What did you do to your Octavia today?

[Shanrus]

MJKoolio, picked up my MY14 Ambition Plus with Tech Pack today for $21500. Here are the pics to prove:

IMG_0738.jpg Photo by Shannon19741 | Photobucket
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IMG_0741.jpg Photo by Shannon19741 | Photobucket

Oh yes, it happened!

[GTR27]

21500?!?!?! Damn how many k's? Must be a demo for that sort of price. Skoda are killing themselves on resale if they are selling them that cheap!

Good pickup for you though!

[Shanrus]

Thanks GTR27. It had 4110 on the clock and it still has the new car smell! The neighbours all come for a look today after we got it home and are amazed at how much car for the price. One of the neighbours with a WRX is impressed with the car and features as well.

It was on Carsales for 22990 originally and I thought it was a joke or the car was bad until I saw it in the flesh, checked it over with my father and had a test drive. Niggled extremely hard to get the 21500 but yep, got it. It was an ex Skoda Australia executives drive for a year or so, to and from work. Missus very happy with this as she had a Mazda 3 and this is definitely a step up. All up, very happy (and lucky methinks!).

[GeeMatt]

Well done. Nice pickup, beats waiting 6 months

[GTR27]

Badger?

[Skoda Matt]

Installed a Golf R intercooler. It was a bit of a mission but the results are amazing

[Dzl_Dubba]

Installed a Golf R intercooler. It was a bit of a mission but the results are amazing

On a new RS? No pics of install either? Apart from cost, did you consider other ICs?

[GTR27]

My economy is steadily improving. Will drop below 7 average I think long term. Can get below 6 on the highway now. Our car never goes anywhere unless it's loaded. Always has 2 adults, 2 kids in the car, plus crap in the boot. Pretty happy with the car as an overall package!

[donweather]

Installed a Golf R intercooler. It was a bit of a mission but the results are amazing

Amazing in what way please?

[GTR27]

Maybe he mighty car mods'ed it black before installing? And it's fooly Schick!

In reality though, most VW's suffer badly from heat soak, so improving the intercooler will make a decent difference, very noticeable in summer.

[donweather]

But how much difference is there between the RS inter cooler and Golf R? Cause I thought I read somewhere that there's not a huge difference between the Golf GTI and R intercoolers?

Based on the table in this thread there appears minimal upgrade (25%) in core volume between a stock GTI and S3 intercooler.

Wagner Tuning 2.0TFSI Intercooler -Install, Review and Performance Comparion - VW GTI Forum / VW Rabbit Forum / VW R32 Forum / VW Golf Forum - Golfmkv.com

[Skoda Matt]

On a new RS? No pics of install either? Apart from cost, did you consider other ICs?

Installed on my 2010 118TSI. Managed to pick it up on ebay for $200 shipped. As budget is always a factor, I just couldn't help picking it up at that price. I did consider a SPM intercooler but the price difference was too great. If and when I eventually go Stage 2+ I will consider getting a larger cooler.

[Skoda Matt]

Amazing in what way please?

The car feels much more alive. The whole system isn't as laggy. I am yet to have a dry night here since the install so I can do some safe WOT runs to see what (if any) difference there is in acceleration and 1/4 mile times.

[donweather]

Installed on my 2010 118TSI. Managed to pick it up on ebay for $200 shipped. As budget is always a factor, I just couldn't help picking it up at that price. I did consider a SPM intercooler but the price difference was too great. If and when I eventually go Stage 2+ I will consider getting a larger cooler.

2nd hand I assume?

[donweather]

Been doing a bit of reading and the Wagner intercooler seems to be the best bang for buck. If only I'd known about this earlier when the AUD was strong against the green back, and it would have been even better bang for buck!!!

I assume the benefits of an intercooler upgrade are much more to us folk who live in more northern latitudes (in the southern hemi) given we have high ambient temps and humidity for a fair % of the year.