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    Has anyone been given a delivery date for the Blackline Octavia VRS?

    in Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)

    Posted

    Ah ha, thought so! I always admired it, esp after a clean. 2.7l petrol? Must have been quite thirsty (but quick) - you'll love the VRS even more between fill ups. I get 500miles to a tank most times, up to 700 on a long run, and thats with a remap too :)

    So glad you didn't order Race Blue - that would have been too much for me to take.

    I've had a few drivers wonder if I'm plod - but the child seat and 'cat' style window shades kinda gives me away...

    I must take a look inside yours if possible - maybe see you outside for a clean at the weekend - its looking dirty already! :)

    The Audi was the most thirsty car I have ever owned but had the 4wd which was good to know with newborns in the house!

    Can't wait to see the MPG on the VRS on a motorway run : )

    The downside of the black is that it shows the dirt really badly already, so I plan to do some serious waxing next week.

    What remap did you do? I have been speaking to Shark about a remap including one for the DSG gearbox, but they are blooming expensive!

    Has anyone been given a delivery date for the Blackline Octavia VRS?

    in Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)

    Posted

    Did you trade in an Audi estate?

    I'm going to have to insist that you park your car at the end of the road so as not to show up my Race Blue!! ;)

    Very nice indeed - enjoy.

    sure did : )

    I love the race blue but you had this already so went for black...

    I forgot to put the lights on the other evening after a long tired day with the kids, and found that taxi drivers were pulling over thinking I was a policeman!

    The Skoda dealer said that CID and the Paramedics have ordered several VRS's recently so there are more out there in E17...

    What a car! Yours look the business too : )

    Has anyone been given a delivery date for the Blackline Octavia VRS?

    in Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)

    Posted

    Wow - black estate looks amazing!

    I plan to paint the chrome grill black and fit privacy glass so it may well just live in the shadows from then on...

    Regarding running in, my dealer said you do not have to run in a diesel, which sounded like nonsense to me.

    It is true that you never really redline a diesel as you are risking a massive drop off in power by pushing it to the edge, but you still need to get all the bits in the engine bedded in nicely.

    I have had an E36 until now, and the 2 litre engine still felt like it was bedding in at 80,000 miles (always improving year on year).

    Good general advice I have received for diesels is to keep below 3000rpm for the first 1000 miles or so, then after this make sure you push it regularly to 4000 ; )

    Pushing it regularly means the injectors self-clean, and the pistons free themselves up, meaning better fuel economy.

    The worst thing you can do is always drive it slowly at low rpm throughout its life (something I doubt any blackline owner would be capable of!).

    Do Skoda have an official stance on running in their diesel units? (or any other part of the VAG group?)

    Chiptuning ad that appeared in the header of this site

    in Performance & Tuning Upgrades

    Posted

    I think a shark remap is on the cards...

    Just wondered why this forum would allow ads from a company offering something potentially harmful to your car.

    From what I can gather all these tuning boxes do is alter the amount of fuel being injected in a pretty crude way.

    The even cheaper ones just seem to fool the car into thinking it is colder than it really is.

    I looked high and low on this forum for more info but found little info about these cheaper options, so thought I would start a post.

    There seem to be a lot of people interested in remapping but feeling scared of messing with factory settings.

    I have been over-clocking computers for years so this approach feels normal to me.

    Shark it is I think :sun:

    Chiptuning ad that appeared in the header of this site

    in Performance & Tuning Upgrades

    Posted

    I saw an ad appear in the top section of the Briskoda forum ealier today and clicked on it:

    https://www.tuningkit.de

    Anyone know anything about this type of upgrade, and its advantages/disadvantages compared with a remap from someone like Shark?

    The improvements they claim seem pretty similar for only 88 quid?

    I am assuming that as the ad is on this forum that the moderators approve of the product?

    Can anyone shed a little light on this subject?

    Cheers :rofl:

    Has anyone been given a delivery date for the Blackline Octavia VRS?

    in Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)

    Posted

    Finally been told that my car has left Emden and should be in the UK in 1-3 days depending on loading/unloading times.

    Skoda registered my order as being placed on the 27th of september, although I am sure I was in a few days earlier than that!

    Hope this helps people still waiting to figure out their delivery times.

    I should be getting my hands on the car by the end of next week I guess?

    Has anyone been given a delivery date for the Blackline Octavia VRS?

    in Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)

    Posted

    Its the VAG group computer interface/diagnostic tool - it allows control of all things electronic on the car, including activating the bluetooth : )

    http://www.remkoweijnen.nl/blog/2011/08/26/rns-315-enable-the-hidden-bluetooth-carkit/

    You can buy one, but if you are only using it the once, maybe another member on here has one, or failing that any decent VAG garage will have one.

    Check out the link above - it is a very quick and simple process of unchecking one box, then buying a mike for £20 which many people on this forum seem to be sourcing already.

    If and when I sort mine out I will post some feedback - looks straight forward, but main dealers will probably shy away from helping on this one, particularly as they Skoda deactivate it in the first place so they can flog bluetooth as an extra!

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