Hey everyone, I recently spent the week with the new Skoda Octavia and I thought you guys’ as owner’s/enthusiasts would appreciate it most.

 

 

 

The TL;DW is that the Octavia is absolutely fantastic and great value, but with a few niggles of the infotainment system

 

Cheers and see you around this forum! 

A few bugs?

mine is a total fail….

Fair to say, so is mine.  It may be a few niggles when you’re testing it for a few hours. Not so much when you shell out thousands and have to live with it everyday. 
 

I just read a review from pistonheads which reported the issue of the constant update in progress and blank screen. It was glossed over as gremlins.  
 

I have lost total faith in all car reviewers.

 

Sorry.  

On 23/05/2021 at 09:03, MattBrandCars said:

Hey everyone, I recently spent the week with the new Skoda Octavia and I thought you guys’ as owner’s/enthusiasts would appreciate it most.

 

 

 

The TL;DW is that the Octavia is absolutely fantastic and great value, but with a few niggles of the infotainment system

 

Cheers and see you around this forum! 

I do think that you have underplayed the problems with is car. There seems to be an unwritten rule that no one in the media will actually tell the full truth about the considerable issues with this model. VAG seem to hold the sword of Damocles over reviewers (not you especially, at least you do draw some, though not enough, attention to all the issues). The truth of the matter is that it is a car with a great deal of potential, which has been put on sale without being tested properly, that has lots of potential faults that makes the experience of owning, frustrating. Any review should say, 'leave any purchase for another few years until all the issues are properly ironed out. It is a great car potentially, but certainly not at the minute.

14 hours ago, Ajdude said:

I have lost total faith in all car reviewers.

 

Sorry.  

 

I am not surprised, the only surprise is that you had any in the first place.

 

I thought you guys’ as owner’s/enthusiasts would appreciate it most. = View it the most and generate me pay per view income.

 

I cant comment on the content of the video, you will probably understand why.

@MattBrandCars That you get the 1.4 TSI engine and the 8 speed Auto is a good thing really.

What does Skoda show the  C02 g/km to be for the car.