Who is fitting the kit for Deasys?

Owen Hodder - Tramore Road. You know of him flynntech?

To quote Ray Deasy "Recognised as one of the best painters in cork";)

Lets hope he is right

So did christmas morning come yet and you get your car ?

Yeah they are good alright.

So did christmas morning come yet and you get your car ?

Not yet :thumbdwn: - collecting it at 4pm on monday

will be in Dub on the night of the 19th, but not sure what time will be getting there, let me know if you will be around, if not will see you at the meet on the 20th

Not yet :thumbdwn: - collecting it at 4pm on monday

I figured you hadn't got it yet.....as your spending too much time on here

will be in Dub on the night of the 19th, but not sure what time will be getting there, let me know if you will be around, if not will see you at the meet on the 20th

Sure give me a buzz when ya land, I'll see how I'm fixed. Otherwise we can have a chat in Portlaoise........btw do you know how to get to Browns Barn (I know what your directions are like :P:D, I'll probably be passing that main road near your sisters place )

btw do you know how to get to Browns Barn (I know what your directions are like :P:D, I'll probably be passing that main road near your sisters place )

No idea, but will figure it out somehow - not goin to try follow you, remember I am going to be running in my car - wont be driving at anything like your 200 kph

No idea, but will figure it out somehow - not goin to try follow you, remember I am going to be running in my car - wont be driving at anything like your 200 kph

:eek:I wouldn't be doing things like that.....don't worry theres a convoy so it would be a mad dash

Owen Hodder - Tramore Road. You know of him flynntech?

To quote Ray Deasy "Recognised as one of the best painters in cork";)

Lets hope he is right

Well wear Bryan..I have Owen's mobile no. if you need it and yes he is good,been using him on and off for almost 8 years!...only once for the Octy thank God tho!

Well wear Bryan..I have Owen's mobile no. if you need it and yes he is good,been using him on and off for almost 8 years!...only once for the Octy thank God tho!

Cheers for the offer Mick, but with luck I wont be needing it :eek:.

Will have to meet up with you so we can check out each others motors soon

:eek:I wouldn't be doing things like that.....don't worry theres a convoy so it would be a mad dash

Now Colm, you know us "ould fellas" like to drive nice and steady, and it is a sunday so I will be driving even slower :rofl:

Now Colm, you know us "ould fellas" like to drive nice and steady, and it is a sunday so I will be driving even slower :rofl:

your the fastest driving aul fella I know :rofl:

Cheers for the offer Mick, but with luck I wont be needing it :eek:.

Will have to meet up with you so we can check out each others motors soon

No bother...did you pick up the car yet??

Btw i hope to be going to Portlaoise on Sunday.

No bother...did you pick up the car yet??

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If he did we won't hear from him till next weekend

did you pick up the car yet??:

Got her :D- and all my fears are out of the window . Comfortable, smooth ride, nicely peppy , as others have said some road noise but I think this is down to everything else being so quiet :confused:.

Car is filthy already as have only driven it on half flooded - muddy back roads to check her out and so far am impressed

Will try get some pix up in the next few days, but my honest guess is Colm will have a pic of it from the meet on sunday before I get round to posting any of my own :rofl:

took a few snaps this morning - not the best pix but will give ye an idea of how the car is looking, am loving it so far, will give full report on her after this weekends trip to Dublin and the VAG meeting on sunday

took a few snaps this morning - not the best pix but will give ye an idea of how the car is looking, am loving it so far, will give full report on her after this weekends trip to Dublin and the VAG meeting on sunday

Looks good:thumbup:

Looks very well Brian. Why don't you get the door mouldings painted or fit painted RS ones. Just my 2c.

My RS is getting its rear bumper repainted by Owen Hodder as I marked it slightly when unhitching my trailer a few weeks ago.

Must agree bryan it looks the business, happy motoring (I bet your glad to see the back of the Civic )

The door moulding might be an idea alright ......but don't go toooooooo far

Cheers guys . I am not 100% happy with the paint match on the bumpers, going to chat with a buddy (a panel beater) and see if he thinks it is good enough or not :confused:.

Alarm and bluetooth fone kit fitted today - MP3 player worked 1st time of asking (some on here seem to have had probs) 6CD in-dash is great .

Think we are going to be very happy together

Bryan

:eek: No comment from Gaff yet :eek:

You are usually quicker than that Colm :rofl:

any chance of a review of the car/engine bryan?? :P

any chance of a review of the car/engine bryan?? :P

Not tonight but in the next few days

:eek: No comment from Gaff yet :eek:

You are usually quicker than that Colm :rofl:

After the spin comment ?

I didn't get a chance

Lovely bus, seats are really nice, and loads of other nice touches. Theres a strange growl out of the engine when you put the foot down, never noticed in the old 1.8T or the 2.0TFSI (I know different engines ). Handles well and looks the business.

I think Bryan has found the car that WILL keep him happy for another while

Btw I think its well run in now, so much for not keeping up :rofl:

Ok, here goes with an early report on the car.

The Look: Apart from a slight colour mis-match :thumbdwn:(that it is going back to have sorted), I love the overall looks of the car with the Skoda front and rear bumper covers and the Milotec boot spoiler ( am not a lover of the Skoda boot spoiler ). The wheel design suits the car nicely, and I doubt I will do much else to it other that have the door moldings colour coded .

Insiide: The dealer had wanted me to go for the black finish inside but I am so glad I did not, I think the silver/grey leather lifts the cabin. The electric seat gives fine comfort (tho not as good as the Superb - to narrow on the base) and combined with decent rake on the steering wheel allows for anyone to find a great driving position Have never been a lover of the Skoda green back-lighting, but here it seems to work, with the white pointers on the dials and the Maxi-dot breaking it up, it just works . Only change I made inside was to fit a set of Milotec stainless steel rings around the climate controls and think they look like they should be there in the 1st place.

On the road: Had read abit in here about the Octy haveing quite a bit of road/tyre noise on the move, and on my first drive I did hear it by the time I was doing 50kph and feared for the worst, but it just did not get to much louder from there:confused:, like it hits a set volume and holds it . It is to easy to exceed any speed limit as the car remains very quiet overall at any speed. The ride quality is the best I have had in any of my cars , a slight fidgit over some surfaces, but allowing for the 225/45/17s, I am MORE than happy with it (leaves the Civic - on the same rubber - in the dust here). Audio quality is more than good enough for me, and being able to have upto 900 songs in the 6slot MP3 CD player, and the armrest MP3 player connection working fine, I doubt I will be short on music for a long time .

Not really had a chance to try it in the corners yet, but grip seems strong - will wait for the roads to dry out a little before I take her for a blast on a fav back road.

The Engine: Had no idea of what to expect here, but WOW, lets say it is all I hoped for and more . As Gaff says - there is a strange (but nice) growl when starting to extend it, but it is also VERY quiet when not going for it:D. It has all the power I could want, feels like more than the stated 160bhp - it feels every bit as fast as I remember my old vRS and that has 180bhp. Power is instant, very little lag, stays smooth right up the revs, has almost turbo diesel like pull from low revs, again I say WOW, I just love this engine:D:D.

Economy: Well over the 1st 800'ish miles, the onboard readout is 31mpg, and if this is an over-read, am guessing it to be about 29mpg. I must admit to using the lower gears quite often , the car has been driven by at least 15 other friends :eek:, and has spent quite a bit of time sitting at idle while we looked over / talked about the car, or had 4 of us sitting talking in the car with all the heated seats keeping us nice and warm :rofl:, so wont make a call on the economy just yet. However, on the run down from the VAG meet I did drive in my "normal" style . Whit this the trip was reading 38mpg for the run, my old vRS would have been 40/41, the Civic about 43/44 and the Superb about 48/50 for the same run. Will post up my reading when I get back to some more normal driving :rofl:.

Sum-up: Over the 1st week and 800mls, I could not be happier with her . All the comfort, power, refinement and "feelgood" factor I could have wished for from the car. I love the looks, I smile while driving it, all in all a gret start to what I hope will be a long love affair with my new Octavia L&K TSI.

Bryan

Sounds good,

Well wear!