hiya all

just a quicky to say hello,have just purchased octavia II elegance 2.0 tdi,dsg hatch, 2005,will collect vehicle on sat.am just browsing to see all the pit falls and tips on owning such a vehicle.

am located in wiltshire,and my job is feild service engineer.have just got rid of my 4x4 and am now the proud owner (nearly) of the skoda.if this forum is any-thing like the 4x4 it is very informative for the members.take care all and look forward to your experiances

Hi and welcome to Briskoda, lot of info on here.

Welcome to Briskoda. :wavey:

Hi and welcome to Briskoda!

Hiya.

I should be collecting mine on the same day.

Another shiny new 2.0tdi but with the manual gearbox instead of the DSG

may the sun be shinning on us for saturday,am really looking forward to it.have looked at puggets,fords and bm,s...but for quality and equipment...no comparisment.and the dealer went out of his way to gain the business

I also need a sunny evening before then so I can extract the stereo from my current octy before it gets traded in.

Fingers crossed , eh.

welcome, am new at this game too.. am waiting to pick up my 06 octavia FSI VRS in june..just had to drop that in... from the DIZZY BLONDE

Hi, I am new on here too. Picked up my 05 Octy Elegance 2.0 Tdi last Wednesday. Got the 6 speed box rather than the DSG. I am not disappointed and I don't think you will be either. Its a great car! I spent about 3 months deciding which car to get - I wanted German quality and initially was looking at VW's, Audis or BMW's. I think the Skoda is the obvious choice. I could have had a bottom of the range Golf for the money.

welcome fella:thumbup:

welcome, am new at this game too.. am waiting to pick up my 06 octavia FSI VRS in june..just had to drop that in... from the DIZZY BLONDE

such a tease ha ha ha

Welcome to Briskoda everyone! :wave:

All this talk of DSG - DSG is simply :drool:. I'm so jealous.

Hope you find the forum an informative and enjoyable place!

Hello eagle-phoenix and welcome to Briskoda :wavey: an excellent choice of car methinks:thumbup:

thank you all for your comments,just need to get saturday here

well saturday is here,picked up new car this morning and................if this is what skoda is all about....wow....what a vehicle,from the test drive right through to collection,perfect.nothing was to much trouble,coffee on tap and to be honest i havent got rid of the smile since this mornin.this will be my first skoda and if things go on like this it wont be my last....how did you get on dr zoidburg ? haveing fun with yours........................................

I'm currently being messed about by All Electric garages.

It was originally going to be ready last week , then saturday , then monday.

I've arranged for my insurance to start on monday and the cover on my old car to stop , and also got some time off work to be able to collect it.

They then phoned me on friday (the only time they rang since I'd signed the paperwork) to say that the car hasn't yet arrived at the dealership from their distribution centre 10 miles away and they couldn't tell me when it would do so. I went there today to drop the insurance certificate off so they could tax the car and they are now saying they still haven't got the car ready and don't know when it will be available for collection. I find it unbelievable that they can't phone their other site and look at a list of cars they have to PDI and ship out and see where it is in the queue.

I wasn't in any particular rush to collect it and if they had said next wednesday from the start I'd have been perfectly happy but to be messed about with changing dates and vague answers is very annoying.

I've now got to change my insurance again but can't do that until monday when they are supposedly going to phone me and let me know if I have a car or not and when it might arrive.

The deal I got was one I was happy with but I get the distinct impression they have totally lost interest in me now I've left a deposit. I'm not impressed at all.

I'm sure when I actually get the car I'll be very pleased but it's taken the shine off things quite a lot.

So Sorry Dr Z Hope it all gets sorted out.

So pleased you like yours eagle-phoenix. Going to wax mine tomorrow, can't wait. LOL, turned into a big kid :orb_rocki

DR Z...irrespective of the cost i would be up there nose like a rat up a drain pipe,be it £1000.00 or £50.000 a customer is a customer..it sounds like this skoda dealer needs training on how to keep theres.

personaly i would now give them a final delivery date and if that is missed then place a penalty on late delivery....when we bought ours the dealer started to mess about but we explained that we were not here to get out of the rain nore were we here because nothing on the t.v...we were here to deal..even then we had to make it clear we new where the door was..and where the next dealer was.from then on in everything perfect.i would now be asking for courtesy car untill things are sorted + further extras to offset my time.....haveing said that its now sunday and i still have the smile on my face....you wont be disapointed i am sure, i know the feeling gillywibble feels like i am in short pants again..chin up DR Z things will come right