It's my Scout's second birthday today (just remembered the road tax). Just over 18,000 miles of totally trouble free motoring. The only things that came up on the service were a weeping shock absorber, a slightly damaged drivers seat bolster and a corroded rear badge. All replaced under warranty, no questions. Have also fitted a K&N filter - bit noisier and lots of extra performance (maybe?!).

Not bad after the rigours of two years of a young family, camping holidays, trips to the tip for the school, zooming around France, and one bad winter. It was unstoppable with winter tyres - Dunlop Wintersport 4Ds on Yeti Spitzberg wheels.

The original Dunlop Sport1a tyres are down to 4mm all round but should last another summer. All this and 50mpg+ pretty much regardless of driving style once outside of London. Great car and I've paid it off now!

Edited 4 September, 201213 yr by London Les

What constituted the damage to the driver's side bolster?

My 14 month old Scout (currently at 24k miles) has a creased/slightly collapsed drivers side bolster (on the outer side) which started to show wear after only a few weeks. I wasn't sure how much was down to my non-skinny backside as the seats aren't the widest I've ever sat on.

Yup - that sounds like the same problem as mine - the side bolster is bent in and creased. The dealer ordered the internal foam and refitted it. The side airbag unit is in there so worth fixing I think.