OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[GTR27]

Yeah, only happens at low speed, if something gets close to the sensors

[MJKooLio]

I get the parking sensors go off too... next to buses but they're a good 2 meters away...

I think it's WIND or Dust or comb of both.... And also I get a delay sensor reaction when Motorbikes wiz past!

[Dzl_Dubba]

I was a tad bored

Amount | Kms | l/100km
1 |49.37 | 645 | 7.7
2 |46.1 | 657 | 7.0
3 |46.91 | 650 | 7.2
4 |50.89 | 710 | 7.2
5 |49.62 | 673 | 7.4
6 |47.83 | 647 | 7.4
7 |48.32 |627 | 7.7
8 |47.05 | 670 | 7.0
9 |50.4 |650 | 7.8
10 |48.18 | 650 | 7.4
11 |48.99 | 680 | 7.2
12 |48.98 | 648 | 7.6
13 |48.11 | 632 | 7.6
14 |52.01 | 661 | 7.9
15 |43.95 | 602 | 7.3
16 |45.49 | 645 | 7.1
17 |49.62 | 647 | 7.7
18 |48.23 | 664 | 7.3
19 |47.83 | 670 | 7.1
20 |51.31 | 700 | 7.3

Avg 48.46 | 656.4 | 7.4

[GTR27]

Whats the average speed of those? I get similar figures, however my average speed is in the 30's

[Dzl_Dubba]

Whats the average speed of those? I get similar figures, however my average speed is in the 30's

I think around 60km i have to double check. I travel 45km to get to work and it takes me just under an hour. I mostly deal with 60-80km speed zones.

EDIT: Long Term avg, speed: 45km, distance: 8912km, consumption: 7.4L according to the trip computer

[GTR27]

Yeah that makes sense. I've done half a tank of that sort of driving and mine dropped into the mid 5s.

[KWICKS]

I haven't RTFM yet but wanted to know if someone can advise what file formats need to be on an SD card to read. I loaded a few audio books on to a new 8Gb SD card and it won't read the files.

[Fitzall]

I haven't RTFM yet but wanted to know if someone can advise what file formats need to be on an SD card to read. I loaded a few audio books on to a new 8Gb SD card and it won't read the files.

I've the Columbus System ... Takes MP3, wma, asf, AAC, flac, wav & ogg .. Using a 32Gb SDHC card & all work well. Can remember reading somewhere that Columbus reads more types than Amundsen etc but not 100% sure

[PassatB6]

I get the parking sensors go off too... next to buses but they're a good 2 meters away...

I think it's WIND or Dust or comb of both.... And also I get a delay sensor reaction when Motorbikes wiz past!

I found they go off near median strips and gutters when going slow.

[PassatB6]

BTW be careful of your ACC when cars are merging on the highway. Won't slow you down until the car is in front of you of course so you need to accelerate or brake to turn it off or hope the other guy simply adjusts his position quickly.

[woofy]

I don't use CC in general unless in the far right lanes and traffic isn't built up. In other news, went the the Aust motoring festival yesterday even though it looked a bit of a dud but was fine for the kids, a tonne of stuff for them to do, moreso than the adults almost. They had the car of the year finalists etc there so had a few Skodas about. I was looking at the Santa Fe as it was the SUV winner and its auto gate would close almost straight away after opening....it smacked my in the head with a latch and I watched it do it to 2 others. Made my choice not to get it on the Skoda now even though there was clearly an issue with it, I don't want something like that happening to me, or it opening further than I liked. I whacked it or grabbed it with my hand to make it stop and that worked but it almost closed on my youngest.

[bobski]

Does the auto close stop if it encounters something hard? My mate's passat hit him in the head when I pushed the button (he ducked his head back in). Its seems easy to miss that someone has pushed the button.

[GeeMatt]

Does the auto close stop if it encounters something hard? My mate's passat hit him in the head when I pushed the button (he ducked his head back in). Its seems easy to miss that someone has pushed the button.

It definitely stops if retarded, say with your hand. Not sure if it clocked your head there would be enough force though ! (Especially if you are soft like me ! Not willing to do a test )

[Tuan]

Never ever thought the auto tailgate could cause so much harm LOL !! Gold !

[Reichter]

How is everyone finding the torsion beam suspension?
Is it worth going up to the 132tsi just for the multilink rear suspension setup?