Greetings,

 

I just wanted to say thank you to this forum for helping me out in the past. I’ll be attempting to sell my 2012 Octavia Estate privately next week as I’ll be getting a used 2020 model instead.

 

I’m moving away from diesel to petrol as well which is insane considering the miles I do but I can’t shake the fact that diesel seems to be a tax target that’s likely going to get worse.

Frankly this has been the best car I’ve ever had. Amazing what regular serving can achieve. I doubt the petrol version will give me 249500k 😝 

 

See you in the MK3 area 

 

I found the same - my Diesel Octavia estate 2005 is without doubt the best car I have ever owned. Yes, it's diesel but goes like the clappers and gives me 43 on local running - just did 1600 miles driving up to Scotland, visiting rellies and driving back and it gave me 53 mpg. Can't fault it for comfort and efficiency. So I share your pain getting rid of yours. Chin up!

 

After my local Skoda dealer let me down a few times I found a local old boy mechanic who loved working on it. I offered it to him but he has a barn full of cars already 😂 

 

I also worked on it myself after watching online help videos. I managed to replace the passenger window regulator with a friends help.

 

I hope my 2020 Octavia will allow me to replace bits when the time comes.

 

 

 

 

On 31/01/2025 at 08:30, AtilaTheHun said:

I doubt the petrol version will give me 249500k 😝 

 

See you in the MK3 area 

You might be surprised.

Check out the high Mileage post.

I'm at 294K km, so 183K miles 

Seems to be going strong 

Thanks, BlueWagon. That’s good to know. Do you or anyone reading this have experience in the parts for a 2020 Octavia? Am I going to be paying high prices for them?

 

I’m also wondering if parts on a petrol car will last as long as my 2012 did. In the years I’ve had it the most serious failure was an injector and a Dpf sensor. I kept expecting the clutch or the gearbox to fail as that’s been my experience with previous (French) cars. 😂 

 

O I forgot it has had 5 windscreens. I guess the mileage I do makes it more likely I’ll get a chip/crack. There’s a lot of debris on the roads too.

 

I swapped from a 2009 diesel 1.9 pd mk2 to a petrol mk3 2020 last August it is very much a nicer car and fuel economy is nearly as good as the diesel especially on a longer run. One difference I have noticed is the fuel tank is smaller than in the mk2 so it seems to need fuel more often but you are not putting as much in with each fill.

Not had to spend any money on anything re parts in 6 months so can't help re prices.

Edited 1 February, 20251 yr by seriesdriver
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Thanks, Seriesdriver. That helps a lot as I like to keep a full tank always. Guess the Staff at the petrol station and I are gonna be on first name terms soon 😂 

On 01/02/2025 at 20:49, seriesdriver said:

I swapped from a 2009 diesel 1.9 pd mk2 to a petrol mk3 2020 last August it is very much a nicer car and fuel economy is nearly as good as the diesel especially on a longer run. One difference I have noticed is the fuel tank is smaller than in the mk2 so it seems to need fuel more often but you are not putting as much in with each fill.

Not had to spend any money on anything re parts in 6 months so can't help re prices.

OMG you weren’t joking!!! I’m shocked and a bit disappointed tbh. I got the fuel empty warning on the M5 last night. Luckily I was a mile from my junction and local garage. I literally watched the gauge go down from just over half way to nothing whilst driving back from Birmingham to Exeter. 
 

It’s a lovely car but it’s really annoyed me that I didn’t do more research and accepted the “Diesel is Dead” tag people go on about.

 

Live and learn.

 

Also the auto unlocking when you turn off and remove key is very annoying too. 
 

Otherwise all good 😊 

1 hour ago, AtilaTheHun said:

Also the auto unlocking when you turn off and remove key is very annoying too. 

You can probably adjust that in the settings I changed ours so all doors unlock on one click of the remote so I'm sure you can adjust yours if settings aren't as you like.. I can back from  stansted yesterday after a break in Portugal  I drove below speed limit due to the bad weather and car reported 55 mpg on the trip (80 odd miles) not bad for a 150hp 1.5 petrol.

Edited 10 February, 20251 yr by seriesdriver

I saw in the car settings menu it can be turned off but unfortunately that also turns off the auto locking when you start your drive and hit 10mph

 

seems like you can’t separate the two.