So how is everyone finding their mk4? I've been driving Vauxhalls for a while and didn't even consider getting anything else. But after all the issues over a couple of years I decided that I needed a change. 

 

Apart from the touchscreen controls I'm loving my new car. I drive varied roads and do 50-150 miles per day for work. It handles brilliantly and I normally drive on eco mode giving awesome mpg. 

 

What are your best/worst (excluding the infotainment system) bits?

 

I saw some posts about the amazing fuel performance. Who would be interested in doing a little competition on best fuel economy? Maybe post the results every month? 

Welcome to the forum.

 

It would be good if you gave info on what engine / gearbox your Octavia has.

I wouldn't win. My petrol vRS dsg is currently averaging under 30mpg from new.

Am changing over to a skoda from a Volvo and one of the reason is mpg,they told me I would get up to 38/42 mpg .after 3 years the best I have got is 35 mpg.that was hard work to get that figure.i have gone for the vrs diesel 4x4 which I know will give me a lot more mpg.reading about the softwear problem is not deterring me.mind you I hop it is all sorted by the time I get my new car.around mid september(fingers crossed) was told 26 weeks on ordering but now informed no more than 16 weeks.

I would have to agree that if you ignore/disable all the irritating tech the car drives very nicely (I've a 2.0TDi), nippy and handles well, a little better than my previous Superb which was comfy but gentle!

 

Efficient too - I don't have driving modes (that I've found) but with long drives and using the ACC I'm getting high 60 low 70 mpg between fills.

We have an Octavia iV estate and it's the best car I've ever driven, as well as being the most economical. After 1186 miles, the average was 91 mpg, based on two refills and the calculated mpg based on brimming the tank. The best economy is for a drive of around 60 miles. On a recent 62 mile journey, the Octy achieved 104 mpg as the battery still had 3 miles range left. Yesterday, in hybrid mode, I averaged 123 mpg on 41 mile journey to my destination and 76.4mpg on the return, as the battery was at 1% charge a few miles from home. Our Karoq 1.5 petrol averaged just over 31mpg, mainly because of short journeys in a hilly part of the UK for over a year. Based on 8000 miles pa and assuming 50% e-power and 50% hybrid running, I estimate our annual fuel cost to be £575 pa, compared with around £1500 for the Karoq. The costs will drop further when we gat a smart meter and can use Octopus Go's off-peak rate of 5p/kw hr or 65p for around 35  miles of e-power. We also produce no pollution (at the point of use!) for journeys around town. The Octy iV also has a benefit in kind of 7%, so for a company car user whose employer is prepared to pay a premium for a PHEV the savings are substantial, particularly if the car is a perk rather than long-distance workhorse. 

Loving the drive of the Octavia Mk4. Currently I'm in a 1.0 e-TEC Estate DSG which is returning about 58mpg over 5000 miles. Best has been 62mpg on a gentle-ish run of about 70 miles. This is Alan car; my one 1.5TSI manual Estate, for the few weeks I was driving it before Skoda UK asked for it to go in for diagnostics (kph/mph issue)) was returning high 50s to low 60s too - but that was during Step 1 out of lockdown so traffic was light and motoring limited.

11 hours ago, e-Roottoot said:

Welcome to the forum.

 

It would be good if you gave info on what engine / gearbox your Octavia has.

Hi. I've got the 2.0 TDI DSG. 

9 hours ago, Joss1733 said:

Am changing over to a skoda from a Volvo and one of the reason is mpg,they told me I would get up to 38/42 mpg .after 3 years the best I have got is 35 mpg.that was hard work to get that figure.i have gone for the vrs diesel 4x4 which I know will give me a lot more mpg.reading about the softwear problem is not deterring me.mind you I hop it is all sorted by the time I get my new car.around mid september(fingers crossed) was told 26 weeks on ordering but now informed no more than 16 weeks.

Yes, hopefully the software should be tweaked and fixed in time. I've had a couple of over the air updates and it seemed to sort out a few glitches and speeded up the load time. Still would prefer real buttons for the climate controls, getting used to it though. 

Bought 9 month old mark 4 28th June. Car went in a week later for engine issue (1.5 petrol model) and low mpg mid 30s at best in eco mode. Dealer has now had car longer than I have. Hopeful software fix coming. 

I really really like it. Had it about six months petrol vrs dsg.

 

The good: incredible space, engine and gear box so so smooth, handles very well, styling, economic if you want it to be, fun if you want it to be

 

The bad: road noise, the occasional software glitch requiring a reboot.

Enjoyed the drive in mine but the software problems where too much for me. 
 

The replacement Superb is a much better car all round. 

Really enjoying mine (2.0TSi vRS DSG Combi) had it since the end of May and apart from initial issues getting the Android Auto to work properly (solved by initially connecting via USB cable) I've had no issues at all. Not sure exactly what mileage I'm getting but as my previous vehicle was quite a bit bigger and a 3.6 litre V6 it's a huge improvement, seem to be spending roughly half on fuel compared to the old vehicle, so no complaints there.

It's taken a while to get my head around some of the tech on this car as there's so much to learn but I'm pretty well on top of the majority of things now.

 

About the only thing I don't like is when accellerating hard (especially away from a stop) in the wet I don't like the bang that comes from the front end, which I understand is to do with the dogbone mount, so I might look at upgrading that.

Great to drive but terrible user experience. The most user unfriendly car ever from Skoda.

 

In the back of my mind I'm already dreaming about getting another Superb, as my last one was literally superb.

I guess if you've had issues I can see the user experience being questionable, but for me (with minimal issues in the mk4) it's so far ahead of the (fully specd) Superb sportline I had as a courtesy car. It felt like going back in time 10 years in the Superb! 

On 16/07/2021 at 08:19, ItalianJob said:

Great to drive but terrible user experience. The most user unfriendly car ever from Skoda.

 

In the back of my mind I'm already dreaming about getting another Superb, as my last one was literally superb.

 

Think you've summed up my feelings - my previous company car was a basic Superb but as you say I still found it 'superb' and to an extent regret not going for another basic Superb rather than the Octavia in terms of ease of use.  Probably the only thing I don't miss on the Superb is the glovebox popping open when I went over a large bump, at least the Octavia's doesn't do that!

I picked my iV up on Monday, I've only done about 200 miles so far (Car already had 1200 miles) but it's been very nice to drive in this short time. I'm well aware of the MANY issues people are having but so far I've not experienced any, fingers crossed it will stay that way.