sjrainsford

Rubbish suspension, steering and seats. In my opinion the VRS is the only Octavia to have, the others aren't worth the money.

My spec? Don't have one at all!

My UK Elegence spec doesn't have that option, but it would be nice if it did.

Yep, it's normal on the 1.6 diesel. I've driven a few (including mine) and they all do that odd little miss fire when on idle and cold.

Blimey, that's a fair old increase! Surely lateral handling is terrible now?

Same here! Works a treat.

This is my first Skoda, and to be fair it's put me off. With credit to Skoda though, I've driven a few of the others and I think the Yeti for instance is a great car. Unfortunately the Octavia hasn't lived anywhere near up to my expectations though. It is however a good tow car and very practical, but if it had better seats, better suspension and sound proofing it would be a fab car.

Funny you should say that, I thought exactly the same.

Thanks Aki! I've been thinking of trying the same. I did the same adjustment on all of the doors around 12 months ago.

My 1.6 has been similar since I had it. Mine whines at certain speeds, and grinds in 5th gear. It's got over 50k on the clock now and hasn't got any worse so have left it. I did get it into the dealers around 20k miles ago, but they just fitted a new clutch which made no difference.

I spent some time last weekend adjusting the boot stops on my estate, and I must say it has improved the situation. It's still not great though, neither is the road noise in these cars. They seriously lack the right sound deadening. I've got one year left on the lease and I can't wait to get rid.

Same here with my estate, it's horrible. I wear ear plugs on long journeys now. It went in to the dealer yesterday and they blamed the uneven wear on the tyres. They've clearly got no interest. Have got a rattle on the glovebox and they said, "that's just how it is". Being stuck in a company lease contract is not great when you really don't like the car. I had a new Fabia and I'm sorry to say that it was quieter and smoother at motorway speeds, but it really shouldn't be. A larger car should by nature be better!

Sounds like usual Skoda dealer bull. Mine is running the latest firmware and it's better than it has ever been. It's still clunky in operation as they all are, but has otherwise been very stable. Mine doesn't have the MDI socket though. The MIB2 unit in the car I had yesterday, now that's another story!

As above, it's under the dash sort of directly behind the cubby hole near the accelerator pedal. It's same shape as any other OBD port.

I've already done this on mine, but it makes no difference. I think XDS first needs to be activated.