1st Service - 15k on the Octavia and Octavia RS!

**woofy** · 05-09-2011, 07:12 PM

Thats weird, they normally use a dealer only VW grade oil, never seen Castrol semi synth used before only Castrol SLX OE.

Extended warranty I asked them only just recently, its $1800 for another 3 yrs, and they are also going to offer an aftermarket one of $800. All VAG cars seem to have the same warranty here. Apparently SKoda only provide a warranty for a year the rest is VWA.

THere are a lot of newbies at that dealers and apparently they are using it as a training ground for the rest of teh Zagame group...including the mechanics.

**brad** · 06-09-2011, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by hmoon101

Overall, the service was ok but I end up having few greasy finger prints left on light colour interior trim. I will try some Meguair's stuff on them later.

That's not acceptable at all.

One thing I couldn't quite understand was, the engine oil they put in was Castrol Magnatec Pro 10W-30 semi-synthetic which I wouldn't put at all cost only if I had a choice. And they charged about $150 for that oil.

Magnatec Pro range is full synthetic IIRC.
One of the Magnatec Professional offerings (C4??) was at least 502.00 (I thought 504.00) but I can't find the TDS online anymore. $150 is about $100 too much for 502.00 & $60 too much for 504.00. I'd question their charges if it was me.

As I've been topping up my car with Penrite full synthetic 5W-30 and still have 3.5 liter left in the bottle, I am a bit concerned if I can still top up with this oil or not.

It will be fine. carry on as before.

BTW, when I asked about the extended warranty with Allianz as mentioned on Skoda's website, I was told that there is no such thing as extended warranty for Skoda, but only for Audi. I assume that he was referring to proper factory warranty, but I don't know.

use the contacts on the extended warranty thread