Luckypants

Thank you. It seems the savings are real at the moment. I'll charge almost exclusively at home and supermarkets as most trips will be within range. Doesn't look like any gotcha moments at this point. I hope so as those savings are what makes my decision to go ID.4 work financially. I had seen you posting on some Enyaq Facebook groups and here that you are looking to change. I cannot wait until its available unfortunately as the lease is done at end of March. So ID.4 instead.

The latest on ordering for UK customers is that ordering for priority list customers will open 22nd February. Orders for normal plebs / lease firms will open 2nd week of March. Although first deliveries are said to start arriving in summer, Skoda seem to think September is summer and folks should not expect a car before then! All the above is too late for me and I've ordered an ID.4 1st Edition. It arrives mid-March, about the time I can order an Enyaq! I'm a little disappointed as I think the Enyaq is a better looking car, but I don't look at it while driving it......

Yes. See ID.4 thread.

I'm thinking the Audi looks better from the front and is generally more handsome. Taycan interior has more class. I'll never afford either...............

I have to agree light and low power cars are good in the snow. Our Citigo on standard Bridgestone Ecopia tyres was tripping about almost without issue last time we had decent snow. The Seat Leon ST 1.6Tdi DSG on standard Hankooks we had struggled on the hills, a lot. The Karoq 4x4 has handled everything we have thrown at it, but it never saw snow on the standard Bridgestone summer tyres.... it wears Bridgestone WeatherControls now. I have to admit that I have some reservations about a heavy RWD EV in snow, especially as I'll just run the standard tyres until they wear out. We only get a dump of snow rarely and our road into the village is regularly gritted, so I'm risking it. If the ID.4 proves to be useless in snow, we have the Citigo as backup.

I've taken the plunge and ordered one of these. First Edition in blue, expected mid-March. Early delivery as the dealer had 3 coming for stock / demo.

@domhnall I was wondering if you can comment on the fuel savings (or otherwise) of running an electric vehicle? Real world use cases is helpful making a decision to jump to disappointingly expensive lease for an electric car vs sticking to diesel. This maybe slightly off topic, but as Tesla are among the most efficient EVs it might put it into perspective. @e-Roottoot welcome to chime in on your experience with the Corsa too.

Oh wow, that seems a good price, £37800 (+OTR) for the First Edition and it comes with all the toys I'd like. Works out cheaper than the Enyaq I configured the other day. Very interested.

He's quite the VW fan old Bob. ID.4 looks good though, but still no definite date for orders / delivery that I've found. Anyone got any new information?

Yeah, salary sacrifice making the lease prices seem good again. Great for those can get it. For a personal lease its a very different story. An e-niro4+ personal lease for me is about £510 pcm or £306 on salary sacrifice. That is a massive difference and seems a bit unfair as I cannot get one on sacrifice terms . Obviously, what makes an EV such a good deal on SS is the 0% BIK - my current Karoq lease is £60 a month cheaper on PCH that it was through salary sacrifice at my previous employer.

I like the Arctic Silver, Velvet Red and the Race Blue but I do agree the colour palette is bland.

More about leasing than the car I think. The leasing part sounds great until they start mentioning salary sacrifice. Most of us don't get that option, so their figures are hopelessly optimistic. They also don't mention BIK rates will rise over the course of the lease, so the costs increase. Don't get me wrong, salary sacrifice is a great deal if you can get it, but most firms do not offer it.

Well if it's a decent implementation it should do both. Both Jaguar's and Tesla's heat pump systems scavenge heat from the battery and drive train to heat the cabin and vice versa. Heat is also claimed from outside air to heat the systems in the car.

I would be asking very seriously WTF they are doing for £240 a service? This is a car that requires no filter changes, no oil changes and very little else in terms of servicing. Reduced service costs are meant to be one of the attractions of EVs.

I've had mine out in the snow this last week too. We got about 6 inches around here and the roads were mainly compacted snow. I have Bridgestone Weatherbeater all season tyres on now and they were adequate in the snow. I found the braking performance to be lacking with the tyres, but getting going was fine. I used snow mode and found the steering to be heavier, throttle response muted and maybe the brakes less responsive - I had hoped that ABS would be off in snow mode, but no that just hammered away. Snow mode engages the AWD more so it was much better at slowing the vehicle via engine braking. I'd be tempted to use 'Off-road' mode as that makes 4x4 permanent and there is hill descent control to help out too. Only one slightly dodgy moment during the afternoon was stopping when going downhill and meeting another vehicle on a single track road. Making use of the snow piles at the sides on the road helped there. My car reversed back up the slippery hill easily, while the shogun 4X4 was sliding about driving up on mud tyres. Overall, reasonably impressed.

Thank you for the update. Still a possibility for me. A word of warning about Octopus, make sure your smart meter is fully functioning before the switch. I've had an absolute nightmare trying to get their meter working.

Thats a useful place, but rather **** there is no canopy over the 'pumps', especially as its in rainy / snowy Scotland. Even a bus shelter type arrangement to keep the weather off you when pressing buttons and plugging in would be worthwhile. (yes I know you can sit in your cars while actually charging).

Actually the camera gets a wash whenever you wash the rear screen. You only spot it when in reverse as the camera shows it. BTW, took me about 6 months of ownership to spot it had one too!

I'm thinking of making a similar transition, but maybe tempted to stay with Skoda if I can get an Enyaq in a sensible time scale. I'd definitely be interested to hear about your views on the e-Niro versus the Karoq.

Lucid Air launched with 400 mile range, Tesla respond with an increase in range to the model S to 414 miles to leapfrog them again (ranges in US EPA figures). Lucid have not challenged that. I don't think Tesla need to worry too much, by the time Lucid are actually producing cars in any numbers, Tesla will have migrated all their cars to the new battery cell structure / chemistry to achieve better energy density. I also think Lucid are unlikely to be a direct competitor to Tesla, as their car is more luxurious (and expensive) than the Model S. The more likely competitor to Lucid will be the Mercedes EQS due late this year. The whole reason every new battery car is compared to Tesla is they are the benchmark, whether they compete in the market sector or not. Personally, I don't believe Lucid will be a consideration for car owners in Europe. (Ditto Rivian)

I agree with @e-Roottoot, that's not gonna happen for a long time. The electric Mii and e-Up are sold out for the foreseeable future and you cannot order one. While they can sell everything they make, no incentive to come out with "Id.1"

A useful thread from a couple of years ago.... And photos of my set up with a universal liner and the sakura rubber mat above.

Big question for me, which will be out first - ID.4 or Enyaq?

New review by Autoguful

Looks like Autocar may have broken an embargo, I'm getting 'page not found'.....