I sometimes find myself, when in slow or boring traffic, indulging in 'Octavia spotting', or failing that any Skoda, then Boras or Jettas (very few). I can't recall doing that with any of my previous cars. I think I'm more curious as to who, how many and of which type of those cars are around, and probably they were previously sort-of 'invisible' to me, as being a size larger type of car than I would normally buy. Am I alone?

Not at all, I do it with every recent car i've had, so Octavias, Passats, A4's Mk5 Golfs. You know when you've got it bad when you start spotting friends and familys cars too lol

I have always done it too, with all the other makes i've had.

Although it's virtually impossible not to do it with a Skoda as nearly every second car is one.

I've suddenly noticed a lot of Audi A3's around here. Nothing new I'm sure, just not been looking before.