Ill have to try it again! I thought I had and didn’t see the navigation for Apple Maps. That’s awesome if it does! I will add an addendum to the description! I usually use Waze and ABRP. Those definitely do not work!
Nice review. I am looking forward to your ID.4 NAV/route planning review. The haptic buttons/pads actually seem pretty clever. I am used to the Audi stalks now, but I feel like the haptic pads might actually be faster and require less hand movement.
Thank you for your review videos! It gets me excited for when my ID.4 finally comes in! I really don’t mind the buttons, I’m kind of excited for them, actually because it’s different to what I’ve driven in the past 33 years. Plus I’ve always been a huge Star Wars/ Buck Rogers and etc space nerd so all these touch buttons reminds me of playing spaceship stuff as a kid! Lol!
I have 69K on my 2021 ID.4 Pro S Gradient & love the Car , these are great cars and I doubt there are many people if Any that have more Miles or have Driven more then mine , not sure why anyone would complain about anything or any Feature in this car , window switches would be better if they have 4 window buttons but other then that overall very well made and features are great too ! Purchased with 3 miles on 2/28/2022 , 69k in 13 months , fabulous driving car !
Good introduction video, thank you. I do have two things I will like to bring up. 1- for video quality please have a green apple to prevent smacking. 2- can you do a detailed video of the navigation map, such as zoom in out and volume
Great thanks keep them coming. I also like the way it is. Funny thing is that I have 27k so far in less than 8 months and I have never had any issues. Everything works I would love to be able to change the navigation color and background. But it works. Just use Android Auto with maps more.
Totally agree! I think the navigation looks bad… I talk about that in an infotainment video coking out eventually! Im also going to try and only use the built in nav on a trip in taking to Chicago in June. Interested to see how it does. Especially if the projected range isn’t completely accurate
Thank you for your honest content. I really wanted to like the ID4. I've driven it a few times in the last 3 years and just couldn't warm up to it. The touch sensitive buttons (everywhere) really turned me off. Also, I want a vehicle that I can reliably drive 100 miles from home, regardless of weather conditions, and know I can get back home without having to stop to charge. That's not a lot to ask from a vehicle. Maybe VW will make some changes for '24 that will make me interested again.
Thanks for sharing. The buttons (or lack there of) are really a turn off for a lot. Like I said I don't mind them, but I totally understand why people don't like them. I'm sorry you had that experience with the range. In all of my estimates the range far exceeds 100 miles (or meets with about 200-230 miles round trip) even in cold weather. I definitely hope the ID.4 or some other EV can meet your needs! Thanks for watching! I appreciate it!
@The Average EV I think if I were to keep my speed at around 65 on highway a 200 mile round trip would probably be feasible in cold weather. I don't know. This tech is so new and unproven. I don't want to be left with a useless brick in 6-7 years.
I have never had less than 220 miles range even in winter. I don't drive faster than 75, mostly 70. And if I see my range going down I set ACC and get behind a truck going 70 to 75. I set it up drive mode comfort which seems best for distance.
Gotcha. Where do you live? Also you need to do what’s best for your situation. So if you need to wait for vehicles with better range in the cold, do it! You should feel confident in your car.
Thanks for the tips, I'm a new ID.4 owner and still getting used to the layout. The one thing that dudes but me is having to select my profile each time I start the car. Thanks again and God bless,
On the right side of the steering wheel use the left and right arrows to move over until you see the full trip data. You can switch between since start, long term, and since charge by pressing ok!
@@andreyzashchyk9804 Gotcha so if you swipe with the view arrows to the left it will make the right most thing in the display big. It is probably the nav direction view right now. If you swipe again to the left it should switch to the trip info. If you send me an email with your best email I can send you a video! Let me know!
In My last car , a 2017 Subaru, I could give voice instruction to the navigation system such as" NavigTE TO 2011 mAIN st, dETROIT, mICHIGAM. Can I do tis in a ID4? Thanks, Vic
How did you manage to get so many miles? Is there a trick to do this? Everyone says to charge to 80% but I would prefer to get the most miles as often as I could.
It really depends on the driving scenario and your driving habits. The recommendation for 80% has two main rationale. The first is that it is not great to regularly charge your battery above 75-80%. It will speed up degradation. The best discharge/charge range is 75% down to 65%. This will keep your battery the healthiest. But sometimes you need to charge to 100% to make a tough stretch or because you want to maximize your first leg! Second, it takes longer to charge from 80-100% than it does to charge from 0-80% when charging on a DCFC. So time savings alone is worth it! So if you are on a roadtrip I would say charge to 100% for the start and then target 60-80% (enough to comfortably get to the next furthest charger. If you hare charging at home regularly then I would say set a max charge of 70-80%, drive your daily commute, and then plug in at night. You'll always have as much as you need. If you can't charge at home, It might be worth it to go down to 40-50% before charging again so that you aren't always at the charger. I couldn't imagine going to a public DCFC everyday! Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!
So, I don’t have leather gloves to test but I used the cuff of my hoodie. It does work, but just needs a bit more pressure than normal. So I would imagine it would work, but not as well.
@@theaverageev I got a chance to test drive with heavy leather gloves and am glad to report that I had the same experience. Still worked just required slightly more pressure.
I have 3.1.0 and have had no issues with the software. There is the RARE lag, but overall no issues for us. I have an infotainment video you can check out. It shows the occasional lag that we experience.
I believe the navigation on the digital cockpit works with android auto and I assume apple maps if you use car play which is pretty cool.
Ill have to try it again! I thought I had and didn’t see the navigation for Apple Maps. That’s awesome if it does! I will add an addendum to the description! I usually use Waze and ABRP. Those definitely do not work!
Just did a little digging and you are right! Thanks for catching that! I post that in the description!
Nice review. I am looking forward to your ID.4 NAV/route planning review. The haptic buttons/pads actually seem pretty clever. I am used to the Audi stalks now, but I feel like the haptic pads might actually be faster and require less hand movement.
No problem for me. Love the haptic buttons and different way to access the windows.
Good to hear! I like the buttons as well!
Thank you for your review videos! It gets me excited for when my ID.4 finally comes in! I really don’t mind the buttons, I’m kind of excited for them, actually because it’s different to what I’ve driven in the past 33 years. Plus I’ve always been a huge Star Wars/ Buck Rogers and etc space nerd so all these touch buttons reminds me of playing spaceship stuff as a kid! Lol!
Can’t wait hear what you think of the car once you get it!
I have 69K on my 2021 ID.4 Pro S Gradient & love the Car , these are great cars and I doubt there are many people if Any that have more Miles or have Driven more then mine , not sure why anyone would complain about anything or any Feature in this car , window switches would be better if they have 4 window buttons but other then that overall very well made and features are great too ! Purchased with 3 miles on 2/28/2022 , 69k in 13 months , fabulous driving car !
We love ours too!!!
Good introduction video, thank you. I do have two things I will like to bring up.
1- for video quality please have a green apple to prevent smacking.
2- can you do a detailed video of the navigation map, such as zoom in out and volume
Great thanks keep them coming. I also like the way it is. Funny thing is that I have 27k so far in less than 8 months and I have never had any issues. Everything works I would love to be able to change the navigation color and background. But it works. Just use Android Auto with maps more.
Totally agree! I think the navigation looks bad… I talk about that in an infotainment video coking out eventually! Im also going to try and only use the built in nav on a trip in taking to Chicago in June. Interested to see how it does. Especially if the projected range isn’t completely accurate
Thank you for your honest content. I really wanted to like the ID4. I've driven it a few times in the last 3 years and just couldn't warm up to it. The touch sensitive buttons (everywhere) really turned me off. Also, I want a vehicle that I can reliably drive 100 miles from home, regardless of weather conditions, and know I can get back home without having to stop to charge. That's not a lot to ask from a vehicle.
Maybe VW will make some changes for '24 that will make me interested again.
Thanks for sharing. The buttons (or lack there of) are really a turn off for a lot. Like I said I don't mind them, but I totally understand why people don't like them.
I'm sorry you had that experience with the range. In all of my estimates the range far exceeds 100 miles (or meets with about 200-230 miles round trip) even in cold weather.
I definitely hope the ID.4 or some other EV can meet your needs! Thanks for watching! I appreciate it!
@The Average EV
I think if I were to keep my speed at around 65 on highway a 200 mile round trip would probably be feasible in cold weather. I don't know. This tech is so new and unproven. I don't want to be left with a useless brick in 6-7 years.
I have never had less than 220 miles range even in winter. I don't drive faster than 75, mostly 70. And if I see my range going down I set ACC and get behind a truck going 70 to 75. I set it up drive mode comfort which seems best for distance.
Gotcha. Where do you live? Also you need to do what’s best for your situation. So if you need to wait for vehicles with better range in the cold, do it! You should feel confident in your car.
Thanks for the tips, I'm a new ID.4 owner and still getting used to the layout. The one thing that dudes but me is having to select my profile each time I start the car. Thanks again and God bless,
Yeah I wish the profiles could be tied to the key fob like some other cars.
Thanks for watching!
Learned a lot thanks xx
Glad it was helpful!
@@theaverageev Is there an option that if you shut down lane assist so it stays off and doesnt automatically turn on? 😅❤️
Yes! You should be able to turn it off in the drivers assistance menu and it should stay off to my knowledge!
Navigation works with Android auto. Tested it. Pretty convenient.
Great thanks! I also used it with Apple CarPlay and Maps. The ID light just doesn’t work in tandem.
Hello! Can you tell me how you add trip information to cockpit display like on your video? Thanks
On the right side of the steering wheel use the left and right arrows to move over until you see the full trip data. You can switch between since start, long term, and since charge by pressing ok!
i already did it, but nothing changes, i just have speed info and lane keeping, in other words i have only two windows @@theaverageev
@@andreyzashchyk9804 If you swipe to the left it should make the trip info big! Right all the way should make the travel assist screen bigger.
there is no trip info at all, that's the problem :D @@theaverageev
@@andreyzashchyk9804 Gotcha so if you swipe with the view arrows to the left it will make the right most thing in the display big. It is probably the nav direction view right now. If you swipe again to the left it should switch to the trip info. If you send me an email with your best email I can send you a video! Let me know!
with tesla chargers opened to CCS this is a great deal this car.
In My last car , a 2017 Subaru, I could give voice instruction to the navigation system such as" NavigTE TO 2011 mAIN st, dETROIT, mICHIGAM. Can I do tis in a ID4?
Thanks, Vic
I’m going to be honest I never use the voice assistant. But I am pretty sure you can use it for navigation. It would just be the built in Nav.
We have had our 2023 ID.4 for nine months and the only problem we have with the haptic buttons is some of them are not illuminated at night.
Weird! Glad you are enjoying it though! We have our One Year Review coming out this Friday. Pretty much no issues for us as well!
Is there a way to answer and hang up the phone on the steering wheel? Or do you know of a quick way of doing this?
Unfortunately I do not believe there is. You have to end the call in the screen. If anyone else knows different please let me know as well!
How did you manage to get so many miles? Is there a trick to do this? Everyone says to charge to 80% but I would prefer to get the most miles as often as I could.
It really depends on the driving scenario and your driving habits.
The recommendation for 80% has two main rationale. The first is that it is not great to regularly charge your battery above 75-80%. It will speed up degradation. The best discharge/charge range is 75% down to 65%. This will keep your battery the healthiest. But sometimes you need to charge to 100% to make a tough stretch or because you want to maximize your first leg!
Second, it takes longer to charge from 80-100% than it does to charge from 0-80% when charging on a DCFC. So time savings alone is worth it!
So if you are on a roadtrip I would say charge to 100% for the start and then target 60-80% (enough to comfortably get to the next furthest charger.
If you hare charging at home regularly then I would say set a max charge of 70-80%, drive your daily commute, and then plug in at night. You'll always have as much as you need.
If you can't charge at home, It might be worth it to go down to 40-50% before charging again so that you aren't always at the charger. I couldn't imagine going to a public DCFC everyday!
Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!
how does one change from "Since Start to Long term " on the cockpit controls
Just hit the ok button on the right side of the steering wheel when visible! You can cycle through the three options!
Is it possible to use the steering wheel buttons with leather gloves on?
So, I don’t have leather gloves to test but I used the cuff of my hoodie. It does work, but just needs a bit more pressure than normal. So I would imagine it would work, but not as well.
@@theaverageev I got a chance to test drive with heavy leather gloves and am glad to report that I had the same experience. Still worked just required slightly more pressure.
Thanks for sharing!!!
On the 2023 pro S American model how do you fold the Sideview mirrors?
You manually close them. Only the Pro S Plus model has power folding mirrors.
@@theaverageev yes have a Pro S accidentally folded sideview mirrors from inside and can't figure out how to repeat
Are the software issues resolved?
I have 3.1.0 and have had no issues with the software. There is the RARE lag, but overall no issues for us. I have an infotainment video you can check out. It shows the occasional lag that we experience.
User should be able to activate/deactivate the haptic feel themselves. I find it annoying.
Vid would be much better if it was in focus.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
YW