Quote Originally Posted by Polo GTEye N9 View Post
I notice the S'wagon twin exhaust is a single system with a fake outlet on the right side. The Liftback is a twin outlet.
Really? You got under & had a look? Someone else made that comment once based on there being a pipe but it was "blocked off". They didn't realise it was a flap that opened as the RPM climbed.
How do these Skoda sales dealerships and staff survive? We only have two in Brisbane.
I reckon thay don't.

The dealer I bought off appears to have taken on Skoda as an entree to getting a VW franchise. He had Skoda for a year, then got VW & bailed out of Skoda a year after that.

I'm also told that the new franchisee in that area had been promised the Audi franchise if they took Skoda.

It's all hear-say but perception is reality.

When I bought my car in 2008 the saleswoman mentioned that she had sold 3 cars in 6 weeks. She was an experience saleswoman & had come from another niche marque where she had been very successfull, so it wasn't that she didn't know how to sell a low volume brand.


My point is that if my observations and limited exposure to the brand and facts are correct there has been two Models the superceded 1Z and the current NE series of Octavia vRS released in Australia. The price seems to have reduced for the NE series and they have advanced much more in terms of better platforms, engines & transmissions and equipment.
The Mk2 is a very good car, I'm sure the Mk3 is better in it's own way (there have been some backward steps). In fact I've just this morning got out of a 30,000km Mk6 Golf TDI and was thinking what a piece of crap it was compared to my 139,000km / 6 yr old Octavia.

Re: bending over backwards to do a deal... No point if the wait is 12 months - you may as well do RRP, especially if you think you aren't going to be there in 12 months as I believe commission only gets paid when the vehicle is delivered? (woofy will know). You'll probably find most Skoda salesmen are just using it as a stepping stone to VW or Audi where there is stock & quick sales available.