Things I'd like to improve on my Skoda:

[K1W1]

Overall I have found this forum to be one of the positive that I have seen but there is always a cloud so I thought I'd start this thread to see what little (or big) things annoy Skoda owners. This thread is not about missing options or things that can't be changed but it's about the things that become noticeable or annoying after a period of ownership. Here is my list;

• The steering column being off centre from the instrument binnacle.
• The asymmetric inside front door handles where the left and right side are different.
• The gaps between the front door trim and the dash are larger and more irregular than I would expect from a 21st century vehicle.
• The relatively sloppy (manual) gearbox. Our Audi has a much more positive gear change and I'm sure the different linkages is a marketing decision rather than a cost decision.
• Could do with a little bit more attention in the NVH area.

As you can see my list is minor and it's fair to assume that in the areas of performance, handling, comfort, fuel economy, space and general ambiance I'm very happy. I'd be interested to see other peoples lists.

[zach]

that my TSI is not an RS!

rear seats could be softer/more comfortable.
seat fabric appears it could wear quite fast

[spellbound]

Yes NVH bit noisy from the rear , could do witha bit more sound proofing , RS is a bit roudy .

Gear shift , no , absolute delight , i have owned several VW and HONDA manuals ,and this is on a par , no complaints .

As to the others , i must be blind , never noticed any of those issues , i just love the drive , then again for $40k the RS is never going to be an audi , audi with this performance try $60k .

Value for money spot on

[BlackOctaviaRS]

DSG getting all confused and sluggish at low speeds.

Apart from that...nothing!

[Jake02]

I LOVE my RS, but every car isn't perfect. On my list of negatives are:

- Abit more standard equipment for the money (I know Aus-spec cars are very highly equipped, but I'd like the 12-speaker sound system from NZ-spec cars, even as an option and also two rear hooks and a cargo net - like the Elegance hatch/wagon and RS wagon get)
- A rear wiper! Coming from a wagon I really miss this feature, especially considering how large the rear screen is. I know you can option this in the new one however.
- The lower cabin plastics look good, but are bloody scratchy
- How much more modern the facelifted models are in the cabin
- Rear cupholders!!!!
- Full-size alloy spare would be nice
- Much more aggression in the styling (which the new one fixes)

Having said that, the rest of the car is fabulous, I'd buy another one in a heartbeat.

[woofy]

-I find the gearbox quite nice, both our Mazdas before it had very notchy gearboxes. The 6 was painful to change gears in until about 15,000kms.
-I still find it weird that the electric seats were missing from the RS
-The loss of the cargo net in the RS hatch compared to the other models, weird really
-The assymetric handles are pretty normal, its been the same in every car I've had the last 8 yrs. What I like is that the driver gets a grab handle.
-Missing steering controls on manuals, they were in the 1.8T but not the TS....and the plastic bits where they clearly go where there.
-The rear wiper was always weird it was missing
-I thought we had rear cupholders in the ski hatch bit, but must have been confused with the 6. Why they aren't there is weird.

Some of these were fixed with the new update though.

[Frufru]

The seats are a bit too flat for my liking. And sometimes visibility when I look around a front pillar is not ideal. Also, aircon is a bit noisy when switched on while the car is hot.

I found gearbox quite fast, reliable and overall pretty good. But then, my previous car was ... Mazda Bravo and before then ... dont wanna even mention it. Love diesel torque and economy, this was the main selling point for me.

[BlackSuperb]

Personally, I assumed it detected movement of water.......

Maybe it's not just water that is senses. That would explain the random wipe in the dry when maybe a bug flies past the sensor.



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[canyonman]

I assumed the sensor for the auto wipers worked by passing a tiny light beam out through the glass and sensing difraction when a droplet on the glass makes the light bend??
When mine (Golf V FSI) occasionally gets confused I assumed it was because the water was a thin sheen or something else interfered with the light from the sensor ....

[Swuzzlebubble]

I assumed the sensor for the auto wipers worked by passing a tiny light beam out through the glass and sensing difraction when a droplet on the glass makes the light bend??
When mine (Golf V FSI) occasionally gets confused I assumed it was because the water was a thin sheen or something else interfered with the light from the sensor ....

How Automatic Windshield Wipers Work | eHow.com

Imperative to these wipers' function is an optical sensor that monitors the front windshield glass. The optical sensor casts infrared light into the windshield at a 45-degree angle, then monitors how much light is reflected back. If the windshield is completely clear, nearly all of the light will be reflected back at the sensor (total internal reflection). If the windshield is clouded with water or dirt, less light is reflected back at the sensor, triggering the wipers. The wipers' speed, then, is constantly adjusted according to how much light makes it back to the sensor between each wipe.