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You're welcome! Yeah mine all had 36 in them I wondered if they had checked them at the skoda dealer or not. I always was led to believe they over inflated them for transport. I have put 39 psi in them but there is people putting 38 to cushion the ride a bit but I haven't tried this myself yet. Yeah it is definitely a step up from the previous gen which is good. Some manufacturers make cars worse when they update them. The exhaust and infotainment system are a million times better!

Congratulations! Enjoy! Deffo worth the wait. The reason why the dipstick doesn't come out is because it doesn't have one. I looked on mine and realised it wasn't yellow like they usually are. I did pull it out but it's a blanking cap. You have to check the oil on the infotainment screen. Turns out most VW engines are like this! I'm not a massive fan of this but thats what it is. Just be careful topping up because it says to leave the ignition on for 2 mins to cycle the oil around the engine. Plus probably best to check when cold. I have only topped mine up 100ml during break in period.

Yeah it sounds familiar, I was told 3 weeks and that 'it's literally on the ship' as I placed the order. Which is one reason why I said yes!. This wasn't the case though. I think VW as a brand are trying to get the EV's through rather than ICE. I live about 40 minutes from Grimsby and see the transporters with cars on all the time full of EV's Ah that's not good! Well hopefully for your sake it arrives as soon as possible 🤞 January is a quiet time for car dealers so maybe yours will arrive even sooner. With mine, I hated the fact no one could give me E.T.A. especially with the tech we have around nowadays. You can track and trace any parcel but a car seems different 🤔 Yeah 😂 I said the same to my mate and unfortunately VW group seem pay KESS shipping to handle the deliveries so I don't think they even know when it will land. I was tracking ships into Grimsby all the time at one point ☺️ but I can definitely assure you it's worth the wait. I'm still breaking mine in but the car is amazing, it's everything I wanted it to be. She's a bit thirsty but that should settle down a bit it's still adjusting.

Hello! Congratulations on you order they are definitely worth the wait! I know exactly what the waiting is like! I ordered mine on the 5th on November. My car was one already waiting at the Emden port. I waited 4 weeks to get a ship and then 10 days to get to my dealer. Christmas is coming up so I guess that might add a little to the delivery time. They do seem to be very vague with delivery updates, but from my experience you don't really hear anything until it lands in the UK. How long has it been "still at sea"? If you were to base it on my experience I would probably guess that it would be the 2nd or 3rd week of January.

That looks proper nice 👍 That paint looks incredible! I bet you're pleased with that. I'm picking my new one up on Saturday. Are the Aero covers fairly easy to get off?

I hope so @Aarond 🤞There are a few heading to Emden now. The Danube Highway, EMS Highway and like you said the Thames Highway. One of these has got to go to Grimsby, it has to! At least some people on this forum have been receiving their cars. It's a bit more reassuring knowing they do arrive eventually. I passed another transporter this morning from Grimsby full of VW ID7's again, apart from one skoda. It looked like a kodiaq or something that size. The skoda was the only one that wasn't in it's protective wrapping. Hopefully we should be getting some good news soon.

Hopefully 🤞 I just need to be patient but it's hard haha. How have you got on with them? I suppose that's a silly question to ask if you're on your 4th! Yeah you're right! It definitely keeps you guessing that's for sure. I swear I was right last time but I think I'm gonna admit defeat and just wait. Tbh I haven't really been hassling my dealer compared to some customers probably would. I spoke to a good friend that used to deal in importing cars and she said its one of 3 things. 1st is the dealer has too many cars on the books this month and will have to wait until December (a new month) or some kind of dealer error of some sort. 2nd it is missing parts or has a software issue. She said audi often send cars to port that need certain small parts fitting while at the port. 3rd it hasn't been fully built yet still leaving factory etc... I know its been built because the VIN says it was made on the 23rd October. I'm guessing it's the 1st I have a feeling that they may appear on the same ship. That's one thing I would think that would be hard to adapt to considering how big the boot is on the octavia. Its massive!

Thank you! That would be the icing on the cake! Waiting for 2 weeks in a compound, once it arrives in England after waiting a month in Emden. I just hope my dealer being 40 minutes from the port will mean I get a faster delivery to the dealer once it arrives. I'm guessing that Skoda tends to use the port closet to the dealer?

Thank you! I drove the mk4 at the start of November and loved the way it drove. Its quite a large car from the a class I am driving now but it certainly didn't feel like it. I know some people knock the light steering feel but I thought it was quite well balanced. The upgraded infotainment system and reverse camera as standard made me think that buying new would be better. I'm not a big believer in new cars because they loose loads of money into he first few years but the vrs's seem to retain the money quite well. I did think the dealer might be stringing me along a bit. They way he was talking at the time, he made it sound like the boat was already here. It does amaze me in this day and age that they don't really know what is happening until like you said it lands here. I have been looking at ships leaving Emden hoping that mine was on one of them. There was one yesterday that arrived (Grimsby) but I'm guessing it was full of VW's. I passed the car transporter today on the A46 and it was full of ID7's going towards the A1. I was thinking to myself that maybe they are having to bring in lots of EV's because of the fines they get for not selling them. So because its coming up the the end of year they are flooding them through. I have been looking on a few different forums about delivery but it seems to be from years ago and you would think things have gotten better since then but maybe not haha. It's really hard waiting for it to arrive with the excitement and anticipation. I kinda picked a spec with some extras I wasn't fussed about having. I really wanted canton because I knew the speaker system is poor in the mk4 but I couldn't get it because there weren't any available. The dealer suggested to me that he couldn't pass on the autumn discounts if it was a factory order, so I went with one that had already been built. Plus I thought it would be faster as they quoted me 5 months!

Hello Everyone, I recently purchased my first skoda car which is an octavia vrs. It seemed like a good deal with the discounts they were offering. The dealer told me it would be available within 3 weeks as it is on its way to the UK. I placed the order on 5th November thinking I would be getting a new car by the end of the month. I recently asked for an update and it seems to be sat at Emden port in Germany and has been there since the 5th. I contacted skoda online and they cannot say when it will be likely to leave Germany. They have no way of tracking it and just said that usually it's 15 days wait for a ship. The dealer is saying they expect it in December but cannot provide any more information. I was just wondering whether anyone else is currently going through the same thing as me? I'm guessing it will be arriving through Grimsby as this is the closest port but there doesn't seem to be any scheduled journeys to Grimsby any time soon. At this rate it could be January!

The new article does appear to confirm the sports exhaust and no fake engine sounds 👍

I just read the Irish sales brochure and it doesn't mention sports exhaust on that either. So if it's fitted to that maybe they're just not mentioning it. Why would you fit a sound actuator with a sports exhaust though? 🤔