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Basically what I've done with the ID.4 since its been out of manufacturers warranty. My man is EV / HV qualified and as he said himself, the EV bit of the service is just looking at stuff. He was able to download the VW service schedule to ensure it was a service up to their standard. PS. My brake fluid was changed at 4 years, but Ian said it was actually still in spec.

I'll concede Monmouth is in Wales 🙃 And was about to point that out https://www.gridserve.com/pressroom/watts-occurring-gridserve-celebrates-st-davids-day-with-extension-of-ev-charging-hub-at-roadchef-magor-services/

It is probably not necessary to have the dealer reset it, your garage probably just needs the right software tool. My local garage was able to correctly reset my service indicator on my ID.4 as part of the service - not an Enyaq I grant you but basically the same MEB software running the car. HTH

None of the above is in Wales 🤣 There are Tesla open to all chargers at the bottom of the A449. Wales is a great deal more than the area around Cardiff.

Really? Perhaps we don't have a hub on every corner like in the S/E. of England but I've never struggled to find a working charger when needed. Mid-Wales is a bit sparse I'll grant you, but most modern EVs have sufficient range to overcome this. On a recent trip to Cardiff from N. Wales I was able to charge at one of 34 chargers in the multi-storey I parked at in Cardiff for a reasonable 45p, making the round trip in horrible weather a non-stop event. On my route I passed at least 10 charging hubs I could have used if needed. Our preferred stop (for dinner) on the way home had two 160kW Instavolts.....

Make sure Plug and Charge is activated in the car and/or app. This is whats needed on my VW ID.4

Clearly EV drivers are no different to other drivers... and just jump in and go without even the most basic checks. My tyres are checked monthly for wear and even then I got caught out by excessive wear on the inner edge of NSF tyre. Spotted it before it failed and found the tyre had been damaged in a pot hole, but still missed by monthly check. How many drivers go months without checking stuff?

Not to worry, its been quietly washing itself for 9 months. 😇

Enyaq 80 and most other MEB chassis cars with the 77kWh battery have staggered tyre widths. Rears on are 255/45R20 so cannot be rotated with the fronts.

I suspect the car is not 'waking up' after going into standby mode while waiting for the charger to start. There has been an issue with VAG EVs where the on board charger (OBC) does not wake up after standby mode, but I would have thought your Elroq is too new for that to be happening as the problem is fixed. There are plenty of discussions online about this problem and how to fix it, if you search for them. Another thing you might want to try to rule out problems with the timer / granny charger is to remove the mains timer and use the car's built in charge timer to start charging at your desired times. This may help with the car not waking up properly too. Using the car's built in timer is electrically safer than using a mains timer. The timer can be set in the infotainment charging screen. HTH

I had this on our 2016 Citigo and it was fixed with a new O2 sensor.

I have found its much better to have the charger controlled by IOG than the car. You do get messages about charging failures/charge finished/charge started in the app as IOG stops and starts charging but it works well. Car is set to immediate charging with limit set to my target (usually 80%) and no locations set in the car. In the IOG app, my device (the charger) is set to give 100% charge by whatever ready time I want.

Well known issue on VAG cars. Water gets into the solenoid by rain running down the locking pin. This is exacerbated on EVs as the fuel door is open for long periods.

Expensive car supplement is payable years 2-6, so the keeper pays it, not the dealer on registration.

Which is what I did to go on holiday 4 weeks ago. Jumped in my fully charged car and drove 240 miles to our rented cottage. We stopped for lunch, so I charged which is sensible when away from home but the car would have got there in one hit. We couldn't.

Yes here is definitely price gouging in remote areas. A new rapid charger has opened on the LLyn Peninsula, the only one on the peninsula and is 89p - but there are 22kW AC alternatives nearby to moderate the money grab.

But a discount on a high starting point. The Ionity Motion sub brings the price down to around the same as Tesla PAYG price. The more expensive option Ionity Power would be worth it if charging a lot at Ionity. The main problem with Ionity for me is the lack of locations.

Just chiming in on costs as we've just come back from holiday to Northumberland. We covered 1305 miles with average consumption of 3.27 m/kWh (lowered by the return trip in the wind and rain yesterday 3.2 average for 240 miles). The total cost of electricity used including topping back up at home on return was £159.21, giving an overall cost per mile of 12.2p. That's pretty comparable to my Citigo petrol which is giving 11.9p/mile at current prices. My previous diesel Karoq would be about 13.6p/mile at current prices, so the ID.4 is still more economical using public chargers. I used AC chargers while visiting attractions with prices down around 53p/kWh. We did a few rapid charges, Tebay services both going and coming home, two Tesla charges as they were the same price as A/C charging and an Ionity charge to test Plug and Charge. The Ionity charge was by far the most expensive. I hope this is useful

They will have done the quick check. On VWs the form states it can be up to 10% out! If you are really concerned get them to do the "long test" which involves running the battery down the measuring the charge to 100% I believe.

IOG has worked seamlessly for me. I have my charger (Wallbox Pulsar Pro) integrated with IOG and that works dandy.

Looks like the ID.2 will be called a Polo

Those Pirellis come out top or very near the top in recent comparative tests. Good choice. I'd be tempted by the new(ish) Hankook Ion FlexClimate tyres as they are EV specific but so far have not seen any tests of them (except R Symons who I'm pretty sure are sponsored). Punctures have meant matching like for like on my ID.4, so still on OEM Hankook S1Evo3s. Aside - I have Hankook 4S2 on the Citigo and they are great.

@PetrolDave I take your point entirely. In my experience of getting my system and my soon to be daughter-in-law getting hers, all those who quoted asked the question if we wanted power cut back up. Most of those also asked if we wanted whole house back up or a specific set of sockets. So there is a very good chance IME that the layman will have the opportunity to choose, even if they don't know there is a choice. Of course there are some less reputable outfits banging in standard systems that won't meet some customer's needs especially those installing under the ECO-4 grant (or whatever its called these days). However , as with any major consumer purchase the buyer needs to be doing some due diligence checks on the suppliers they ask to quote.

This! With a gateway device to automatically put your home into 'island mode' (i.e. not connected to the outside grid) an AC coupled battery system can provide its own mini-grid at 230V/50Hz. My Givenergy system does this without interruption when a power cut occurs and will allow my solar inverter to power the house and charge the battery. If there is insufficient solar, the battery does the rest.

Turning off the internal monitoring also turns off the two away protection. It is the tow away protection that sets off the alarm on ferries. You should be able to go into the manual and search "ferry" or "ferries".