MM1988

Personally I think plug in hybrids only make sense as company cars where they get low BIK %. They tend to be a lot more expensive than their normal ICE counterparts. You’ll only reap the rewards if you do a lot of miles and they’d have to be the right length journeys.

It’s tempting to go with something more established even if it’s slightly less flash. I saw someone else has now gone for Tiguan which is probably closer to the golf 7.5.

I actually cancelled my Octavia order and went for a V60 that arrives later this month. I have a fondness for Skoda as my first car was a Fabia mk1 that only needed a new alternator in 12 years of ownership. Hope they can resolve all these issues with the new Octavia.

Received my holding deposit back. They cancelled the order with absolutely no pushback (it was a distance sale so they had no choice). Did make me wonder though, did they know it was a long way off being fulfilled? Or perhaps too good a deal (I didn’t think so personally). Have placed an order for a V60 I should get next month. Time will tell if I regret it as I was looking forward to the Octavia.

I cancelled my order today. Never received a build week despite placing order 4th December. Been a bit put off by these teething problems with the infotainment of all seemingly all VAG cars being released at the moment.

The golf owners have not been fans. The buttons are not illuminated so can’t see them in the dark. Maybe they’ve fixed that on this model.

I ordered a 1.5 manual hatch SEL with a few options (camera, hud, led pack and travel assist). Was quoted 8 weeks until build date and then May for delivery. I’ve had two updates to say there is no build date yet...

Wouldn’t the best thing to do be to test drive the various versions? Then you can compare with your Mk3?

Defo sympathise with your position. If you could keep us updated with what you go for as an alternative in the end that would be great.

I ordered 4th Dec and no build week still. Not a VRS though. I was advised May so that is still possible.

I think these things all go by lots of different names even within OEMs. Not sure what predictive cruise control is (I think it might be it also looks at road signs and slows down when you enter a slower area?), but adaptive lane assist I think puts you in the middle of the lane. Anyone know for sure?

I posted the screenshot from the website earlier. It’s cameras that give you more advanced lane assist and cruise control,

Did you spec the Travel Assist option? That’s what gives you the traffic sign recognition.

It’s going to depend where you live and what options. If no other options there might be a few race blue with the beige as that’s quite a standard combo I’d imagine already allocated. I order a 1.5 manual SEL hatch with a few options on 4th December. Still no build week yet. I was quoted an estimate of May when I ordered.

My point was that I think it’s to do with whether you have the traffic sign recognition feature which is in the traffic assist option in the UK, if you have that you should have traffic sign recognition. Can’t be regulatory because plenty of cars in the UK have this feature and I drove one recently.