OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[Dzl_Dubba]

Just an update on a couple of months of ownership of my Amb+ Tech Pack DSG wagon. Some observations so far:
6. Side Mirrors not as good as my Scout which left virtually no blindspot.

Skoda's choice of leaving out the blind-spot mirrors is a negative for me. Work so well on my mum's Jetta or brother's GTI.

[GTR27]

Nice review PassatB6. Good to see some owners who have had theirs for a while give some feedback. Did you come from a car with xenon's, or are these your first?

[PassatB6]

Nice review PassatB6. Good to see some owners who have had theirs for a while give some feedback. Did you come from a car with xenon's, or are these your first?

Had them in my 2006 Passat but these are way better. My last car , a Scout didn't have them.

[99Reza]

Had them in my 2006 Passat but these are way better. My last car , a Scout didn't have them.

That's interesting, I found the Xenon on Octavia is not as bright (intense) and widespread as the one in Tiguan or Merc. One way of testing it is by switching on the fog light, on Tiguan or Merc, there is no difference in light output when the fog light is on, it's to the point that you can't tell the fog light is on. The octavia on the other hand, switching on the fog lights made a considerable difference on the light output (filled the space closer to the car and wider beam), and the fog light on the octavia is not even that bright.

[PassatB6]

That's interesting, I found the Xenon on Octavia is not as bright (intense) and widespread as the one in Tiguan or Merc. One way of testing it is by switching on the fog light, on Tiguan or Merc, there is no difference in light output when the fog light is on, it's to the point that you can't tell the fog light is on. The octavia on the other hand, switching on the fog lights made a considerable difference on the light output (filled the space closer to the car and wider beam), and the fog light on the octavia is not even that bright.

Yes, the fog light does fill the gap closer to the car with a yellow light but main beam is very white and more intense. In the Tig at least the lights are higher up and might be adjusted to cover a greater area?? I find the Occy lights much whiter and far better than my last 2 cars. The spread is fine for me though my last Xenons were in 2006 while the current model has AFS II so maybe I'm simply noticing the difference in technology over time.

[99Reza]

Thanks for the observation. In the Tig, the light output is a lot more intense and white and yes wider. The light output on the Octavia feels light weight compare to the better system. Nevertheless, I will be purchasing an upgrade bulb and see how this will compare.

[Dzl_Dubba]

This came in today. Not a bad bit of kit

[GeeMatt]

This came in today. Not a bad bit of kit

Aw gee. Thats just not fair ! Too much wait for me still.

[Dzl_Dubba]

While i love my new RS i have a certain gripe with it. Put the lever in sport and off she goes, but when it comes to putting it back to drive i have to select normal mode via the VRS mode button. Why couldn't they leave it as it was with a separate gear selection for D and S?

[Ubolt]

This came in today. Not a bad bit of kit

Wow big congrats on getting your car!! This makes it even tougher to wait till Christmas as my specs are very similar to this... Is that Candy White or Moon White?