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Old 06-03-24, 03:07 PM
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I also see a lot of ID.4s
Old 06-03-24, 03:56 PM
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A client of mine bought an ID.4 and hated it, so she sold it and bought another one a few months later.
Old 06-03-24, 04:12 PM
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Sold it and bought another ID.4?
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Sold it and bought another ID.4?
Yep. Don't know what it was that made her hate the first one or why the second one was satisfactory but that's what she did.

I had a friend tell me he really put Toyota in their place when his 3rd gen Tacoma spent months in the shop for the fuel pump recall(replacement part was on backorder) and he won by getting them to sell him essentially the same truck for the same monthly payment. Never occurred to him that he just rewarded them for their bad behavior.

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That’s hilarious lol
Old 06-03-24, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
ID.4 are also pretty popular here...
rarer than big foot here. and we have a good size vw dealer in town.

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Old 06-03-24, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
amazes me the id.4 sells as well as it does! perhaps because vw has a ton of dealers and loyal customers?
or because they're cheap?
I'm about to share the complete presentation document on the https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ev-...d-reports.html thread, but given your inquiries, I believe this might be of interest to you.

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Old 06-03-24, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by UltraLux22
I'm about to share the complete presentation document on the https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ev-...d-reports.html thread, but given your inquiries, I believe this might be of interest to you.
Thanks for sharing this. Model Y and 3 have lost quite a bit of market share. But still the kings!
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Originally Posted by UltraLux22
I'm about to share the complete presentation document on the https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ev-...d-reports.html thread, but given your inquiries, I believe this might be of interest to you.
thanks! so i guess the point is vw moves a lot of id.4's due to aggressive leasing offers. i just looked up id.4 offers and they have $229 for 36 months with 12k mi. per year (catch is $5k down) - not bad overall! vehicle itself isn't that special, but then i think most people get ev's as simple driving appliances.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
thanks! so i guess the point is vw moves a lot of id.4's due to aggressive leasing offers. i just looked up id.4 offers and they have $229 for 36 months with 12k mi. per year (catch is $5k down) - not bad overall! vehicle itself isn't that special, but then i think most people get ev's as simple driving appliances.
And there you have it!
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Old 06-04-24, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
thanks! so i guess the point is vw moves a lot of id.4's due to aggressive leasing offers. i just looked up id.4 offers and they have $229 for 36 months with 12k mi. per year (catch is $5k down) - not bad overall! vehicle itself isn't that special, but then i think most people get ev's as simple driving appliances.
I also noticed that they are no longer advertising the $7,500 rebate, at least at the dealer level. Even though they qualify for it. I did see it mentioned on VW's page, but not very prominently.



Also, not sure why they say it ends July 1st.
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I think the 2025 model is supposed to be a refresh. Maybe the battery supplier changes from 24 to 25
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To protect the brand? They sure have terrible PR.

Old 06-05-24, 09:43 AM
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Besides seeing the hundreds of Tesla's I see daily, today I saw a lot of non-Tesla's, more than the usual number. ID.4's, several Polestars, Ioniq 5's, and several Rivians. Also saw an iX from Tatooine or "Tatuine" because the original spelling was probably taken



Even saw a rare RZ

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