Hello all,

We are looking for a new car and on paper the Octavia Wagon looks like it will fit the bill, but I have a few questions for some current owners.

1) A/C vents in the rear: The dealer told me over the phone that there were A/C vents in the rear and these work well at cooling the second row and also the luggage area. Just wondering how effective you thought the A/C system is in the facelift octavia wagons? The vehicle will often travel in hot areas.

2) Extended warranty: After reading about some DSG's being replaced under warranty I was thinking that the extended warranty insurance might be a good thing. We intend to keep the car well past the 3 year warranty period. What are your thoughts on the value of the extended warranty insurance?

3) Servicing: I am in Brisbane and it seems that there is now only one dealer at Albion. He tells me that any VW dealer can do the servicing and warranties will still be honored. Is this the case in your experience? Does anyone here get their vehicle serviced at a non-skoda dealer? Can anyone recommend servicing locations in Brisbane?

4) Towing: I was a bit confused by the response from a salesman, but he said the RS's DSG's are not suitable for any towing. Is this the case if your experience? I struggle to see how a more powerful version of the same car would be unsuitable? Is this to do with the DSG having to deal with more power? I don't do a lot of towing but it would be nice to have the option.

5) Diesel in continual stop start use: I have been reading about problems with diesel renault/nissan engines with stop start use (something to do with dpf/egr setup causing Mil errors). Is this an issue also for Skoda's? Our driving is roughly 50/50 city and highway but we can sometimes go weeks without the car getting above 60.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Regards

Stuart