Calling it a ‘bonnet’ instead of a ‘hood’ makes your British friends very happy 🙂

Your videos are really excellent. Can’t believe how good your English is and how you inject humour into these. A huge thank you for explaining everything so precisely and saving me the time from trying to understand the manual.

Good video Chris, yet more information for making a decision, thank you. 37:20 "Convenience opening" is opening/closing windows with the remote key fob. Hold the unlock button on the key fob to open the selected window(s), car must be unlocked first. Hold the lock button on the key fob to close the selected window(s), car must be locked first.

Excellent video. Thank you. I got a 2022 ID3 Pro just three days ago and this video has been very helpful. I learned a lot.

Hiya, Just got my iD3 today, 17thJune, Awesome car, You have more than covered everything, Brill.

Great introduction! A lot of reviewer just said the software is terrible and not user friendly, but from what I can see, it is quite logical and well-thought-out. Probably different from the conventional system, but definitely not bad! I'm now more interested in this car now.

Excellent video. Nobody does it like you do. It was exactly what I was looking for.

Really amazing video. Your English is superb too. 😊

That's dedication, so much detail and patience to go through all that! Very useful thanks!

Have now had the car 1 day, and found the language part in a swipe up menu, which I didn’t know was there. Thought everything was in the swipe across menus. This video has helped me enormously. Many thanks for doing it.

Hi Chris, another amazing and comprehensive video about the ID3. A lot of cool features that I didn´t used yet, especially concerning the Navigation system and driving assistance systems adjustments. Thanks!

Absolutely fantastic video. Thanks for taking the time to look into and explain everything. I'm taking delivery of one of these soon so highly informative. So sick of videos by reviewers who have only driven car a few hours saying 'i hate the infotainment system' or 'its too complicated'.

Thanks I’m looking forward to the Id 4 as we will only be getting that here unfortunately. Your reports a very personal and interesting as well!

Markers to the different topics: 0:42 - 01. Overview 2:35 - 02. Exterior shown 6:16 - 03. Interior shown 8:36 - 04. Every button explained 18:28 - 05. Instrument cluster explained 20:12 - 06. Infotainment system explained 45:33 - 07. We Connect ID App shown

This is the ID.3 Bible :) ... a must watch for everyone, especially those that don't read the manual! You should do another updated version with V2.1 once you get it.

Thanks for this! The ID.3 is very similar to my e-Golf but with so many improvements.

Very useful. Might be back to work out everything on my UK First Edition!

Excellent video Chris. Even after 4 weeks I saw something new.

What an amazing walkthrough!!! I’m in line for the ID4 here in Denmark. Keep up the great videos 😊👍🏼

Bravo! Great detailed tour und tutorial. 👏🏻👏🏻 Kudos for taking the time to put out this video. Makes me want to order an ID3... Can't help think that my wife would freak out with all the "tech" - piece of cake for me, but for her?!? Mamma mia. I really like the choices you made on your spec. Looks awesome.

Superb video Chris !! Congratulations !! Greetings from Barcelona !!

Thanks for that - there were a few things I needed help with and this video has been a lot more useful than my dealer!

Thank you for this video, it really helps someone understand the nitty gritty details and find out specific points. For example, on my test drive i didnt have much time and couldnt figure out where the trip meter screens were, and the car did not have auto hold which was extremely disappointing - but from your video now I know they exist and VW didnt mess up!!

A superbly helpful video. I pickup my ID.3 tomorrow and I now feel prepared :-)

Thanks for the video - very useful and informative. Keep up the great work!

Got an ID3 in Ireland a week ago. I think it's amazing. I'm now broke though. Great in-depth video BTW. This will be my go-to video whenever I can't figure out something.

Great video dude, thank you for all the effort you put into content. It’s going to be funny when they finally put out the big update and this all is out of date :)

Thank you chris😉 Now I have something and look forward to when I get my ID.3 plus in week 48. Have learned a lot from you about the car so I look forward to it coming👌 Do not hope that 12 volt battery is dead the first day I have the car 😂

You really got my attention, a lot of information.

nicely done! Some more hidden climate stuff: - you can swipe from the temperature slider into the audio slider to adjust a further range of temperature in one swipe ;) - you can touch the temperature slider with 2 fingers to switch seat heating levels

Great video, well done.

WoW Chris cool video it Will help people who have bought this car 👍 Its still a very Nice car

Thanks, Chris! Tons of information :-)

Great idea for the video. This will help many people, but also potential buyers. Awesome!

Brilliant. That is how every review should be done ;)

So much information, great video, thanks 👍

23:16 Automatic air recirculation - When you spray the windscreen, it switches to recirculation for 30 seconds to prevent the smell of the washer fluid from entering the cabin. I turned it off because the windows get fogged up on the inside when it's cold and it starts recirculating the interior air.

Thank you, very comprehensive, you know a lot more than my dealer. You have helped to decide that I want one

Good review, thanks

Very comprehensive video. I'm going to call someone. I deserve this car in the USA. :-)

Very informative, thank you.

Great video, thanks.

Excellent, thank you. You have taught me how to edit the screens :-)

Thank you for this tutorial very informative.

Lovely video. Very well explained. Like to see about controlling auto lighting. Thanks.

Very informative video, thanks!

Great video. Thanks a lot.

Sweet, lol i freak out when i was figuring out all the menus and active the "auto hold"... And I had not idea what/where i push 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

I’ve seen in a French video that if you touch the temperature sliders with 2 fingers, it accesses the heated seats directly. Same for the volume slider, 2 fingers zoom in and out of the navigation map. FYI. (Unless it’s different for different trim levels, they had a Max) Great videos, btw.

Nice! Thank you!

Thanks man !

Excelent video and i've watched hours of others before (for id3, ofc). Your english is also OK, althought i'm not a native speaker as well, I think you've hit right all the terms.

Really helpful ahead of getting my id3 thanks

Great video - very informativ.

Thanks. Expecting my ID.3 Life in a week or so. It’s on the boat to Sweden now.

Thanks you are amazing/ couldn’t figure out why my side mirrors were locked in folded mode. Your explanation was a real help.

Great in-depth video. Imagine VW would be better at software and UI design, this car would be even more attractive!

Nice and helpful video! I had a test drive today (would have liked to try out a lot more functions and buttons) and I'm very excited about the ID.3. I just don't know if it shouldn't be the 77 kWh battery…

Hi Chris! Great videos! keep it going! Just a small correction if you don’t mind: the Autohold function uses the hydraulic brake system, not the electric park brake.

Nice.

Great vid - thx - btw your English is superb!!!!

The service position for the wipers can also be activated differently, with ignition on, ignition off then move the wiper selector lever up and hold it

good in depth review, not quite autogefühl but decent enough. 👍 quite considering this id3 as replacement of my W177 Mercedes A-Class premium..

Thanks for the comprehensive and thorough review! I have prebooked an id.4 1st here in Central CA, USA, and am worried about the the rear view, with the small SUV mirror. Since the id.3 and 4 share some tech, is there any way to use the vehicle’s cameras to “see” cars behind and to the side? My wife and I are both in our 70s, and spinning around constantly to look into the car’s blind spots is becoming more difficult. Thanks again for your interesting and detailed reviews!

Thanks!

I'm one of those people mad about the lack of speakers at the back. For the price of the car it's a bit of an insult to have no back speakers. Great Video though!

I just got myself an ID.3 today like 2 hours ago and this video gets recommended to me. Ultra-efficient spying algorithm or chance?

this is a very helpfull video when i buying my id.3 thanks allot. save me looking into car manual which button is which :D

Excellent video, thanks for that. I have the same car in manganese grey but mine will not play any videos. It plays the audio from them but no video visuals. I also notice that you also have no video codec listed, so any ideas why I can’t get video playback, from USB stick?

Great explanation of this infotainment system ,look forward to my delivery next week in UK. Does the car have to be plugged in for schedule heating/ventilation ?

Hi, I also got an ID3 very recently, for which I installed a charging station at home. I have developed my own EMS (energy management system) with which I send to the vehicle with how many amps it has to be charged, so I can do real smart charging in function of how much Amps would otherwise be injected into the grid by writing to the modbus registers at low level in the charging station. This means that when the sun goes away for a while, I stop charging, and when it comes back, I start charging again. The problem is that the car seems to go into some sort of sleep mode when it doesn't receive charge for a while. I then have to restart the charging with the we connect app, or locking or unlocking the car to wake it up again. Do you know how we could overcome this. In the future cars should be able to do this to optimise charging when there is a lot of renewable energy, so if Volkswagen doesn't have this yet, they should develop it. Maybe you can talk to your connection at Volkswagen tocheck this? Sorry for the long text, but they should definately have this in the future... Thanks. Regards, Bart

Fantastic review but those capacitive steering wheel controls are horrible. Should be physical buttons.

Yes well done, and very useful to compare with others cars. Ergonomics is a real stake, it can make you happy and lazy, or raise real irritations because of details. This may be a major decision factor for someone already using a "smart car". A couple of more things would be interesting, in particular for comparison with the Tesla features : - On-board trip planning regarding charging : proposed charging points, range margins, total time, ...etc. (Tesla does very well, but with poor integration of non-tesla chargers). - Apple-car play ? (AFAIK, Tesla does not) - Some more details about driving assistance features : auto speed-limit changes, offset to speed limit, lane-change, ... etc.

Thanks Chris, excellent video. One question on the ‘wake word’ you mentioned, can you move from ‘Hello ID’ to say ‘Hello Chris’ for example?

Great video Chris. I have the Life model and for some reason my lights button will only work in AUTO mode. Even in excellent daylight it always shows in AUTO mode. Surely this should not be the case.

Interesting video thanks - quick question, when you enter the car, are all of the interior functions available, and then you just put your foot on the brake pedal, select drive / reverse and drive off? Or is there an 'on button' somewhere? Thanks

Have you tried to expand the number of the pre-heating timers by setting up them both. Maybe it will work like Android calendar notifications that opens up a new blank setting when all the previous ones have been filled.

Hey Chris thx very much for ur tests and work! Btw the Id3 reached 5 Stars at the NCAP euro Crash test! Video is out now 😀

Lots of people dislike lane assist and complain that it is too hidden in the features to be conveniently switched off each journey. Could that maybe something you could have in your favourite section?

Great review love your enthusiasm. Do you have a spare wheel?

Great video..! Quick question; at 12:08 mark, does this mean the wiper stalk control is opposite of every other VW before this (tap down for single wipe, upwards for intermittent-normal-fast...?)

Nice and very useful Video! One question for 17:13 ; how do you select the "Neutral" Gear? For example when you have to push the car for any reason? Greetings Maik

I need to switch off the auto brake hold to reverse out of my very tight driveway? Also need to bring in wing mirrors to avoid the wall at the bottom of the driveway

Great video. Thanks. Does the ID.3 support multiple users? So that you can make driver dependant settings?

i wonder if this is a language thing - i would have preferred "volume up", to be at the top, "volume down" to be at the bottom, "previous" to be on the left and "next" to be on the right. anyway, thanks for the in-depth review...i have an id.4 reservation, but still have some reservations about it, and these types of videos help.

Very well presented and helpful information. VW really ought to give you some freebies for your car by way of thanks.

Question, I am looking to buy tires for my new to me max model, do I need to also go for that specific 20inch wheels?

Hi Chris, I'd love to know the front seat base height from the ground. Do you lower yourself into the car or do you slide across if you know what i mean. Keep up the vids👍

Moin Chris! Puh, langes Video. Aber sehr informativ. Top. 👍 Danke dafür. Habe ich bei 42:28 richtig gesehen, dass man die Gestensteuerung ausschalten kann? VG

Hi, great review, thanks. There is one aspect of the ID3 that I am very interested in and I hope you would be interested to cover. The remote app and what it can or cannot do, e.g aircon, demist, summon, etc. and how well they work. Many people tell us about all the wonderful things you can do remotely with Tesla but non that I can find about the ID3. Many thanks.

How high are the front seats above the floor pan please? My wife has a bad back and needs her feet down, not forward. I currently have as S-Max, which has 350mm from floor to seat and she is happy with that.

Hi Chris, can you explain what the Green/Blue bars indicate on the screen below the speed. There is no explanation in the owners manual.

Excellent video - as always :-) Do you or anybody here know if the connect API has been closed down or is it available for third party developers ?

Thanks for your videos, I just got my ID two days ago and I really enjoy how much you like the car and I am fig in the information really helpful

Great video, thanks for such a comprehensive overview! One thing I didn't notice is the the possibility to set the time of charging, for example if I wanted to charge at night instead of right away when I plug in the cable. Is there such an option available either in the infotainment screen or in the app and if so, what is the procedure?

Hey, we have the same ID3 except I got the white and orange interior which i really love. I started to look for accessories though like phone holders, boot space organisers or maybe dash cams etc... would you do a video on accessories for the ID3 if you find any? I know it might be early but wondering if some are made especially for the ID3 like some are made for Tesla... but anyway cool accessories for the ID3 is a cool idea for a video and that does not exist yet :)

Thank you for your exhaustive reviews! Do you happen to know which versions of ID.3 have those weird looking X shaped braking lights? Was it only on Max? E.g. the current Business feature list mentions ”LED rear tail lights with dynamic turn signal” so maybe the braking lights are regular ones?

Very informative video. Can media music files be played through a USB stick. I know they only have USB type C connectors but do they allow playback. My previous car only allowed playback through a dedicated USB. Appreciate your help.

I have a question regarding battery longevity. I know it is not advisable to top up to 100% apart from the few times a year you go on a long trip, but for day to day use, is it best to just plug in every day on the home charger overnight and top up to 80%, even if the car may only be at 60%, or is it best leaving it 2-3 days until it gets to around 20% and then top it up to 80%? For my daily commuting and home charging I can't see myself using public chargers a lot unless I am on a long journey and need to fast charge or there is a free charger I can plug into while in a shop or something and save some electricity at home. I also wonder how much charge the car loses when it is parked for longer periods, say for 1 or 2 weeks in an airport carpark or something?

Hi, great video! Do you know if there is a button/way to turn the infotainment off completely for cleaning? I just can’t find it … 🤷‍♀️