1.8T misfire problem

To be honest mine feels fine apart from having to shift down a gear for hills but I think this is ok and it's me not being used to petrol cars as my last ten years have been in diesels which give good torque at 2000 rpm.

I had my Fabia for 6 years from new and it had more torque, more power and more gears than the Octavia, so it's bound to feel different. Once it's revving the Octavia is great. Recently I have made a journey of a few hundred miles with a friend, two mountain bikes and all the gear and it still pulled strong to the redline on the motorway no problem.

So unless you get a very low reading or have lots of weight to carry regularly I would have thought you'll be OK.