After reading your generally positive review, I bought an 07 Skoda Octavia 4x4 1.9 diesel estate in January. It's a great drive and very economical; however, I'd like to reinforce your comments on the aircon. The compressor pump failed less than two months out of warranty, at just 22,000 miles. I took your advice and had a non-Skoda replacement fitted and saved well over £200 - thank you. However, when I contacted Skoda customer service, asking for a goodwill contribution, they refused, citing the fitting of a non-Skoda part at an independent garage (albeit owned and staffed by Skoda-trained technicians). Surely the crux of the matter is the early failure of the original part, not its replacement and by whom? The whole affair is particularly galling in the middle of a Skoda advertising campaign which extols the brand's reliability!