All, Dropped the car off this morning for the towbar fitting. Fitter hadn't done a Octavia Mk4 before so had a good look at the car and then informed me that he couldn't fit it. There is no Gross Train Weight listed on the Vehicle Identification plate so without that it would not be legal to tow (GTW listed as 0Kg on the plate). Fitter mentioned this had happened once before with a Kodiaq.  Skoda ended up replacing the car for the customer.  Once I had picked myself up off the floor I