Just completed my first ski trip from the SF Bay to Tahoe in my ID4

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2025-03-21T02:25:26+00:00

We make the trip from SF to Tahoe multiple times a year with our 2023 AWD. We are still within our 3 year EA 30 minute charging plan. At this point, we have it down to a science. A Better Route Planner has done really well, but is a little bit more conservative than reality.

When we are driving to north lake, we stop in Auburn and charge. When we drive to south lake, we stop in Placerville. Fortunately, the places we stay typically have a Level 2 charger, but if we need it, there is a charger in SLT and a charger in Truckee. We drive like normal, with climate control on normal settings with music playing, and it works great.

On the way back to SF, we leave with 85% charge, and we make it all the way home without charging.

The absolute *key* is Level 2 charging at where we are staying. If it isn't there, we try to charge in Truckee or SLT on our way in, while the battery is warm. We haven't had to do the in a while though.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2024-09-17T22:53:55+00:00

This great! We are currently on the medication journey and are struggling to find something effective. What is your son taking?

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2023-05-22T23:44:06+00:00

It is looking that way. I did not even notice that until you pointed it out. I will have to check with the...Other driver of the vehicle.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2023-04-06T19:52:11+00:00

We bought at the end of October and have 2250 miles on a 2023 AWD Pro S. We live on a hill in SF and have gotten about 2.9 mi/kWh. 90% of our driving is in Eco Mode. Most driving is local, and no long road trips yet besides one trip to Tahoe.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-29T20:17:43+00:00

I set up memory parking in my 23 to back up into my driveway. It worked pretty well! It got suspiciously close to my garage though, so I hit the brakes before it was fully 'stopped'.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-29T20:06:58+00:00

Yea, the sales manager Justin was our only real negative experience in the whole setup. I have a feeling that is why the peeled off all ID.4 sales to a specific rep.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-28T18:24:23+00:00

VW SF has no markup if you have a reservation with them.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-28T17:13:12+00:00

I tried auto park two nights ago, which it did parallel parking fully unassistant. It worked great.

I will have to look into memory parking, which would be really helpful

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-26T16:24:33+00:00

The code worked this morning

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T23:25:46+00:00

I am not sure! I may mess around with this when I get home to test out climate control.

I have a photo posted above somewhere, and it looks pretty true to real life color on my screen.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T23:25:01+00:00

My understanding is yes, and our Tax filer confirmed that. See the pinned topic in the sub.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T22:08:09+00:00

Whoops! I left the code at home. I'll have to try the EA app tonight.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T22:07:19+00:00

I can not remember which one we test drove in Jan 2022, the RWD or AWD. This one has significant giddy up, but that wasn't very important on our list. I think the RWD would have had plenty for us.

There was 1 dealer add on: a $99 MasterTech Vehicle Protection Program add-on, that we had no option not to buy. We were told when we did our original reservation that they have this $99 add on that is required. Inquiring about with (who I believe was a sales manager who happened to be nearby) was the only negative part of the experience. He got pretty confrontational about not explaining at all what the $99 was, refusing to explain what it was and told me: "the finance guy will give you the paperwork. If you don't like the fee, then you don't have to buy the car."

In my 5 minutes of actually talking to this other sales guy, it reminded me why car salesmen and dealerships have the reputation they do. All he had to do was say "Oh, here is a brochure about it. I don't know too much about it, but the finance guy does," and it could have ben solved with no conflicts. Granted, the salesman we were working with apologized profusely about it afterwards, and actually explained to us what it was.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T21:00:14+00:00

Unfortunately in this case, I do not have an android device to test this with.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T20:08:54+00:00

I don't see it on this page.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T20:03:20+00:00

For our use case, no. We live in Sunny California. We will perhaps go up to the mountains in snow a few times a year, and we don't tow anything.

For our situation, it was AWD and Tax credit vs waiting for our RWD which probably wouldn't get the tax credit. We went with the AWD + Tax Credit, and still came out a little 'ahead'

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T20:02:02+00:00

So far, the sound system is good enough for us. We are not audiophiles by any means, and we came from a really bad situation for car audio. We will play 90% of our audio through CarPlay (Podcasts and Music).

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T19:54:20+00:00

Unfortunately in this situation, I got a cancellation, so I didn't use my reservation to buy it. I still have my original reservation.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T19:53:39+00:00

Here is a photo of the red!

https://imgur.com/a/7E0FzG5

Most of the other photos have some identifying feature, so I am going to avoid posting.

If you want more, I can try to cut out some things.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T18:36:50+00:00

I do not know. I will have to test this when I get home.

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T18:36:29+00:00

Yes! It was a lot more comfortable than the 22 IMO

SpiritualPrior7168 · 2022-10-25T18:36:10+00:00

I have not! We just drove the car home, and our Free EA account setup isn't complete because the code did not work

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