Hi viewers,

New member from the colonies here. I have just purchased a new Octavia vRS 2.0 litre petrol turbo, 6 speed manual, 19"alloy wheels, sattelite navigation system, enough airbags to refloat the Titanic and lots of other goodies. This suits me as I am having a mid life crisis and was just about to run off with a secretary.

I have two questions to ask of you:

The tight fisted company I work for will not spring for 95 RON fuel so I have been using 91 RON instead. Will this harm my car?

The second question is that the selling dealer tells me they are having "difficulty" installing the CD stackers (6 CD changer) with the in dash SatNav, so want to supply me with an 80 Gig Ipod in lieu of it. Does this also happen in European delivered cars?

Thank you in advance and I look forward to your responses.

Welcome David

19" wheels eh - are they standard out there? We only get 17" OR 18" here.

We get the CD changer as standard here. I would imagine the problem they are having at your dealers is the ground wires were switched around on the later cars for the CD changer.

Some info can be found toward the bottom of this page - Octavia-vRS.com - MFD2 Install Guide

Assuming the Aus RON standards are the same as here then you should be running 97 RON with 95 as a fall back. I wouldn't want to be using 91.

Thanks VRStu,

19" wheels are standard, but then again we can't get Diesel VRS's and the only other model than the Octavia available to us is the Roomster.

We can get 1.9 TDI or a 2.0 TDI in what is known as an Elegance out here.

The issue with the CD changer only applies to the cars with sattelite navigation fitted, as stereos fitted to the others have an in dash CD changer.

The fuel issue is a worry. I don't want to be paying for it myself. I receive a car allowance for the vehicle, but my employer provides a fuel card for running expenses.

They were happy to pay for Diesel fuel in my last car, a Citroen C5 HDI, which was considerably dearer than even 98 RON petrol. I may just have to work on them a bit harder.

Thanks again for your response and your links

Hi viewers,

New member from the colonies here. I have just purchased a new Octavia vRS 2.0 litre petrol turbo, 6 speed manual, 19"alloy wheels, sattelite navigation system, enough airbags to refloat the Titanic and lots of other goodies. This suits me as I am having a mid life crisis and was just about to run off with a secretary.

As you say "was about to", does that mean I can now run off with the secretary???

No you can't. I saw her first!

The problem with the CD changer does apply to the Navigation. THat's what I linked to. You need to swap around the ground wires in the plug on the back of the headunit.

Do you have a pic of the car on the 19's??

The problem with the CD changer does apply to the Navigation. THat's what I linked to. You need to swap around the ground wires in the plug on the back of the headunit.

Do you have a pic of the car on the 19's??

Or the secretary???

:rofl:

Billyskoda - No, I said A secretary not the THE secretary.

VRStu - Not as yet. I will take some as soon as car has been washed as it is a bit muddy at the moment.

That may have to wait until the weekend though as we have severe water restrictions and car washing is verboten by the Water Nazis.

I will advise my dealer, though in hindsight an 80 Gig Ipod may be better, given that it is more portable and won't get bashed around by whatever I keep in the boot

Billyskoda - No, I said A secretary not the THE secretary.

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Ah, stand down, bare behind!!!

The tight fisted company I work for will not spring for 95 RON fuel so I have been using 91 RON instead. Will this harm my car?

As has already been said you really ought to be using 98RON or at least 95 and certainly not 91; unless perhaps your version has been detuned at the factory to run on lower octane fuel. What does your handbook say about this?

For a solution may I make the following suggestions;

1. get your Company to pay for 95RON or better still 98RON - 'cos the handbook says it ought to run on that, or

2. Suggest that you will pay the difference between 91 and 95/98, or

3. Find an 'Octane Booster' that you pay for yourself to add to the 91RON that the Company buys.

Good Luck.

PS> Really would be good to see the 19" wheels; what size tyre do you have on them?

OZ vRS Spec here:

http://www.skoda.com.au/pdf/technical-octaviars.pdf

OZ vRS Spec here:

http://www.skoda.com.au/pdf/technical-octaviars.pdf

Read it through; pretty impressive spec with standard 18s jumbo climate etc.

On the fuel issue it says; Min 98RON (95 with lower performance). Therefore considering their Corporate responsibility david290361's Company ought to pay for him to buy 98RON fuel as, after all, they have bought the car and ought to put the correct fuel in it.

I'm thinking 19" alloys is a typo?

Another OZ vRS memeber here.

Standard is 18's with 225/40R18 Conti's or Exaltos.

Putting 91 ron in is a no no.. warranty issues also may prevail.

Dan.

91 RON! You Colonials have a tough time of it!

When was 91 RON Petrol last sold in the UK? Never?

Might explain the need for monster V8s in Oz.

Wouldn't want to run a modern, high-performance car on 91 Ron. I use VPower as much as possible (at 119.9 p per litre!).

Not as bad as the States mate, they have to make to with 87RON :eek:

We have 91, 95 and 98 RON readily available, with some places also stocking 100RON race fuel.

Also E20 (ethanol/petrol mix ) and B20 (Biodiesel/diesel mix)

LPG at all service stations.

I'm thinking 19" alloys is a typo?

Would seem unlikely Skoda Auto would make a special alloy wheel casting for just one, relatively new market and not offer it anywhere else...

Not as bad as the States mate, they have to make to with 87RON :eek:

87RON!

I remember reading somewhere that, if you live at high altitude, a lower RON number is better? Hence Denver tends to have petrol with a lower Octane rating than other parts of the States. Is that so?

there are different ways of measuring RON, are you sure the aussie RON isn't the same as the US RON which is different to ours.

You would hope that the Oz spec PDF above would be on the same scale as the countries fuel and that states 98 (95*will hamper performance).

Hi all,

Another aussie here, just took delivery of my (v)RS wagon (estate) today. It definately comes with 18" wheels.

As for the fuel, we use RON the same as Europe. In the US they use "Octane" which I believe is a combination of the RON and MON rating. When they talk about 87 Octane it's roughly equivalent to 91RON.

I also own a Golf GTI (same engine, well same everything, pretty much). The only time it's ever run on 95RON is when the tight ar$e dealership was too cheap to put 98RON in the car prior to delivery. I would not dream of going any lower, the engine would be severely retarding the timing to avoid knocking.

Whoever made the company policy of not forking out for anything greater than standard unleaded needs to realise that we are now in the 21st century. They're probably a Holden driver?! :P

What is the $$$$ difference between 95-98 in oz?

What is the $$$$ difference between 95-98 in oz?

Not sure about the difference between 95 & 98, but the difference between 91 & 98 is about 10c a litre.

Sorry , they are 18" wheels. Michelin Pilot Exalto tyres.

Hi all,

As for the fuel, we use RON the same as Europe. In the US they use "Octane" which I believe is a combination of the RON and MON rating. When they talk about 87 Octane it's roughly equivalent to 91RON.

:P

Yes, regular gas in the USA is 87, sometimes called AKI instead of RON, and they reckon it is about 91 European. But most homegrown US car engines feel so rough anyway that they feel like they are firing on 3 cylinders [and that's a V6].