Octavia road noise - is really that bad ??

[gregoir]

No.

My 1.4l Combi seems quiet to SWMBO and I. Only on exceptionally rough concrete motorways does it get loud.

[JD52]

Perhaps the lower profile tyres on the VRS make the problem worse?

 

[ahenners]

7 hours ago, JD52 said:

Perhaps the lower profile tyres on the VRS make the problem worse?

 

 

Yes. They are slightly wider too.

[MrApricot]

My 2014 1.2 TSI Octavia gets quite noisy at high speeds. There's a bit of road noise, some vibration and some of wind noise from the drivers window. My old 2003 Golf was quieter.

[Nogrille]

1 hour ago, MrApricot said:

My 2014 1.2 TSI Octavia gets quite noisy at high speeds. There's a bit of road noise, some vibration and some of wind noise from the drivers window. My old 2003 Golf was quieter.

 

Same here - I jumped out of my 2018 VRS into my wife's 2003 MK4 GT TDI Golf the other day and was very surprised.

[nidza]

Bigger performance wheels are noisy, especially under 25C outside temperature - which I suppose you have most of the time in the island. I switch to winter set when driving becomes unbearable, and that's way before it starts snowing in Serbia. 

 

Winter set is quiet.

[MrApricot]

23 hours ago, Nogrille said:

 

Same here - I jumped out of my 2018 VRS into my wife's 2003 MK4 GT TDI Golf the other day and was very surprised.

It's not that surprising. I think Skoda makes great cars, but with the lower price tag than VW and other similar brands they have to skimp on some stuff. Sound proofing is one of them.

[FrankLK]

For sure Octavia is bad choice if you are driving a lot on motorway.

[ChoonDoode]

Sound proofing will dampen road noise to a certain extent, but the tyres and the road surface still play a big part

[lway]

First thing I noticed when I went to sit into the brother-in-laws Passat was it has an extra ring of rubber on the doors. Things like that all help with the noise.