SpoojyDriver

Cheers folks, appreciate the replies. Just wish peeps selling these knew what they had haha, advertised as ACC when they don't etc. Although does look like if the car has that radar pic on the steering wheel it's not silly money to retrofit ACC

Just a quick one guru's. seen some cars advertised as ACC but the stalk looks std 1 arm one, (I'm sure I saw a thread that said ACC was 2 stalk?) I have seen 2 different stalks with a small radar icon & without, on the mk3.5 (facelifted post 2016) Is this how the later facelifted cars are with ACC? Guessing if that's the case the button on the right hand side of the steering wheel controls changes the distance. 1st pic isnt a mk3.5 but I've seen it in ads but as a poor image so just grabbed this as it was a clearer pic.

Hey you, Cheers so much again for the in-depth replies :-) I'd be looking at this a bit of a workhorse, probably 8 to 10k miles a year lugging a couple of small tool boxes & a few bits (I'm an Auto-Electrician for my sins :-) ) I decided a few years ago I can quite easily use a car for work, at least I get creature comforts that vans dont give. I'm not liking modern weasels, far too much to go wrong (spelt cost loads of money), not sure how the Mk3.5 ones fair, or even if they had adblue after a certain age. We do like sporty stuff, tbh road noise won't be a concern, the misses runs a GR Four Yaris, now there is a noisy road noise car but oodles of fun with immense grip but with the option to turn all nanny aids fully off & it's tricky diffs you can make it a bit tail happier haha. As I say, the Octavia will normally have stuff in the boot so day to day will be pootled about but with the option of emptying it out & having weekend fun. When you say "mapped then" have you taken that off or just it was mapped by then lol Thanks again for the replies mister :-)

If it were to be a Mk3 I would aim for a 2017 Mk3.5 so think from what I have read the niggles were sorted? Yeah, see so many issues with the Mk4, but then also notice a lot are a few months old with only a couple of infotainment showing it's head as fresh issue

Wowsa, Cheers so much for taking the time to reply, appreciate it. I think if I were to go Mk3 over a Mk4 it would definitely be a 2017 on car so facelift version, just to get some slightly newer tech. Digi dash & ACC is on my radar which really narrows the search lol. I had a 2017 Caravelle which had the LED lights so at a guess I would think the Mk3.5 would be at least comparable to that, not Matrix good but probably suffice. I hear your pain on the mirrors. Our first Audi was an A4 Avant in 2004, bought it as a year old, fully loaded car off a friend, he had spec'd every option he could but... salesman forgot to say rear electric windows were an option so it was fully loaded but with windy handles in the back lol. Would you not choose an Octavia again with your last statement? Or????

What was the fuse for? Would love a later model but the budget won't stretch to that at the mo lol

Cheers for the informative post mister, appreciate it. So now it's between a 3.5 & a 4 lol. How do you find the later LED lights then on the 3.5. We live in the stix so lights are a bit of a game changer to getting home without going via a ditch lol

Do all the Mk3 2.0's get the diff or was it an option, if so what's the telltale to know it has one without seeing the car?

I am very tempted, just need to find a decent spec'd car now then. Does appear that the latest updates have curbed the issues somewhat

That maybe a smidge budget creep too far to get past the misses lol Budget wont stretch to that :-( But ta for the info

I see a few issues on here lol, but does anyone have a clue just how many Mk4's have been sold to infotainment fault ratio. I see a few posts (albeit a few months old so pre 1969/1985 release, the posts have lessened after this software version) Do cars exist that just don't have the infotainment issues & have never had problems? Has anyone done a poll on it? Heart says I really want one, love the looks, toys, size etc (Auto-Electrical head says naff off lol)

Hey folks, Newbie here that's looking for a new estate car, till I found this forum (with its infotainment issues lol) I was set on a Mk4 vrs, only decision was do I do the 1.4 phev or 2.0 petrol. I do around 8k to 10k miles a year, but.... If you had the choice would the infotainment system put you off buying one again, this seems to come up in every other post. Is it a case of every mk4 will fail at some point? Would I be safer looking at a mk3, albeit I really wanted matrix headlights so I would lose that. Cheers