MrMajestyk

Hi is there an upgrade available for this?

Really interesting thread reading from start to end, my first Octavia was an ex demo MK2 Octavia 1.9TDI, beautiful car bought in 2004 and stayed in the family until 2022. Only got rid of due to lack of maintenance by my late father. Currently in a 2018 Octavia 1.5 which is a total Swiss army knife of a car and I love it. Bought at 3 years old. Toured all over Europe in it. Will cruise at speed all day, boot bigger than my old Touareg, Volvo V90 and other toys. Does everything brilliantly. Back to the question, biggest threats: 1) The dealer then was dodgy as hell, soon lost their franchise 2) The dealer now, near me, an absolute rip off, £700 for a replacement wing mirror and fitting. Its not an ultra premium brand and yeah £125 on ebay and 30 mins to fit myself. 3) VAG, the dieselgate fiasco. Cost / quality cutting 4) Model line up, I love the Octavia, Superb, Fabia and regret not getting a Yeti in 4x4. But bloody SUV's and electric ones? Worst of all worlds, ****e off road, heavy and handling compromised 5) Other manufacturers, beginning of this thread all Dacia. And man they have improved so much. New Duster looks epic. But its Korean or Japanese for me. And in reality the Chinese electric brands. MG4 is epic value for money if thats your thing. 6) Residuals and depreciation, insane pricing at new means that my preferred purchase point now which is at 3 years old is increasingly lifting Skoda outside of the amount of money I am willing to pay for a vehicle that is a utility to me rather than a fun toy Anyway my penny's worth

Hello all, firstly thanks for this thread, incredible knowledge. I am getting call drops after a few mins when in car play. I was wondering if there is firmware upgrade that anyone has for this unit: Thanks in advance.

I took delivery of my second Octavia a little over a month ago. Not a VRS as I am changing my approach to car ownership. The first Octavia, now 17 years old is still going strong and is owned by a relative. The new Octavia replaced a Volvo V90. Had two of them. The Octavia has a bigger boot (I know I know), the infotainment works, not overly complex and doesn't reboot every other drive. As much room, no badge snobbery and it just does everything really really well. 360m drive, yep no problem and 48mpg in a petrol. Prefer it to the Touareg I had for many years too. Its a Q car. Enjoy that.

Thanks both for your replies. Appreciate your time. Sorry for my ranting!!!

So apologies to all, I have searched further and found out current Skoda policy. As a technologist of 4 decades I can honestly say it is the most awful decision. Creates a monopoly for main dealers. Downloaded and tried the "app" tonight. Awful, why does Skoda need to know my location? A folder of documents, even if provided and easily accessible within the infotainment system would be great. This approach also limits the ability of excellent independent garages to demonstrate that a car has been serviced. Rant over!

Hello all, still the proud owner of a Mk2 2004 Octavia, going strong. Just looking at a 2018 1.4TSI SE DSG. I have been told there is no paper record of the service history, is this correct? All electronic? Thanks for sharing your knowledge in advance. MrM