OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[GTR27]

Got young kids, rarely get to pump it. It doesn't have that much bass anyway, it's only a 6.5" sub. It's just lots more balanced than the stock system.

Edit: I guess it depends on what your definition of lots of bass is though. My home theatre has lots more!

[99Reza]

6.5inch only? I would have thought at least 8 inch.

[parisfrance]

Here is a picture someone posted on Briskoda of the Canton subwoofer. You can see that both the membrane and magnet are tiny, hence it will never be able to replicate the bass notes of a decent home stereo or custom car installation. But then for the price I don't think we should grizzle. My current car's after market stereo cost me $6k and while I have been very happy with it, it is a lot of money that I won't be getting back when I sell the car in a couple of months.

[GTR27]

That picture makes it look like it's dual voice coil. Don't get me wrong, it's not a pinch on a good aftermarket setup, but it's a lot better than the standard setup. If you can install everything yourself, and fab a custom box yourself, then you could spend 600 and get something better. But for most people, the 600 is well spent

[K4neX]

Just over 5600k's, going to to leave the car with the dealer next Tuesday to fix the vibration + noise from the air-con.

Got a call from the dealer and was told that the air-con compressor was causing the vibration and noise, a new one has been ordered.

[GTR27]

Hopefully a result for you! Socks when things go wrong. As an interesting note, I find the aircon on the mk3 much better than the mk2. Seems to bring temps down a lot faster

[K4neX]

Fingers crossed! We don't have kids yet so the rear vents are closed to maximise the cooling up front, but coming from a Mazda, the aircon unit can't really compare to Japanese / Korean cars.

[GTR27]

We have rear vents open at all times, and the wife and kids ask to turn it down lol. I have manual ac though. Run it on 5/6 at first, then drop to 3/6. This is in 35 deg, 85% humidity weather too. It's not as good as our commodores, but it's better than the last few jap cars we have had.

[bobski]

I found the Octavia's aircon to be quite good even when living in western Sydney on 40+ days (tints help of course). Rear vents FTW, especially with kiddlets.

I borrowed a Rapid from the dealer on a hot day and its air con was the equivalent of an asthmatic cat blowing over an ice cube.

[brenno]

The inclusion of rear vents was one of the reasons we chose the Octavia. Funny thing though, the Ambition base model doesn't include the vents and this isn't mentioned in the brochure anywhere. Wouldn't you be pissed if you waited six months for the car to arrive and it didn't include something you expected to have.