New Octavia ....when? How Much?

[GTR27]

if you are not buying a RS, Skoda Finance are offering 2.8% at the moment as well.

My Elegance VIN:TMBBJ8NE9E0
Wife's Ambition+:TMBKC9NE6E0

Only offering it on my14 ambition+ sedans that are dealer stock, not orders and not wagons. Most people here are getting wagons.

[daMama]

Did/will anyone purchase extended warranty? I know there was a sale on it when I put my order in back in May, is it still on? I'm 50/50 about getting it.....

[GTR27]

I tried to push Skoda to go halves due to the delays. They pretty much just ignored me.

[Polo GTEye N9]

I meant the TDI chipping came up with no can do ....

[GTR27]

TDI needs ECU removed, pulled apart and reflashed. Or dtuk tuning box etc.

[daMama]

I need some guidance, when signing a Purchase Order/Contract or Offer to Purchase how much deposit are you buyers required or agreeing to place in cash with the dealers? It may vary of course.

I put down $3k and just signed the standard contract. With an RS, might be worth while seeing if you can get something in, like a car.
If you're going to pay in full, see if you can do so on credit card. Think of the points. I only managed $6k before the finance dept said p@#$ off, cash or cheque on the balance.
The Tig has a small boot and my friend is struggling to fit everything in when they go away (2 kids). Just a thought.
Good luck

[Buckers]

Just bought the latest Motor Magazine to check out the 2014 Bang For Your Bucks sub-$50K article. Out of the 13 car line up the Octavia RS sedan manual came out 6th (just ahead of the WRX and GTI Performance DSG). They commented "It's comfortable, accomplished, unassuming, want-for-little motoring, that's quicker and more fun than you might expect. If this was All-round Goodness For Your Modest Buck, this'd be a clear favourite".

Interestingly in the article the Octavia RS did 6.30sec 0-100km/h and 14.60sec 0-400m times (overall 4th and beating the GTI), which is way ahead of the official Skoda 6.80sec 0-100km/h. It also went well in the lap time and 80-120 km/h (overall 4th for both), just behind the GTI. Brakes also were still good after 3 laps of the track, which wasn't the case for a lot of other cars in the test.

So overall a good result. For those interested in the top 8:

1) Renault Sport Clio RS200
2) Fords Fiesta ST
3) WRX STI
4) Holden SS Ute (manual)
5) Peugeot 208 GTI
6) Octavia RS Sedan (manual)
7) WRX (manual)
Golf GTI Performance (DSG)

[Benmac]

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[OilBurna]

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[Benmac]

BFYB article looks interesting. A RS manual running 6.3 0-100 is solid. DSG in theory should knock 0.2 off that. Wonder why they tested a manual RS but a DSG Golf. Maybe availability.


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[GTR27]

They have the rare manual rs that Skoda tells us about, but is difficult to find in the wild.

[geoffs]

There is a manual RS wagon at a Newcastle dealer but as it has has leather seats and the sunroof both of which we didn't want it wasn't hard to say no to paying $45k instead of $40k for the DSG which is supposed to be 2k more than the manual

[Buckers]

Yeah, they mentioned VW were not able to provide a manual (or base GTI) at the time of testing. Skoda give the DSG .1 to .2 secs slower time for the 0-100 compared to the manual (possibly due to different gearing I'd say). Regardless, sub 7 seconds is still good for an economical family size car.

The 80-120km/h test time was 3.9 secs, which highlights how nice the engine is over a broad range of revs. In comparison the WRX manual was 4.49 secs. Even the SS ute (3.5) and WRX STI (3.7) weren't much faster in this test.

BFYB article looks interesting. A RS manual running 6.3 0-100 is solid. DSG in theory should knock 0.2 off that. Wonder why they tested a manual RS but a DSG Golf. Maybe availability.

[geoffs]

Anyone tried the Virtuosity paint protection?
At $1695 I'm inclined to give it a miss
Thoughts?

[vEnOm_oz]

Check out https://www.carcareproducts.com.au/ if you are thinking about paint protection. There are DIY options as well as specialists who do it for a quarter of that price.

Anyone tried the Virtuosity paint protection?
At $1695 I'm inclined to give it a miss
Thoughts?