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After a second, but fairly brief, disappointing, and only 10 month, stint at Octavia ownership I'm departing. I chose to buy an estate car with the excellent TSI 150 engine, but hadn't appreciated, until a day or so after taking up ownership..... just how poorly executed the rear torsion beam was in the estate version. The ride, handling and really unpleasant thud/boom/vibration (that I found to be as unpleasant as somebody scraping their nails down a blackboard) really let down what should have been a very good car - and is....until you start driving on a less than perfectly smooth road, or a road with fast or tight bends or undulations in it. The OEM brakes/pads were a little inadequate too. Having spent time and money trying to improve the situation, and feeling increasingly frustrated, I have now traded it in. I've seen some interesting things on here and had some useful info. Cheers.