Not sure if this is becaus of the cold, but over the last 2 days, starting the vrs has take more then just a turn of the key.

Is this the normal. Ive only had the car 5 days (currently has 19k on clock

Hi - welcome to vRS ownership.

If you're car is the diesel version, you may (or may not) be happy to know that you're not alone with this problem - there's a pretty long thread running here:

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/147233-cold-starting-issues-octavia-vrs-pd/

Mark

Have a similar problem in the very cold weather. Starts on what seems like three cylinders then clears. Just been in for a service and dealer says diagnostic check showed an injector error. But to really get to the bottom of it they would need car for two days to cold start etc blah blah. Unless it gets a lot worse, I shall live with it.

Switched fuels to shells opti

Still got teh problem after a few full tanks

Its petrol .. totally standard.. (unless previous owner has done somthing)

Any ideas?