New Octavia ....when? How Much?

[GTR27]

Sweet. You guys must be getting a little excited now! Especially you venom. Second time lucky, let's hope!

[vEnOm_oz]

Yea mate, let's hope! I'm reserving my full barrage of excitement till I see and fully inspect the car.

Sweet. You guys must be getting a little excited now! Especially you venom. Second time lucky, let's hope!

[spookya]

Mine is on the TULLANE too!!!!! YIPPEEEEEE

[vEnOm_oz]

What are you getting? Sorry, couldn't see anything in your signature.

Mine is on the TULLANE too!!!!! YIPPEEEEEE

[techdave]

Mine is on the TULLANE too!!!!! YIPPEEEEEE

... happy for you! sad face for me .... my spec is exactly same as yours, bar the sunroof. They're telling me provisional build week sometime in April ..

[GTR27]

... happy for you! sad face for me .... my spec is exactly same as yours, bar the sunroof. They're telling me provisional build week sometime in April ..

Let me say, the sunroof is TOTALLY worth it! My kids (and myself and the wife) LOVE IT!

[techdave]

Let me say, the sunroof is TOTALLY worth it! My kids (and myself and the wife) LOVE IT!

Haha the panoramic sunroof does look nice. It better be all worth the wait and ..judging by people's experiences..hopefully no surprises such as car shows up with no sunroof or something. :|

[GTR27]

Yeah, after seeing a few people get orders wrong it's a nervous wait....

[GeeMatt]

No excitement here ! Reality Bus is a hunting me down. Keeping a lid on it. One week at a time ..... (add appropriate sporting cliches here )

[bobski]

The huge thread on Briskoda on this topic had some consistencies amongst the various reports.
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With regard to the Wheels magazine issues, since they were complaining about the ride quality of the base Octavia then it would have had the 16 inch steel wheels which should have theoretically have supplied the most compliant ride. Really odd since GTR27 has got something like 18 inch on his and seems happy enough to be contemplating 19 inch.

Even in my FL VRS, I notice that the pressurisation of the cabin is different to other cars (I have f***** inner ears), the wagon is definitely loud and boomy. Its an ongoing Skoda problem IMO (like Mazdas have terrible road noise). I have to chew gum going over the blue mountains. Something I don't need to do in other cars.

I test drove an Ambition Plus 2 weeks ago and come away unimpressed by the drive. The boom was there and it had plenty of road noise. I drove it back to back with a Superb Ambition and bought that for a couple of grand more and it was delivered the next week. Preparation? Tyres? Personal opinion? I dunno. As long as you are happy with it, who cares?

From a family practicality standpoint, I don't think anything else compares at the price points of the Octavia (or the Superb). I looked at all the options, and with a young family, load space is king and nothing in that price bracket comes close. Really you are looking at a Commodore wagon or Territory or an SUV. And there is a 20%+ price difference.