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Thanks, @KenONeill - I was looking at gauges online this morning as I was already considering that. Went to deflate the tyres and our local petrol station machine had the spare tyre at 37PSI and the rest at 32PSI so all 3PSI less than what the garage quoted.

Without looking right now, I know it's 2.1 bar (30PSI) for half load and I'm pretty certain it's 2.2 bar (32PSI) for a full load. We only ever have 2 people (maximum) in the car and a bit of shopping in the boot.

Thanks for your replies. Just over a week ago, there was a slow puncture in one of the tyres and we got it fixed at a tyre fitting centre. I guess it's possible that they were the ones who over inflated the tyres but that doesn't explain why the garage today didn't then deflate them a little. I also can't imagine the tyre fitting centre bothering to inflate the spare to 40PSI. Would you guys recommend deflating them to 33PSI maximum or should we just leave them this one time?

@KenONeill We haven't checked the pressure ourselves using the air machine we normally use at our local petrol station. The pressure I'm quoting for the tyres was written on a sheet of paper by the garage that did the service for us. The car is only 1 year old and the only wear is to the front tyres. They've written that the back tyres have a 7mm depth (outer, centre and inner) and the front tyres have 6mm. I've attached a pic of the sheet.

We took our Fabia to a garage this morning for a minor service. The petrol cap says that the tyre pressure should be 30PSI, however according to the checklist, the garage has inflated all of the tyres to 35PSI and the spare to 40PSI. Why would they inflate them to over the recommended amount and should we deflate them to the correct pressure? Thanks.

Thanks for all your replies, got the car back from the garage this morning after being away for two days on the invoice it says: Carried out repair to wiring loom on top of engine for cam shaft sensor due to mice damage. Then underneath that it says Removed and replaced breather pipe due to damage - no mention of mice for that so not sure what has caused the damage to the pipe.

Hi, I think our car is a Mk III, what I know is that it is a skoda octavia hatchback 64 plate. The engine has been making a weird sound for a week, the garage couldn't book it in before tomorrow but today we thought we'd have a look to see if we could see the problem. It seems we have had some mice and they have done a bit of damage to one pipe in particular we're assuming this is what is causing the noise but no engine warning lights are coming on. It has now got me worried as to whether it is safe to drive the pipe the mice have damaged is near the airfilter compartment it goes underneath it and then down. I'm attaching a couple of photos to show the damage and also hoping someone will be able to tell me what this particular pipe is connected to and if it is dangerous to drive. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw they had chewed not just a hole but eaten away the pipe length ways so there's quite a large gap. thank you