VW ID.3

Oh lord, I'm nearly afraid to answer this lol.

I have the tour 5 77 Kwh id3, a rare beast, I wouldn't buy another. Interior is not great for the money and infotainment is a royal pain in the ass. There are others who love them but I would highly suggest you get a test in one over a day or 2 and see if you could be bothered with such a setup. VW themselves admitted the touch screen was a disaster and are bringing back more buttons, there are lots of complaints.

I was also offered low 20,000 Euros for trade in 2.5 years old 76,000 Kms cost 41,000 new, so be warned.

Personally I wouldn't spend so much on a car again, any car not ev.

If you have ICE at home EV is a good 2nd car but if we didn't have the outlander I wouldn't have an EV as the only car and I'm driving EV since 2015.

Cheers. We do have an ICE car at home. This will be 90% for getting to work and visiting family that live locally. The other 10% is just be getting out for a spin. My 8yr old car, a Fiesta, has 45k km on it so not much mileage at all.
I think the interior has improved (my current doesn’t have an touchscreen) and felt that the Pro had a decent amount of power at 204hp but th test drive really wasn’t long enough to open it up.
I’ve read multiple reviews about the touchscreen so I played around with it in the showroom.
Is it a modern day tablet, no, but it did what it needed to. I generally keep the air vents on cool anyway and will use CarPlay for the rest. Will probably curse it on some cold mornings where it’s fogged up but that’ll probably be it.
At the current price it seems like a good option against the competition.
Adding 10k or more does bring some other options, like the Tesla and Polestar but I think I’d prefer to spend less this time and see how the market goes.

Will probably curse it on some cold mornings where it’s fogged up but that’ll probably be it.

Took this quote from a post above. I do not own a ID.3 so I do not know but does the ID.3 not have an option to preheat the car on a cold morning?

Cool. I was thinking it should since it's an electric.

Just look at the amount of time Bjorn on youtube has his eyes off the road while he plays about with screens……

Like a woman I seen drive by me while I was walking in Tesla the last day. She was looking and pressing the screen rather than having her eyes on the road.

Yeah, I got offered less than what a lot of 58 Kwh are going for not to mention some ford focus going for a lot more lol but anyway always get offered less when it comes to trade in.

Only think is selling with outstanding finance can be a chore as most people are turned off immediately but I bought the Prius with outstanding finance, we agreed price, I paid balance of loan in the bank had him sign paper that said after doing so the Prius was mine and that was that. Bank printed out that I paid and am now the owner of the car which was nice.

You'd be better off checking out the Dacias, they are real bargains in a world of grossly over priced cars, not just electrics. you're not going to save anything or the earth in an EV but your bank account will indeed suffer, best put the money in a long term investment plan.

2nd hand Kia Cee'd is another good one 2nd hand that won't break the bank. Or just buy another fiesta but 5 doors, they're great cars.

I understand the desire for the new tech, been there done that 3 times since 2015, not any more so I am in a better position to advise people, buy a cheap more practical car, put the money away for a holiday and for God's sake, if you can't buy on hire purchase then don't go on PCP because you will have to face the balloon at the end while the monthly payments are low they are for a reason.

just one caveat here. I heard reports the bigger 12.9 “ touch screen with new backlit sliders is already available in Europe on the standard models, but has been delayed for RHD models, this UK website mentions its “mid 2024” for this to be included with RHD, as they had to rejig controls for RHD models:

https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/manufacturer-news/2023/03/02/volkswagen-reveals-updated-id3

Very happy (3yrs, 80k km's). They are well built, nice/solid to drive. It will serve you well.

Like any car it has a few weak spots but it was primarily in the 1st editions and those issues (software, charge flap, suspension issues) are sorted now so you shouldnt have those issues if buying a 241.

If you want to look at negatives you will always find something but ultimately you test drive the car and if you like it and the price is right then go ahead as there is no perfect car out there.

e.g. Complaints about lack of buttons and interiors etc is all just personal opinion. Make up your own mind on that stuff. The ID.3 is a decent car.

58kw Pro Version for €31k and that includes the supply and fitting of a home charger.

Thats a decent price if it includes fitting a home charger as that is surely worth another €500 or so after grant. What charge point are they offering? Is it the VW one?

Half it's value in 3 years. What's to be warned about? Every new car depreciates by that amount especially since the pent up post COVID demand had fizzled out. The infotainment if it's running the newest version is fine. I don't feel the compunction to touch this or tip that and I certainly don't let passengers touch it, I drive, I'm in charge. Anyone not happy with that can walk or use their own mode of transport. I'd have no hesitation recommending an EV as the main family car, mine is, but, and this is a big but, you must have home charging with a proper CP not a granny charger.

They contract in ePower to supply and install. The guy I was speaking to said it was a Zappi charger that was provided.

nope. You can schedule it or just switch on from app.

Yep, works ok - charge time - pre condition

I don't know about the e-golf or VW apps, but in order to connect to the car, generally you need some kind of subscription service for the SIM card in the car. Most marques supply this free for a pre-determined time (three years is common) but after that it's up to you.

I’m 3.5 years in and it’s all still working without any subscription being paid.

They are not - just the standard LED lights

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Mad Lad gone again?

What's the story with the 50% rule on the PCP? If you activate it, are you blacklisted from ever going again, or what's the story?

So, I just enabled "Plug & Charge" on my car, has anyone used this successfully in Ireland?

Does it work with Ecar chargers or just Ionity?

I dont believe plug n charge works on eCars. Ionity only at the moment.

ECars support something like plug n charge but it’s not the same. I can’t remember the name of it now but it is a different thing. It’s something like “autocharge”.

So what do you do if want to end the charge manually?

you can tap the screen or stop the charge from inside the car