New Octavia ....when? How Much?

[barfarina]

Right, so after a crisis attributed to waiting on car delivery times which no-one could pin down, the missus and i (after being momentarily coerced by a beautiful, throaty, 5.5 sec VF SSV wagon for less money but almost certainly far higher running costs) went into our dealer with many, many questions on the RS. Nailed down the problems, as far as the dealer was very recently informed, with delays and option discrepancies, and made some hard choices... So, we've made the plunge into RS territory.

From what we've been advised build issues are solely attributed to the VCC, Reverse camera and black pack, but the big delay is ultimately with the camera installation and supply (all build orders pushed back to January). So, in our dealers estimation (which we stated would affect the sale if a long way off the mark) without those particular accessories we could still expect delivery by January. We also managed to get options otherwise mentioned here as 'pack-only'.

So, we got a moon white RS TSI DSG wagon with 18' Geminis, black pack, pano sunroof, Canton sound, leather, alarm, roof bars and netting system for $46,700. We'll be happy if we get it before February. Obviously. Still debating the choice of metallic white over flat though.... Looks great in sunlight!

*EDIT. There was (is?) conjecture between the missus and i (we both love manuals) about getting the manual still. I couldn't quite make the case that the extra economy/performance was better than the otherwise ease of driving/ apparent eventual resale value... Was a very close thing from my POV. Worth the extra $2.5k? I'm not convinced....

[Dzl_Dubba]

Sounds good barfarina. Now the waiting game begins!

[readerr0r]

The Official "I have ordered/received my new MK7 Golf" Thread

It seems the waits are just as long in GTI land for factory orders?

[GTR27]

In case anyone was wondering what the pano roof looked like (decent internal and external photos, which seem a little scarce) one of the guys on Briskoda answered my question, and linked me to some detailed pictures he took of his wagon with a pano roof.

Panoramic Sunroof - Skoda Octavia III (2013 onward) - BRISKODA.net - The Skoda Forum and Community

Helps a lot in visualising what it looks like from inside and outside. (vRS has sunset glass, so roughly 35% tint on side rear windows - to give an indication on how dark the sunroof glass is.) The glass from my investigation is UV blocking, as well as heat blocking (unlike some sunroof makers.)

[Technopagan]

Complete newbie here, had been tossing up between a Golf Wagon or Octavia wagon so reading here really helped, and decided I didn't want to wait for a brand new octavia to be built and shipped, so I was lucky enough to secure an ex-demo 2014 Candy White 132TSI Elegance Wagon with the Tech pack and panoramic sunroof for ~42K should pick it up at the end of the week... my first Skoda and first euro car, I think it is a good start to a hopefully long relationship

[vEnOm_oz]

Congratulations and welcome to the Skoda family!

Complete newbie here, had been tossing up between a Golf Wagon or Octavia wagon so reading here really helped, and decided I didn't want to wait for a brand new octavia to be built and shipped, so I was lucky enough to secure an ex-demo 2014 Candy White 132TSI Elegance Wagon with the Tech pack and panoramic sunroof for ~42K should pick it up at the end of the week... my first Skoda and first euro car, I think it is a good start to a hopefully long relationship

[vEnOm_oz]

People who have taken delivery of their Octavia RS TSI and TDI could you please confirm if your cars have an insulation of any form under the bonnet usually clipped on. Over at Briskoda people are reporting that this is present in the TDIs and absent in the TSIs.

The part numbers are:
5E0863831 - Sound absorber for engine lid

8E0863727A - Retaining clips if they don't come with the above

[brad]

People who have taken delivery of their Octavia RS TSI and TDI could you please confirm if your cars have an insulation of any form under the bonnet usually clipped on. Over at Briskoda people are reporting that this is present in the TDIs and absent in the TSIs.

The part numbers are:
5E0863831 - Sound absorber for engine lid

8E0863727A - Retaining clips if they don't come with the above

That's normal has has been for a few years. TDIs need the insulation because they are noisier & need to heat up quicker.

Even back in 2008 my Elegance TSI didn't have insulation but the TDIs all had it no matter what spec.

Retaining clips come with the pad. They were ~AUD110 last time I looked. You can get them for AUD50-60 delivered from Alibaba.

the back of the insulation pad starts to droop near the plenum after 4-5 years - esp if it gets wet.

[vEnOm_oz]

Thanks for the confirmation Brad. Do you think it is a good idea to have it for a TSI?

Also, I've noticed that the VW TSIs (GTI) have them. Strange that they do and the Skoda doesn't.

That's normal has has been for a few years. TDIs need the insulation because they are noisier & need to heat up quicker.

Even back in 2008 my Elegance TSI didn't have insulation but the TDIs all had it no matter what spec.

Retaining clips come with the pad. They were ~AUD110 last time I looked. You can get them for AUD50-60 delivered from Alibaba.

the back of the insulation pad starts to droop near the plenum after 4-5 years - esp if it gets wet.

[GTR27]

Plenty of people did it on the previous model Octavia. I'm planning on doing it at some stage when my car turns up. Quiet is better on these sort of cars.