Hi All,

Ive just found this site and registered, thought I would say Hi and intruduce myself...

My name is Jon, I own an Octavia II vRS petrol hatch in Race Blue. Had it from new (purchased in March 06) and have to say im really pleased with it.

Spec:

18" wheel upgrade

Reverse park sensors

Cruise

Maxi dot

Jumbo box / climate / elec rear windows

Bluefin

Claim to fame (if you can call it that?!):

It was my car that was featured in the Auto Express Driver Power Survey (with a couple of mis quotes admittedly)

Please be gentle.....

ATB, Jon.

PS, brilliant site, so many knowledgable people. I think im going to enjoy reading through the posts.

Welcome

:orb_wave:

Hi Fezboy,

Thanks for the welcome...

Reading my post back again I think I sound like someone who has just gone to their first meeting at the AA!

Oh well, its done now....

ATB, Jon.

So many knowledgable people, so many armchair experts, so many numpties.....

I hope you have a sense of humour, and irony.......

Hello btw.

Hiya Chief

Lovely motor

Enjoy - and all the 'info' on here too

Howdy!

Welcome

Welcome chap!

Bluefin.......... tell me more ? How are you getting on with it, how many miles on it, any knock-on issues (eg clutch slip) etc ?

Good colour choice by the way!

Welcome.

Do you have VAG-COM? Was wondering if you knew if the Bluefin increased the ECU flash counter.

Welcome to the forum! :wave:

hi there

Hi All,

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Re the Bluefin...

Have covered approx 3k miles with it active now, no issues at all so far (touch wood etc!). It makes a lot of difference although im not sure I would opt for more power even if it was easily available (ie plug in). Traction can be an issue in the wet and you can get a little bit of torque stear but I guess thats to be expected. In gear excelleration is excellent......(quote from a driver of a previous generation Audi RS4 driver after a friendly blat on some A roads "tell me thats not standard").

Drawbacks so far. Running about locally the fuel consuption takes a bit of a knock. Normally from start up just nipping around town the computer goes up to 30 / 33 mpg pretty easily. With the Bluefin im getting more like 28 / 30 mpg. On a run like this week (to Liverpool and back - 400 miles round trip) its achieving 36 mpg and thats having a bit of fun along the way (M6 toll road - im sure you now what I mean!) so I dont really think I can grumble.

I opted for the Superchips device as it appears to be tried and tested, a few friends have had them in the past with no problems plus they "say" they will undertake any warranty issues not covered by Skoda if there are any problems casued by the re-map. The 7 day no quibble thing was pretty good to. Its a great gadget though, really easy to use - just plug it in the car, copy your settings then plug it in your computer and send it to superchips. 20mins later a text tells me I have an email and you plug it back in again and dwnload the new settings. Back to the car and away you go - 20mins & vroom, vroom hello Officer!

You can also immobilise the car and it can read fault codes with the handheld jobbie.

VRStu,

I dont have the VAG.COM thingy flash counter so I cant help you with that question. What is it?

ATB, Jon.

S3AKR,

Also, re the colour Race Blue.....it attracts far too much attention. I love it but sometimes wish I had opted for the silver.

ATB, Jon.

Yes I heard the Bluefin was well liked. My concern with it is that it pyhsically writes to the ECU everytime you add or remove it. There is a flash ccounter, which as the name suggests records all writes to the ECU. It can be viewed with the VAS dealer tool or VAG-COM.

Part of the appeal for many is the ability to turn off the remap and thus keep the details away from prying eyes - I'm sure you know what I mean. If the flash counter is changed then clearly it's not as transparrent as it could be.

I dont have the VAG.COM thingy flash counter so I cant help you with that question. What is it?

ATB, Jon.

Is there anyone nearby you that could plug in and take a look ? (assuming you are willing of course! ).