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Congrats buddy. I’ve had my race blue combi for 3 weeks and I’m loving it.

Depends on which country you are in. Here in New Zealand the tablet holder is standard.

Nice. I got a race blue wagon. They are quite well specced as standard but have Canton and the electric alcantara / leather seats. if I’d ordered I would have added the extra sound insulation glass and sunroof although admittedly the sunroof is just heavier and a potential source of problems but it looks cool 😎

I got told the same thing in NZ pretty much six months from order to delivery. As a result I took a car out of inventory rather than ordered it

Yes you can’t go off the brochure which showcases the range and have to look at the spec sheet for your market. For example in NZ KESSY is on all doors, the fancy rear headrests are part of an optional package.

There is definitely no sound actuator as others have said and confirmed by the chief engineer. I am on the fence as to whether some of the pops on the overrun in sport mode are fake coming through the stereo. I’m not 100% sure but I’m pretty certain you get them in sport mode and in no other modes (even with dsg in sport settings). Either way it hardly matters, it sounds much better than the mark 4.

Yes it goes from meh to pretty nice rims!

Sounds like DSG mechatronic issues.

My car (4.5) came standard with it. It was one of the reasons we liked the car so much as so many models don’t have any spare these days.

Not that I know of but I’m new to Skoda. Maybe as a work around you could try putting the car in neutral N and applying the parking brake and you won’t get the same warning?

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I would think so, but I do think you are unnecessarily worrying. Its not going to hurt the car for it to be revved even to the fuel cut out as long as its not done when the engine is completely cold.

I mean not running

Agreed. I do like how fast the DSG it goes from D to R too. My last car was an auto and there is always quite a delay between selecting R from D and being able to move.

The Octavia is my first car with the tiny shifter thing. To be honest I've found it quick and very intuitive to use and don't have any issues with it. The P being at the top is just where you'd shift an old style lever to.

If the car is left for an hour the engine will still be warm

You would think it would cost more to have the option or not and out the light in or not than the minor saving of not making the Qi charger standard.

Thanks SkoMk4. I understood the distinction between the transmission P and the EPB. It had been surprised a few times when I thought the EPB was automatically applied and then a few times when it wasn’t. The difference was indeed the auto hold button which I usually have on but take off when I reverse into my garage because there is a decline leading up to it and I want the car to roll down against the brake not stop itself.

This is related to the spec each market decides on. I’ve just taken delivery of my 4.5 and it has keyless entry on all 4 doors but I tend to use the proximity auto lock / unlock anyway.

It’s in the manual

according to this thread the parts are: Nut covers: 000071215P UZ7 (Glossy grey) Centre caps: 5E0601151 FOD mine were supplied by the dealer on delivery as I asked for the covers to be removed.

I assume this applies only to facelifted Mark 4.5 cars. Certain VAG models with the EA888 evo4 have what is described as the “emotive” start up procedure as an option. I know it applies to 8.5 Golf GTI & R and also the Cupra Formentor with the 333PS engine. I hadn’t heard anything about it and Skoda so gave it a try and hey presto it works! For the normal start as you know, you depress the brake pedal and push the start button. For emotive start you do the opposite. You press and hold the start button for a second or so then put your foot on the brake pedal. Emotive start will occur with revs flaring to 2,500rpm and a few exhaust pops and burbles as it settles down to idle. Ita a bit silly but fun to try now and again.

You should keep it. It would be needed if you needed new keys I’d expect.

My NZ car also has the light. I learnt that spec can be very different for each market. For example I have KESSY on all 4 doors but have read complaints from some they only have it on the front.

Just received my new facelifted RS here in New Zealand and learnt that we don’t have any of these features. No app or profiles available. I had been hoping to use them so my wife and I could more easily drive the car. Still luckily at least we can set the seats and mirrors to the memory settings on the seats. Amazing that you can’t even code the keys to these. My 2012 Subaru had that feature!