New Octavia ....when? How Much?

[Polo GTEye N9]

All you current model NE Octavia owners isn't it time to start a new thread IE Things I love and not so much love about my Octavia! Should there be a stand alone thread for the VRS owners?

Come on guys, you know you want to tell us you love them?

[GTR27]

1. Not many have them yet.
2. Too busy driving them, because they are awesome!

[Benmac]

Fear it would dilute this reasonably active thread.

[mercury10]

Extremely happy with mine.TDi wagon with tech pack.Handles very well,rides well,very quiet and has all the extras.Diesel pulls along very nicely.Upgrading from a ve series 2 sv6.Not as fast but the power delivery is effortless which more then makes up for it.
Its the little things that impress.The side mirrors light the ground up at night,the cooled glove box etc.They have thought of everything.Only missing the reaer camera.Silly ommision in a car that has everything.

[Polo GTEye N9]

1. Not many have them yet.
2. Too busy driving them, because they are awesome!

GTR27 yes true for the lucky few. I suggest a seperate Thread. Owners should be only to happy to post in it and give credit were it is due!
Cheers Al

[Polo GTEye N9]

Extremely happy with mine.TDi wagon with tech pack.Handles very well,rides well,very quiet and has all the extras.Diesel pulls along very nicely.Upgrading from a ve series 2 sv6.Not as fast but the power delivery is effortless which more then makes up for it.
Its the little things that impress.The side mirrors light the ground up at night,the cooled glove box etc.They have thought of everything.Only missing the rear camera.Silly ommision in a car that has everything.

mercury10, great ownership feedback here!
As for the SV6 in April I was co-drove for as friend who purchased a VE Series 2 SV6 in Adelaide. We flew there and drove back over two days. The SV6 is quick in an unimpressive way and I thought it seems smaller/more nimble to drive than it actually is.
So I did test drove the My14 SV6 Storm Sportswagon. I have already reviewed it in ealier posts.

Now since I have only driven the Elegance Octavia Wagon with TDI & DSG I can't comment yet on the vRS.

So mercury10 with regard to your review of your vRS, are they based on your previous VE SV6 versus your current vRS? IE Handles very well,rides well,very quiet...... so that is compared to the SV6? Which does have a Reversing camera!
I would like to know as I do know what the VE Sv6 is like as I have done a lot of drive hours and 2500 ks in one?
Cheers Al

[barfarina]

As i briefly mentioned earlier, i test drove the VF SSV Wagon before we put money down for the RS. So, while i can't comment on the SV6 directly, the interior was very similar and i felt that the SSV was just nicer than the RS, particularly as the Holden didn't have that red stitching - which i find personally to be a bit on the juvenile-feeling/ boy-racer side of stylish. We would have preferred the European option of grey, but was declined as an option for us unfortunately (which we expected). The seats were also nicer to sit in and it felt a little bit more luxurious in the seat in the Holden, but you can't argue with the level of tech in the RS, nor the far superior entertainment unit with Columbus installed. We really didn't get on with the Holden system at all after trying the better VAG-group examples. The Audi A3/S3 MMI is still the best we used.

So, in the comparison of a V8 to the Turbo 4, while the Holden was excitingly quick (just over 5 sec), surprisingly easy to drive and more economical that i expected (when not thrashing it - av. 30l/100km!), and ignoring the RWD which i love, the features didn't quite match up to over-ride the 'X-factor' the RS has. It wasn't that difficult a decision.

[Polo GTEye N9]

As i briefly mentioned earlier, i test drove the VF SSV Wagon before we put money down for the RS. So, while i can't comment on the SV6 directly, the interior was very similar and i felt that the SSV was just nicer than the RS, particularly as the Holden didn't have that red stitching - which i find personally to be a bit on the juvenile-feeling/ boy-racer side of stylish. We would have preferred the European option of grey, but was declined as an option for us unfortunately (which we expected). The seats were also nicer to sit in and it felt a little bit more luxurious in the seat in the Holden, but you can't argue with the level of tech in the RS, nor the far superior entertainment unit with Columbus installed. We really didn't get on with the Holden system at all after trying the better VAG-group examples. The Audi A3/S3 MMI is still the best we used.

So, in the comparison of a V8 to the Turbo 4, while the Holden was excitingly quick (just over 5 sec), surprisingly easy to drive and more economical that i expected (when not thrashing it - av. 30l/100km!), and ignoring the RWD which i love, the features didn't quite match up to over-ride the 'X-factor' the RS has. It wasn't that difficult a decision.

Ahh barfarina I missed that it was a V8, now that is not a fair fight... for the SSVF that is lol

[Polo GTEye N9]

Good morning folks

Did anyone take up Skodas offer of 0% int loans in January 2013? Or the current 2.8% offer?

Another comment the Salesperson made was that I could do my own servicing at half way to 15000 klm if I used approved oils etc...

Also I certainly do get underneath these cars (I did my Automotive trade and trained as a Coach and Motor Refinisher) as I did notice the fake exhaust outlet on the vRS wagon & the vRS Liftback has real twins.

And I also noticed that there is a sonic noise inside when you close the doors! The sealing must be very good.

Anyone of the other vRS owners comment on NVH noises or quiteness of their ride?

[99Reza]

The fake outlet is for diesel. TSI RS gets two regardless of which model.

The door on the RS is very well sealed, there's more rubber seal on this car than in a Merc C-class!! Although the rubber is of lower quality.

When the car is idle, you can barely hear any external noise. Engine noise is not obtrusive.

Once the car start moving, the noise from the tyres start to comes in. At speed, most of the noise is generated from the suspension and tyre roar. It can get noisy, especially on the Pacific Highway South Bound (concrete road?). I think this come down to the lack of sound deadening on the car, lower profile tyres didn't help either.