SteveTheElder

Looking nice, very nice! Must admit I have never cleaned the engine bay of any car I’ve owned - and that’s nearly 50 years of motoring. Yours does look good though, maybe I should start… I like the boot sill protector too, a lot smarter and more reliable than a bit of cloth I use when loading heavy stuff.

Fair point. I was comparing the BIK on 1.5tsi vs 1.4IV at 28% vs 6% (old brochure from when I bought mine). How that compares to loss of interest on £x,000 or interest on a loan/PCP is an ever changing equation…

That’s useful information, thank you. Confirms my calculations that for me a 1.4 IV isn’t financially viable (I’m not in the privileged position of company car and BIK). I’m getting about 590 miles from a tankful in my 1.5tsi estate. To reach 640 I’d need less than an additional gallon, so let’s say £6 worth at current pricing, less about £3 to charge the battery in an IV, meaning each 640 mile stint costs me £3 more. Given the initial purchase price difference the maths don’t stack up - and that’s without the costs of increased frequency of oil changes. When it comes to the environmental considerations I can’t see how, for me and those with similar journey patterns, an IV is any less bad.

… and the boot is smaller.

Bit (OK, a lot) heretical on this forum but what about a Hyundai i30N? My nephew has one, quite impressive. https://www.hyundai-n.com/en/models/n/i30-n.do

Couple of things come to mind... Check you are using the same user in the car. Every now and then mine does what I assume is some sort of cold reboot and I come back in as the Guest User - with none of my favourites etc showing. Changing user to my own login gets me back to where I was. Software version of the Infotainment system. Some earlier versions would lose favourites and history from time to time and no way of getting them back. Ideally you v.1941 or v.1969. As it's out of warranty I am not sure how your local dealer will deal with a request to update it, may include it with a service. However, there is a DIY option (at your own risk). The pinned thread in this forum has details of DIY updating to 1969.

On my trip to France earlier this month I was surprised how many charging points there were, and most with available bays. No idea of the cost per kWh though as mine is the 1.5 tsi estate. I calculated that an iV wasn’t worth it from a cost point of view. More expensive initial cost, very short battery range, and mediocre mpg on petrol. The majority of my mileage is long journeys on which I’m getting 55 - 60 mpg (Plymouth to Winchester (coastal route not the dreaded A303) the other day was 60.8). A run to the supermarket of three or four miles will be about 40 - 45 mpg unless there is horrendous traffic (which I usually avoid). Your usage pattern may be sufficiently different to alter the equation but don’t rule out the 1.5tsi just yet. My aforementioned trip to France (Provence), 12 days and ~1850 miles, worked out at over 55 mpg with the cruise control at 130kph wherever legal (four adults, the boot rammed, and aircon at full tilt as it was well over 30C most days).

Welcome to Briskoda and pleased to hear you like your Octavia. They are indeed nice cars. I’ve never attempted the sort of DIY job you’re thinking of, but my guess is that the wiring is likely to be there, and yes, folding of mirrors would need coding in. Perhaps the guys at @East_Yorkshire_Retrofits (sponsors of this site) could advise and I’m sure they’d be able to do the job for you - at a cost of course. In the meantime, enjoy the car…

Yes, an 'imbalance' detector. Prior to changing them, the old tyres they were pumped up for a full load, with TPMS set accordingly. The new tyres are inflated to 'normal' load so the rears were 10psi less. Whilst I was initially frustrated that I couldn't reset the TPMS system/alert on the way home from the tyre depot, it does make a lot of sense for the system to be such that you have to stop and switch off - at least it creates the opportunity/impression that the driver has checked the tyres before resetting it.

I've just had a set of four new tyres, forgot to reset the TPMS (passive) before leaving the depot - and the inevitable warning showed up after a mile or so. Was unable to reset whilst driving, not even when stationary at the traffic lights. It was only after parking up at home turning off then the ignition back on could I reset the TPMS (whilst stationary). So, both disagree and agree...

It’ll be interesting to hear how you get on.

This thread might help...

Mine came with Michelin Primacy 4 as original fit, they're fine in wet and dry conditions and have lasted well - currently on 44k miles with more than 3mm left. Having said that, I might replace them with all-season tyres, maybe Cross Climate 2. On my previous Superb mk2 I had Goodyear Efficient Grip, I rate them highly as they're at least as good and quieter than the current Michelins.

Yes, a fabulous trip, thanks. I've got a 2020 SEL First Edition which includes blind spot detectors and the nicety of powered/memory drivers seat & door mirrors. One of those things I never knew I needed 😂 Not yet had a look at how it compares to more recent model years.

I've just returned from a road trip to Provence in my 1.5TSI manual Octavia Mk4 estate. Whilst I didn't need any of the EV/PHEV charging infrastructure I was surprised at the investment made in it since my last road trip, lots of new charging bays; there appeared to be more bays than I have noticed at UK service areas and lots of them vacant. Many a supermarket or town car parks also had new charging bays, with good levels of availability. The trip was just shy of 1900 miles most of which was Autoroute at or near the legal limit of 130kph (82mph); the remainder pootling around the hilltop villages on steep twisty roads or through the traffic of Avignon (no, rush hour was not a good plan 🙄). Four adults and a boot full of luggage & photography gear, barely enough room for the half dozen bottles of wine we brought back. Overall economy was 53.4mpg. For me, the 1.5TSi petrol estate works best.

Really? Do you have any links to that? I haven't experienced anything like it other than one or two bouts of ineptitude when I selected 3rd instead of 1st and stalled it 🙄. No different to any previous car.

Given the fuel economy of the petrol Octavia on long runs I don’t think I could justify the additional cost of an e-Tec let alone the IV hybrid.

My manual 1.5TSI is returning up to 63mpg on a long motorway run, with an overall average of ~56mpg since I bought it (43k miles). The 1.0 e-TEC (MHEV, DSG) I drove for about 8k miles with an average of around 53mpg. My 'gut feel' is that the 1.5 e-TEC DSG would be more economic on a long run than the 1.0 e-TEC especially with a heavy load.

The car you're looking at is about half the mileage of my estate (44k miles) on which the suspension is fine. I tend to do long journeys pretty well loaded up (two people and a full boot for the vast majority of that mileage). I have no concerns in that respect. As you're looking at a 2020 FE, insist the dealer does all the software updates available.

OK, I own a Mk4 Octavia estate but have driven a Karoq on several occasions, and both vehicles with both the 1.5TSI (manual) and the 1.0TSI (Karoq was manual, Octavia was the e-TEC DSG). Also, it's worth me mentioning that I am over 6' 4" (1.95m) tall so seating position, headroom, and the relative positions of the pedals and steering wheel are majorly significant for me. My thoughts are that the Octavia is notably quieter and significantly more comfortable than the Karoq; whilst I have not driven huge distances in the Karoq, I regularly cover 300+ miles a day in the Octavia with one monster trip of 580 miles over about 15 hours with no ill effects (appropriate rest breaks were taken!). The Octavia is a motorway mile muncher... The boot is bigger in the Octavia and for bikes I'd say the extra length is beneficial. @Novascape has a point about the shape of the boot in the Karoq - it is more square, and in the SEL the rear seats have greater adjustment. The other aspect is fuel economy. With both the 1.0 and 1.5 engines the Octavia has returned at least 15% more miles per gallon than the Karoq over similar journeys.

If you go down to the woods today... Two crops of the same image. Must admit to being a bit pleased with this one.

I find it incredible that views expressed here on Lane Assist and the use of indicators are so polarised. There are far more important things to bang on about...

So the issue is the IV rather than the mk4 per se. For mountain bikes it also depends on the frame size. I could never get mine in the boot of a Superb let alone an Octavia without taking the front wheel off.

Very sensible to get off the motorway and take a break. Interesting you mention aircon and sinuses; I suffer with dry eye and the aircon can play havoc unless I drink plenty of water - which usually means plenty of pee stops 🙄

Yes, was easy enough to get the dealer to do mine, though at the time it was still under the three year warranty. How much difference that will make I don’t know. AIUI, it was a small update and didn’t take long - unlike some updates. It made no difference to the display options in the virtual dashboard; I can get a map view but not with the dials overlaid.