New Octavia ....when? How Much?

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Originally Posted by 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.

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I got one fitted on mine - I convinced the sales person it should have been there & they got it as warranty (pulled one off the TDI floor stock i think & claimed it that way.) but that was back in 2008 and Skoda dealers didn't have a clue about the cars & were bending over backwards to make people happy.

I mainly wanted mine so the engine heated up quicker & also to stop the heat of the engine bay affecting the paint on the bonnet (I had a ZD Fairlane 302 & the bonnet got crows feet in the paint due to high under bonnet temps - I realise the Fairlane was near 50 year old paint tech but I like to obsess :-)

If you're paying out of your own pocket then drive around for a bit & see what you think - some of the other guys think they are too quiet without the insulator.

My reasons exactly. I hope I can get one without paying any extra :).

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Originally Posted by brad

I mainly wanted mine so the engine heated up quicker & also to stop the heat of the engine bay affecting the paint on the bonnet.

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Having lived with the new RS for almost a week, i can confirm that it doesn't come with under bonnet insulation. In my opinion, it's not needed. The engine purr along very quietly at cruising speed (for the 162TSI at least) and have enough growl noise under load. Can't imagine muffling anymore of the already limited noise.

Any thoughts on the Artificial Sound Generator and if it varies with the various driving modes? Have you noticed anyway to moderate this? Apparently discussion in the Golf forums shows people adjusting this via the OBCD? port. Would be ideal if this could be tweaked via the mode button. Perhaps in a future firmware.

Zagame Richmond seem to have a few Elegance wagons with tech packs

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Originally Posted by Benmac

Any thoughts on the Artificial Sound Generator and if it varies with the various driving modes? Have you noticed anyway to moderate this? Apparently discussion in the Golf forums shows people adjusting this via the OBCD? port. Would be ideal if this could be tweaked via the mode button. Perhaps in a future firmware.

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99Reza has one the early models without the Driving Mode and Sound Gen.

But yes the mode you're in does alter the level of the sound gen and you can also adjust it via VCDS.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...smodebig-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...rstsibig-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...iarsbbig-1.jpg

What the above said :). My car doesn't have Sound Generator. I don't believe that the car needs it at all. It's has the right amount of noise.

I test drove an RS without a sound generator (or drive mode select) before i realised there was meant to be one and an RS with a sound generator a few hours afterwards when i noticed there was a mode select button the other didn't have - the dealer didn't even realise the difference as the second care was new in. There was a noticeable difference between the two and i (we - the missus and i) both preferred the one with the sound enhancement feature. I'm not sure we would have bought it without tbh. It made that much difference to us (me particularly). Personal preference of course - the car was in direct competition to an Audi S3 which sounded awesome, if a little pricey (and smaller).

That said, i couldn't really hear it in the back, which is less good for the gloat factor. :)

I thought S3 is somewhat in line with Golf R?? Where as RS more towards GTI.

I've heard the new Golf R, yes it sounded awesome. That's good to hear, something to make an already good car even better.

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Originally Posted by 99Reza

I thought S3 is somewhat in line with Golf R?? Where as RS more towards GTI.

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And you'd be right of course...they're in different leagues really. For the money the RS was too difficult to pass up - we would have been looking at $66k+ for the S3 and couldn't justify it when we actually needed a larger car than we have... But Jesus that Audi was quick, especially in the corners. The S3 may be our next car, next year... haha ;)