Coming up for 2 years here... Will keep at least 3 but likely look to change if/when a new model comes out... Or if I win the lottery, a bit sooner!

Some very interesting points made, thanks !!! ''New Octy may arrive 2012 or slightly later'', says Mannyo, ''Skoda is currently high on the European brands reliability ''said icarusi@hotmail, and the one I really liked was ,'' why change I can't see the number plates when I'm driving, so don't care as long as it's doing the job'', said drefaldwyn. Looks like the secondhand car market may be short of a few more cars if the trend is to hold on longer to our cars, what would the markets say about that ,I wonder.

Had my Fabia3 just 6 months but it really was too small for me. So as of yesterday, now have 09 Octy Combi 2.0tdi which will be a long term keeper.....at least 5 or six years.