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Oh yeah, it's completely pointless and no doubt however carefully I do my calculations, like a school experiment, reality will intrude and the actual result will be different to the calculated result.

Agreed. (Just re-read the second line in your post, and that is a factor I had tried to account for my using all DSG vehicles in my calculations, but it's a good point. Might explain the difference between the 150PS TDI & TSI numbers, though the weight is also likely a factor.) 👍 Also, even around these very close numbers, either side of 150MPH, replacing the 220PS with the 230PS figures changes the calculated top speed result for a 210PS car. Though there may be changes between the 220PS and 230PS vehicles which change the aerodynamics or weight of the vehicle slightly, changing the final top speed. Different tyres between the vehicles would also be a factor in the top speed. (If they were different.) And as @Roottoot just posted in his linked video, even different runs will yield different results. I'm just trying to extrapolate from the manufacturers figures for fun.

I doubt your speedo was spot on at 150MPH, but you never know. The MK1 Octavia will have different aerodynamics again, not to mention the different weight of the car (which is also a significant factor between the MK2 and MK3, I believe.)

Claimed top speed of my 190 is 147MPH, which I reckon is rounded one way or another. Here are the MKIII pre facelift numbers I have. (The additional accuracy is presumably because the original source was in KMH. So these may be more accurate than the MPH numbers quoted in the UK, and I may need to revisit my MPH figures for the FL *assuming* the original data was in KMH and there are rounding errors in the conversion to MPH for the UK. But I digress) So this is ideal. And the numbers look like this. On the pre-FL MKIII, 210PS should be enough to crack 150MPH. The formula I'm using is (Note that cell Q2 is Power 1 and cell Q6 is speed 2.)

The pre FL model isn't a problem as the old 220PS MKIII was rated at an unlimited 154MPH, so could be used to accurately linearly interpolate. (Which I might do in a bit. How did you measure your 150MPH?) However the FL MkIII has different front end (as well as other things I expect), which I can't rely on not to have affected the aerodynamics, which will in turn affect the top speed, especially at those speeds.

There *was* method in my madness. 😛 I was trying to determine what power is required for a FL MKIII Octavia to reach 150MPH. To do this, I was planning to use linear interpolation between an Octavia which does a little under 150, and one which does over 150. However the 155 speed is limited, which would make any calculation inaccurate. Hence the original question. I do not have any kind of reasonable explanation for why I wanted to know what power a FL MkIII needs to hit 150MPH, other than I didn't don't know.

Thanks for the insider info. I suppose the supercars that are *not* restricted to 155 are so few in number, that restricting their speeds would not dramatically reduce accidents. Why 155 and not 150 though? Is it as simple as 250km/h is a nice round number?

£280 including vat is a bargain, and the option I'd choose if and when Chris can get a kit from my 2019 Octavia.

Looking at some other vRS top speeds, I'm not sure it's much of a discrepancy. The 220vRS max speed is quoted as 154MPH (pre FL model) with the 230vRS at 155MPH. I'm guessing the 245PS vRS true top speed is probably in the range 156-158. (It seems a bit pointless to limit it, unless there is legislation or a technical requirement to limit it it. After a quick online search it seems there are a few theories about the 155 limit. 1) The "It's my understanding that there was a gentleman's agreement..." theory, which sounds to me like an urban myth that gained traction. 2) The "It was to pacify the greens" theory, which doesn't ring quite true to me. 3) The "Things get really crazy after 155MPH and you need beefed-up car components" theory. This one sounds the most plausible to me.

I like to fool around with data and produce graphs to see if anything interesting catches my eye, and I was doing this with some recent DSG Octavias. As you can see, there's a discrepancy for the 245PS vRS's top speed because of the 155MPH speed limiter. Does anyone know what the top speed of a 245PS vRS is *without* the speed limiter? Any guesses?

Had a quote back from Motormods (www.motormods.co.uk) Two choices: To supply and fit a genuine “Hi Line” camera with moving guidelines for £590.00 + VAT ...or... to supply and fit a genuine “Low Line” camera for £420.00 + VAT 🤔

Just heard back from Chris and he says there isn't a kit available yet, so he can't do the job at this time but will get back to me if one becomes available.

Thanks for that. I spoke to Chris Farthing on Tuesday and am waiting for a call back from him. Hopefully he'll give me a sensible quote and I'll get him to do the job. He's come highly recommended. I was actually surprised at how high the MidlandsVW price was. I've heard nothing bad about the company, but based on that quote, they seem very expensive, though it might have been a "F**k off!" quote if they didn't want the work. (Which I can relate to, but then I'm not running a VAG specialist garage.) Other than that, I'm not sure what value they add over other companies, to justify their high cost.

Having been given a quote from MidlandVW for about £720 to fit a reversing camera, fitting it myself is looking more likely by the day.

I have searched for this for a while, so I'm much obliged for this post. 👍

That's who I don't want to be: The guy who, Columbo-like always has "Just one more question..."

I have quickly realised that what O don't know about Octavias could fill a sizeable book. I'm hoping that information is collated somewhere. The sort of detail I'm looking for is which Octavia has which variant of DSG gearbox, which size brake disks, whether there is a GPF/DPF (petrol/diesel) fitted, etc. Stuff that I think *should* be in the specs supplied by the manufacturer, but often isn't. Some stock power curves would be nice for reference, too. Is there a resource on BriSkoda.net that has this information? I've had a search on here, but there's nothing I've found that seems to pull all the assorted bits of info together. Maybe there's a pinned thread I've missed?

Ah! The XDS might have been the "something" I felt the car doing as it went round the bend. It was unobtrusive and effective, I just felt "something" going on with the car. I didn't try and correct it, as by the time I had detected something was happening, it was all over and the car was round the bend. Whatever it was, it worked well, from my point of view.

So just hoof it and let the traction control sort it out?

I've had my beloved old 2006 Mondeo for 10 years now, and will be picking up my Octavia 2.0 TSI 190 in a few weeks. Due to COVID19, I got to test drive the Octavia on my own (well, with the Mrs with me), so I got the chance to give it some stick and I found it drove quite nicely. Even when pushing it deliberately too quickly round a corner, it went round well, with a little "something" seeming to happen at the back halfway round the corner that kept everything nicely on line. It got me thinking. My Mondeo has ABS, and that's your lot when it comes to fancy electronics. My 2019 Octavia apparently has ESC including ABS, EBV, MSR, ASR, EDS, HBA, DSR. (I had to have a search to find out what half that lot meant.) It's a big jump in tech and driver assistance, and I wonder how the day-to-day driving experience will change. In my Mondeo (which I adore, as you can probably tell), I can feel everything the car is up to. I can control understeer/oversteer with the throttle, and there's a very progressive curve from things getting a bit out of shape, to starting a slide which is easily corrected. I'm wondering if driving the Octavia will mean adjusting my driving style quite a bit, to rely on the electronics to sort things out when I push the car too hard round a bend? And more importantly, if my instincts kick in and I start trying to correct something that the electronics are sorting out, will I end up counteracting the benefits of the electronic systems and wake up upside down in a ditch? Has anyone else jumped from a similarly powered (my Mondy is remapped to about 185BHP) low-tech car into a high-tech car, and if so, how did your driving style change, if at all?

Just checked out Shark Performance and it looks like they went under in 2018. (In case anyone was interested.) https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07246707/insolvency

That's a real acceleration of the business. Several companies seem to be taking advantage of this COVID19 "crisis" to implement redundancies or changes to employee T&Cs. However it seems odd to make any major business change that is not guaranteed to save/make money at this time, even if he does make the more upmarket part of the business look like they're underperforming. I'd speculate there's more (or a very different story) to this than is being reported. If I frame the reported narrative bluntly as "This guy's doubled sales! Let's get rid of him!", it sounds ridiculous.

Funnily enough I was talking about this with the wife earlier and saying I'm glad I bought one of "his" cars. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/skoda-boss-bernhard-maier-leave-firm

Many thanks! I'll give him a shout when I've collected the car.

I did not know that either. I should write a big book on what I don't know.