Cupra Born

On another note, loving the car. It's so nice to drive and there's a little extra height which I like getting in and out. Having said that, I wish I could lower the drivers seat a little bit. The pre heating works well enough. I just changed the mirror indicators for dynamic ones and they look really well I think. The settings can be hit and miss which is no surprise! So far, so good. Pity there's no internet radio without a subscription though.

Yes I'm happy with the range too. The last few days have been colder in fairness - we won't know ourselves in the milder weather.

there's the link for the indicators. €10 customs charge. They look fab i must say. Really add to the car. Had them in a few days. It's the little things!

I'm far from an EV fanboy but that article is very ignorant.

"a Volkswagen ID.4 will average 17kWh/100km which means that charging from a 22kW charger will cost you €9.57.

The same in an equivalent diesel-engined SUV, assuming average fuel economy of 5.5-litres per 100km — certainly do-able in real-world terms — will cost you €9.90 at €1.80 per litre. According to the statistics, the majority of EV drivers do almost all of their charging at home, but Electric Ireland’s standard rate for home electricity supply now stands at 40.89c per kWh"

Noooobody is paying 40c/kWh. Many people locked into 8-10c rates with Energia. Anyone with an EV will be on a day/night rate. Doing 1,000km a month I'm spending €14.20 or €1.42/100km. You're also not getting 5.5L from a diesel SUV, Spritmonitor has 2,200 real world fuel logs in a Tiguan at 6.95L/100km under 200hp. Diesel also isn't €1.80, at least not in West Dublin, it's €2. If it was €1.80 then it will really cost €12.51/100km Vs €1.73 for a 20kWh/100km ID.4 including 10% charging losses.

"To cover 100km at 17kWh/100km, charging at home at that rate will cost you €6.90, giving you a large, but perhaps not overwhelming advantage over diesel. (It’s worth pointing out that night rate charging, if your supplier offers it, will reduce that cost by quite a bit."

I like the "if your supplier offers it" bit as if night rates are unusual. Anyone and everyone can get night rates and most people will be on one if they have an EV. Whoever wrote that article needs to get over themselves, highly unprofessional.

As I said I'm not an EV fanboy, I'm not trying to say EV is better in every conversation. The €12 Vs €1.70 diesel Vs EV cost doesn't take into account the higher cost of an EV purchase of course, and it's not for everyone. Not everyone has private charging etc. Obviously not for everyone but that article is ridiculous...

Saw that alright, guessing it's general stock and not cancelled orders as there's 114 sold this year so I'm guessing all the original orders found a home.

Hopefully whoever buys the vapor grey one lives in Kildare, I like the exclusivity :)

Did they give you a confirmed build date?

Does anyone know if the raised boot floor is a factory fit option, or does the dealer install it? I ordered without it but have changed my mind since. If it's a dealer option then I should be able to get it without going to the back of the queue.

I thought so too, but then I saw the option pack includes the 3 pin charger, which I'll end up buying anyway, so it's pretty much the same

The sales guy at the dealership back in July really didn't have a clue what was in which option pack at the time. It would have been the easiest €350 he'd have made that day.

Yea I couldn't use the app and the car was asking me to log in again last night and this morning.

My app was down yesterday too for an hour or so while charging....all good now though

Range dropping a lot in this cold weather. To be expected I suppose just plugging in abit sooner in the week so no biggie.

I'll check what pressure are in mine. Maybe when the cold snap ends. Im not used to being on cold foredourts any more! I've never driven around that close to 40psi before.

Also, did all you guys get your next set of tyres covered in the cupra care pack that came with the car?

Going purely by the percentage/range on the app at the moment it would be 325km at 100%. The last week or so it would be around 350km at 100%. Although I've noticed when I actually get into the car it's a bit higher.

Seeing the car creeping up around 20kWh/100km efficiency in heavier traffic. Which is funny as I thought this was where EVs shined, they're my worst efficiency trips!

Just realised I won't be able to preheat at 20% battery and it will be -2 leaving work. I'll need to sneak a few hours on a granny charger in the car park this evening...

No I've heating on plus seats and steering wheel too. Blow heater uses a bit of juice you can see range change when it's off. Seats and steering wheel use very little as far as I can see. I use them all together though

Windscreen cleared nicely this morning. Just jumping into a cleared car all warmed up was nice