New Skoda VRS

[dazag]

dazag -
Lol no sorry not Steve Jarvin (but it is my dealer too! Matt sold me my car) but my very own house! Oh and if you get the car serviced at Steve Jarvin, MAKE SURE you check that everything claimed has been done. I haven't had the best experience with the Service Dep and next service I'm gonna try the dealer in Artarmon.

Why don't all the Sydney RS owners organise a cruise!?

I'm based in Newcastle and will be getting the VW guys up here to service the car, as the Skoda dealership here doesn;t have their own service department. Oh and trust me I'm a stickler for how a servicing is carried out - I've had some fun with Mercedes before and being an aircrat technician myself, I'm very thorough with making sure everything is done as per their work sheets, or when i pick the RS up - the delivery sheet.

Lucky SOB with the Skoda guys making the visit to your house. I do video work on the side and have been playing with an "ad" idea that i will put together and possibly offer to VW/SKODA Aust for their use.
Maybe a Sydney RS cruise would be good footage to use.......

[Gaz]

Dazag,
Why Steve Jarvin's?
I shopped around and despite a (tiny) moment of guilt, choose Jarvin's over our local dealer because the price was fair, and the dealer (Matt) seems to have integrity...
Who is doing your tint, and will it be strictly 75% or darker?

[paul_segr]

Dazag,
Why Steve Jarvin's?
I shopped around and despite a (tiny) moment of guilt, choose Jarvin's over our local dealer because the price was fair, and the dealer (Matt) seems to have integrity...
Who is doing your tint, and will it be strictly 75% or darker?

I ended up getting mine from Wollongong, due to a similar experience as Gaz with the local dealer.

I spoke with the dealer yesterday, he was expecting my car (Black RS TDI Wagon) today, hopefully. He was chasing up to see where it was. I will post pics as soon as I pick it up.

[dazag]

Dazag,
Why Steve Jarvin's?
I shopped around and despite a (tiny) moment of guilt, choose Jarvin's over our local dealer because the price was fair, and the dealer (Matt) seems to have integrity...
Who is doing your tint, and will it be strictly 75% or darker?

We got a good deal with Matt, he was recommended to us by a guy who bought a Skoda of him a few weeks before. Plus Matt put the ground work in to get details about delivery dates etc. Where as the local guys here were plucking dates out of their a$$ I reckon and seemed scared to call Skoda Aust to confirm stuff for us. Although they did really look after us with test drives and matched Matt for the deal, but we felt more at ease spending our money with Matt.
I should give him a call and see how our Silver TDI wagon is coming along, although I might not be able to pick it up for a couple of weeks as the wife is so close to giving birth to our first baby........the skoda may have to wait for pick up.

We're getting our tint done locally now as we wanted darker then the Standard tint.

[Jake02]

Hey y'all,

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3804401&l=1961137798&id=668475019

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3804400&l=033c00de54&id=668475019

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3804396&l=5a5d588b82&id=668475019

The shots of the new RS from the shoot at my house on my Facebook page (oh btw if anyone has a Skoda and Facebook join the group SKoda Car Club Australia!). Sorry I don't have more, didn't have enough time! As I said before, you lot with orders on your new RS' will LOVE them!

[MJKooLio]

Wait, what...... two at your house?!??!??!?

=D

[TuNeS]

I am still eagerly awaiting the phone call so say "come and pick it up!". I went to the Skoda dealership today as my dad is looking to change his Liberty 3.0R over to a FL DSG Diesel Estate/Combi/Wagon. The salesman said it shouldnt be too long now! At least these photos confirm they are in the country. To make the wait even worse, I sold my car earlier than I expected......Public tranpsort is the pits!

Also, jsut a side note, one of the guys said they have landed a deal for the QLD police to start using some octavia's. This is good news as it will help raise the awareness of Skoda in Australia.

[indulis]

I'm based in Newcastle and will be getting the VW guys up here to service the car, as the Skoda dealership here doesn;t have their own service department.

Just make sure that they actually can do full service and repairs, I tried to get a new key coded to my car a week ago and the 1st VW dealer I took it to could not do it. I had to take it to a VW dealer that had the Skoda <whatever_magic_thing_you_need_to_recode_for_new_k eys>. So, I am thinking that the statement from Skoda that "all VW dealers can service Skoda" has its limits, sort of like taking your Skoda to TuneMasters or wherever- they can change the oil and do some of the servicing, but not all of it. I expect the VW dealers can do more than TuneMasters, but it would be nice to know exactly where the limits are- when I was thinking of buying a Skoda I rang up Skoda Australia and asked them about service (as the WA Skoda dealer at that time was closing down, new one open up now luckily). I was told then that all of the VW service centers could do Skoda. But it is not quite true.

[FezV10]

Hey y'all,

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3804401&l=1961137798&id=668475019

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3804400&l=033c00de54&id=668475019

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3804396&l=5a5d588b82&id=668475019

The shots of the new RS from the shoot at my house on my Facebook page (oh btw if anyone has a Skoda and Facebook join the group SKoda Car Club Australia!). Sorry I don't have more, didn't have enough time! As I said before, you lot with orders on your new RS' will LOVE them!

I'm in final negotiations with the Skoda dealer on a Black RS Petrol Wagon and the these pics confirm I'm making the right decision.
I've decided to get a burger with the lot:
DSG / Leather Upgrade / Sunroof / Sat Nav / Xenons / Front Sensors / Bluetooth / Media Device Interface / Darkest Legal Tint.

George from Skoda Richmond is very helpful and keen to do a deal - I'll publish what I paid when the deals done.

[pinzvidz]

That'll be a nice car Fez. Our order won't be quite optioned up as much. Thinking about holding off just a few more months so our order can be build/compliance 2010.

Jake thanks for the pics!

Another winner for me with the RS - I'm impressed with VGA's decision to lower the octane requirement to 95RON for most TSI engines, which of course, includes the RS.

[gregozedobe]

Just make sure that they actually can do full service and repairs, I tried to get a new key coded to my car a week ago and the 1st VW dealer I took it to could not do it. I had to take it to a VW dealer that had the Skoda <whatever_magic_thing_you_need_to_recode_for_new_k eys>. So, I am thinking that the statement from Skoda that "all VW dealers can service Skoda" has its limits, sort of like taking your Skoda to TuneMasters or wherever- they can change the oil and do some of the servicing, but not all of it. I expect the VW dealers can do more than TuneMasters, but it would be nice to know exactly where the limits are- when I was thinking of buying a Skoda I rang up Skoda Australia and asked them about service (as the WA Skoda dealer at that time was closing down, new one open up now luckily). I was told then that all of the VW service centers could do Skoda. But it is not quite true.

I had the same experience with my Octy when I wanted a spare key coded. In fact I think I may have been the first Octy owner in Oz to try to get it done, and my dealer WAS a Skoda dealer as well. That's was when they discovered that Skodas need a different security arrangement than VWs. My impression was that it didn't need a different (software) tool, but was more a proper authorisation for security purposes (ie more documentation than mechanical).

Also note that as long as you have the security code that came with the original keys (on a plastic tab) then I believe (but am not certain) you can code new keys using VCDS, unlike recent VWs which need a code from the factory to do the job. This was for a 2008 skoda, the latest ones may be different. In fact, the VW dealer probably could have done the recoding for me if they had asked for my security code (rather than trying to get the factory code online).


I haven't researched this, so again I cannot be certain, but I believe that pretty well all the mechanical work (and almost all the electronic stuff except for keys) can be done by VW dealers (but they might not get the latest tech bulletins if Skoda Oz only send them out to Skoda dealers).

I certainly wouldn't have purchased a Skoda if VW wasn't a "backstop" for support (I don't like the issues you can get with orphan brands or models).

[brad]

Just make sure that they actually can do full service and repairs, So, I am thinking that the statement from Skoda that "all VW dealers can service Skoda" has its limits, - they can change the oil and do some of the servicing, but not all of it. I expect the VW dealers can do more than TuneMasters, but it would be nice to know exactly where the limits are- when I was thinking of buying a Skoda I rang up Skoda Australia and asked them about service (as the WA Skoda dealer at that time was closing down, new one open up now luckily). I was told then that all of the VW service centers could do Skoda. But it is not quite true.

I made enquiries at Audi Sutherland (close to home) about getting the 30,000km service done on the Octy. I gave them the list of service items so they knew what the service involved. Their reply:

We are able to everything that you mentioned as part of the 12 month minor service BUT we are unable to check the vehicle for recall campaigns, carry out any warranty repairs, check for fault codes or even reset the service indicator.
We do have the oil filters in stock for the Audi vehicles but if there is any difference with your vehicle then we will not have it.

We will not be able to carry out the required service for you as it will not be completed 100% due to the electronics not being able to be checked, service indicator reset or recalls checked.

The service costs for that engine in an Audi is $525.00 for the 12 month/15000km service.

I do not feel that we will be able to assist you with the required servicing on your vehicle.

So, at least the guy was honest & appeared to know what he was talking about.

If you are wondering why I went to the Audi dealer, it's because my engine is the same as the Audi model range & isn't fitted to any VWs. logically, i would expect that VW don't carry the oil filter for my car either.

[brad]

Another winner for me with the RS - I'm impressed with VGA's decision to lower the octane requirement to 95RON for most TSI engines, which of course, includes the RS.

They didn't do it just to be nice, it's a mechanical issue.

The later chain drive TSIs have only ever needed 95ron as a minimum due to their better design.

It's a bit academic as they have more low down torque & get better fuel economy when run on 98ron.

Edit: My apologies. I wasn't aware that the VW range (not Skoda) still had a 98 ron requirement for their "modern" engines. I understand what you are talking about now.

[TuNeS]

Has anyone else who has a FL vRS on order been given an updated delivery date? I have just been told 'soon'.

[Gaz]

The pre-ordered cars may be at the dealers today, but that is not certain.

I see that Skoda managed to get a bunch of journos into the new cars before their customers.

I vote we start a new thread once we have our cars.