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Hi. Just wanted to check, have you sold these yet or are they still availble to buy? Thanks, Adam

Again thanks guys for all your help. I have the car now and love it! I called my local Skoda dealer to find out how much it would cost to enable SmartLink on my current system and they advised me that it would cost £270 and they would need the car all day. This seems way higher to what others have said it should be (around £150 - £190) so Ive messaged Pab to find out the costs of upgrading the system. Got to say im really loving the Skoda! It really reminds me of my old MK7 Golf GTI but is more comfy, bigger and to be honest not that much slower (1.4 TSI 150 unit is lovely!). I do miss the steering wheel controls and going from LED headlights to halogens is a bit of a shock! Although to be fair I cant complain as I got the car as a money saving exercise moving from a lease car and it overdelivers for what it costs.

Thanks @Chris-on-toast for posting this! I think it looks good. Realise this is an old post now but did you have any tips for how you lined up the holes? Ive got a Mk3 spoiler to go on mine but now wished I went for the Mk2 seeing it on your car. I have the same colour as well. Thanks, Adam

Oh no thats a shame! What happend to reduce the car to spares only?

That seems fair! Good luck with the sale. I hope you point the new owner here so we can carry on follwing the car.

Really enjoyed reading this thread, thanks for putting in the time @sheb! Sad to see your getting rid of the car. How much are you hoping to get for it if you dont mind me asking? Im not in the market at the moment but when my wife passes her auto test ill need another car as she will then be driving our Mk3 Octavia and a Mk1 vRS is one of my hero cars so would be intresting to see how much they fetch at the moment. Would have loved to owned yours as its been so well cared for.

Loved it! Hope your Octavia is still serving your track days well!

Thanks @SashaGrace and @varaderoguy! I will look in to seeing if I can sorce those parts and find someone who can do the coding side. I will let @pab567 know about what system I have currently when I get the car. Would be very intrested in the rough cost of getting the MIB2.5 Unit and 8.5" buttonless system! Not sure I have the permission to PM on here yet but once I do we can discuss costs. Thanks again, Adam

@varaderoguy now that you have enlightneded me that I might have a MIB2 unit, does that mean I could retrofit a biger OEM screen unit to my car for fairly cheap? I think the newer buttonless system will be out of my budget. Again thank you so much for the information.

Hi guys, Thank you so much for getting back to me. Damn I didnt realise I might be able to add the feature code to the current system! I assumed as it had the smaller screen that wouldnt be an option as the rest of the system would be a lower grade affair. I might speak to a dealer to see if its an option as you say and if so see if I can cancel my Aliexpress speacial. Thanks for getting in contact @pab567 I wont have the car till Wednesday as its having a Cam belt done by the seller. As soon as I get it Ill get this info to you. @SashaGrace If you are able to point me in the right direction about steering wheel controls that would be amazing! Thank you all again for your help. Adam

HI all, Sorry if this has been posted before, I have done multiple searches but couldnt find a matching thread. I have recently bought a really nice 2016 Mk3 Octavia SE. It was a great price and well looked after example so even though its missing some features I normally wouldnt do without I deceided it was the car for my family. I plan to upgrade the Belero stereo with Andriod via a new headunit or module that interfaces with the OEM system but im really not sure about if it is possible to retrofit some streering wheel controls. I have seen it done on VWs and beleive the windscreen control stalk unit needs to be downgraded so that it doesnt interfer with the new controls. Does any one have any experience or know if a retro fit is possible? Thanks in advance! Adam

Hi all, Ive been going through this forum a lot and have found it really informative and also found there are loads of lovely people here. I have always admired the Skoda brand since it joined the VAG group and back in the day my Dad had for a short while a Mk1 Octavia VRS which I drove a couple of times and fell in love with. I have recently had to change cars which put me on the market for a reasonably priced family car. Intiially I went straight in for a Mk1 VRS but after a epic battle between heart and head I ended up getting a fairly mint Mk3 SE Octavia. I found the 1.4 TSI didnt leave me wanting for power which I find amazing considering that it is £30 a year to tax and does reallly good MPG for a petrol enigne. I have had a Mk 7 Golf GTI in the past and Ill be honest if I had the Octavia before that Im not sure I would have needed the GTI. Now looking to add some mod cons like Andriod Auto, small sub woofer and potentially retrofit some steering wheel controls if possibe. I really look forward to chatting with you all in the future! Thanks, Adam