The family clearly love our Jabba'd Octavia 1.8T estate - but it was time to think diesel. The cunning plan was to part exchange our Fabia auto (don't ask!) for a new Octavia diesel DSG. The problem was then getting the best price - and our usually marvellous Skoda dealership were playing hard to get. The straw came when they could not tell me whether the system in the L&K would play mp3s! (It doesn't - you need to upgrade the unit - another

I can't recall this particular company having been mentioned on Briskoda before. For interest, do you know which country the car was ordered through and did you manage to match the spec of a comparable model ordered through the UK dealer network or are there subtle differences?

Dear Dennis

apologies for the delayed reply - been on holiday!

It seems that the cars - from what I can tell - was ordered directly from Skoda with the full UK spec. So far haven't found any subtle differences. There's a two year warranty instead of three (normal for Europe) and that's about it.

Seems like a very good deal!

regards

Sanjay

Imported from Malta!