New Octavia ....when? How Much?

[barfarina]

I've got an FL RS. Low profile tyres mean its a bit jarring, but drive at a reasonable pace so you aren't bouncing in and out of ruts and its not bad. Its no 4WD, but its perfectly capable. I've had it up and down muddy tracks without too many problems, TC seems pretty well tuned to deal with slush.

Maybe you hit the mud flaps or exhaust or something. I dunno, a visual of the height of the car and the speedbump should tell you if they go together head on.... I've never had problems with the ride height except for rear to kerb parking because the exhaust is low and Bathurst gutters are high!

Cheers for that info. Probably better from someone with experience with the car than a mechanic or manufacturer anyway. At least that takes away the only car-related issue we had as an excuse not to buy - now to ultimately deal with contemplating a 9+ month wait... *sigh*

[GTR27]

Spoke with Skoda. "Your car is in ordered Status. It has delays due to tech pack" Did the whole well how come people in other states who ordered similar spec cars at the same time or afterwards have been built or have build dates? Then they say about dealer pre-orders etc yadda yadda yadda..... So essentially the earliest my car will be built is end of August - so mid november delivery. Pretty disappointing that there is a 6 month wait on a mid spec car.....I could have ordered a bloody RS at the same time and had that! They pretty much towed the line of "Tech pack is holding you up (umm others have ordered tech pack!) nothing we can do."

Disappointing they treat the aussie market with such disdain - I mean if they wanted to grow the brand, wouldnt they have more stock at dealers / reduce wait times?

Anyway, rant over. Just have to wait it out I guess

EDIT: And they tried the "you were told a 3 - 4 month wait" which I was - but I think 99% of people would take that as delivered, not just to get built - which I said and they just re-directed the conversation.....hmmmmm

[daMama]

Going to pick up my Octavia on 9/8 yay!

Sooo jealous! I recall you put your order in late Apr/early May K4nex, and we had similar specs too.

Might have to patch a call to my dealer....

[brad]

34,000 plus Octavias being built every month & Australia is being allocated about 20 slots? What a joke.

http://www.skoda-auto.com/en/news/2014-09-07-sales-june

It's almost like bait & switch selling. You go to buy a Skoda, get told there's a huge wait so then you go to VW that have showrooms & holding yards full of stock.

[Dzl_Dubba]

If Skoda was run independently from VW, I'd imagine the case would be totally different. Shame though. I'm worried the car I ordered won't be what I initially wanted and will be forced to make compromises given the wait involved if i were to order again. It happened to my parents when they ordered their Jetta. Fingers crossed!

[K4neX]

Sooo jealous! I recall you put your order in late Apr/early May K4nex, and we had similar specs too.

Might have to patch a call to my dealer....

I was lucky that I didn't need to wait for one to be built. Before I placed the order, the dealer looked up any dealer held stock or stock in transit. I was lucky that the Ambition Plus wagon with DSG in silver was on a boat to another Victorian dealer, so he just swapped a car that the other dealer wanted for the Octavia. I could have the car at the start of July but i specified to have the car delivered in early
August, so it has been sitting in the dealer's yard all these time... lol

I have only got dealer fitted front parking sensors and security wheel bolts as extra.

[aslsw]

Cheers for that info. Probably better from someone with experience with the car than a mechanic or manufacturer anyway. At least that takes away the only car-related issue we had as an excuse not to buy - now to ultimately deal with contemplating a 9+ month wait... *sigh*

I also had the previous model RS Liftback and used to take it camping with a trailer. Once a year there was a boys' "fishing" (ie. not much fishing done) trip to Brou Lake. The access is over muddy tracks for a couple of kilometres and, provided I took it slow and drove around the deeper holes, I never had a problem - it just meant that the guys with 4WDs were already set up and drinking before I arrived.

[GTR27]

34,000 plus Octavias being built every month & Australia is being allocated about 20 slots? What a joke.

More than half a million vehicles delivered in first half of 2014 - Å*KODA

It's almost like bait & switch selling. You go to buy a Skoda, get told there's a huge wait so then you go to VW that have showrooms & holding yards full of stock.

I'm not buying a vw. Cars aren't big enough. Can't get manual in the ones that are.

Age it's almost like bait and switch though..... Our allocation is terrible.

[Smart1]

Anyone want a Black RS with Black pack and 19" wheels? saw one in a dealers yard this arvo.

[GTR27]

Wow.....I just looked at the dates properly....I ordered week 19, its now week 30.....

Maybe I should push skoda for some extra's/goodies on the car....