Hi Everyone - First post on this site ! - I drive a Octy II 2.0 Pd Elegance Estate in Siliver with 17" Pegasus Alloys, sports suspension & front parking sensors.

Best car i have ever owned - and i have owned and driven a few !

Hello Kevj66 :wavey:

Good car and good site also

Welcome!

Mo

Welcome to Briskoda. :wavey:

Welcome to ANOTHER Skoda owner :orb_wave:

What prompted the switch to the Octy ?

Welcome

welcome to the site

Welcome to ANOTHER Skoda owner :orb_wave:

What prompted the switch to the Octy ?

I chose the Octy because i liked it - and because i needed to replace my previous useless Peugeot 307SW after only 4 months because neither the dealer or manufacturer knew how to fix it.

Following the Skoda's excellent results in all the surveys for overall customer satisfaction and my experience with owning a Peugeot i opted to go for the Octy II following a test drive which was very impressive.

I went for the Elegance model because i wanted all the extra's and because i needed the car quickly the particular car i was offered also included the 17" Pegasus alloys, sports suspension and front parking sensors. (I only had to wait 3 weeks for the car and whilst the dealer was waiting for it to be delivered they loaned me a Fabia free of charge - something a Peugeot dealer just wouldn't do!)

I was tempted by the Octy I before i bought the Peugeot but was put off really only by the lack of legroom and space in the rear seating area - something which has been greating improved in the Octy II model.

The only slight niggles i have with my Octy II are

1) There is no warning light to tell you the Cruise Control is swithed on ?

2) The radio reception from the Stream is sometimes poor - but the sound quality on CD is far superior to the system in a 307!

3) Minor i know ! - the vanity mirrors on the sun visors aren't illuminated

3) Fuel consuption at 8500 miles is not quite as good as my VW Bora 130 TDi sport i used to run as a company car - Bora used to average 50mpg Octy II averaging about 44-45 mpg - 307SW XSi HDi 136 - 35-37 MPG ! - rubbish

apart from that a very satisfied customer !

may be considering some form of remap/tuning in the future but suggestions on this website don't indicate any good results so i am not sure.

Welcome to ANOTHER Skoda owner :orb_wave:

What prompted the switch to the Octy ?

I chose the Octy because i liked it - and because i needed to replace my previous useless Peugeot 307SW after only 4 months because neither the dealer or manufacturer knew how to fix it.

Following the Skoda's excellent results in all the surveys for overall customer satisfaction and my experience with owning a Peugeot i opted to go for the Octy II following a test drive which was very impressive.

I went for the Elegance model because i wanted all the extra's and because i needed the car quickly the particular car i was offered also included the 17" Pegasus alloys, sports suspension and front parking sensors. (I only had to wait 3 weeks for the car and whilst the dealer was waiting for it to be delivered they loaned me a Fabia free of charge - something a Peugeot dealer just wouldn't do!)

I was tempted by the Octy I before i bought the Peugeot but was put off really only by the lack of legroom and space in the rear seating area - something which has been greating improved in the Octy II model.

The only slight niggles i have with my Octy II are

1) There is no warning light to tell you the Cruise Control is swithed on ?

2) The radio reception from the Stream is sometimes poor - but the sound quality on CD is far superior to the system in a 307!

3) Minor i know ! - the vanity mirrors on the sun visors aren't illuminated

3) Fuel consuption at 8500 miles is not quite as good as my VW Bora 130 TDi sport i used to run as a company car - Bora used to average 50mpg Octy II averaging about 44-45 mpg - 307SW XSi HDi 136 - 35-37 MPG ! - rubbish

apart from that a very satisfied customer !

may be considering some form of remap/tuning in the future but suggestions on this website don't indicate any good results so i am not sure. :thumbdwn: