OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

**brad** · 16-05-2015, 06:47 PM

With modern variable rate racks, you don't want to be moving the steering wheel on the spline.

Test 1 would be to run the wheel from lock to lock & find the mid-point and ensure that the numpty at the factory hasn't put it on badly.

If the steering wheel is on the midpoint then they need to adjust the tie-rods underneath.

I'd be asking them to check all the angles front & rear.

**woofy** · 17-05-2015, 10:57 PM

So after looking this weekend at a my15 rs I checked under the passenger seat and no storage compartment there anymore. I swear they were there in other mkIII, is it because the amp for the canton system is there instead?

**Reichter** · 17-05-2015, 11:23 PM

My my15 octavia rs with canton has the storage compartment.

**woofy** · 18-05-2015, 09:32 AM

Hmm weird, all the ones we saw on the weekend had just a safety vest small compartment there. They are a new dealer so may have very new stock though. Someone here mentioned it recently, but I thought it was regarding the Scout which is why I looked. None of the 5 there had it.

**brad** · 18-05-2015, 09:55 AM

Did you look under the drivers seat? The Audi seats I bought have the box under the drivers side

**woofy** · 18-05-2015, 10:55 AM

Can't say I did, there was a 4yr old who may be mine sitting there. I looked into getting the RHS box for our current one.

**Reichter** · 18-05-2015, 02:36 PM

My driver seat has the vest holder too. I dunno what skoda are doing. Lol

**aslsw** · 18-05-2015, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by TheScout

Has anyone had any experience with the service dept at Lennock in Canberra?

Yes, only ever serviced my Skoda there. Overall, I thought they were a pretty professional outfit. The cost was always lower than what I had allowed for in my salary packaging which were based on pre-purchase estimates provided by Colin.

The only issue I ever had was warranty work. If they found something during servicing that required fixing under warranty, they had to send off to Skoda for permission before ordering the parts and doing the work. So, a warranty repair identified during a standard service always meant a second trip back to them.