{"id":240802,"date":"2023-10-05T08:49:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T08:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=240802"},"modified":"2023-10-05T08:49:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T08:49:39","slug":"my-2022-skoda-octavia-ownership-review-pros-cons-after-20000-km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/my-2022-skoda-octavia-ownership-review-pros-cons-after-20000-km\/","title":{"rendered":"My 2022 Skoda Octavia ownership review: Pros & cons after 20,000 km"},"content":{"rendered":"

I won\u2019t shy away from admitting that it lacks muscle character from its predecessor, the MK3.<\/h2>\n

BHPian Ambust<\/strong> recently shared this with other enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

It started post my marriage in 2022. I got a new job in one of the E-commerce giants in Bangalore and we had to shift our base from Mumbai. I owned a 2019 Polo GT TSI 1.2 DSG then and I was quite happy with its performance. A few months later there were quite some launches from VAG\u2019s stable including Tiguan and Octavia. With no need per se to change my Polo GT, I was still interested in exploring them both – It was heart over head essentially. With a handful of reviews on various channels and forums, I decided to go for Octavia as my only criteria was to upgrade my Polo in terms of performance and performance alone. Then comes convincing my wife to take this financial plunge at which she was completely against the thought of replacing our reliable workhorse Polo GT, which in itself is an amazing car to own. After a few more months of wearing her down with my persuasion and conviction, she reluctantly agreed to upgrade our wheels with just one condition – we get to test drive the Jeep Compass Model S as it was my wife\u2019s favourite then – sunroofs fancied her.<\/p>\n

Cut to Jeep\u2019s dealership for a test drive a week later, we had a lukewarm experience with the car – Electronics on the test drive vehicle were not functioning including the sunroof which was a bummer for my wife and I was quite happy about it, to be honest as the vehicle lacked performance, especially coming from Polo\u2019s experience. To be fair with Compass – it wasn\u2019t supposed to be sporty – it does best what it\u2019s supposed to do – A great practical SUV which wasn\u2019t on my checklist for a car purchase.<\/p>\n

Post Jeep\u2019s getting out of the picture completely, we went to Skoda\u2019s nearby dealership immediately and lucky for us, there was a white L&K test drive vehicle available with them. Immediately we went for a short spin and was I amazed! It was leap years ahead of Compass (No offence to Compass as I love the car for the purpose it is supposed to deliver) in terms of performance and that\u2019s what sealed the deal instantaneously – We didn\u2019t even want to explore any cars further.<\/p>\n

To gain BH registration benefits, We booked Octavia black L&K from my hometown, Nagpur as Karnataka at that point did not offer BH registration for private employees.<\/p>\n

On auspicious Ganesh Chaturthi, 31st August 2022, we took the delivery of this magnificent beast and the delivery experience from Skoda\u2019s dealership in Nagpur was outstanding. The only fly in the ointment was the omission of the Canton sound system in my July 2022 mfg model – I might have missed it by a week or so as I saw a few June 2022 make models having Canton installed in them. My dealer had no clue about this and to his defence, it\u2019s not a running model for Skoda and it makes it even more difficult for a dealer based in Nagpur to have this info beforehand. We did not want to ruin our delivery experience and couldn\u2019t have blamed anyone so we went on with the process nevertheless.<\/p>\n

20,000 km later if I were to pin down a few pros and cons, they would be as below:<\/p>\n

CONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n