Good evening guys,

On Tuesday, i’m going to view a 2016 Octavia VRS hatch. It looks in great condition with low mileage and all the bells and whistles.

 

Is there anything I need to look out for on this years model? This the first time i’ll be owning a Skoda, so any help is greatly appreciated. 

 

Many thanks,

Hoping to be part of the community as of Tuesday! 

Great cars @BenUK, I’ve had mine since 2016. I had a leak from the engine-mounted High Pressure Fuel Pump at around 50,000 mile point. Otherwise my only expenses have been tyre replacements, Michelin PilotSport 4, Continental PremiumContact or Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 are usually around £200 a pair from Blackcircles. I average about 35 mpg in my TSI. 

The Driving Modes take a bit of getting used to. My MY14 Octavia has four driving modes – Eco, Normal, Sport and Individual – which can be accessed via a vRS button on the centre console. This then lists the options on the touchscreen, Normal being the default position. I have found it best to save my preferences in Individual. Eco never seemed to be economical. Normal is a bit bland, Sport too shouty in the car with the engine noise Soundaktor.

Mine’s a DSG with shift paddles. I drive with the shifter set to D rather than S, it’s still responsive enough. The paddles are rarely useful in my opinion. Occasional use when a series of different bends in the road leave the automatic mode a bit flat footed.

The car’s no sports coupe, but no slouch either and the best drive I’ve had in it was on the A827, along the side of the River Tay in Scotland, following the north side of Loch Tay from Kenmore to Killin and then on the A84 on to Callander. Thee are some really lovely drives to enjoy on the Heart 200 routes. https://heart200.scot/the-route/

9 hours ago, Pilotguy said:

Great cars @BenUK, I’ve had mine since 2016. I had a leak from the engine-mounted High Pressure Fuel Pump at around 50,000 mile point. Otherwise my only expenses have been tyre replacements, Michelin PilotSport 4, Continental PremiumContact or Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 are usually around £200 a pair from Blackcircles. I average about 35 mpg in my TSI. 

The Driving Modes take a bit of getting used to. My MY14 Octavia has four driving modes – Eco, Normal, Sport and Individual – which can be accessed via a vRS button on the centre console. This then lists the options on the touchscreen, Normal being the default position. I have found it best to save my preferences in Individual. Eco never seemed to be economical. Normal is a bit bland, Sport too shouty in the car with the engine noise Soundaktor.

Mine’s a DSG with shift paddles. I drive with the shifter set to D rather than S, it’s still responsive enough. The paddles are rarely useful in my opinion. Occasional use when a series of different bends in the road leave the automatic mode a bit flat footed.

The car’s no sports coupe, but no slouch either and the best drive I’ve had in it was on the A827, along the side of the River Tay in Scotland, following the north side of Loch Tay from Kenmore to Killin and then on the A84 on to Callander. Thee are some really lovely drives to enjoy on the Heart 200 routes. https://heart200.scot/the-route/

 
Hi Pilotguy, Thanks for your detailed response! 
 

How much did the fuel pump set you back? 
I’m familiar with Pilot Sport 4, have a set on my Polo GTi. Yes, I tried a Polo DSG but it wasn’t to my taste so manual for the Polo and on the Skoda.

 

That drive sounds amazing, their are some great roads in the south west as well. 

The HPFP was £395 to have replaced, including fitting & VAT at Truscotts Skoda in Helston.

+1 for the vRS, I have the 230 which I am extremely pleased with.