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by BeesKnees
Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:54 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Electric drive failure
Replies: 23
Views: 13486

Re: Electric drive failure

Looks like this is a common fault. On saturday I got an electronic drive error and a symbol that said the battery was overheating. Took it to the garage who said they've had several of these and it's caused by the battery coolant pump either having an airlock or getting stuck. The took the pump out,...
by BeesKnees
Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:20 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Tow bar Review
Replies: 2
Views: 908

Re: Tow bar Review

About 50-60kg, the bar is rated for 75kg on mine although I know older ones had a lower rating.
by BeesKnees
Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:12 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Tow bar Review
Replies: 2
Views: 908

Tow bar Review

I've had the car a few months now and used a cycle rack on the tow bar a few times so thought I'd feedback. Overall positive, needed an adapter for the power to connect the lights. It's great for short journeys and didn't really notice a huge amount of range loss until.. We went away for the weekend...
by BeesKnees
Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:19 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Bi Directional Charging
Replies: 42
Views: 11888

Re: Bi Directional Charging

The battery degradation question isnt clear cut. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421517307619?via%3Dihub Using V2G intelligently can actually improve the longevity of the battery The proposition of (Uddin et al., 2017b) is essentially to capitalize on the nuances of battery de...
by BeesKnees
Mon Feb 28, 2022 2:56 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Delivery time
Replies: 7812
Views: 1596100

Re: Delivery time

Not sure that this has been mentioned but sadly it looks like there will be more delays https://www.ft.com/content/f0f6c336-529f-4f39-9f07-fb0369cef792 "Volkswagen has been forced to idle two of its German plants after failing to obtain parts from Ukraine, in the clearest sign yet that Russia’s...
by BeesKnees
Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:31 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Max charge rate between 20-80% ? ID3 Pure Performance
Replies: 8
Views: 5686

Re: Max charge rate between 20-80% ? ID3 Pure Performance

Real world example in cold weather

350kW charger
Charge from 15% - 80% 37.45kWh 37 minutes. Avg 60kWh . Ramped up to 80kWh for about 10 min and then gradually fell to 45kWh
by BeesKnees
Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:53 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Bizarre Voice control
Replies: 0
Views: 1111

Bizarre Voice control

'Take me to Tesco'

Response
'Missing line ten'

Three things bother me here,
First it's clearly broken
Second it's running uncompiled code
Third it's reading out it's syntax errors to the driver
by BeesKnees
Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:38 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Bike Transport retrofit
Replies: 27
Views: 7902

Re: Bike Transport retrofit

My new car has the new 75kg sticker, which was a pleasant surprise.

Just in case anyone thinks this is only when retrofitted.
by BeesKnees
Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:33 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: First impressions
Replies: 15
Views: 7932

Re: First impressions

I definitely don't regret not getting a reversing camera. The front and back sensors are excellent, I had to reverse into a tight spot in a busy car park today and it was a doddle. Had a small OTA update happen this morning and some of the functions that didn't work, now do (changing ambient lightin...
by BeesKnees
Sat Jan 29, 2022 11:26 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: First impressions
Replies: 15
Views: 7932

First impressions

I'm sure there are plenty of these and I'm also aware that I'm talking to the converted. I wanted to put down how my first 24 hours with the car has been. The Good I'm blown away with how good it is. The adaptive cruise control slowing for bends and adjusting to the speed limit is just amazingly goo...
by BeesKnees
Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:30 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Delivery time
Replies: 7812
Views: 1596100

Re: Delivery time

Car collected today. It's better than I remember.

Still trying to get to grips with the infotainment

Big thanks to Utumno for keeping track of things
by BeesKnees
Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:24 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Delivery time
Replies: 7812
Views: 1596100

Re: Delivery time

Car has finally reached the dealerships inspection yard, I collect next Thursday 27th Jan.

The wait is almost over, fingers crossed for the rest who have waited as long as me.
by BeesKnees
Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:06 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Delivery time
Replies: 7812
Views: 1596100

Re: Delivery time

No sign of promised car. Dealler saying it's now been at the UK port for 2 weeks, which is very unusual.

He hasnt mentioned the codes before but it looks like he jumped the gun when he said it was on it's way to them. Still at code 40.
by BeesKnees
Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:47 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Electricity qnd gas price hikes!!!
Replies: 29
Views: 10730

Re: Electricity qnd gas price hikes!!!

The more EVs on the roads, the more electric we need, the more gas we need 😂 , the higher the prices go. Government have been on about new nuclear power stations for the last 15 years but they've done nothing, apart from flirt with the Chinese, which they have now ditched. This is the start of an e...
by BeesKnees
Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:40 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Anyone who has a Life trim wishing they had a Family trim?
Replies: 32
Views: 6810

Re: Anyone who has a Life trim wishing they had a Family trim?

I haven't got my car yet but I was actually put off the family by the options.

Far prefer sensors to camera after an incident in a car park when I discovered there is a blind spot on the Prius camera.
Didn't like the tinted rear windows and I'm perfectly happy with normal lights
by BeesKnees
Thu Jan 13, 2022 2:48 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Delivery time
Replies: 7812
Views: 1596100

Re: Delivery time

Car in country and Dealership expecting to recieve the car tomorrow. Been told I can collect end of next week.
by BeesKnees
Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:23 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Delivery time
Replies: 7812
Views: 1596100

Re: Delivery time

Car has left the factory and is in transit.

Dealership expecting to recieve it next week.

I'm a bit in shock!!
by BeesKnees
Mon Dec 13, 2021 12:15 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Delivery time
Replies: 7812
Views: 1596100

Re: Delivery time

Hi, where they announced the shutdown? I'm also waiting for my id.3 (no news at all) with BW 40, ordered in Italy at the end of July. I really don't think it can arrive by the end of the year. As I understand it VW always shutdown for a couple of weeks over christmas. It's my interpretation that th...
by BeesKnees
Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:48 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Delivery time
Replies: 7812
Views: 1596100

Re: Delivery time

Except my Tour! 😂 So it would seem :( I have a vision of your one solitary car sitting on the production line as all the workers go home for a 3 week xmas break. I wonder if the build week is actually assuming an 8 week build time. The shut down is 49-52 so any car that started being built in 41-44...
by BeesKnees
Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:54 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Delivery time
Replies: 7812
Views: 1596100

Re: Delivery time

That there are no cars with build weeks 41-44 suggests VW stopped building new cars and spent the last couple of weeks before shutdown finishing off the backlog.