Buster

68 plate Octavia estate SE L 2.0TDI DSG, only 5k on the clock. OK, spec is full LED lights, rear parking sensors, front assist, cruise control, Amundsen infotainment with sat nav, 17 inch alloys, Android Auto, Apple Carplay, USB, Leather and microsuede upholstery, 4 genuine rubber floor mats. Now to find a proper bootliner as it has been kept immaculate!

I will do once I've safely collected it

Picking up the new steed tomorrow fingers crossed!

Thanks guys! Have gone for the car, hopefully getting it this week! Coming back into the Skoda fold after a lovely several year dalliance with Peugeot!

Hi guys, 68 plate Octavia estate 2.0 tdi dsg I'm looking at has 17 inch alloys, but only the puncture repair kit. What size would a full size steel wheel be, as looking online I can only see 16" and 18"?

Cracking replies guys, thankyou! Are there any Skoda models that have a speed limiter or is it just cruise control with a setable speed warning? Not a deal breaker for me but very useful with the variable speed limits on the motorways!

Thanks guys! Off to have a look at a 68 reg SE L TDI DSG tomorrow

Looking at changing my 11yr Pug 308SW in the very near future. An Octy Estate TDI DSG is on my shortlist. One think I would like are LED headlights, but as the specs listed on sites like Autotrader are taken from a 3rd party database, there is no guarantee that the spec listed actually match that of of the car. Is there a date cutoff before which headlights were likely to be Xenon rather than LED? Any particular trim levels that I should focus on?

Hi guys, On the look out for a used Octy estate DSG diesel for under £14k from 2016 onwards and came across this SE L. 19 Plate, under 10,000 miles for less than £12k! Is this a cracking deal or would you approach with caution? https://usedcars.skoda.co.uk/en/used-cars/skoda/octavia/estate-se-l-20-tdi-150-ps-dsg-r7b664u

Hi guys, if you had 2 identical cars (same age, spec, mileage, condition) and one had the 2.0TDI DSG 150ps variant and the other one had the 184ps variant, which would go go for, and for a resale value, which do you think would likely retain more of their value?

Apparently (according to the dealer) they are required to tell all customers of these optional extras, by the FCA so they treat all customers equally. Another dealer has notified me of a similar vehicle they have access to (they can buy it in for me) but require a £100 deposit to show a commitment to buy (although I can get a refund if the car is not up to standard rather than something like I don't like the colour)???

Hmm Ireland were possibly thinking they would be in a NZ V Ire final he he I'm a Wales supporter, France could be an interesting challenge!

And now for a rematch v the Springboks! Will we see history repeating itself?

Painful experience with a dealer (ok a Seat dealer as looking at a Seat Leon ST TDI DSG). Car advertised as just under £13k. Enquired on the phone about a used Seat Leon ST that they were about to receive which looked a good price. Sales staff went away and phoned me back having "crunched some numbers" and somehow the cost of the vehicle became £2k more expensive! A few optional extras plus their fees. What are their fees for? I challenged them on that and they said that it is an £89 fee for selling the car to a customer, which funnily enough they don't advertise. Certainly lost me as a potential customer as any trust I had in that company has gone. I believe that the advertised price should be what the customer can buy the car for, including any overheads that the business have for running their company. When you go shopping to a department store, do you expect the store to then add on things like "arrangement fees" when you get to the till? 😠

Spot on and that is what has swayed me from going for a Peugeot 308 SW (and the Peugeot touchscreens are really unresponsive!) and back to the VAG group - Seat Leon ST I think, 184PS TDI DSG, which I drove recently and I liked it - a lot! Gave me fond memories of my old Skoda Fabia VRS and being able to adjust the blowers and the temp without really having to look at it for me is a big bonus!