The thing that gets me is that despite being 120k miles up and 11 years old - there isn't a squeak, noise or rattle to be heard anywhere in the cabin - now THAT'S build quality eh?!

That always amazes me too. The car glides so silently down a motorway or A road.

The drawback is that all my passengers fall asleep when we're on a road trip. Even the cat fell asleep in the car the other day!

It's quite soothing after a mental weekend away!

Good luck with that - I've stripped, refurbed and rebuilt my Octy rear brakes numerous times and tried different pads and discs - still 'Mooing' away like a goodun in reverse, lol! It's a design fault, I think we're all stuck with it as a little 'idiosycracy' of our cars...

But with regard to mileage, these cars shrug it off.

I bought mine at 80k, now on 120k, still drives as tight as a drum. Chassis wise I've replaced the front ARB and the shocks / springs all round with new genuine Skoda units. I tried H&R springs and coilovers etc - urrgghh! Horrible for everyday driving. Can't beat the stock setup IMHO...

The thing that gets me is that despite being 120k miles up and 11 years old - there isn't a squeak, noise or rattle to be heard anywhere in the cabin - now THAT'S build quality eh?!

Not bothered about mooing in reverse. It's squealing going forward on the brakes that's annoying me. I reckon the slider needs greasing up.