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evilCdw
10-03-2010, 04:02 PM
Hi,
I'm a newbe on here so please be gentle!
We've just purchased an Octavia 2.0Tdi, its 5 months old but a pre-facelift model. We are generally pleased and hope the fuel consuption eventually reaches our expectation (more of later) However, I am gererally disappointed with the braking on the vehicle. At slow/moderate speed its clearly over servo'd and above 50mph say the brakes lack feel. Braking on a dual carriageway for a roundabout feels a bit hit and miss and I not sure if it will eventually stop. Are the Octavia's all like that? I never had a high(ish) speed test drive so can't vouch for the brakes on the vRS and 1.9PD that I tried although they were the same over servo'd abruptness at moderate speeds.

If the brakes are as expected then what can be done to make them work? :confused: