I think knowledgable would be stretching it somewhat as regards to yours truly but thanks anyway Splashalot
Time to order another jar of real ale from the bar and let Thomas do the talking for a while:
https://youtu.be/yrDUsCq1rzYThis car is coming your way Splashalot
After driving the ID.3 myself, I think the Born shows a bit more promise if ordered in the right spec.
I’d researched the ID.3 a little ahead of me driving it back along after being offered one for a couple of hours. Thinking back I realise I’d got into the ID with the intention of being both subjective and objective to see what I thought I could put up with as regards to trim level and interior design/quality. The intention was to go in open minded after reading a lot of negativity plus having an idea of the design brief to build the car to a price (expensive battery plus Dieselgate fines to pay) and the carbon neutral claims (less parts used equals less environmental impact and less build cost as a side benefit).
Now, we’ve all been brainwashed into thinking soft touch plastics everywhere are the answer to all interior evils, which in reality is a crock of sh1te unless you habitually use the top of your dashboard to bang your head on. You
can have attractively textured non spongey plastic or cloth or…
Anyhow, the interior design of the ID.3 might lack soft linings everywhere but I found I wasn’t really bothered in the slightest by that. I was more bothered by the lack of character. A load of shiny fingerprint and scratch magnet black plastic sure isn’t using forward thinking design flair to break up the rest of the matt grey drabness, it’s lazy and outdated. As I said before, it’s an appliance car.
The Born addresses a lot of the flaws of the ID.3 without going overboard on cost (hopefully).
With luck the main drawbacks of floaty ride, nosediving under braking, dreadful Sound-system (unless you pay £40k plus) etc etc will be either not there in the first place or easily optioned around. That’ll keep the ID.3 strengths such as real world acceleration and manoeuvrability packaged up with a less crap interior.
Kinda reminds me of the mk3 and mk4 days where VW punted out garnished turds whilst those of us who actually enjoy the experience of driving something more focussed bought Cupras. Times changed with the advent of the Mk5 GTI but have we gone full circle again with the electric offerings?
I still prefer the MINI Electric despite its huge drawbacks.
I also still think a 7.5 Performance Golf is the perfect package for modern motoring. Hold firm everybody!
https://youtu.be/YkGeCUYdNoo This is what driving fast electric cars reminds me of, a short burst of violent energy followed by silence!
(Great song for traffic light Grand Prix though)