too. ive been on pcp with other VW models for a number of years, and it’s always been easier to just stay in the VW fold on renewal

Need to charge to 100% for a longer trip, I don't trust the timer - is it safe ok to set it to charge to 100% and have it finish at say 4am, but doing nothing till I leave at 7am?

Is leaving it full that long ok?

That’s perfectly fine. Won’t do any harm at all, particularly as its just on an odd occasion.

Thanks @KCross

Okay so that was my first journey with public charging. I left home (Galway ) with 100%, stopped in Athlone Ionity for a coffee and said I'd use the ionity as I had never used one before, so maybe 15min there. Anyways got to Dublin did my days work and departed Ikea (near airport ) for Galway. This is where it got odd, the car warned me not enough charge (as i expected ), and by the time I was close to enfield the car kept warning about range - my plan was always to charge again at Athlone ionity.

This is what confused me, close to enfield the GOM read 120ish km, the distance to the Ionity at athlone was 60-70km, but the car wanted me to divert to mullingar to charge! Anways it being my first journey and unsure I pulled into Enfield and reassed with a small ESB charge.

Perhaps I freaked out and misread the prompts or made some error but I can't think what, the only unusual thing was the car saying 'at current power consumtion you cannot make destination' Was doing 110km/h on the motorway, 16C cabin.

I fitted two new front wipers today - Bosch Aerotwin AP30U. They're not listed as compatible with the ID.3 but fitted perfectly using the included no.4 adapter.

The original (from new) wipers were starting to streak badly but weren't great even when new. The Aerotwins are a big improvment and still 30% off on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00L7Z6K4C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yup, just the in car VW sat nav.

sorry to ask this again, maybe someone has similar experience (re my last post I did an experiment this morning)

Car currently has 123km range on the GOM, so I asked the cars sat nav to bring me to Athlone Ionity - according to the car that is 96km - I clicked start for the route and the car tells me this contains an essential charging stop.

1) 96 < 123 ?

2) Is the car compensating for their being a motorway and it expecting higher power consumption ? On my Dublin drive yesterday 110km/hr didn't seem to eat too much into the GOM range.

Its just a case of "too close for comfort". You wouldnt want the car to be telling you that no stops are required and then all of a sudden you are at the side of the motorway out of power. It has to build in some buffer to its calculations.

Re an EV is just a car with a different propulsion.

So missing the bigger picture :(

That has never worked properly. Its a well known issue that requires the cars firmware to be updated to v2.4 or v3.0 which is not yet available to existing owners.

Until you get that update you need to delete all the "Locations" in the charging part of the infotainment and start/stop the charge sessions manually via the app.

Is it confirmed from reviews of 3.0 that it is now working correctly?

If I plug mine in and stop it charging with the app and try restart it hours later via the app it won't work. Is this working for you, maybe it is related to the charger type.

Looking for some advice , I need to do a Galway - Dublin return a few more times. My first trip, I stopped in Athlone on way up for a coffee(with an unneeded ionity) and enfield on way back (needed esb) and Athlone ionity since I was hungry and didn't stay long enough in Enfield.

A few things I learned, the Ionity price adds up fast, and the ESB charger at Enfield is rubbish in terms of the tiny hard to see screen and general easy of use compared to the Ionity.

A better route planner tells me to use the Navan road clonsilla ESB - I have zero local knowlegde and was glad when I was off the M50. I have a small anxiety about the ESB chargers in that there are so few bays and the ionity is faster turn around - maybe im wrong.

Anyone done similar? have route itenery, I have a 58kwhr, drive at 110 and like a coffee stop.

If I plugged the car in now and stopped it charging via the app it will take a minute or two but work. If I then started it via the app in say an hour this would also work.

The issue seems to be if I tried to restart it in 3 or 4 hours. I haven't checked the car while trying it but will have a look the next time.

On 2.3. It does seem to be doing something similar to going asleep.