But that's only because there's six spark plugs and they're a PITA to get to!

Pretty sure the Skoda hourly rate I've been charged is about

How many spark plugs per cyclinder?

2..."for efficiency"

Suspect/hope I just have one glow plug per cylinder tho'.

Skoda hourly rate here in Sunny Salford is

Don't forget the frightfull cost of maintaining The A Class. Anything other than a standard service activity will almost always require the engine/transmission to be removed and reinstalled as virtually nothing is accessable with it in situ. This is a 5 hour out, 5 hour in proceedure and with Merc hourly rate comfortable over the

Th A-class is history. Two weeks after it was bought the ebgine failed big style. After some wrangling she got a full refund and has since bought a Fiesta Zetec.

The new A class is excellent - it had to be.

We have had a couple of Mercs firstly a W124 E280 (1994) which was the best built car I have ever seen and secondly a W210 E320 which is not as good build but still spot on after nearly 160,000 miles. I read that the new A Class is far far better than the MK1 but at that money a high spec TDI Octavia would get my cash!!!