What did you do to your Octavia today?

[tenyearguarantee]

Try SuperSkoda.com they have non-aerosol touch-up paint for 10euros.

My brother-in-law is in the UK at the moment, he picked up one from a dealer for $20 so am going down that route.

[woofy]

My OBDeleven arrived, activated Traffic, Laptimer, Dimming DRLs when blinking and tear drop wipe front and back, also trailing auto lock when the keyfob is outside of the car and the doors are closed to see if i like it. All pretty straight forward and worked first time.

Couple of tips if you are thinking of getting the ODBeleven because it comes with zero instructions:

Changes sometimes take a little bit to show up, i figure the car needs to reinitialize everything. and you need a to have reception on your phone (or be within range of your wifi) to get the OBDeleven to connect .. i sat for about 40 mins in my parking garage trying to get it to connect before i thought to try it out on the street, worked first time.

Also ignition needs to be ON.

Worth the $80 IMO, very cool being able to turn new features on your car

I haven't come across the auto lock when keyfob is outside, where did you find the settings for that?

[garat05]

I haven't come across the auto lock when keyfob is outside, where did you find the settings for that?

Its in the "Apps" section when you add your car to the app. theres a bunch of reconfigured tweaks you can make that cost "10 credits each" its simple to get 10 credits by opening a few ads within the app, takes all of 30 seconds.

[Reichter]

Just dropped off my MY15 RS for it's first service at Essendon Skoda. The loan car cost $25 and got a Fabia 81TSI.

[woofy]

Finally picked my RS wagon up today, only 8mths wait! One thing I thought odd as did the sales guy was that the key still is the flipout kind? I thought they would have the hidden key inside, or is it because I have the auto tailgate? Most things are familiar to our 2008 RS including the same colour, but a few changes. No storage box under the front passenger seat is an obvious one, and lack of the sunglass holder with the sunroofs now due to more sensors or something sitting up there instead now.

[Jondalar]

Finally picked my RS wagon up today, only 8mths wait! One thing I thought odd as did the sales guy was that the key still is the flipout kind? I thought they would have the hidden key inside, or is it because I have the auto tailgate? Most things are familiar to our 2008 RS including the same colour, but a few changes. No storage box under the front passenger seat is an obvious one, and lack of the sunglass holder with the sunroofs now due to more sensors or something sitting up there instead now.

I have the Tech Pack on my MY16 Style sedan and the keys are both flip out type, surprised me too. I can't find anywhere on the car that the key could be inserted except maybe if we have the key in the glove box to disable passenger airbag? I haven't looked to see if it's there on the Aus version.

Cheers,
Karl

[Smart1]

You prise the end cap off the driver's door handle and you will find a keyhole behind it.

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[woofy]

You prise the end cap off the driver's door handle and you will find a keyhole behind it.

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I have heard thats hard to do without damaging it. I had to use the key once on our santa fe when the battery died while out but it still had the visible keyhole. I'm hoping these cars are a bit smarter and tell me when the battery is getting low beforehand.

[woofy]

Its in the "Apps" section when you add your car to the app. theres a bunch of reconfigured tweaks you can make that cost "10 credits each" its simple to get 10 credits by opening a few ads within the app, takes all of 30 seconds.

Ah ok, I wwas planning to do it via VCDS. I guess I could invest in one of these for the long run, but the VCDS can do more things. Haven't seen that setting for VCDS though.

[nickd]

What did you do to your Octavia today?

Not today, but last weekend.. Took it for its first real road trip. Adelaide to just north of Blanchetown. Fully loaded with kids and camping gear, towing a trailer (my guess trailer was around 400kg loaded). Cruise set on 110 most of the way. Averaged 7.1L/100km... Pretty happy with that. Only place it struggled a little was overtaking up a hill, starting from ~80.. Felt like it was in the wrong gear but was probably just lacking power.

[woofy]

Noticed today that I don't see the stop start activating, and I had a lot of stops in heavy traffic today. Car has only done 30km in total so not sure whether it needs to hit some milestone to be active. I can smell a lovely smell outside though so guess all the exhaust is breaking in.

Actually just reading the generic blurb on Skodas website, it seems it won't cut off while the clutch is pushed in, so no point me bothering disabling it as I can't think of any scenerio with a manual where that won't be the case.

[LunchboxVRS]

Picked it up
Dark out so no good picks yet.

[woofy]

Mine got one day from new and then rain and dirt on it today, typical.....

[Martin]

Arggg - I've lost control over my rear wiper (it must be female)
On hot days it operations all on it's own (un-requested),
On cold days it won't work at all, even when I move the stalk to turn it on

[woofy]

Noticed there are just identical safety vest holders under both seats and no storage box. It seems to be in some at times and not others. I do have the tech pack so not sure the Canton amp is underneath there leaving no room. Love that box in our MkII. They have also changed the shape inside the armrest box so not as many CDs fit anymore, strange thing to do really. In general a lot of those little storage nooks are gone, more than I realised.