Smashed vRS and spare parts

[woofy]

Not always.

I had a petrol flap locking hinge and a ignition switch module fail. It took 2.5 months to get the parts.

At the time they blamed Skoda Aus for the delay.

I've had a paint pen never come in that Skoda AUs kept cancelling. The Dealers from memory can put the request in directly to Skoda CZ, much like the car orders I thought, but at times Skoda Aus can interfere, stuff it up and the dealers have to reorder. Sounds typical for SKoda Aus all round, WTF do they do right.

[ausspace87]

I did something I never ever do. And left our car parked on the street overnight.

As Murphy's Law would have it, some some douche on his way to work (at 5am) ran up the back of it.

This is how the repairs story goes from the Insurer / Smash Repairer:

May I ask who is your insurer?

[Ben J]

I worked in the parts department of a dealership of a few makes last year and that wouldnt surprise me at all. Bumpers are something most dealers would stock as theyre a common thing to replace, if the other stuff had to come from overseas it can take months easily, especially if parts are damaged in transit which happens a lot. If a great wall part had to come from china it could easily take 6+ months if you weren't lucky.

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[Ocy_RS_TDi_Kombi]

Had the rear bump and the assembly behind it replaced in under a week (also had a towbar fitted at the time as all the crap was removed and the towbar place had easy access - saved $100).

As sortofbigbj said above, its knowing how much stuff they needed to order cause some could potentially take a while.

[Mysticality]

Oh, I almost forgot.
Body Control Module. Basically main computer, but not engine computer.
Two weeks.

[pwcar]

Drivers side mirror smashed off Octavia vRS, took 3 weeks to get parts and complete repair.
Replacement mirror had a brown tint and didn't match the blue tint of the passenger side.

Mirror smashed/torn off again a few days later, only took a week this time and mirror tint was the correct blue.