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by TimF
Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:31 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Octopus intelligent query
Replies: 12
Views: 5075

Re: Octopus intelligent query

Minor point with Ohme. As well as the standard Ohme charger, I also have an Ohme granny cable. The Ohme app doesn't have a simple scheme for swapping Ohme chargers - and one needs the full charger ID to change over.
by TimF
Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:27 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Post 3.2 Glitches & Charging ignoring max charge limit ?
Replies: 14
Views: 4520

Re: Post 3.2 Glitches & Charging ignoring max charge limit ?

With the radio volume issue, I find the default settings tend to change without me having done anything. In particular, the traffic (etc) announcements volume ought to come through at the same level at all times, but changing standard volume during a journey seems to influence the traffic settings t...
by TimF
Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:49 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Software bugs - V3.5
Replies: 8
Views: 3755

Re: Software bugs - V3.5

4 is not unusual for me - once system is up it's common for the signal strength indicator to be only one bar, so I've always assumed poor 3G (or whatever it is) service takes a while to get established.
by TimF
Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:05 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Strange " Issue" with charging at favorite times ID.3
Replies: 4
Views: 3902

Re: Strange " Issue" with charging at favorite times ID.3

Finally, after upgrading to 3.2, I am able to charge the car from 11pm to 7am, but despite the fact that I have set "charge at preferred times" by default, when I return from the workday, the system seems to forget my choice, and always offers me to "charge immediately to..." Oh...
by TimF
Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:57 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Anyway to get v3.0 from 2.4 right now ?
Replies: 22
Views: 9615

Re: Anyway to get v3.0 from 2.4 right now ?

For once, the webform was clear, easy to use and worked perfectly. Booked in with original dealer Friday 28th. I should have known it was too good to be true! (Clearly, I'm not cynical enough.) Call from dealer: sorry, can't do THAT work THAT day. It'll have to wait a bit, sometime in August? Oh, h...
by TimF
Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:27 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Electric Parking brake failure
Replies: 5
Views: 4117

Re: Electric Parking brake failure

I wonder just how many electric motors and electrical connectors there are in this car? Fifty years ago, a lot of cars had only three electric motors: starter, wipers, ventilation blower (a couple of decades before that and at least one of those would have been an optional extra). And sometimes only...
by TimF
Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Using Tesla chargers - sharing my experience
Replies: 10
Views: 5594

Re: Using Tesla chargers - sharing my experience

ZapMap does allow filtering, by charger type, by connector type, by maximum power delivery, by network, etc. And it shows latest information on status.
by TimF
Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:39 am
Forum: Members Gallery
Topic: Useful rear light cluster top
Replies: 7
Views: 13717

Re: Useful rear light cluster top

:lol:
by TimF
Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:52 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Electric Parking brake failure
Replies: 5
Views: 4117

Re: Electric Parking brake failure

Did the car actually seem to have no parking brake? That is, was the warning of no parking brake correct, or does it seem that there was a sensor which was inaccurately reporting that the brake wasn't working?
by TimF
Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:50 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: ACC not calculating speed with a mobile speed camera
Replies: 17
Views: 7189

Re: ACC not calculating speed with a mobile speed camera

As with other aspects of this car and - it seems - many other cars, the various sub-systems can be very good at recognising things (eg speed limit signs), but very poor at incorporating that properly into a full "awareness" of the road situation when it comes to controlling the car's speed...
by TimF
Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:36 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: Keyless Entry Stopped Working
Replies: 21
Views: 19103

Re: Keyless Entry Stopped Working

I'm getting fed up with keylesslessness. That is, the state of the keyless operation being non-functional, the door sensors don't want to operate. When this occurs I have to fall back on the fob buttons. I can just about tolerate flaky functionality when the sensor is rained on - I get used to that ...
by TimF
Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:24 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Efficiency
Replies: 44
Views: 24381

Re: Efficiency

IMO, the most useful figures are those based on same state of charge. That is, kWh supplied to restore to the endpoint of the previous charge session divided into the mileage between those two sessions (80% to 80% being normal for me). I assume the car will stop the charging at a nearly identical So...
by TimF
Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:17 am
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: "electric drive" error
Replies: 15
Views: 13162

Re: "electric drive" error

Any advice as to whether the car was safe to drive? After all if you read certain press, they are all about to blow up anyway! In my case, yes, in that they said with the warning gone everything should be fine. Even before that (ie while the warning was coming up every time), since the car drove as...
by TimF
Sun Aug 13, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Efficiency
Replies: 44
Views: 24381

Re: Efficiency

Is it possible the higher displayed efficiency is mis-reporting km/kWh as mi/kWh? There are other threads where the system seems to get confused as to which units it should be using. If that's not the case, what is there in 3.2 which could deliver such a significant improvement? We know that cars w...
by TimF
Sat Aug 12, 2023 4:43 pm
Forum: Faults & Technical
Topic: "Electric Drive not Working properly" fault
Replies: 5
Views: 5315

Re: "Electric Drive not Working properly" fault

Search for this message on the forums (eg https://www.id3forums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2681 ) - it can mean anything from the car might suddenly lock the drive and need extensive attention to operate again, to the system has got its knickers in a twist, the car behaves perfectly normally apart from d...
by TimF
Sat Aug 12, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Efficiency
Replies: 44
Views: 24381

Re: Efficiency

Is it possible the higher displayed efficiency is mis-reporting km/kWh as mi/kWh? There are other threads where the system seems to get confused as to which units it should be using. If that's not the case, what is there in 3.2 which could deliver such a significant improvement?
by TimF
Fri Aug 04, 2023 7:36 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Window winder buttons - Journalists just don't get it
Replies: 17
Views: 4317

Re: Window winder buttons - Journalists just don't get it

.... I doubt if any journalist has read the manual which explains that if you hold the REAR surface for three seconds the illumination flashes, and then you can operate all four windows together with one button. ... Reading the manual is a mammoth task. The 2020 pdf which I collected thanks to info...
by TimF
Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:01 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Did you test drive an ID3 prior to purchase.
Replies: 13
Views: 2798

Re: Did you test drive an ID3 prior to purchase.

Yes, would not have bought without a thorough test-drive. Same with other cars considered at the time. A key point was that I'd very little prior driving experience of automatics, and none of electrics, and wanted to be sure I wasn't going to be always reaching for a non-existent gear lever (etc).
by TimF
Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:33 am
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Experience at a Tesla Supercharger
Replies: 18
Views: 5274

Re: Experience at a Tesla Supercharger

I installed the app last summer, but didn't use the only Supercharger I went near as it cost a lot more than the LiFe one a few miles away. But I try to have maximum options available, and too often it's been necessary to have Plan B, and occasionally Plan C.
by TimF
Tue Jul 18, 2023 1:12 pm
Forum: Main Volkswagen ID.3 chat
Topic: Anyway to get v3.0 from 2.4 right now ?
Replies: 22
Views: 9615

Re: Anyway to get v3.0 from 2.4 right now ?

For once, the webform was clear, easy to use and worked perfectly. Booked in with original dealer Friday 28th. I should have known it was too good to be true! (Clearly, I'm not cynical enough.) Call from dealer: sorry, can't do THAT work THAT day. It'll have to wait a bit, sometime in August? Oh, h...