OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[woofy]

Just ordered a JB1 for my '15 RS TSI..will report back on results when it arrives..

You ordered a what now?

[Yagadan]

JB1 tuning box. Let's you add more boost.

[masev]

How much was shipping (USD)?

Look forward to your impressions.

[Yagadan]

How much was shipping (USD)?

Look forward to your impressions.

$55 US or something.

Unit + cable posted to AUS was around $650 I think..

[thommo]

Anyone know what battery type goes into the MK3 VRS key fob?

I just got a message on the MFD asking to change battery. Got the car end of Feb so 8 months battery life in total. Did others have similar experience?

7 months on both keys. Spoke to one of the Skoda mechanics and he reckons the keys don't constantly send signals to the car it need to be within 1.5m for the KESSY to work.

[woofy]

That's what should happen, bit it seems for some it's reach is maybe further than it should be.

[parisfrance]

That's what should happen, bit it seems for some it's reach is maybe further than it should be.

After reading this latest thread about draining Kessy key batteries my wife and I did a very unscientific test yesterday. She attempted to open the driver's door while I held the key; the door wouldn't unlock for her using the door handle until I was standing beside rear passenger door, so about 1 metre.

[GeeMatt]

You ordered a what now?

It's kinda Squirrely and maybe kinda funny look'n

[Yagadan]

How much was shipping (USD)?

Look forward to your impressions.

JB1 arrived today. Car now has about 1500km on it. Will install tomorrow and report back to see how it goes

[woofy]

Got notification that my order from late Aug is now in the build queue, I wanted a Jan build so that shows how far along orders are now. Also saw that in Oct sales, Skoda had 18% growth, Audi something obscenely high and VW down 6%. So the halo affect hasn't really touched them.