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So, my girlfriend just picked up her new Octavia 90TSI after test driving pretty much everything in the same category. All of those Corolla/i30/Cerato/Cruze etc. customers really need to drive an Octavia 90TSI, for $31K drive away (once you spec the Zenith 17" alloys and rear spoiler) this car completely destroys the others in the segment. Anyway every Skoda owner is already aware of this.
The problem I have is to do with an accessory we requested on the car.
I have front and rear parking sensors on my RS and they look and function brilliantly. We paid $600 for "Genuine Skoda" rear park assist sensors on the 90TSI and if what we got is a genuine Skoda product, I'll eat my RS.
Trivett have drilled four holes in the rear bumper and have glued in four sensors, which they painted to match the car apparently. The fact that there is dried glue squished around each sensor is a problem, but not the main problem. After getting home and putting the car in reverse we discovered a red flashing light attached to an ugly little grey speaker double sided taped to the interior roof panel with a wire running through a gap in the roof lining. This was not what I was expecting, or what I requested. We paid $600 for a $20 SuperCheap parking kit? You have to be kidding me...
When we purchased the car I made sure there existed a genuine Skoda kit that would integrate with the standard SWING radio. I even asked the salesman (who in standard Skoda AUSTRALIA form, had no idea what century it was, nor what accessories were available for each vehicle).
After just one day the sticky tape has given up sticking to the roof and the speaker and light are just hanging from the wire they are attached to near the rear window... Not to mention you pretty much need to reverse THROUGH the wall before the thing starts flashing and making it's screeching noise.
Please tell me that I am correct in thinking this is not a Skoda accessory? Does anyone else have a SWING stereo with integrated rear park assist? Just need some ammo/advice before I give the poor salesman a sore ear...
The problem I have is to do with an accessory we requested on the car.
I have front and rear parking sensors on my RS and they look and function brilliantly. We paid $600 for "Genuine Skoda" rear park assist sensors on the 90TSI and if what we got is a genuine Skoda product, I'll eat my RS.
Trivett have drilled four holes in the rear bumper and have glued in four sensors, which they painted to match the car apparently. The fact that there is dried glue squished around each sensor is a problem, but not the main problem. After getting home and putting the car in reverse we discovered a red flashing light attached to an ugly little grey speaker double sided taped to the interior roof panel with a wire running through a gap in the roof lining. This was not what I was expecting, or what I requested. We paid $600 for a $20 SuperCheap parking kit? You have to be kidding me...
When we purchased the car I made sure there existed a genuine Skoda kit that would integrate with the standard SWING radio. I even asked the salesman (who in standard Skoda AUSTRALIA form, had no idea what century it was, nor what accessories were available for each vehicle).
After just one day the sticky tape has given up sticking to the roof and the speaker and light are just hanging from the wire they are attached to near the rear window... Not to mention you pretty much need to reverse THROUGH the wall before the thing starts flashing and making it's screeching noise.
Please tell me that I am correct in thinking this is not a Skoda accessory? Does anyone else have a SWING stereo with integrated rear park assist? Just need some ammo/advice before I give the poor salesman a sore ear...
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