Driver's window failed to go up so took the car to the local Skoda franchise, it's due a service soon so I thought may as well get them to have a look... prices are all in.

Replacement offside window regulator £194.86

Servo pipe split £44.01

Airbag control unit £445.90

Requires Brake Fluid Service £50.00

Breather hose collapsing £ 36.28

Both nearside tyre sidewalls scuffed £142.86

Steering rack leaking £511.17 ("may" be fixable by a specialist for about £300)

Nearside outer C.V boot split £96.54

Gearbox oil leak requires wash off to trace leak

Nail in offside rear tyre £20 (Temporarily changed with spare)

Offside rear tyre 3mm £71.13

Console bushes split £257.11

Front number plate cracked £ 23.00

Offside tail light cracked £65.34

Re seal door membranes £161.00

Air conditioning service £50.00

Fan seal leaking £40.81

Even taking into account that I wouldn't get tyres from them anyway, and the airbag and aircon is a "nice to have"... blimey that's approaching the value of the car. MOT isn't due until March, but how does this look for a 9 year old 36,000 mile Fabia. Typical, or what? Time to get rid? Incidentally that's the second replacement driver window regulator in 5 years.

I'm particularly gobsmacked by the steering rack. :(

VAG build quality strikes again !

Looking at that i would say goodbye to the car.

I said goodbye to mine when piston rings were worn

How good is the bus service in your area?

blimey a fair few things wrong with it then

I've just realised the MOT is actually due next month. Hmmm...

Driver's window failed to go up so took the car to the local Skoda franchise, it's due a service soon so I thought may as well get them to have a look... prices are all in.

Replacement offside window regulator £194.86 (£20 quid from scrappies)

Servo pipe split £44.01

Airbag control unit £445.90 (100-150 on ebay)

Requires Brake Fluid Service £50.00

Breather hose collapsing £ 36.28

Both nearside tyre sidewalls scuffed £142.86 (replace with part worn = £15 quid)

Steering rack leaking £511.17 ("may" be fixable by a specialist for about £300)

Nearside outer C.V boot split £96.54 (Had this done for 20 in the past)

Gearbox oil leak requires wash off to trace leak (if its not a bad leak don't worry about it)

Nail in offside rear tyre £20 (Temporarily changed with spare)

Offside rear tyre 3mm £71.13 (Many miles left in them)

Console bushes split £257.11

Front number plate cracked £ 23.00 (Plate= £10, pads = £2)

Offside tail light cracked £65.34 (£20-40 ebay/scrappies)

Re seal door membranes £161.00 (could get this done for a 3rd of that)

Air conditioning service £50.00 (going rate is 30-40)

Fan seal leaking £40.81

They are taking the ****

VAG build quality strikes again !

All you seem to do now is whinge about VAG build quality. Compared to a scooby (I know them well, many friends have them) my fabia is much better. Far fewer problems, better panel gaps, better quality plastics on the interior, etc.

If you don't like them don't buy them and for gods sake stop trying to taint the whole VAG group because of your bad experiance! Within all brands there are good cars and bad cars, it depends on the build day.

vag build quality is poor tho,allways has been,tho there isn't any other main stream manufacturer who is and better really,and scooby build quality is awefull 2 scoobies owned many many problems!!!!!!!

That's an impressive list , but there's stuff on there that you don't need to do right away and others that you can get done much cheaper if you DIY or go to a smaller garage.

Visiting main dealers can be an expensive job , but some people do just pay up or they wouldn't keep trying it on.

my last service, wings of peterborough quoted me £800ish for work that is advised i get done soon...coming up to 10k later with none of it done and the cars running fine!

also did the window regulator myself with the help of a few friends and the part only cost £60..will dig out the reciept from where i got it from NEW

I wouldn't be surprised if the dealer miscalculated the age of your car and are trying to scare you into a scrappage deal! Get a second opinion!