[BudgetFailure]

Originally Posted by sunikkat

So, I would have personally pushed for more discounts and tried to get it now - why delay the fun

Originally Posted by suvan1988

I would suggest buying now vs later.

Originally Posted by rahul1407

Also talking about postponing your purchase decision, I would suggest taking the plunge now than later as it is brilliant machine to own and trust me, the emotional quotient that you will attain after owning the car sooner will offset the price differences that you intend to foresee by the end of the year. It is a delight to drive and experience the Octy, especially this newer one. Dont see an exaggeration when our forum members compare Octy with the one with badge! (Read an A4 in a Skoda disguise )

I can really relate to the feelings here, all the test drives done till now, this car has brought the most smile to my face. I even test drove A4, but the price was way too high and then I tried out Octavia, it indeed hit the sweet spot. But I am going to wait it out a little longer and then purchase it.

Originally Posted by rahul1407

Another point wrt to discounts, last year Skoda had a campaign in collaboration with Amex, where on booking your car with an amex card, there were discounts ranging to 55k to 65k? Isnt that available now?

This discount is still there till 30 Jun, but I think Amex is not issuing new cards now, so if you already have one you are lucky.

Originally Posted by suvan1988

You can connect with Soumya from PPS Skoda Sadashivanagar. You will probably get the best price.

Thanks, possibly will connect next month when I am back in town.

Originally Posted by rahul1407

Welcome to the forum bud. Which dealer in NCR did you enquire? Would suggest checking with Ring Road Skoda Gurugram as I got a decent deal in Dec21, though it is evident that the tables have turned around and suddenly all freebies/discounts have now vanished.

I enquired with Brite Skoda in Noida.

Originally Posted by EaurougeatSpa

Firstly, Welcome to the forums BudgetFailure!
Upon one visit I was offered 1L off without any negotiation on the Octavia and the next visit a few weeks later they rescinded their offer.

Thanks! was the discount on overall price or on ex only?

Originally Posted by EaurougeatSpa

When I test drive the Octavia sometime during my buying process in the month of December 21 i too was offered 1 lakh straight discount plus 35k loyalty bonus (VAG owners) and I was getting 50k cash back from American Express if I paid the full down payment amount from the card. At that price point it was a good deal. But I went ahead with a Tiguan booking ( for which I’m still awaiting delivery lol.)
But I do agree that lower volume cars you will get good discounts but one may have to wait until march 23, case in point the old Tiguan allspace

You were in a such a good place with respect to discounts. I am hoping to get better discounts 10 months down the line, meanwhile going to hoard more money for the purchase, till then my bike is going to take me and my spouse to places.

[Maky]

Originally Posted by BudgetFailure

Thanks! was the discount on overall price or on ex only?

I think there was a misquote and you meant to ask me? as that was my post..
To answer your question, It was a 1L off the on-road price of the vehicle.

[BudgetFailure]

Originally Posted by Maky

I think there was a misquote and you meant to ask me? as that was my post..
To answer your question, It was a 1L off the on-road price of the vehicle.

Thanks! I might have messed up the quote identifiers. I will continue the evaluation for cars next month now. Let's see how the situations unfolds then in terms of pricing scenario. By the way, I am also looking forward to the new Tucsoon, though there is simply no official update on that, just videos of test vehicles and lots of rumours.

[GeeTee TSI]

Originally Posted by suvan1988

Continuing to my last post...
Its strange that a USB C to USB C cable was not working when I connected to the dash cam USB.

So I bought one USB C to USB A (male) cable, and another USB A (female) to USB C cable. Connected those two cables, and only then the web cam was starting.

I am really curious as to why it happens that way. if anyone has faced similar issue or if anyone knows the technicalities behind it, I would love to know.

Ditto

I did not use the stock cable since it was too long and coiled around like a serpent till the port on the roof.

However I also realised that the Mini5 works only with a similar cable to the stock one (USB C on the camera, USB A on the charger), no USB C-USB C cable worked, not even my pixel's OE cable which can take upto 23W.

Finally I got this short USB C-USB A cable with this USB A female to USB C male adaptor
Both dark grey and suitably discreet

However I could not find that perfect L shaped (90 degree) connector for my replacement

[suvan1988]

Originally Posted by GeeTee TSI

Ditto

I did not use the stock cable since it was too long and coiled around like a serpent till the port on the roof.

However I also realised that the Mini5 works only with a similar cable to the stock one (USB C on the camera, USB A on the charger), no USB C-USB C cable worked, not even my pixel's OE cable which can take upto 23W. ...
Both dark grey and suitably discreet

However I could not find that perfect L shaped (90 degree) connector for my replacement

I actually bought two 25 cm cables, and wrapped those around the rear visor
It is not very visible. Yes, I agree, getting a 90 degree cable is difficult in small size.

[suvan1988]

Guys, need help. I am planning to use a steering wheel cover for my Octy as the steering wheel is too smooth and my hand tends to slip mostly as I steer using only one hand. So I was planning to buy this:

https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B08...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Has anyone bought this before for their car? Also, what would be a good recommendation for steering wheel cover for Octy. I am looking for simple looking one which provides good grip to be driven by one hand.

Also, I am still unable to find 5D/7D floot mats black colour for the new Octavia. Any help in that regard will also help. Note, I am from Bangalore, so request you to provide any lead within Bangalore or from Online purchase points.

[neoonwheels]

Today I had almost finalised the deal for a 2021 White Octavia Style but the dealer in Pune (Akoya) said cars like Octavia demand a 60% of deal value as down payment . This is why people keep away from brands like Skoda. This is going to be my 6th car and never ever any dealer demanded 60% as down payment. All that zeal of going for Octavia kind of died today

Will mostly book Virtus as my XUV booking is not moving anywhere. Octavia was that car which ticked all the boxes but the dealer is acting pricey. I told them that I would pay booking amount and will pay rest the day I do the PDI. But somehow dealer is hell bent on I paying that 15-18L up front.

[sunikkat]

Originally Posted by suvan1988

Has anyone bought this before for their car? Also, what would be a good recommendation for steering wheel cover for Octy. I am looking for simple looking one which provides good grip to be driven by one hand.

Also, I am still unable to find 5D/7D floot mats black colour for the new Octavia. Any help in that regard will also help. Note, I am from Bangalore, so request you to provide any lead within Bangalore or from Online purchase points.

No offence, but personal opinion is these steering covers will actually spoil the look of interiors.

If you have not given 3M nomad mats a try, please check that out too. I have that in both my cars as it’s very practical and hide the dirt well.

Originally Posted by neoonwheels

Today I had almost finalised the deal for a 2021 White Octavia Style but the dealer in Pune (Akoya) said cars like Octavia demand a 60% of deal value as down payment . This is why people keep away from brands like Skoda. This is going to be my 6th car and never ever any dealer demanded 60% as down payment. All that zeal of going for Octavia kind of died today

Not sure how it works for other manufacturers, but when I got i20 few months back, the dealer demanded release of full amount before they dispatched the car from factory. Though I got the car within 3 days of payment and did the PDI previous day of delivery.

[EaurougeatSpa]

Originally Posted by neoonwheels

Today I had almost finalised the deal for a 2021 White Octavia Style but the dealer in Pune (Akoya) said cars like Octavia demand a 60% of deal value as down payment . This is why people keep away from brands like Skoda. This is going to be my 6th car and never ever any dealer demanded 60% as down payment. All that zeal of going for Octavia kind of died today

Will mostly book Virtus as my XUV booking is not moving anywhere. Octavia was that car which ticked all the boxes but the dealer is acting pricey. I told them that I would pay booking amount and will pay rest the day I do the PDI. But somehow dealer is hell bent on I paying that 15-18L up front.

What a rip off. Don’t fall for that. Report the dealer to skoda. They cannot ask you more than the stipulated amount for a booking. They are running a showroom not a finance company. Such dealers are bringing disrepute to the whole industry.

[Maky]

Originally Posted by neoonwheels

Octavia was that car which ticked all the boxes but the dealer is acting pricey.

Do not ditch your dream car purchase because of one bad salesman or questionable dealer.
Stick with the Octavia if your heart so desires and find another dealer, you can try in Thane or Bombay.

[mah45]

Dear All,
I am a new member to Team BHP
I had booked my Skoda Octavia L&K Magic Black on May 1st. (It's another story that I actually booked on Apr 30th and I was thinking the dealer would be keen to log the booking on same date due to month end, however he coolly said we don't have any Booking Targets for this vehicle and hence effective booking date became 1st May)
I had taken 3 TDs of this car from 2 different Dealers here in Chennai and finally booked it
What was surprising was that on all 3 occasions during TD, both the dealers seemed to be pushing for Style Variant claiming this is more VFM. Now while this could be true, the push seemed more like forcing us to go against L&K stating Long wait times and High cost etc. Did anyone face similar experience ?
The second thing I wanted to mention about is the Long wait times
To be very honest, I hardly see a 4th Gen Octavia on the roads in Chennai, and in spite of this I am told by the dealer that the L&K variant would take a minimum of 3 months for Delivery due to the Ongoing chip shortage issues. Does it ring a bell, anyone ?
So, around 2 weeks after my booking I raise a query to Skoda India Customer care requesting if they can speed up delivery, and I clearly mention that unless Skoda allots the car the Dealer can't do much, so the query is to the Skoda India team. And they promptly assign the case to the dealer asking them to address it
In the reply mail chain from the dealer I did see couple of Skoda India personnel marked, so I have tried to write to them but there has been no response/acknowledgement whatsoever.
So, I would like to understand whether is it really taking upto 3 months for delivery of L&K in other cities, or is it only in Chennai, and any tips to try and get our hands on this Dream car asap (although coming from the stable of Maruti and Tata, I am really skeptical of Post Sales service of Skoda with all the Pre-Sales experience). Thanks

[neoonwheels]

Originally Posted by Maky

Do not ditch your dream car purchase because of one bad salesman or questionable dealer.
Stick with the Octavia if your heart so desires and find another dealer, you can try in Thane or Bombay.

Yeh, will try that route too.

Originally Posted by EaurougeatSpa

What a rip off. Don’t fall for that. Report the dealer to skoda. They cannot ask you more than the stipulated amount for a booking. They are running a showroom not a finance company. Such dealers are bringing disrepute to the whole industry.

Dropped a tweet to Zac and voila in 4 hours I got a call from dealer to explain the situation and their risk of investing on something I might reject if there are issues with car in PDI. This is something both Skoda and dealer have to work on and not me as a consumer.

Originally Posted by sunikkat

Not sure how it works for other manufacturers, but when I got i20 few months back, the dealer demanded release of full amount before they dispatched the car from factory. Though I got the car within 3 days of payment and did the PDI previous day of delivery.

When the manf asks for 50K as official amount, I dont feel I need to invest 15L on something which is not even with dealer. Its technically/ethically wrong to ask for 60% of value when the company they are representing is asking only 50K. Business risks etc are there and I am not denying but isnt this a known risk which every dealer takes. If this is so much pronounced, dealer should work with Skoda than to expect consumer to invest so much of capital upfront. Or flatly refuse taking bookings for such cars. They want to do business but not take risks, I dont know how its going to help the dealer as a brand. In circle of influence, I would always ask people to avoid this dealer for life. It wont hurt them in near term but multiple of such instances and you have a reputation issue.

[EaurougeatSpa]

Originally Posted by neoonwheels

Dropped a tweet to Zac and voila in 4 hours I got a call from dealer to explain the situation and their risk of investing on something I might reject if there are issues with car in PDI. This is something both Skoda and dealer have to work on and not me as a consumer.

Great. Definitely agree with you. The dealer already covers PDI, transport, other accidental losses through thier insurance program. There is absolutely no need to pass these on to the customers. The purpose of PDI is specifically to find if there are issues. That is the only mitigation that a prospective buyer has. As consumers we should ensure that we don’t indulge these dealers in these tactics. Another case in point is dealers accepting bookings even before the manufacturer announces that bookings are open. This is what causes issues and frustrations to people who think they have booked on day 1 but in reality you are already in a long queue. A long way to go in the way premium dealers deal with consumers. Making hay while the sun shines is fine but not at the cost of consumers and the brand.

[sachin_cs]

Originally Posted by neoonwheels

Today I had almost finalised the deal for a 2021 White Octavia Style but the dealer in Pune (Akoya) said cars like Octavia demand a 60% of deal value as down payment . This is why people keep away from brands like Skoda. This is going to be my 6th car and never ever any dealer demanded 60% as down payment. All that zeal of going for Octavia kind of died today
.

This is such a lame response given by the dealer, never heard that you would have to pay 60% as down payment. If you want, I can connect you with some higher ups in the Skoda customer centricity department. PM me with your details if you need any help with the same. And regarding the Octavia, there’s nothing like Octavia in the market in the 30L price bracket.

[ajmat]

Originally Posted by neoonwheels

Today I had almost finalised the deal for a 2021 White Octavia Style but the dealer in Pune (Akoya) said cars like Octavia demand a 60% of deal value as down payment . This is why people keep away from brands like Skoda. This is going to be my 6th car and never ever any dealer demanded 60% as down payment. All that zeal of going for Octavia kind of died today .

Is Akoya - a dealer or an agent? The latter, never holds stock, and works on a commission. A dealer invest capital in infrastructure, procuring stock, ensuring the stock is saleable etc.!

If Akoya is a dealer is acting like an agent - quite possible, the have cashflow issues, bit surprising considering most cars are flying out of the showroom. The only reason I think is to prevent you getting buyers remorse on getting a Style and not an L&K