Taking delivery of an Octavia vRS

**sillyboy** · 28-04-2015, 01:54 PM

Hi Guys,

I am trading in my Yeti TDI 4x4 for a New MY15 White Octavia vRS Wagon with DSG, looking forward to pick up the car end of this week, Is there anything I need to lookout for upon picking up the car?

As for running in the car, I heard it's more beneficial to run in the car harder, so I am planning to use S mode as much as possible for more hard acceleration and engine braking. Is this the right way to do it? If so should I do this until the Odo hits 15000km?

Thank you in advance.

**Gerrycan** · 28-04-2015, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by sillyboy

Hi Guys,

I am trading in my Yeti TDI 4x4 for a New MY15 White Octavia vRS Wagon with DSG, looking forward to pick up the car end of this week, Is there anything I need to lookout for upon picking up the car?

As for running in the car, I heard it's more beneficial to run in the car harder, so I am planning to use S mode as much as possible for more hard acceleration and engine braking. Is this the right way to do it? If so should I do this until the Odo hits 15000km?

Thank you in advance.

I'm sure you meant 1,500 kilometres run in period

The manual's recommendations are pretty reasonable and not too draconian, Normal or Sport modes would be fine, but basically don't allow the engine to lug or rev too much (to be honest it would probably be difficult to rev it hard without breaking some sort of law anyway).
I would recommend that you avoid heavy braking and spirited cornering for the first 100 km to bed in tyres and brakes properly.

As far as the pick up points:
-Check the paintwork for any scratches the dealer should fix.
-Plastic brightly coloured transportation blocks have very rarely been left inserted in the front suspension springs. They are not obvious on casual inspection but can be seen if the car is jacked up and the suspension droops. You will know something is wrong when you drive off and front suspension seems very harsh.
-Take a tyre pressure gauge. For some reason every new car I have picked up has had them very over inflated. Maybe it is part of the transportation regime? The recommended tyre pressures are located inside the fuel filler cap.

Main problem with the pick up is your face can get to hurt from grinning too much.

**sillyboy** · 28-04-2015, 03:05 PM

"Main problem with the pick up is your face can get to hurt from grinning too much." That's gonna be a big problem for sure

Thanks for the tips.

**dArK5HaD0w** · 28-04-2015, 05:31 PM

i personally would not use sport mode to run in a new engine, specially the factory sport map.
then again, things might b different with these newer gen engines in the mk3.

**Reichter** · 28-04-2015, 06:53 PM

Personally...im driving in Normal mode for the first 2000km. At 1500km im taking it in for an oil and oil filter change. Just something ive always done to all my brand new cars. Even after 2000km, i wont be redlining it. Usually wait 4000-5000km. But thats just me. I know some people swear by driving it hard straight away.

**Dzl_Dubba** · 28-04-2015, 06:58 PM

I gave my car the beans from the get go. Just make sure your oil temp is up there 90+

**gadget007a** · 28-04-2015, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by Reichter

Personally...im driving in Normal mode for the first 2000km. At 1500km im taking it in for an oil and oil filter change. Just something ive always done to all my brand new cars. Even after 2000km, i wont be redlining it. Usually wait 4000-5000km. But thats just me. I know some people swear by driving it hard straight away.

I agree I have always had the oil and filter changed at the 1500km mark. And I'll do this to the Rs when I get it, confirmed today it was built on the 17th, just awaiting a spot on a ship over here.

**afterdarker** · 28-04-2015, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by sillyboy

"Main problem with the pick up is your face can get to hurt from grinning too much." That's gonna be a big problem for sure

Thanks for the tips.

Insist on receiving a copy of the full dealer pre-delivery check list (generally 1 or 2 pages), it should be there but sometimes is not. Check both sets of keys work. And check you have got all the options you ordered!