VW ID.3

It's to do with people ordering cars, and then cancelling when the car is already produced. The car will still arrive to the dealer, and they will then sell it. When I was talking to the dealer in February, I was told that VW cancelled all orders for cars to stock from the dealers (they had to have a buyer lined up with a deposit paid) at the same time as they decided to reduce the options available to order to just the Life DX, but that there would still be a (small) number that would arrive in where the customer cancelled. Most of those were due in by the end of the summer, but that was before the reduction in output, so it may be the end of the year or later before they've all passed through the system.

The big advantage you have with the tour is limited supply and unavailability to order, even if willing to wait. If you wanted to sell it, you could get close to the current list price for it.

Crazy alright, don't forget that original purchasers got a few bits included as well, such as 2000kWh of charging and an option of free charger or whatever..

interesting indeed - i'm going to get a price for trade in later this week; 1st plus with 20,000kms on the clock. got in oct'20 so lets see what they have to offer.

Is there much new features expected for the 2023 ID3 model ?

No chance 😂

Looking for advice on the A/C

So I like to leave the AC on and set at 17-20C (this week its 17), but there never seems to be a happy medium between some vent hitting either my knee of a hand on the wheel - I have the blower set to min, max was nice and fast but just annoying noise wise.

That blower by my knee never seems to point in a nice direction. Just hoping someone has a rubric they enjoy?

Perhaps I have some setting wrong, but I find auto is just plain loud and annoying and it never really seems to calm down. Of course memory plays tricks.

I am the same as you Phil and with the way the second hand market is it makes looking at changing an option but the 0%, spec and range just aren't there at the minute and with interest rates rising there won't be a 0% pcp to be found and that is what swung buying the Tour in the first place.

If I pass a Born dealer I might call in for a look at the 77kW E-boost as it is probably the closest on spec and the interior looks better imo.

The Ionic 5 and EV6 are getting pricey, then again the numbers might come up tonight and I'll be in looking at the EQS with the hyper screen...😁

Auto is the best but hate the way it blasts out the centre vents (Not only VW). Ok you can divert it from your face, I find AC gives me dry eyes. Not adjusting the temp too low helps a lot.

If the outside temp is 22C on a sunny day like today, then the temp inside is probably very hot. My parked up car is showing 45C atm with all windows cracked open.

Yesterday was a similar day down here, I found 22C on auto kept the car(Not VW) very comfortable without the fan roaring. I do have a heat pump and found range was only barely affected.

Edit. I think I used to use similar temps on my ID.3 in the hot days, then reducing the temp in the evenings so that the heater would not come on.

I see €37,945 is the cheapest id3 on Carzone- there is no way I’d give it away for 30k, you have a great car under you, maybe even spec’d better than the ‘new’ DX version - I see it’s now €55,465 for the id4 business 204hp, €53,930 for the 174bhp-

Business is the first trim level to get the Matrix setup- probably the one to get

PCP with VW on ID3 and I'm assuming if interested in jumping ship to a different brand I would have to sell the car privately and pay off VW or does anyone with experience of this know how it works.

It will loose the grant. Same happened with iD.4 in family trim which is ab 62k now.

You can trade in the car and the finance will be settled by the garage. Trade in value could be low though. There are plenty of positive stories with selling car with outstanding finance privately. The best way is probably first settle the finance yourself, get the confirmation leyter from VW bank and then sell privately. Less hassle and questions.

My letter says I can clear the debt at any time, I dont see any not on penalties which there should not be as with the time value of money they are winning.

Will be fun when EU interest rates hit 4 to 5 % in 12 months time

Just to add, I presume VW have a little leyway to keep the gross price just below €60K, eg throwing in metallic paint or something similar, to enable the car to sell for €55K. Other manufacturers such as Tesla have totally transparent pricing where adding Red (€2300 option) to the base model adds €7473 to the final price after losing grant plus added VRT etc.😕