Well, I've bought it....

I've now collected my parents '10 reg Fabia HTP Elegance. It smells very strongly of their dogs   and has scratches on the tailgate that I was not informed about (dad dropped the garage door on it apparently...  .). I have been told by mum to get these repaired and take the cost from the price we agreed. Okay, I can do that. The drive home (5 miles) was the first time I have driven a Skoda since borrowing my sisters brand new 1984 120L for a holiday in Scotland, and the first time I have driven a 3 cylinder engine since my Daihatsu Charade Turbo in 1984. How things have come on since those days!. What a nice car this is for a mature driver like me! I have a sorted 100bhp Triumph Spitfire 1500 to re-live my youth in but for work and sensible driving this car is going to be perfect. I am muchly impressed by the car and I have had fun reading the owners manual (the Triumph takes about 2 seconds to work out except for the choke which takes a lot of getting to know, especially with stub stacks and K&N's etc). I suspect I will keep this one fort a few years yet so may well be asking the experienced forum members for advice at some point. Thanks all for your advice so far.