just had my new 2024 Octavia iV vRS wagon delivered, NZ market, 53 km in.

all going well so far.

went to set tyre pressures to bog-standard 32 psi as i've defaulted to, well, forever really, before saving.

however, from a digital gauge all were showing as 42 psi. tyres were cold so seemed way high so confirmed on manual gauge.

tyre plate inside filler cap has front 2.5 bar and rear 2.8 bar or 36.2 and 40.6 in real money.

tyres are Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport.

wondering if this pressure might be some sort of "delivery pressure", seems strange to be so out of whack with the filler plate.....anyone have an idea why this might be?

(also, really wish they would come specced as psi, not bar...)

cheers!

steve

Whoops ,Sounds like somebody didn't  do a PDI

??????????

Before a PDI the pressures are more like 50 psi from being in transit.

Factory on to Transporters with Transit Blocks in and the car strapped down, on and off ferries, car transporters.

They do not arrive at a dealers at 42 PSI unless the car is prepared at some other distribution centre. 

righto...cheers.

didn't get PDI...i'm from the generation when we used words.

got it now and that makes sense, the dealer got it straight from the distributor, hence high pressures then.

glad i checked them now.....

You might want to read this thread: 

 

 

What size wheels/tyres do you have?

cheers, interesting.

 

i have 225/45R18s and the attached fuel filler label.

 

skoda seem to have ditched PSI for bar - which is fine at 232 bar for a diving bottle, but a bit of a blunt instrument for such low values. so, 36.2 front and 40.6 rear PSI.

 

i hadn't paid attention to the graphic of 3 x people and luggage, so i'll be erring on the lower side, perhaps 34 and 36 as a compromise.

 

still getting the hang of posting and replying on  here but in the meantime, cheers out to Ootohere for a plausible explantion of the 42PSI all round that had me scratching my head.....

On 06/12/2024 at 20:10, Ootohere said:

Before a PDI the pressures are more like 50 psi from being in transit.

Factory on to Transporters with Transit Blocks in and the car strapped down, on and off ferries, car transporters.

They do not arrive at a dealers at 42 PSI unless the car is prepared at some other distribution centre. 

 

thanks mate......took me a while to figure out how to reply here

@Neily03  Is there something wrong with my post?  Are you a dealership tech or fitter that accepts in new cars and does PDI,s?