VW ID.3

Anyway we are undeterred and have just booked to bring it on holiday to France in July 😳

That’s a great guide! What site did you stay in? We are going into Cherbourg. Was a good bit cheaper than Roscoff.

One of my headlights (non matrix) is fogging up. Anybody else have this? As can be seen below, the bottom one is crystal clear.

80% being 319km is excellent, for me 80% is 270km and mine is 9 months (most recent trip was motorway in the wet )

Booked in for 2.4 at the end of the month.

The car ended up in our local vw garage. Two new tyres ( continental eco contact) and alignment, car was test driven and they valeted it as well. 500 quid.

they advised us to bring it in more often to be checked over on the ramp. The tyre blew out on the inside side wall of rear tyre so if there was a fault there we wouldn’t have seen it. Probably will do that before we head to France anyway. Almost 32000 km up on it now.

Yep I know it could have been done cheaper. We weren’t in a position to plan for cheaper tyre fitting.

do you honestly think you’d have gone that route if you had a blowout on side of road an hour away from home and car was towed to VW garage?

No goodwill from VW? They charged you full whack for the blown out tyre? You should have fought a little harder. A tyre should not blow out, they should be offering a warranty on that.

Different story if you hit something or had them well beyond legal limit but a big rip on the inside is something they should be offering warranty on, in my opinion.

I think even on a lower mileage tyre you'd be fighting for replacement on a consumable. It's not even goodwill it would be a warranty replacement surely.

I hope you are correct, but it looks like condensation on the inside of the lens to me.

Anyone else have issues with their keys? I feel like half the time i try to used them it doesn't work and i have to use the manual key part to open the drivers door.

I have the car 2 years now and both keys seem to be dodgy now. I'm not sure if it's a battery issue or a software glitch!?

Yes, mine are acting up a little now after a year. Just batteries I would say.

No idea. I’d ring around a few dealers.

Is there any consensus on what tyres are best suited for the ID.3? Mine came with Bridgestone and they are pretty much done now after 21k which seems pretty rubbish.

I guess there's a balance between how long tyres would last and what impact they have on the car's range?

I had Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 215/55 R18 95T and replaced at 35k km with same. Could've lasted longer but incorrect tracking eventually ate them up.

Continental eco contact6 on mine.

Longest lasting tyre I've had on anything ever.

Replaced rears at 33k still a bit if life in them,

Fronts at 38k now still good life left in them.

SUPPERB Grip wet or dry conditiins ,pretty quiet also.

Have previously had those Goodyears on a previous car,another excellent tyre though not quite as hard wearing.