Further to my email to Haynes here is the official news on an Octavia Haynes manual

Dear Mr Gooch

Thank you for your email.

Haynes Publishing Ltd core product is Service and Repair manuals. It is in our interest to produce a manual if viable and I can assure all customers we will produce a manual for a particular model if at all possible. When considering a vehicle for inclusion on our forthcoming list we consider three points:

1. The vehicle has to be DIY compatible and information available from the manufacturer. On this point, although not researched yet, the Octavia should be OK.

2. It is out of warranty (i.e. over three years old). The manual market for vehicles still under warranty is very small and vehicles less than three years old are not considered towards our sales target. The only exception to this is for very popular models (e.g. Ford Fiesta) where there is demand at less than three years old and the sales target has already been exceeded by a large amount

3. Most importantly, it has sold in excess of 50,000 units. Quite simply, below this figure a manual isn't viable.

In the case of the Octavia official figures for eligible years are 29,981 vehicles sold. Although sales have now increased it is likely to be at least a year before this model meets our target.

I hope this answers your query.

Kind Regards

Mrs Nice-Haynes-Lady

Customer Services Coordinator

Website: www.haynes.co.uk

Can't argue with that.

An honest and straightforward reply , although you might want to think about removing her contact details from your post

done

Relatively good news.

Thats the prob with having incredibly reliable cars........

Thats the prob with having incredibly reliable cars........

Mine's the only car I've ever owned which has broken down on me...and all the others were older with more miles and cost less!

Rob.