Hawk89

I don't have any experience with the MK4, I'm currently in the process of switching out from a 2018 Astra / 2020 Swift. With both of them the first thing I did was lift the carpet and fit 3M sound proofing sheets in the boot, which made a massive difference to road noise on them. Not sure how feasible this is in the Octavia, if there is a spare wheel space that is where I would start.

Ordered a VRS 2.0TSI / DSG (Race blue + a few options) on Thursday via Arnold Clark. Salesman quote "upto 7 months" from the latest update they had from Skoda. He put in a optimistic provisional date of 9th April, but reckons they are prioritising anything that is Hybrid or BEV so may slip. Luckily I'm in the position of trading in 2 cars on PCP, both on 4 year deals currently 26 and 14 months in, so there is plenty of flex on this end and hopefully the 14 month old car will start pulling ahead as it is at break even just now. Have been told by a friend who works for a semi-conductor producer that they expect the worldwide shortage to stretch into 2024 as they can't build new factories fast enough, nor can they rely on the current factories to be at 100% due to covid disruption globally.