VW ID.3

Booked in for the 1st service next week. Was quoted €150 which is about 100 less than I was expecting.

Have arranged to test drive the cupra Born and the e-Niro while my ID3 is in for service since they're just next door. We'll see how that works out....

1st Plus.

Been ID3 browsing,

Question on the ID3 “First Plus” edition, my understanding is, over the 1st base this model version has:

ski hatch, matrix lights, rear camera, two rear USB sockets, rear privacy windows, and a few other bits.

Is that correct?

as the amount of ID3’s, being sold both by both dealers and privately, described as “First Plus” models, when they are clearly “1st”, base models, gets quite confusing, perhaps i am missing something.

Cheers.

so these two are not “1st Plus” ID3’s, but are described as such: they are 1st’s with alloys option added.

I think I found the first bug of the v2.4 software. Depressing the "voice recognition" button on the steering wheel doesn't trigger the google assistant. Now need to touch the mic button on the screen to activate it. Anyone else has encountered this issue?

Strange, always worked for me🤔

Traded in my ID3 first yesterday for ID4 life dx. Never really had any problems with id3 but got really good deal. My pcp rate will be lower now. Crazy times we live in now....Will miss acceleration of id3 for sure.

EcoContact 6 have poor mileage out of them, only 6mm or something from the factory and wear fairly quickly from reviews I've seen.

Soooo...Continuing on from my post above. I went to my VW dealer this morning to drop in my ID3 for it's first service. Popped over to Kia for a look and to have a spin in the e-Niro. First impressions, it's a lovely looking car, and the new version coming next year is even nicer. Went for a spin, it was the top spec, K4 version and it has all the extras... heads-up display, heat pump, heated and ventilated seats, (which I particularly like). Delivery would be Q1 2023 if I want one. The trade in value quoted was, I thought, a very low 30K, considering VW have one of similar spec, on the lot for 39,900. Anyway I would probably be better off selling my car privately. Prices have gone up too... List price of the new K4 e-niro is €48,575.

Then on to Cupra, where I had a look at the Born EV. No test-drives available, but after a quick run through the specs and a demo of the floor model, which is very striking in the Aurora blue, I left with a catalogue and price list. List price on the road is €40,820 and includes delivery and the service plan (brake fluid change, pollen filter, front brake pads, front and rear wipers and 4 Tyres). Metallic paint is €895 extra.

I got the usual up-sell phone call too, ... your wipers need replacing (€65) and pollen filter (€40). Went with the pollen filter which brought the service total to €190 total. I'm still not decided on what I'll do next though.

In settings you can check when it's due. It does a countdown over the last 30 days before saying "Inspection Due" when it runs out. Mine was 2 years old on 9th September and the countdown didn't start until about the 25th.

Totally agree, was waiting to hear back on a test drive date for the Niro but with that increase I don’t think il bother- It raised the bar though for my old man who was going to get one, at + 48k it’s big battery Ioniq or Tesla all the way now.

I wouldn’t go there with the Cupra thing, those boys are happy out believing they got a far superior product 🤣🤣

Ive only seen a couple and both had dodgy reg plates.

Back on track I had to take a different route to work the other day and took the id3. I had the matrix auto full beams on working their magic light show and the auto just took over everything. It wasn’t until I came out of street lights onto a N road they kicked back in lighting up everything but the car in front, made for a much safer and pleasant drive being able to see more of the road and pedestrians walking in the hard shoulder.

If your commuting early or late don’t forget to put the auto high beams on, they only work when needed, wouldn’t bother with it on motorways but on the pitch black roads I use they are fab- without doubt the best part of the car- along with range which is still north of 460km with the colder mornings and the Apple car play.

@handpref "I wouldn’t go there with the Cupra thing, those boys are happy out believing they got a far superior product 🤣🤣"

I don't think anyone believes they have a "far superior" product as they're 95% the same car but opinions are pretty universal in saying the Cupra has nicer interior which was an area people had issues with on the ID.3.

Didn't take long because I've been following this thread since before the ID.3 came out and still see new posts :)

I knew the days were in the settings as I have seen them before. But mine is about the same purchase date as yours, and still no message in the dash.

Not that it matters but I was expecting to see it.

It's not bad at all, but since I'm used to the rear wheel drive now, there was a bit of slippage when I hit the pedal a bit.