Yeah BB, that was my Octavia VRS. When I first got it I loved it, but did fade after a while. Generally speaking a pretty good car, front end was a little too long for me, and the view out of the back window was quite poor (I never had any probs parking, but my wife hated driving it). The worst part though was the brakes. In the dry, spot on... in the wet though absolutely terrible.

Braking in the wet felt as if there was a second or so before they cut in. Often visited the Briskoda forums, and it seemed to be something to do with the car/design as I wasnt the only person who complained about the performance in the wet. Had them checked out by Skoda and was told there wasnt a problem.

Performance wise it was a fun drive, 1.8 turbo, pretty responsive and good handling but the niggly little things that i've mentioned kinda ruined it for me.