OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[Dzl_Dubba]

Hmmmm i don't think it's it as I usually drive with traction control off but I'll double check.

EDIT: Has nothing to do with TC being off. Drove home and all the menus had white lettering.

[GTR27]

Ask andyvee on briskoda. He seems like a resident guru on vcds

[bobski]

This seems related.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ4RaRGZhEY

[daMama]

Loving the car!! Heading to Sydney tomorrow (eeek!) to get tinted and Opticoated. Hopefully the weather will be ok for the drive.
Having some technological issues, and tap talk isnt properly working for me and now my phone wont connect to the pc, so pics will have to come on the weekend.

[Gerrycan]

Loving the car!! Heading to Sydney tomorrow (eeek!) to get tinted and Opticoated. Hopefully the weather will be ok for the drive.
Having some technological issues, and tap talk isnt properly working for me and now my phone wont connect to the pc, so pics will have to come on the weekend.

Good to hear you are pleased with the car.
Watch out though, this is a relatively light car for its size and can be affected by strong cross winds. You don't have that great lump of diesel in the front that your previous Golf had to anchor things down.

[GTR27]

Awesome you finally have the car now! I agree with Gerry, does seem to be affected by crosswinds more than the mk2.

Hope everyone in Sydney/Newcastle/other affected areas is safe

[brad]

Hope everyone in Sydney/Newcastle/other affected areas is safe

I must be in the wrong parts because it's just heavy rain & wind.
I haven't seen any flooding or stranded cars and we still have electricity.
My house is water tight.

I lost a 9m stretch of Ivy off the wall because the lattice it was clinging to had rotted after 20 years. A couple of saplings that had grown too quickly (more tree than root) are on a 45 degree angle. Nothing terrible.

[MJKooLio]

OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

Washed the RS today BUT half of car has dried water marks/spots on them. Any idea how to take off? Wax isn't working well enough...







Similar to when you have water on glass like this:



And yes, I haven't washed my car in a month or so. It's only on the left hand doors and panels and some part of left front bumper....

I believe it could be bore water as sometimes I drive past sprinklers on near a government building... Ughhhh

[MJKooLio]

And yes that's the scratch on the side of my door... More ughhhhh [emoji19][emoji19]

[GeeMatt]

Havent tried it but was considering this for my brothers black merc which he doesn't wash and has some epic watermarks.
Would be interested to know if it works !

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Maybe try a clay bar first that will probably do it. (But I'm no expert, canvas other opinions !)

[bbcrowdog]

The 1.4 is more motor than you need for an everyday car.

Depends what you want from an everyday car.....I had a Rapid 1.4 7sp for a couple of days while my towbar was fitted. It was a really good drivetrain for a runabout - Thought it'd be a good replacement for my ex's 2005 mazda 3., but I'd spend the extra for my manual RS every time.

[GTR27]

Yes an rs of a great everyday drivers car, but I've owned a mk 2 rs (bluefinned) and a mk3 with 1.4 and in normal driving there isn't much difference. Overtaking on the highway or giving it stick you notice, but in traffic or in the burbs or cruising on the highway most people wouldn't need the extra.

I'd love an rs, but for 95% of the driving (wife and kids in car) it's hard to justify the extra 10-15k over what we paid.

[Smart1]

I've drivern the Ambition+ 1.4 DSG, Elegance TDI DSG, RS TSI DSG and RS TSI Manual and for the fun factor I'd have to go with the RS manual, followed up by the RS DSG. But as GTR27 said, for the daily commute there really wasn't much difference. Engine wise they are all pretty good. If you didn't want the bells and whistles the Ambition+ is a great car, but for the rest of them it comes down to sport or comfort, which is ironic when the RS seats I find more comfortable than those in my Elegance. Go figure. However, the best seats of all I found were in the Superb Elegance; Power seats that could be set to the perfect position.

[bbcrowdog]

Yes an rs of a great everyday drivers car, but I've owned a mk 2 rs (bluefinned) and a mk3 with 1.4 and in normal driving there isn't much difference. Overtaking on the highway or giving it stick you notice, but in traffic or in the burbs or cruising on the highway most people wouldn't need the extra.

I'd love an rs, but for 95% of the driving (wife and kids in car) it's hard to justify the extra 10-15k over what we paid.

Yep agreed. I'm 98% by myself

[GTR27]

I dream of those days. I am 98% by myself on my bike, but I'd go postal if I had to drive a car in the **** traffic I drive through each day. Filtering keeps me sane, can't do that in a car.