PlainSailing

I bought the Octavia Scout last week. It has done 62k miles so a little high for the 68 plate. There was no sign of the Haldex being serviced and when I brought this up in our discussions, he got the technician to service it while we were waiting. I had a nightmare journey bringing it home, with the M1 being shut in both directions due to a car fire and then the M42 was blocked due to a 2 car accident. It dook me 4hrs 40 minutes to get home but at least it gave me opportunity to get used to some of the buttons and options on the dash 😏 I have just fitted the Westfalia towbar and dedicated electrics - much more difficult than I had expected but it is working now and no errors on the dash 😁

Thank you both for you information, it really appreciated. I'll try not to get too stressed taking it all on board in one go, but I'll take time to, if I bring it home next week.

Hi and thanks for the warning. Haldex was not a word I had hear of before! Are they a source of problems with the Octavia 4x4? Is there anything I should look (and listen) out for? The car I am going to look at is with a Skoda dealer in Sheffield (3 hours by train) so I'm not going to be able to do much when I am there.

I'm just about to get my first Skoda Octavia scout so I thought I ought to join and see what the fuss is all about ;-)