OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[sharpmarble]

Thinking of ordering these myself (as well as the ice scraper)... One question about be pic... What's the silver/light colored strip on the right hand edge? Is that just a reflection off a tapered edge of the black part or is it something else?

The elegance ones definitely have black edges. Have the ice scraper, the car would not be complete without it.. Well you probably can get by without it in most of the northern half of Australia.

[nickd]

Cheers guys.

[vEnOm_oz]

OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

I have experienced this a couple of times now - when the car is going up a steep ascent in 1st gear and comes to a complete stand still (by applying the brakes) and if I try to accelerate the brakes seem to stay locked. No matter what I do it doesn't want to move forward. Has anyone else had a similar experience with a MT.

Wonder why this is happening and how to get out of this sticky situation. Would turning off traction control help?

[MJKooLio]

So you're group buying the ice scraper?

[Dzl_Dubba]

I have experienced this a couple of times now - when the car is going up a steep ascent in 1st gear and comes to a complete stand still (by applying the brakes) and if I try to accelerate the brakes seem to stay locked. No matter what I do it doesn't want to move forward. Has anyone else had a similar experience with a MT.

Wonder why this is happening and how to get out of this sticky situation. Would turning off traction control help?

Hill hold assist sticking? I've had some inclines where i come to a stop and lift of the brake and the car will sit there until i apply some throttle.

[nickd]

So you're group buying the ice scraper?

Lol... No need really.. Free shipping!

[vEnOm_oz]

OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

Possibly, I understand HHA kicking in but it should release when you apply throttle and this works perfectly on a normal incline. But inclines that are really steep it just stays stuck. When you apply the throttle it doesn't release the brakes and the end result is that the ignition switches off.

[GeeMatt]

I have experienced this a couple of times now - when the car is going up a steep ascent in 1st gear and comes to a complete stand still (by applying the brakes) and if I try to accelerate the brakes seem to stay locked. No matter what I do it doesn't want to move forward. Has anyone else had a similar experience with a MT.

Wonder why this is happening and how to get out of this sticky situation. Would turning off traction control help?

Haven't noticed this on mine Venom. How steep is steep ? My experience with hill assist is good and I haven't noticed any issues.
Got an example / location. I can try it myself.

[vEnOm_oz]

Matty, it's not your usual roads. I had this while driving into properties which are up a 'hill' with narrow drive ways and on a higher gradient than normal (probably 45-50 degree inclines, if not more). The climb is fine but for whatever reason if I stop midway and put it in 1st and push the throttle the brakes stay engaged and I couldn't disengage them; the engine shuts down eventually. I'm trying to decode what it means, would be interesting to know the reason.

[GeeMatt]

Matty, it's not your usual roads. I had this while driving into properties which are up a 'hill' with narrow drive ways and on a higher gradient than normal (probably 45-50 degree inclines, if not more). The climb is fine but for whatever reason if I stop midway and put it in 1st and push the throttle the brakes stay engaged and I couldn't disengage them; the engine shuts down eventually. I'm trying to decode what it means, would be interesting to know the reason.

Hmmm. Haven't experienced that. But haven't tried the steep incline type driveway either. I must be boring
Does it do it if you use handbrake start ?

[woofy]

You could be onto something, it maybe is expecting you to use the handbrake.

[tenyearguarantee]

This is a bit of an odd one, but I have an old ipod that I wanted to reuse as my media store in the octavia (with colombus).

Now I don't use itunes for music, I use spotify instead. The octavia can start playing music from spotify (synced to device) ok but then after a couple songs it goes haywire and tries to play music from the ipod from itunes.

Anyone else had this issue?

[gadget007a]

had my VRS for over a week now and each time I drive it it amazes me more.
I have a VRS TDI wagon with Tech pack, 18"Black pack, Pano Roof, Auto Tail gate and Comfort Pack.
thing I have done so far, added protective stip to top of rear bumper, Cargo Barrier
VCDS adaptation; Copy direct from CD into Jukebox, Lap timer on Maxidot, enabled auto tailgate close from Keyfob, Aircon Fan speed Indication when in Auto. (more to investigate)

I have an ODBII bluetooth adaptor which i have connected to an old Android Phone for real time monitoring of EGT, manifold temperature and Boost Pressure.

Love the interior of the car, but when the curtain on the roof is closed it seems very dark so I leave it open to let the light in, probably will change this when summer comes along.
the auto stop start is a bit annoying but found that aside from pressing the button to turn it off it is easy to manage, roll up to a stop and hold a gentle pressure on the brakes, once stopped harder brake pressure switches the engine off. to get around the hesitation (not that there is much) slowly ease the pressure on the brake and the engine re-starts then by the time the lights change/gap in traffic your ready to go.

Love the mid range torque of the diesel, can see the boost pressure really start to increase at around 1500rpm (normal driving around 8psi and rising). so easy to get the traction control working when accelerating from a corner.

Have noticed the car doing a DPF clean when on the highway, consumption jumps to between 5.6-6.0 l/100km and exhaust temp sits around 680deg C for about 25km @110km/hr.

Handling is superb, on rough roads the car does let you feel all the bumps, cornering is great, first few spirited corners were odd as it felt as though the car was going to have a lot of body roll but cornered with ease, and is so easy to break traction out of a second gear corner.( traction control kicks in and takes care of it).

[Dzl_Dubba]

I'm always hesitant to slightly press the brakes as i assume its putting pressure on the clutch packs of the DSG. I could be wrong but button for me.

[99Reza]

Found this picture on Briskoda:



I'm quite surprised how much sound deadening they have left out from the car. I think Dynamat or something similar plus sound absorbing material (or even MLV) around that area will improve road noise.