Had this 8 months now:
Have recently had a new thermostat fitted which has transformed it, was a bit lumpy at idle which has dissapeared. Silky smooth at idle now. No more temp gauge dropping from the middle when going down hills and mpg is up a bit as well! Coolant temps were ~75 before the change which was right on the minimum mark for the weighted needle to be at the centre. Now it runs at nice warm ~94.
Also had new control arm bushes (console and front) and the tracking done.
It loves the warmer temperatures, just seems to drive better
. I only had a month of it in the warmth and then 6 months of freezing temperatures which isnt very nice.
Managed to get this out of it on a long drive back from a week away recently (170 miles, 60% motorway,30% country NSL roads and 10% towns/villages). I was very impressed, and i wasnt even babying it everywhere!
Next on my list to do is get a new front Skoda badge as the paint has blown on it and also spray the right headlight washer cover back to the right colour (wasnt the right red wen i bought it
)
P.S. As is evident from the last picture, i also need to dust the dash