OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[ddizzle]

No, I bought from Brisbane. I found the female sales rep amazing as did my wife.

Was she the Russian lass?

[Jondalar]

Was she the Russian lass?

Not sure which country but eastern European at least.

[HPRS230]

Adaptive Chassis Control (DCC) will definitely not be an option on the coming RS230.
Confirmed by Dealer and Skoda Au HQ.
Thanks for all your comments about it.

Nothing new but lands in Nov
Skoda Octavia RS230 confirmed for November- Car News | CarsGuide

NZ test
New RS 230 package makes Skoda Octavia wagon simply special | Stuff.co.nz

Has anyone else ordered an RS230?

[ddizzle]

Not sure which country but eastern European at least

I'm guessing we must have been served by the same lass then. Which is interesting, because she couldn't do me the deal for my RS. I ended up going to the GC and got (what I think is) a good deal from the guy there. Plus, I'm lucky I got it delivered in 3 weeks - none of this 6 month waiting BS that others have had to put up with.

[Jondalar]

Yeah I had emailed the GC place and had a couple of phone calls but they are 2 hours drive from home so never got there. Car I bought was in stock so no waiting either, got over 6.5k off list plus the 19in Xtrem wheels.

[flamey088]

Yeah I had emailed the GC place and had a couple of phone calls but they are 2 hours drive from home so never got there. Car I bought was in stock so no waiting either, got over 6.5k off list plus the 19in Xtrem wheels.

We bought out RS from the Gold Coast as well. Great dealership. We had a less than desirable experience in Brisbane so we headed down south to get ours.

[ddizzle]

Yeah I had emailed the GC place and had a couple of phone calls but they are 2 hours drive from home so never got there.

That's understandable then.

Car I bought was in stock so no waiting either, got over 6.5k off list plus the 19in Xtrem wheels

Glad you got a good deal. Still irks me why Bris dealership was adamant they couldn't do a deal when I clearly signalled I was ready to buy there and then. I found the experience there quite patronising, suggesting that the price I offered was not doable, to the point that they explicitly stated they were not going to come out running after me to do the deal. Even more so now that I know the sort of discount that can be done there.
It would have saved me a great deal of time buying closer to home.

We bought out RS from the Gold Coast as well. Great dealership. We had a less than desirable experience in Brisbane so we headed down south to get ours.

Did you also get the baseball cap, keyring and flowers? How long ago did you get your RS? Bris must have upped their customer service after our visits just in time for Jondalar

[flamey088]

Glad you got a good deal. Still irks me why Bris dealership was adamant they couldn't do a deal when I clearly signalled I was ready to buy there and then. I found the experience there quite patronising, suggesting that the price I offered was not doable, to the point that they explicitly stated they were not going to come out running after me to do the deal. Even more so now that I know the sort of discount that can be done there.
It would have saved me a great deal of time buying closer to home.



Did you also get the baseball cap, keyring and flowers? How long ago did you get your RS? Bris must have upped their customer service after our visits just in time for Jondalar

We did! The wife loved the flowers. We even got the new dog harness thrown in as Rob was well aware we have a dog and are dog lovers. He was more than happy to do a deal, and was flexible on dates to pick up the car etc.

We got our RS only on the weekend past, but we tried Brisbane back in May. Our Brisbane experience wasn't fantastic, and I have heard similar, or worse stories. But it was well worth going to the Gold Coast to get ours, and we got the car we wanted as well.

[99Reza]

Glad to hear that Rob is still doing a fantastic job. I also purchased mine from Rob quite a while ago, experience was fantastic.

[woofy]

That's understandable then.

Glad you got a good deal. Still irks me why Bris dealership was adamant they couldn't do a deal when I clearly signalled I was ready to buy there and then. I found the experience there quite patronising, suggesting that the price I offered was not doable, to the point that they explicitly stated they were not going to come out running after me to do the deal. Even more so now that I know the sort of discount that can be done there.
It would have saved me a great deal of time buying closer to home.

To be blunt, you didn't buy the same car. Had he been looking for an RS likely it would be the same outcome but the Style is slower moving so I can see why they went further to move it. RS you can kiss a lot of discount when people are waiting so long for them. My first RS was in stock in 2008 and I paid no onroad with a heap of extras. To get the same car in 2015 cost me $10k more and felt like I had extracted internal organs to get that price.