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Thank you will let you know how he gets on...I think he may just have to pay the amount quoted as he needs the car to get to work as no other car. So cost of hire will be quite a lot as one other garage could not look at it for three weeks. Many thanks to you all for your help Thank you al

Near Ommberslay. Thank you bigcar... I am not sure re engine state he loves that car. So I guess until they open the bonnet they won't know what exactly the problem is - they suspect timing issue as the guys mentioned above.. I just seemed a very high price for work but perhaps not these days. Thank you

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Sorry its petrol thank you for replying

I have a Skoda Octavia Estate my son has my older model a VRS 2013 model The timing belt needs replaced so he took it in for repair the garage is saying it will cost upwards of£2500 to repair is this extreme he lives in Worcestershire... I would be grateful for any feedback as it seems a lot of money to us

Hi Rooted I think a friend of mine who had an Octavia first mentioned Victoria Garage then I think you did but it was very close together.. Sadly they only sell second hand cars not new....They did offer to buy my last Skoda and offered an extremely good price.. But they have serviced the last two of my Skoda s coming up to 6 years now . The sales man at "a certain garage " was going to get back to me last week to give me a rough price for my car........ but has not bothered... mmmmm nothing changes...

Rooted.... It was going through the first MOT and they phoned to say that it would not pass the MOT without back brakes /discs being changed.. I told them to do the brake change although puzzled as have never even with a hard driven company car gone through brakes.. (Skoda don't make brakes of quality like they used to I was told) Then another phone call to say front needs done .£750+ ..Thats when I stopped them... went to another garage, never went back to them and bought two new Skodas since... The VRS has had most likely 6 or 7 MOTs with same front discs that were needing replaced.. I do drive an hour away from them to service the car to a Village Skoda garage as lost faith in the dealership. Thank you for all the replies...

Thank you Guys for the info.. Re Service.. I had a VRS Octavia went for first MOT they claimed the back discs needed replacing £400 then hit me with the front discs needed replacing at £750 six years ago.. I refused to get the front ones done..Took it to another garage who found NOTHING wrong with the discs ......My son has the car now and has had seven or so MOTs with same brakes /discs and they are not needing replaced... So I never went back to them inc any service my Skodas required or bought from them They said discs were made of poorer material than old cars which I argued about. ......

Just looking at the best way to buy a new Octavia Estate in May. My Octavia Estate fully serviced almost 20000 miles/perfect condition is due its first MOT in May but would like to change/order another before that date and realise their my be a waiting list for a factory order? .. Only two changes required , would like an electric tail gate on the Estate and don't see me buying a Electric 13amp/Electric charge from power station model ... So a petrol /Electric. I think may be the best way to go.....I was thinking of Car Wow and local dealer, although not too happy about the local dealer in the past ripping me off on a service.... Any idea the best way to go about this guys?.

Thank you guys for the info.. Flyingscot, Just for info I am not getting 33 at all.. I did get 37... With a 5.hour 20min full charge off the 13amp I get 24 to 27... Skoda should just say the range is 100 miles as all dealers and Skoda staff I have talked to dismiss the 33 miles and you should just expect 24.... So why did I buy a car that will not give the glossy range that Skoda and reviewers gave it..... If I go for a new Skoda I do not see any point in going for the latest 40 mile claim.. as it won't do that due to ambient temp, wear and tear etc etc.. Thank you again for all the advice ..Sadly may have to look at a petrol or other manufacturer which is sad as I love the Octavia.. al

Hi Guys its been a long 2 years as had to wait till they opened a service dept for Batteries in Stirling 2.20 hours drive from me. Had loads of issues with being put to the bottom of the list for getting a fuse recall and them looking at my loss of mileage.. (Won't go into it as it would take too long) . I bought the Octavia having been told it would give 34 miles on a charge. After six months and a breakdown it went down to 24 miles. So have been fighting Skoda since then. Today... Went to the local dealer who charged it on a fast charge, with a more powerful charger, and the car read 30 miles in this warm day read out. Still 4 miles short. I did get easily 34 to37 plus for six months before the break down. So it would appear Skoda and the various You Tube experts claimed 33... That is why a bought it..... So looking at the future if I were to buy another Octavia Hybrid is it worth it? Customer services were good thanks to a young girl called Shama, but in reality nobody offered any solution to the loss of mileage on a 13 amp charge.. I know I live in Scotland but the weather is not below zero all year... So not sure what my next move would be re sticking with Skoda.. Love the Octavia, but feel somebody lied to me and feel let down with the hassle with Skoda, selling a Hybrid with zero workshops or trained technicians to work on these batteries for over a year. al

Gerry Actually we did have in the last month two exceptionally very warm days in Aberdeen... Thank you...Think I will end it here as I take on all your points and hope in Summer it improves?Thank you all al

Yes the slider is at 0 as per garage instructions although I have tried it at 0 10 20 30 40 and 50 with no change to range after a full charge.

Hi J caff No it comes up with 23 to 25 range after a full charge.. It used to be 33 to36. Mileage test= 22 actual road miles... A month ago I used to be able to go daily 12 miles to an airfield and back (25) and still have almost 10 miles of charge left... Now even on a warm sunny day I am on petrol on the way back 3 miles short as no power left...22 miles. al

Thank you for the info I very much appreciate it... Its just, within 45 seconds of unplugging after the overnight charge ...with No engine load, no heater, no air con on etc its lost a third of the potential mileage range,and not all days last month had cold temps... #At the end of last month I travelled down from Scotland to Worcestershire. Stopped overnight....In the morning my info net and sensors would not power up..... 24 hours later it came back, only difference is a reduction from 33/35 potential range to 22 to24 mile potential range....The ambient temp in Worcestershire was not cold.... I am just trying to see if its a fault... ? AL