nihtila

Sounds very familiar to my issue earlier in the year, barely noticeable difference in driving. Never updated my case but the turbo was indeed replaced in the summer; no tricks mentioned here or elsewhere found after hours and days of Googling helped. Was around £1250 in a small garage in Edinburgh. Was rather ****ed off (and still am if I think about it), 65 plate and around 25k miles. But **** happens I guess, at least now I remember to do some spirited driving every now and then. Still not much miles coming though, especially given the situation in the country now. Repair bills like that hurt but I'm a bit surprised Skoda are offering you even 65% so I'd just take it and take the hit. Of course you can try some tricks suggested here but it may be the case that it works for a while and then the same again as seen here, and then Skoda not offering anything anymore.