Comments on: 2008 Skoda Octavia Comparo – Petrol vs. Diesel

By: wajdi

wajdi — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:23:43 +0000

I bought skoda octavia 2008
with out English catalouge,
Please can you sent me Catslouge with English language.
Also tell me how to use aux.
Thank You.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:17:47 +0000

Your car should be still under warranty?

By: Oxy Nwawueze

Oxy Nwawueze — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:30:59 +0000

Good day,pls my 2008 FSI skoda octavia is jerking when am driving it. please can u help me with what is wrong with. i have gone to my service people here and the asked me to change the fuel pump,but i feel it is not the fault with it.
thanks.

By: anas

anas — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:56:41 +0000

skoda FSI is an imazing car and engine and skoda would be proud 4ever 4 producing zis car

By: Tomas79

Tomas79 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:34:56 +0000

Mark your getting the indian TATA confused with the Czech Tatra company!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:40:24 +0000

Ranger better, shame that’s an Indian company now, owned by Tatra – I won’t be buying one of them…anyway back to Skoda, I drove the Octavia RS 2.0 TDI and it handles and great and feels great on the road and is great value. I need a further drive to check out low speed ride compliance and compfort factor although I didn’t notice a problem unlike one of the motoring writers from Top Gear…Also limited options re seat fabric, exterior colours etc in RS models, I assume this will addressed at some stage. I will be changing over from a 1994 E34 Orient Blue BMW 520i with yellow Koni Sport shockers and Michelin 225 rubber, alloys, full leather interior, ABS, Airbag, 5 stack Alpine CD player, and one the best (probably the best) conventional size sunroof available. The BMW has been an unbelievable car in practically every way. It has great performance from it’s 125kw double vanos 2.0 straight six and at the same time returns economy that is amazing…it will drop down to around 8.o per 100ks on the country trips …and around 10.5l per 100kms around town where it usually gets 600kms per tank! No real reason to change although owning bikes, surfboards and a beach house down in Apollo Bay I thought a wagon might be the way to go. I can’t think of a better package at the price than the Skoda RS 2.0 petrol or TDI. Yes looks are personal and luckily as there are plenty of ugly cars out there, and very very few good looking ones. In my mind the Skoda Octavia RS wagon is DEFINITELY good looking! I cannot believe in Australia that there is so much interest in cars like the Holden Sportwagon that returns 13.8 per 100 kms! i find this amazing in this day and age with Global warming etc…LIKE WAKE UP MORON! And don’t forget the old addage about Japanese cars, apart from the fact that I have never seen one that doesn’t look INCREDIBLY TACKY & GLITZY…drum role please….JAPANESE CARS ARE BUILT TO A PRICE and their COMPANY PHILOSOPHY IS TO MAXIMISE PROFIT!! UNLIKE EUROPEAN AND PARTICULARLY GERMAN CARS THAT ARE BUILT TO A STANDARD!!! END OF STORY!!!

By: BoyfromOz

BoyfromOz — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:46:01 +0000

“Don’t know about art but I know what I like”…

The Octavia 1.8 petrol turbo has the audi A3 powerplant and VW jetta platform, and a massive boot. What’s not to like?

The Skoda brand is a successful European product. I remember Mazda had no cache before the 3s & 6s. People will eventually recognize the Skoda for what it is, not for what it was.

This should point to a good resale Chris. And I’ve just ordered a 1.8 turbo petrol wagon for $29K.

By: Brisdave

Brisdave — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:56:47 +0000

I’ve owned the 2.0 TDI with 6 speed manual for 6 months now. This was after having to wait half a year for it to be delivered. But it was every bit worth the panistaking wait. Have done just over 8000km now. I agree with the above posts regarding attention to detail. Absolutely nothing rattles, the sound system is excellent and the car is very practical. If you curled them up right, I think you could fit 4 bodies into the boot without even having to fold the back seats forward if you’re into carting dead people around (don’t worry, I’m not either). Plenty of legroom at the back. Compared to the Jetta (same chassis) you get more car for your money.

I love driving it. Plenty of grunt, however I totally agree with the turbo lag issue in heavy traffic. This is the only disadvantage of the TDI I have encountered so far. It has made me wish I considered the 1.8 TFSI but as I mainly do longer distance country driving, the fuel economy is a very, very good consolation. Now that the engine has seen some run-in miles, I’m getting down to 5.2 l/100km on the highway.

So as for my two bob worth on this debate, I semi-agree with the author. If you’re on the fence between the 2 TDI and 1.8 TFSI, it comes down to the type of driving you’re intending to do. If the majority involves stop-start peak hour city driving, dropping the kids off to school etc, go the petrol. It’s more user friendly in the traffic. If you’ve got long commutes into/out of cities or travel on highways relatively frequently you’ll be thrilled with the oiler.

Stastnou cestu! (Czech for “bon voyage”)

By: Golden

Golden — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:52:43 +0000

octavia or jetta? plz help,,

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:10:50 +0000

Chris….what the?? The octavia has the EXACT same VW engine, with all the EXACT same specs. Same size, same torque, same power, therefore, same parts. VW engine parts are now readily available, and most interior parts are order-in expensive bits anyway. Anyone for a subaru sun-visor? $100+ EACH thanks!!

On a slightly different note, now that we get good quality Skodas in OZ, is it cool to be driving one? Because it will be rare(er than most) and of excellent euro build quality, even Jetta is made in Mexico or somethin’ now! Street cred, definately! The fact that you own a Skoda would show you’re not a badge snob, and know a good quality car, and don’t care what others think about something they dont know about!! Sounds good to me, i’m getting one!! RS or 2.0TDI?