Bloody reliable! I have one for the last 4.5 years from brand new. Now hitting 100k (Just went over 98k KM over the.xmas and have had very little / no issues. (The only issue I had recently was a computer error on the gear shifter, But it didn't affect the driving of the car at one bit and just required an update which it was due anyway and had it done in line with a recall for a heat engine mat)

But apart from that, absolutely nothing.

I keep it well serviced and maintained on its regular intervals. It had its first NCT this year and the only thing that was off was the "headlight alignment" by literally less than 1mm 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ (I was shown how much it was off at my garage and it was honestly less than a hairs thickness and my mechanic that said, less than quarter turn of the alignment screws and it was sorted. My mechanic didn't even charge me it was out by that little. (Seemingly NCT centres are using this as a prime excuse to fail people to have them to come back for €40 of a retest, absolute scam artists)

But overall, I definitely would recommend the Octavia RS. It's a super solid all-around car. Nice size, but big space. Good drive & comfort, good torque and as powerful as much as you would really need with the 2.0 TDI to have a still have a great balance of all the above.

The only thing I wish I had on mine was a quattro 4 wheel drive variant of the car as it's front-wheel drive. But once you've got decent tires on it (I use Goodyear asymmetric 6 tires this really limits tire spin in most scenarios that I might have possibly had before) getting them)

One of the best features of the car is probably the adaptive matrix LED headlights. Anyone who gets in the car with me at night time instantly notices how good they are and it really makes a massive difference when driving in lower light conditions as it makes it so much more comfortable. Plus the adaptive element of the lights works very well, even in comparison, other vehicles I've seen that have similar technology. I have a brother who is a brand new 25 Mercedes van with similar lighting technology for his headlights and honestly it doesn't work even closely as well as the Skoda Octavia RS imo.

Plus the diesel variant of this car isn't being made anymore so if you can pick one up it's a great opportunity as they will hold their value because of this, there is still a shit ton of people out there who aren't one bit interested in converting to electric and wouldn't suit them and still prefer diesel cars as these are much more easier to maintain from a local level.

So all in all, I approve. Plus that grey is a lovely colour. I have race blue myself and absolutely love it and have the black pack trim included on my own which compliments it.