MY11 Octavia

[K1W1]

and in fact stated that I will be able to upload music etc to the hard drive in the Sat Nav via media in or Sd card.

Get it in writing.
Unfortunately Skoda dealers are notorious for leading customers astray and features on new model vehicles. They don't know the full details so they just "assume" what is going to happen.

[Maverick]

Maverick
Are you sure about that? Reason I ask is that I have just paid a deposit on a new RS (but haven't signed the contract yet), and the dealer did not mention anything about 2 different Sat Navs, and in fact stated that I will be able to upload music etc to the hard drive in the Sat Nav via media in or Sd card. I have emailed the dealer and await response - might have to go back the negotiation table....

Pretty sure, let us know how you get on with the dealer.

[Jake02]

Maverick
Are you sure about that? Reason I ask is that I have just paid a deposit on a new RS (but haven't signed the contract yet), and the dealer did not mention anything about 2 different Sat Navs, and in fact stated that I will be able to upload music etc to the hard drive in the Sat Nav via media in or Sd card. I have emailed the dealer and await response - might have to go back the negotiation table....

By that it sounds like he means the Columbus (what is traditionally called the RNS 510 in VW circles) will be standard on RS models, possible the Amudsen (RNS 310) on other models maybe, to that I say let's bloody hope so! The Amudsen does have an SD Card hole but you can't store music on there, only play it.

[K1W1]

The Amudsen does have an SD Card hole but you can't store music on there, only play it.

The pedant in me wants to say that you are wrong but I know what you mean. What you mean is that you can't store music in the head unit, what you wrote is that you can't store it in the SD slot.
These days you can probably put a 32GB SD card in the slot and have access to over 50% more music space (the Columbus only has 20GB user accessible space) for way less than the cost difference between the two systems anyway.
Does the Amudsen system suffer with slow SD card start up like the Bolero?

[Jake02]

The pedant in me wants to say that you are wrong but I know what you mean. What you mean is that you can't store music in the head unit, what you wrote is that you can't store it in the SD slot.
These days you can probably put a 32GB SD card in the slot and have access to over 50% more music space (the Columbus only has 20GB user accessible space) for way less than the cost difference between the two systems anyway.
Does the Amudsen system suffer with slow SD card start up like the Bolero?

Oops, sorry, I thought others were thinking along the same lines as I was, apparently not. Thanks .

[dArK5HaD0w]

so wat happens if u place ur order pre-jun, and the car won't b built until another month or two?
do i get to re-negotiate my satnav upgrade pricing option? hehehehehe

i checked the skoda website (Å*koda Auto - The new Å*koda Octavia - Comfort), and it says the octavia will now come standard with amudsen satnav. no mention of the rs getting the columbus as standard.

i ordered my rs with the columbus satnav - i better get that one, not the lower spec'ed amudsen satnav!!!


they also mention that xenons are now standard for the rs! i had ordered my rs with xenon upgrade option.......can i go back and re-negotiate on this?!?!?!

they also mention that 17" are now stardard for both the rs (tdi & tsi)!!!! i better get mine with 18s!! according to the PDF document - "NewOctaviaRS_Catalogue_ENG". but the website states them to have 18s - Å*koda Auto - The new Å*koda Octavia - RS
WTF!?!

hmmm.......

[brad]

so wat happens if u place ur order pre-jun, and the car won't b built until another month or two?
do i get to re-negotiate .....

i would think you could but it's swings & roundabouts, so what you save on std xenons, you might have to pay for 18" rims.

[woofy]

I think I've mentioned it before, but when I ordered my Mazda 6 in April 06, I paid the extra for the warranty extension. When it came time to pick up in June, all cars delivered at the time came with rego, dealer delivery and warranty extension free. I not only didn't get any kind of compensation for "paying" for these earlier despite being 100% eligible, even though my sales doc had warranty and the extra amount listed individually, they still wouldn't refund that bit either despite Mazda HQ covering it all. I wrote to Mazda HQ and their reply was it was up to the dealer....so got nowhere.

[monkeysrus]

I odered an RS last week, after reading this and other info and sent off an email. Now have in writing my standard nav will be columbus.

Might have to get it ameded into the contract.

[Jake02]

so wat happens if u place ur order pre-jun, and the car won't b built until another month or two?
do i get to re-negotiate my satnav upgrade pricing option? hehehehehe

i checked the skoda website (Å*koda Auto - The new Å*koda Octavia - Comfort), and it says the octavia will now come standard with amudsen satnav. no mention of the rs getting the columbus as standard.

i ordered my rs with the columbus satnav - i better get that one, not the lower spec'ed amudsen satnav!!!


they also mention that xenons are now standard for the rs! i had ordered my rs with xenon upgrade option.......can i go back and re-negotiate on this?!?!?!

they also mention that 17" are now stardard for both the rs (tdi & tsi)!!!! i better get mine with 18s!! according to the PDF document - "NewOctaviaRS_Catalogue_ENG". but the website states them to have 18s - Å*koda Auto - The new Å*koda Octavia - RS
WTF!?!

hmmm.......

You realise thats the international website!? Not even close to Aus specs!