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Has anyone else had problems with the Audience Head Unit? My story is as follows:- When I orderered the car i couldn't find out much information on the audience/sound system but I wanted the MP3 functionality and it wasn't my money (company car) so i ordered it. I collected my car (as signature) 2nd week of June. Everything was fine save for a buzzing/rattling from the front door speakers at moderate (not loud) volume. No worries, I'll give it a month, see if anything else crops up then get it sorted. When I got the car I wasn't blown away by the sound but it was a very noticable improvement over the Stream with plenty of power and the head unit displayed MP3 tags (selecable Artist/Album/Track/Filename) scrolling accross the screen. I had read in another thread this was a feature which was added/enabled after a particular build week, so I was glad as I wasn't sure if I was going to get it. Even so, I didn't think it was worth the

Hello! Good, that's out of the way with. Got about another two weeks to go before I pick up a new Octy2 as my company car. I've had Golfs the last 2 cars. The first was the pathetic "GTi" 1.8 non-turbo (I had no choice), the current is the excellent 1.9 GT TDi 130 (I was able to choose/spec this one). Both were utterly reliable over 20-25k per year. However with 2 growing kids I needed something a bit roomier. When I started looking I thought I wanted an A4 Avant, but when I specced what I wanted I realised I couldn't justify the expense. So I 'lowered' my sights a bit and was leaning towards the Accord until our firm was loaned an Octavia 2.0TDi Ambiente for a week earlier this year. I managed to keep hold of it for most of the week and we got on very well, so much so that we've got 2 on order. I've speced mine as listed below. I've gone for an Estate in black even though I've not seen one yet. I think it will look good and hopefully not too "Hearsey". I was impressed with the standard audio in the loan Octavia, which was a big improvement on the Golf which is disapointing, especially from the CD source. Even so I wanted the MP3 funcionality of the Audience unit and I've gone for the uprated speakers as well even though I've not heard them yet. (It's not my money) I did notice with the loan Octavia there seemed more cabin noise than I've been used to with the Golf, but not enough to influence my decision. I'm not convinced about the styling at the front, but do like the back of the estate and the Pegasus wheels make a huge difference to the look of the car. The overall package just seems to make good sense: A solid car, plenty of room in the back, plenty of power and a fair amount of toys at a good price. Two weeks to go.