Took the jump and bought my first brand new car in 21 years!! It is an Octavia II with the 105 PD engine. I'm looking for a reader so if any problems emerge I can plug it in and hopefully see the problem, and not have a dealer pull the wool over my eyes. I don''t need the full VAG com, I don't want to monkey about with any settings, in case I disable the whole car. So looking for a system just to look and diagnose problems, clear the odd code and clear the cel if needed.

You've got two options, really - a non-genuine VAG-COM cable and an unregistered version of the software on a laptop (although the connection on non-genuine cables can sometimes be a bit 'flaky'), or a simple hand scanner from someone like Gendan. You should be able to get either of those with ample change from a nifty (assuming you already have a laptop if you're going for the first option...)