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The holes are to insert a screwdriver to tighten up the fixings when the boxes are in position.

http://www.superskoda.com/Skoda/OCTAVIA-III/Octavia-III-NEW-original-Skoda-GSM-COIN-KEY-holder

New style holder comes with facelift models.

Out with the old...in with the new. My phone actually fits in this one!

I have had my Diesel/DSG 7 Octavia for coming up to 9 months and 9,800 miles with no problems at all. The combination works well for me and I would never go back to a manual now.

This is a definite bug - I have had the same thing happen when using voice control to turn off the navigation instructions. WIll be interesting to see if the firmware update for Amundsen fixes this issue (when I finally get around to installing it).

I have seen the thread on this, but it has not been my experience in 6 months of ownership.

Not a VRS, but I went from a manual MKII Elegance to a DSG7 MKIII and would never go back...

As another former MKII estate owner, I have to say that on balance I do prefer the boot layout of the MKIII. This is almost entirely down to the versatility of the latest Variable Boot Floor, and the fact that you can move to the full height boot without having to remove anything (and leave it behind). The ability to store roof bars (even cheap Lidl ones fit perfectly) and the load cover under the VBF is also very useful when your needs change on different legs of a journey. I too missed the storage box under the load cover, so much so that I almost immediately bought the 'multifunction box' http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/375868-octavia-estate-multifunction-box/ The removable panels in either side of the boot that my Elegance MKII had were useful for storing spare bulbs/de-icer etc but I have now got all of this stuff in a plastic storage box that (just) fits under the VBF. The ability to easily change the VBF does mean that I carry less accumulated junk underneath which is probably a good thing. Moving away from the boot, I also really missed the lidded storage box that was under the front passenger seat in the MKII, and have recently fitted both driver and passenger side boxes from Superskoda to replace the almost useless hi-viz jacket holders. As for other niggles - the ability to tip up or completely remove the rear seat bases was a great MKII feature that is missing from the MKIII.

Sorry for duplicate post...

Somewhat delighted to discover that my £20 roof bars from Lidl, originally purchased for my Octavia 2, not only fit well on the Octavia 3 roof rails but also slot perfectly into the storage area under the boot floor... If anyone is interested the bars are these: http://www.menabocaraccessories.com/index.php?page=mnb_pg_dettaglio&id_articolo=6 They have the removable rubber strip to accommodate Thule 'T' fittings too. As with most Lidl/Aldi stuff you just have to wait for the offer to come around again.

Somewhat delighted to discover that my £20 roof bars from Lidl, originally purchased for my Octavia 2, not only fit well on the Octavia 3 roof rails but also slot perfectly into the storage area under the boot floor... If anyone is interested the bars are these: http://www.menabocaraccessories.com/index.php?page=mnb_pg_dettaglio&id_articolo=6 They have the removable rubber strip to accommodate Thule 'T' fittings too. As with most Lidl/Aldi stuff you just have to wait for the offer to come around again.

Very nice...good colour choice too, though I do prefer the black interior on mine. As others have said the MY16 Amundsen screen looks a lot better.

Just got a left and right boxes from Superskoda (which include fittings). Will get to installing them if it ever stops raining.... Question for anyone who has already done it - is it necessary to remove the seats or will a flexi screwdriver do the job?

I think you will find that the Amundsen fitted in the Yeti is similar only in name to that in the Octavia 3...

This one is dated January 2015 so should cover the model year you are looking at. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8222921/brochure_octavia.pdf

I used the screw that holds the original plastic part with no problem...

I have the latest maps installed (2016) and confirm that it does show the road speed limits in the top left of the screen (also did with the previous 2015/2016 map version). Notice you are in Portugal - it isn't a country specific thing is it like speed camera warnings not being allowed in France?

Never seen anything but white digits on mine either However, while watching the Car Buyer YouTube video on the VW Discover infortainment system (which looks exactly the same as the system in the Octavia), check out what happens around 1:24 in... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7CE1-BAqpA&list=PLbXybZxc9JiAfrQex-QgQYaG2We_61yrQ&index=10

Directed to 'Glew' Airport whilst in Glasgow last weekend then noticed that the adjacent road sign was abbreviated to Glw Airport....

I first saw this warning very briefly a couple of weeks ago...it was on a late night drive back north after a long day in London and I really did think I had dreamed it, as it looks totally different to anything else that appears on the Maxidot display! There were no cars anywhere near me but I think it was triggered by approaching the separators on the road junction (it was near where the A12 joins the M11 and has low concrete lane dividers). I did intend to look in the manual to prove I wasn't going nuts, but forgot all about it until this week when it happened again - this time it was a vehicle braking suddenly in front of me on the motorway to avoid an object in the road. And yes it was accompanied by some loud 'bongs' which I didn't notice the first time it happened.

I wonder what the chances are of being able to retrofit a MIB2 screen to a MIB1 equipped car?

Yes, done it using the instructions in the VCDS thread.

Hope you are right, because the current version is *incredibly* slow at route calculation... Downloading now so will soon find out!

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