[njm106]

D mode for me all the time unless I'm in stop/start traffic but I turn off the intelligent regen assist by making sure its in normal and not eco, I find it annoying when I switch on sport mode and it acts as though it's in B mode.

 

[njm106]

Really? I didn't know that. I thought that D was just a weaker version of B over the regen settings. If D in an ID3 is truly equivalent to my Ioniq with the right-hand paddle fully pressed, and enables totally zero regen, then I might put that car back on my 'look at' list for the next change.

It's true in summary the IDs behave like this:

• D and eco drive mode, intelligent regen is enabled the car tells you when to lift of the accelerator and will automatically adjust the regen depending on the road, I find this disconcerting as the car goes faster than I would like especially at roundabouts but it is what VW recommends and is probably the most efficient
• D and normal drive mode, no regen unless the brake is pressed, it uses the motor regen first and then if more force is called for than the motor can provide it uses the actual brakes
• D and sport drive mode or B mode selected the car blends in the regen once the accelerator is no longer pressed down enough to maintain momentum, if you take your foot off the regen kicks in quite sharply but maybe not as much as others, obviously this depends on temperature and charge % (sorry feel like that might be a bit teaching granny to suck eggs)

I prefer D mode in normal, I lift off early and if I want to slow down quicker I use the brake pedal. The only thing that annoys me is if I want the extra oomph of sport mode then it acts as though it's in B mode by default, it's really annoying if you change modes whilst driving and your foot isn't on the accelerator!

 

[njm106]

If you look at ‘Assist’ you will probably see that ‘Eco Assistance’ is selected. This implements intelligent regen in D mode. Remove the selection if you want D with no regen.

Forgot about that bit I think it was one of the first things I switched off I might have another go with the 'Eco Assistance' now I've had the 2.1 update and see if I can get on with it.