VW ID.3

Sort of agree about the heat pump, but still it's nice to have when standard in car.

Tesla also hold back a lot of battery as buffer, haven't yet seen Bjorns' latest video where he runs down to a complete stop a new (Only 250km on clock) Tesla RWD LFP but understand there is a massive below zero buffer. But Tesla have the ability to quickly update this ota if/when required.

Also has been mentioned on Tesla thread that BMS probably not as yet properly calibrated yet on his new test car, which I would believe..

Isn’t this one of the original ‘life’ or entry models ? New (Old) stock presumably

Still 3-4K more than it was last year

Yes original life model,pretty much original list price if it's the 200hp one with metalic

I just checked,in July 21 I paid 35,483 for 200hp 58kw life with metallic,150hp car was 33700 again with metallic,as ever the real argument is cost to change,at the time I got 18500 for a 171 ioniq against it.

I have no idea how this is working in the current new car climate but I just sold a 06 1.4 polo for 2250 that I paid 1200 for 4 years ago, so I'm guessing the used market has also followed suit,replaced with a 13 Up at 6k which a couple of years back was probably still 6k when 2 years newer.

Might be an idea to check the build label on the boot floor apart from the appreciable extra go it's the only physical difference between the 150/200 hp cars.I know this cos the original car they supplied me was 150 hp and the supplying dealer didn't cop it,thankfully had the wit to check before signing on the dotted line,that was promoted by nothing more than total lack of confidence in the sales persons product knowledge.

200hp is 150kw

These are the current prices. ID.3 Life DX is the only one they seem to be manufacturing now but one would assume that when they can start manufacturing the ID.3 Life again, looking at the prices below, it will not be less that €38,000 on the road with metallic. So an increase of almost €5,000 in one year for a car the size of a Golf (which starts at around €32,000). No wonder so few are considering an EV, you'd but a lot of petrol for €6,000.

I intend to change in 2024 but I would rather stretch to a Kia Nero EV with better spec and range or an Ionic 5 with similar range but so much more car than another Life. Those cars seem much better value than a bog standard ID.3 Life at that price below.

Alloy wheels, keyless entry, rear view camera, tinted rear windows, alarm and it might have electronic boot opening/closing.

There might be some other stuff I've missed, but not much

The ID.3 is a far better car to drive than the first e-niro. I wonder is the new model any better.

Some update on my battery modules replacement saga. I collected my car last Friday after 7 weeks in the workshop. Was there to collect it on Thursday but the car turned out to be not ready with battery cover missing (and plastic hanging from underneath the car after a hasty installation). Also found damage on all my wheels from the time they installed the new tyres and the camber on the back wheels was off after they did the original tracking. The car will need to go back after ab 2.5 weeks to get the SOH and consumption tests done. I charged the car to 100% on Saturday night and used the carscanner app to check the stats. There are good news and bad news. Good news - the voltages are now uniform and I gained some of the battery capacity back.

The bad news it went up from 43.7kWh to 50kWh however there was no change in the total available energy and it stayed at 54kWh.

This is the battery stats prior to 2 module replacement work.

I find it weird that there was no change in this figure. So thought are: if the 8kWh battery degradation is spread equally between the 9 modules then each module is lost approx 0.89kWh. Then if you replace 2 of the 9 modules - shouldn't I gain approx 1.78kWh? I would be expecting to see 55.8ish Kwh and not 54kWh? Btw, 8kWh is effing a lot - 13% of battery capacity gone in 2 years, also 4kWh buffer seems doesn't change. The range on 100% was also crap - 335km w/o HVAC and 320 with.

At the moment it shows 264 km w/o hvac on for 80% of SOC. So far I have driven 75 km using 20% of the battery so I'm not sure that my range has improved a lot if a lot. I guess time will tell.

One thing to add - the tyre installation, tracking and service were covered by the garage. And indeed my car is a part of the recent battery recall which was independently confirmed by BatteryLife and the dealership.

Yeah, range was my bugbear from the start so at least we know now it wasn't unfounded. Judging by the hugg consumption acquired during their tests I guess the car was driven in traffic/idled alot GOM is def confused. I indeed will need to do two return cork Dublin trips before the car will be going back for testing so a few 100% charging sessions will be done. Also I was promised to be shown the battery stats on thier system in the workshop, will be interesting to see.

One thing I def noticed is that the GOM range doesn't drop as fast as it used to. So fingers crossed I'll have a faultless car:)

PSS garage had to put the battery pack back in before changing the modules to do the 2.4 update. VW HQ then confirmed that the modules originally confirmed faulty were indeed the once on the recall. I wonder whether the delay with 3.0 is related to that 10k cars with faulty modules?

The best way to judge range is KM per %. You have 75km/20% which gives you a range of 375km. I don't know what way you were driving for that, but I would have to drive like a one legged granny to get it. My average is 300km. 350km if I drive very easy at this time of year and down to 250km when the weather gets colder.

I used a spray made from couple tumble dryer sheets and water to remove bugs from paintwork. Worked a treat.

If you have the Lifeshine kit, there's a bug removal spray in it.😁

Single zone climate on a €42k car?

Its just over 43k, including some of the pricier metallic options.