Well here it is, my collection day write-up for my ID3.
I get to Newcastle train station and there's announcements to say all trains are cancelled and to go home. The boards don't quite reflect that though, my Newcastle to Birmingham train is still on. So I'm able to get to Birmingham and then Worcester, but my final train to Evesham is cancelled, so I have to get the hourly bus.
At pick-up everything's great until I spot the inevitable BRIDGESTONE on the tyres. Some of these were coming through with Goodyear, but I've lucked out yet again.
The car drives very smoothly, the steering is very sharp and direct, the turning circle is tiny due to very little overhang of the wheels. It handles like a nimble light hatchback rather than the 1850kg lump that it is.
The seats were very comfy, considering I was in them for 3 hours straight, and then another hour immediately after the top up charge.
Acceleration is instant and gives a decent shove in the back, whether you're accelerating fron zero or 50mph.
There were a few annoyances on the way up, seemingly 1 glitch and nothing changing a few settings wouldn't fix:-
1. The glitch. The climate menu was greyed out and unavailable. I was about 10 miles into my journey when I felt I would be slightly more comfortable a little cooler and discovered I couldn't do a thing about it. Wasn't uncomfortable enough to want to stop. It sorted itself out after my charge stop. Hopefully a one off glitch for first time use.
2. Using ACC on the M1/A1, the speed signs recognition seemed overly sensitive, picking up speed signs on sliproads coming off the road I was on as I passed by, and reducing speed accordingly until I overrode the action.
3. The VW version of the satnav (I was also checking out the android auto Google maps nav) is tied in to charging prompts when running low. With an indicated 70 mikes range left, it was promoting me to charge up at the "next" point, but it was prompting me to backtrack rather than going forward. Which was senseless unless you were in a situation where you have 20 miles left and the next charger is much further away than the one you just passed.
Maybe people with MK8 Golfs have experienced 1 and 2 as the infotainment system seems largely the same.
180 miles into the journey I stopped for charge near Thirsk, between the A1 and getting onto the A19 with 37 miles range left. It was clear I couldn't make it home (236 miles without charging).
Rookie mistake, I plugged in the AC charger (which even at 42kWh, is desperately slow. So I finish up and used my contactless debit card on the charger again to use the DC rapid charger and the card's declined. I had no other cards with the dog having chewed my wallet and credit card to bits the day before. The petrol station cashier agreed to put a £10 charge on his card and I gave him a tenner.
An hour later and I'm home. Plugged the car into our charger and set the car to top to 80% (apparently you shouldn't make a habit of 100% charging unless just prior to a long journey, potentially affects battery longevity).
Someone at the workshop of Listers clearly has a sense of humour. I tidied the charging cable that came with the car into the tool kit recess under the boot floor (not officially a storage place for it, but it does fit), and there's a Castrol Edge 1L oil top up kit there!
Caned it this morning with no range anxiety and very pleased with the way it drives.