As far as the manual goes - fine.

 

But for notes my engine losened up at about 14 000km - after that I have not noticed better consumption. My dealer said it will be completely "ready" at 15 000 km or so.

 

So take it easy for the first 1 000 km, give it a little go to 2 000km, after that it really does not matter as long as the engine is warmed up.

 

For notes I did one early oil change at 6 000 km, then scheduled change at 15 000km - running good at 22 000 km at the moment :-) Oil rod is covered 3/4 of normal on 95 C oil after 7 000 km. Usually driving steady, but giving a go pretty much daily at least once to 5k rpm to get that grin on the face - damn 1.8 pulls good.

Never heard that about being in a limp home mode , sounds fishy to me

All cars are also run on a rolling road at the factory, it's not 1953 with buckets of swarf needing flushing out at 500 miles

Went to see my new car at the dealers this week and the radio didn't work, the rear parking sensors were in fault and the engine managment light was on. When I enquired about this the dealer said it was normal as this is how they are shipped. Might be bull....

 

Also I would be surprised  if Skoda run every car on a rolling road. I know Porsche spin every engine (out of the car) on an electric rig, no combustion as they can monitor most things without the need to actually run the engine, only a small % of the engines get a full test on a dyno (again out of the car) with fuel water etc.

I didn't say dyno , I said rolling road , I'm sure ive seen footage of the Octavia being run up to check the gears etc , there is footage of them being driven on a track at the factory here

 

 

My point is that the factory dont treat them with kid gloves , we dont need to

When Vauxhall set their 3000 mile 24 hour record with a couple of diesel Astra, they were straight off the production line. No special prep just pedal to the metal.

Not recommending this method, just saying...

My point is that the factory dont treat them with kid gloves , we dont need to

 

And my point is that, I would be surprised if the the factory "ran in" every car on a rolling road. There is a world of difference between running a car on rollers to ensure the transmission works and running on a rolling road.

 

http://vid139.photobucket.com/albums/q295/johntyboy/P1000741.mp4

 

Thats a rolling road.

 

And I agree that there is no need to treat new cars with kid gloves, I will be using mine as intended. 

I also didnt say run in , I said they were run at the factory

 

Thats a dynamometer and it looks like a Dyno Dynamics one, you will notice they dont use the term "rolling road"

 

http://www.dyno.com.au/index.php/dynodynamics/dyno-dynamics-2wd

 

The rolling road at the Skoda factory looks more like this one used at the Nissan GTR factory , it is not a dynamometer as it doesnt measure horspower but simply allows the car to be driven through the gears and brakes to be tested etc safely