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I would hope that would be the direction. Somehow I very much doubt the twin headlamp design in new Octavia. It would not be in line with the VisionC concept and also it would be completely different than in any other Skoda today. And worst of all, it looks fugly. Hopefully more to the direction of the new Superb.

I've had two cars with electronic handbrake and I've never experienced any issues with either one. ZERO issues. More problems with manual handbrake with sticking pads, sticking handbrake wire or something similar. Both have their pros and cons. But I personally ain't towards or against either one. Both do their job and both work. And what comes to the handbraking in general. I haven't tried that with my current car but the previous one with electronic handbrake worked exactly like manual one. On closed area I could throw the car whatever way I wanted. Of course it ain't that fast as manual one as there's always a little delay because you need to hold the handbrake button for awhile for the car to figure out you're serious

Same can be done with electronic handbrake.

Official pictures coming next week. Production starts on march 2017. Dealers got the info yesterday. I really hope that the Merc E -style lamps like in the "artististic views" are shown, are not reality. They'll destroy the looks of the car with that and it's a total turnoff towards the car. It just looks horrible. So it's coming. Sales restrictions also applied since yesterday, only limited production quantity left for RS for example.

Should I change my nick to I love Toyota then? I've had the new shape Avensis for almost year and a half and I have to say that I'm VERY VERY pleased with the car. Totally different car than the previous model. Sorry the off-topic. On the topic. Yes the panoramic sunroof looks great. Only gripe what I've heard from the users is that it's creaking pretty bad during winter when snow and ice packs in the gaps.

Actually I think you're correct. Touran and Passat had a factory Webasto pre-installed so that it works when the car is running. If you put some extra dough when ordering the car you'll get a pre-heater capability for it. Anyway, most of the cars nowadays don't redirect the exhaust gases to the rear of the car. Cheaper that way and as the Webasto is not very long lasting, it's easier to swap when there's no extra exhaust pipe

Nope. They still exit from the same place Usually from the passenger side front wheel arch. The exhaust for Webasto (Or Ebersbächer) is still in the same place as it's usually the only place that has enough room to install the burner. Invaluable option here in Finland. We now have -24 degrees celsius and it's getting colder. Tomorrows forecast predicts over -30 degrees celsius.

That I would also like to know because basically there's nothing you can code wrong that causes this kind of behaviour. All the cluster coding is done to adaptation values which affect the longlife service interval and mileage display. I'm pretty sure that the problem was that they chose the wrong ABS/ESP module when trying to do the basic settings. I think that's a very common error when using VAS for the first time to this job.

There's no relay I'm afraid. All the sounds are artificial. The dashpod electronics is responsible for those sounds and if they're not audible anymore then a dashpod replacement is required. There has been a lot of these problems with the new Golf mk5 Variant.

There is. Some of the tuners here in Finland already offer the remap for this one turbo engine. The output is 160bhp and 275 Nm of torque after remap. The older models require a chip tuning and newer ones with Bosch Med17.x are OBD tunable. I know this doesn't help you to locate a remapping company in your area.

I had the same problem with my MFD2. And the only cure was to turn the RNS off and it would go straight back to the MFD main menu

It should take you back to the main menu on Maxidot if you turn the RNS unit off. If it doesn't the only option is to take out the negative battery lead for a while. Like someone already suggested here.

TheBrymar, your radio facia looks absolutely fantastic. It looks pretty much like the piano black finish found in L&K models. So a job well done. It's a shame that you cannot buy Piano black trim separately. In my opinion it looks VERY good inside Octy

Usually when the ABS light is on, it also disables the ABS function. It's a security measure built in. For ESP this is 100% true, if the ESP light is on, ESP is disabled. Like Stu wrote, your problem is that the dealer didn't do the basic settings required for the ABS/ESP module after installing the maxidot dash. They are dead easy to do and your dealer should be able to help. If not, take the car to another dealer who knows what to do.

And for sure they aren't working. If the light is on, then it's a no no. Same with the ESP.

You already have everything. MFD2 uses the same Quadlock connector as your current radio. Just make sure you'll get a gps antenna with correct connector with your mfd2 unit.

Hmm... There should be at least two places to get the cable through the firewall. One is behind the glovebox and the other should be just behind the clutch pedal. These are from the LHD car, but I'd presume the same holes are in the RHD car also?

The same engine is also used in SuperbII and Passat and they both are fast enough with this engine.

Shark already answered the airbag question. But there's more than the airbag.The new MFS wheel probably won't work in an pre-facelift Octy. The new MFSW has also controls for changing maxidot views, computer views etc. which previously were done by right stalk buttons. In facelift Octavia when you buy the MFSW as an extra, the right stalk will be different, it doesn't have any buttons. All the controls are on the steering wheel. Also the new Maxidot is different, so I have my doubts that the new style steering wheel wouldn't be compatible with the old style car straight on.

Pretty much yes.

With only one difference. The 1.4TSI drives figure eights around the NA 1.8 petrol car. And as already written here that the engine will give the maximum torque between 1500 - 4000 rpm's. 200Nm's of torque between those rpm's is pretty good I think.

It's already been done. Malfean and pas-pas here changed the Golf MK5 steering wheel with DSG paddles to his 2.0TDI DSG Octavia. Works just fine so I don't see why it wouldn't work in RS DSG too. As someone pointed out that the functioning part depends on the steering wheel controller. If your steering wheel controller supports MFSW it WILL support DSG paddles. Look here : http://briskoda.net/octavia-ii/paddles-dsg/81524/ A little use of search function wouldn't be too bad as there's already atleast 10 different threads about this same subject.

It needs a newer comfort module than you have. This option is only available to cars starting from model year 2007.

No issues here. My Maxidot was retrofitted and worked nicely (after some initial problems in the swap process itself ). No problems with the stalk.

And of course you are aware that you CANNOT change the logo on the airbag? You can of course put a sticker on top of it, but the logo is part of the airbag system and it won't come off.