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| Re: Welcome home, Škoda Octavia 1.8L TSI - The one with a mental disorder Hi Sawnilrules, Please share further updates on your Octy. i am currently evaluating options and your ownership thread has been of great help. |
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| Re: Welcome home, Škoda Octavia 1.8L TSI - The one with a mental disorder |
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| 23000 km on the ODO, completing 22 months and planned upgrades Time absolutely flies. It felt just yesterday when I got the monster home. And its 22 months already. So that means, going by my method of using a car for minimum of 4 and maximum of 5 years, I have already used the car by 40% of its time with me if not more. With 23000 km on board, it could easily warrant me to buy a diesel car and not petrol one. But would diesel connect with my soul the way this one does, or would it be able to plaster a wide smile on my face when I blast down the highways, probably not. And that’s probably the only reason, why the car is already at 23000 km already. Coz every time I have taken her out on the road, I have hated the idea of parking her back, and you always want more of her. Off-late, owing to the construction of metro work in Mumbai, I have stopped taking her to work. It pains me to put the car in this maddening grill of 3 hours every evening just to cover 21 km. The car now gets used only on weekends that to late nights if we are headed out for a drive or for my once in two months inter-city trips. So how have been these 22 months?
Overall, what my initial impressions were about the car of being mental when you want it and sober when you want it, remains intact. And I think that is what puts a smile on my face every time I am out driving her. I am not saying the itch to upgrade my ride hasn't creeped in, it has. But every-time I get behind the steering wheel of this car, it reminds me of a remark that Rohan Albal from PD had made for the vRS- they may not make such cars in the future anymore. A future, which holds strong for electric cars. Plus in India, the only other performance sedan is the BMW 530D, and that cost's a bomb to buy and own. Till then, my current performance sedan, is doing a fab job. And it automatically lets me forget my itch. ![]() Upgrades Planned As the car completes two years in next two months, following upgrades are planned
Few parting Shots Beautiful while stand-still ![]() Beautiful in motion too ![]() That's our Jeep Compass along side ![]() When the monster closes in, even the Jeep gives way ![]() |
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| Re: 23000 km on the ODO, completing 22 months and planned upgrades Quote:
Also, Out of curiosity, How did you manage to get your hands on the Kodiaq,that too for few days? It really feels good to read an ownership review of the 1.8TSi without a niggle for 2 years(Except the battery replacement). Great going. You maintain your car immaculately ![]() | |
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| Re: 23000 km on the ODO, completing 22 months and planned upgrades Quote:
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| Skoda Kodiaq- from an Octavia’s owner perspective. Last road trip to Goa, both me and wifey were convinced that our next buy definitely had to be an SUV. There I could see my dream of picking up the BMW 530d as an upgrade out of the window. Nothing wrong with the sedan’s here, but the quality of our potholes on the roads, just don’t warrant a sedan. Considering Skoda had anyways launched the Kodiaq, and being a customer of Skoda, they were kind enough to let me use the car for 3-4 days to get the feel of the car, as they saw in me a probable upgrade customer. So here’s a brief perspective of the Kodiaq, as an existing Octavia owner.
After sending back the car, I did get a call from the Skoda team to ask me, would I think of this car as a potential upgrade? Honestly I said, I would, had I already not owned a Skoda Octavia. Nothing wrong with the Kodiaq here. While the fit and finish levels are up there with the German Trio, but still somewhere the Kodiaq didn’t connect. I have pre face lift Octavia, but look at a person who just bought a 27 lac Octavia L&K, it almost has all the features and gizmos that a 42 lac Kodiaq L&K offers, save for 7 seats, the drive modes, auto-hold and 4x4 hardware. Both have same touch screen system, same 767 watts Canton Speakers, same driver/co-driver powered and memory front seats, same Virtual Cockpit Display, same ambient lights and foot-well lights with 10 color options, same auto park, heck, even same engine in same state of tune. I may not get anything exclusively new in the Kodiaq. Had I not been an Octavia owner, I would definitely be the first guy in line to pick up, because I wouldn’t have experienced anything of it in my earlier car. In Kodiaq, not only would I get most of the gizmos that the German Trio’s offer, but also would save 30 lacs in the bargain. PS- The Octavia goes for the second service this weekend. Will keep you guys posted on how it goes. Just an update on the Octavia, the left scroller on the steering wheel abruptly broke off last weekend. As a result volume control via steering wheel is not working. Need to get it replaced during the service and probably may have to haggle for warranty. ![]() |
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| Re: Skoda Kodiaq- from an Octavia’s owner perspective. Quote:
This is exactly what you will get in the Kodiaq, the luxury of a sedan with the peace of mind of an SUV. Simple. These instances have become pretty frequent and hence you should easily get a goodwill replacement. | |
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Did you get the bulbs? How's the output? Change the tyres to P3STs and you will fall in love even more. I did! So what next ![]() I'm also struggling with options of the vRS, 330i, 520 and the XE. Still clinging on to a sedan! Last edited by itwasntme : 8th November 2018 at 21:50. | |
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| Re: Skoda Kodiaq- from an Octavia’s owner perspective.
And then all those cars,trucks,buses whom you overtook earlier, over take you now. ![]() Quote:
For example, had I been a BMW customer, currently using X1, I would have a motivation to pickup the X3. For example, X1 does not come with wireless charging, X3 does, X1 does come with Apple CarPlay, but X3 comes with wireless Apple CarPlay. X1 does come with high-fidelity audio system, but does not come with X3's simply brilliant 16 speaker speaker from Harmon. And so on and so forth. So in a nutshell, there would be something new to look forward in the X3. Same thing is not true from Kodiaq. However, having said that, had I not been using a Skoda product currently, I would definitely go in for the Kodiaq, as it almost offers everything that the premium 3 brands offer. Quote:
Just got their delivery last night, will be switching to them over this weekend, will keep you posted. Quote:
![]() I am contesting between Mercedes-Benz GLC-220d Progressive vs BMW X3 x20 Luxury Line. | |||
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W.r.t. the P3STs, do scrub off the initial layer (~500 km) before the launch control starts ![]() I like the GLC! But my budget is a max of 45L OTR which is kind of restrictive for any SUV/crossover ![]() | |
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| Second Service update- 24800 KMS on board Basis last years’ service schedule, this year the service was due around mid-November. Additionally, even this time, I had received a reminder call from the dealership about the service due. Hence I ended up booking the service appointment for 10th November 2018. As scheduled, I reached the service station at 09:30 in the morning, and same service advisor, was tagged to my car who had done servicing for my car last year. Good part was, he was already aware of the things that were carried out during the last service. As a part of second service, following things were to be carried out again, as they were during the first service.
What I would really love to highlight this time are some unique things that I could see at the service station this time, as I had good time at hand.
Finally, how much did all this cost me? The total service bill was INR 12100/-. Not bad at-all, it almost works to 1000/- per month. For a 27 lac, D Segment car, 12100/- is considerably cheap. Few pictures that I clicked during the time at the service station Car at Service Station ![]() At the Service Bay, ready to be serviced ![]() Covering the seats & steering wheel ![]() Changing the oils ![]() Cleaning the discs ![]() Car Getting Washed ![]() Washing Instructions displayed at the service washing bay ![]() At the service station, I saw this, and immaculately maintained first generation Skoda Octavia. On a casual chat with the owner, he informed that the car was 15 years old with 1.50 lacs on the ODO and without any niggles, still running on stock engine and gearbox, with only preventive maintenance done all these years. Gem of a Car ![]() Have upgraded to better shoes for the car, other planned upgrades have also arrived, do keep visiting the thread for those updates ![]() |
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| New Shoes, New Eyes, a Coat Hanger and a Ceramic Maintenance Coat. The Shoes- Michelin Primacy 3 ST (P3ST) Michelin ![]() The Goodyear NCT’s even though at roughly 24k were beginning to loose grip. Also, the squealing noise had significantly gone up. Considering, I intended to keep the car for another 3 years I thought, it was the best time to change the tires, aka shoes. The deciding factors was between Michelin P3ST’s and Michelin PS4’s. As far as possible, I wanted to keep the size to stock. PS4’s were unfortunately not available in R16’s hence went with the P3ST’s. I insisted on fresh rubber from the perspective of manufacturing date, and I got 27/18 tires. Which was relatively newer lot as compared to other lot of 04/18. I was given to understand, 27 or 04 meant the week of manufacture. So by 27/18, it meant, 27th week, hence almost June last week manufactured. The size that I went for is stock 205/55/R16, hence no issues on the warranty front if any. Now coming to the tires. How are they? My review of the tires is based on roughly 100 km that I have put on the ODO after putting them, and purely in city roads.
Overall, extremely happy with my purchase, and I think, worth the money spent. As mentioned elsewhere, the tires costed me 8800/- per piece. New Eyes- Philips Xenon D3S- X-treme Vision, series 2, 4800k Philips ![]() Skoda’s standard Xenon bulbs are Philips made D3S series, but with lower kelvin. Initially, I found the lights to be good, considering I was switching over non OEM Bi-Xenon’s to OEM Bi-Xenon’s. Plus, AFS works beautifully to light up the road well in the front. However with time, I found the lights dimming out, also AFS though a brilliant system, worked beautifully only in pitch dark conditions. In rains, it was a pure struggle. Hence, I decided to switch over to better bulbs. It was a difficult to choose between Osram’s vs Philips. But considering, I did not have any reviews of Osram’s, I went ahead with Philips Xenon D3S X-Treme Vision Series-2 4800K. Ordered the bulbs through Power-bulbs, they took exact 10 days to deliver the bulb. With shipment, both the units costed me 151 Pounds. With conversion charge on my credit card, in INR, it came to around INR 15100/- Packaging ![]() Packaging ![]() The Xenons ![]() Old Vs New ![]() Just today got the bulbs fitted today morning today. Yet to test the difference, will probably do the light testing as and when I get time. However, initial impressions were positive. As I entered in the parking basement today in the afternoon, I instantly felt the lights to be brighter and sharper in throw. Didn’t feel that the throw was any longer, however the website does claim 150 meter additional throw. Don’t know yet if that’s true claim, probably after proper night testing, I can throw some light on that claim. Coat Hanger Hanger ![]() As you climb up the corporate ladder, Suit becomes one of your quite often attire. It was getting difficult to wear the suit and drive as it ended up putting crease on the suit. Solution for that was a coat hanger. However since I had screens attached to the rear seats, I had to remove one screen and replace that with a coat hanger. Got the hanger installed through the dealer and was priced at INR 2400/-. Ceramic Maintenance Coat & Denting Work Ceramic Maintenance Coat was long planned and I was simply waiting for the service to be done. Post getting the service done last week, I decided to give the car for ceramic coat to PMP. Also, there was a minor dent on the rear bumper which was becoming a sore eye, hence decided to get that fixed. Through Sandesh, the owner of PMP, I got introduced to Mr. Qasim, he has his garage in IC Colony, Mumbai, and he specializes in servicing, and denting-painting of premium cars. Interestingly, he does have a paint boot too. When I showed him the dent, he quoted INR 6000/-. Quite honestly, I felt that’s too much, but nevertheless, considering he specialized on premium cars, and he had sound knowledge of color platelets used in the premium segment, I decided to hand over the car to him. He took 03 days to do the job, and boy was I surprised. Well I will let the pictures do the talking. Can you spot the dent ![]() Well matched color too ![]() Nice Reflection ![]() In bargain, the Sticker's Gone ![]() Post the bumper work done, Sandesh collected the car for ceramic coat and I got the car back today from him. The maintenance coat process is slightly different from the regular ceramic coat process. Allow me sometime to explain that process. Probably, if time permits, will post the ceramic maintenance coat process and difference in light throw together in later posts. For now, do let me know, if the car feels two year old. Rear ![]() Side Profile ![]() Rear 3/4th Quarter ![]() Front 3/4th Quarter ![]() The Boot Lid ![]() Can you spot anything in the reflections Ma ![]() Beautiful as always ![]() Brand New Engine Bay ![]() Overall, was it worth doing the ceramic coat 02 years ago, considering high initial cost it came with. I guess, again, I would let you decide basis the above pictures. How much did I pay for the maintenance coat, INR 2000/- In a nutshell, both my cars have had a good Diwali this time around. Right now, the smaller hatch-back is with Sandesh for regular annual polishing. As always, feel free to ask questions if any. |
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| Re: Welcome home, Škoda Octavia 1.8L TSI - The one with a mental disorder Hi Sawnilrules, Please do share your experience with Philips Xenon D3S- X-treme Vision, series 2, 4800k . |
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| Re: Welcome home, Škoda Octavia 1.8L TSI - The one with a mental disorder Hi @Sawnilrules, thank you for this thread. Just wanted to check if you have posted a subsequent ownership review somewhere? I'm currently thinking about getting the 1.8, and would love to know how your experience has been over the last couple of years. Thanks, R_S |
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| Re: Welcome home, Škoda Octavia 1.8L TSI - The one with a mental disorder ![]() It’s almost has been a year that I have been away from the forum. Time just flies. At the outset, my apologies for being not able to update the thread. Work & Personal life kept me occupied. More on it a bit later. I have been adding mileage on the Octavia constantly and as we speak the car is at 34000 kms on the ODO. So how has been the car staking up. Well first things first, I got the third service of the car done this last November. The total bill worked out to INR 19867, as it included the cost of changing brake pads and all the filters too. With time, the quality of service at Skoda has really improved. 5 hours end to end is what they took to service the car and hand it over back to me. At the time of servicing in the month of November, the ODO was on 33000. So practically, post servicing in the last two months, the car has been driven only 1000 kms. I was expecting that the new bi-xenon bulbs that I had installed from Philips D3S X-Treme Vision Series-2 4800K, would perform well, but sad to report that, there hasn’t been any significant improvement in the throw of the light. It still is a struggle to drive in rains. However, regular environments, it has been phenomenal. P3ST’s have run 8-9k kms now and are holding up well. The grip levels are still as if they were, when the rubbers were new. So totally worth the investment. I have been facing random ac cooling issues off late. If I set the temperature at startup to 24, the blowers throw hot air, and takes time to settle down and start throwing cool air. To counter this, I start the AC at temperatures around 21 and then switch to auto. I intend to buy the extended warranty from Skoda to add another 2 years to the kitty. I hope to keep the car that long, three reasons. One, as for now I have not faced any specific issues with the car. Second, I don’t foresee any car for now that can fill in the shoes of what Octavia is able to do and third and most importantly, I don’t see Vitamin M supporting new car buying decision at this time. ![]() To all my bhpians, I am happy to note that 2019, was of many firsts for me. I always wanted to write and review cars, and finally took a plunge to review cars independently, and have a mini start-up of a kind. For now, I have been reviewing premium cars, and I am happy to say that our motoring community has been quite supportive. My work can be found here- www.motorise.in It’s a humble beginning, simply to put out my views and reviews on these cars. I hope you like my writing and work. I would love to hear from veterans here, and have your blessings my following my work. |
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