OCTAVIA III Owners discussion thread

[nickd]

It's funny... When I asked about adaptive chassis control (because at the time I was buying my MY15 RS the brochure said it had it).. People here told me it was a gimmick but the above is exactly the reason I wanted it... Having said that, having driven the RS without it for a year the ride isn't as hard as the test drives left me thinking it was, so I don't miss it.

[HPRS230]

I should be getting info soon about the 230.
Skoda Oz calls for more Octavia RS230 stock

[woofy]

I spied something there that said it was going to be 50k. If that's the case they are wishful or hoping people don't realise they don't have as much difference as the Golf P. We already have the bigger brakes and the electronic Diff. Although I spied in the UK that the diesel RS are coming with the smaller brakes now.....I was planning on getting one, but after they didn't even show last year or even really this year it was getting ridiculous.

[HPRS230]

Yea I agree woofy, But we need more space (wagon), love a manual and we missed out on a Steel Grey RS Wagon a couple of months ago (1% deal and all). So thought we would wait for this one to turn up, we in no rush.

[woofy]

Yea I agree woofy, But we need more space (wagon), love a manual and we missed out on a Steel Grey RS Wagon a couple of months ago (1% deal and all). So thought we would wait for this one to turn up, we in no rush.

That's OK I stupidly ordered in Aug, had it here and technically eligible for the 1% and was denied it. The offered to pay the difference between the extended warranty and the care pack to get the servicing. Was denied that. Picked up my car and saw my dealer were doing a promo as they were relocating up the road to give everyone 3 yrs servicing for the drama. Was really happy to find out that when I offered to pay for it and was knocked back. There are rumours that only the sedan will come here so you would want to find out pretty quickly whether that is true if you want a wagon as the wait will be 6mths whatever comes, although anything built now will be MY17.

[LunchboxVRS]

That's OK I stupidly ordered in Aug, had it here and technically eligible for the 1% and was denied it. The offered to pay the difference between the extended warranty and the care pack to get the servicing. Was denied that. Picked up my car and saw my dealer were doing a promo as they were relocating up the road to give everyone 3 yrs servicing for the drama. Was really happy to find out that when I offered to pay for it and was knocked back. There are rumours that only the sedan will come here so you would want to find out pretty quickly whether that is true if you want a wagon as the wait will be 6mths whatever comes, although anything built now will be MY17.

Really no difference between MY16 and MY16.5 in the vRS. ACC is now standard so there $1000 more. tech pack is cheaper due to loss of ACC put you get lane assist. Thats the only things.

[pologti18t]

2017 Skoda Octavia pricing and specifications

[Jondalar]

2017 Skoda Octavia pricing and specifications

Interesting, shame there's no traffic mode with the tech pack, that to me would be much more useful than lane keeping assist.

[LunchboxVRS]

Interesting, shame there's no traffic mode with the tech pack, that to me would be much more useful than lane keeping assist.

What do you mean by traffic mode?

[k_rider]

A bit more about forthcoming updates to the range...
Upwardly mobile Skoda Octavia adds AEB – Car Reviews, News & Advice - carsales.com.au

Isn't the GTI Performance and RS230 fitted with a mechanical LSD rather than the XDS system (which activates the brake on the slipping/unloaded wheel) fitted to the standard GTI and RS?