Timing Belt Change

For peace of mind, I would do it about now. That means it's something you can more or less forget about. I know you mentioned that you have a pal who is a mechanic but if you want another recommendation, have a chat with Gerry at Performancetek in Glasgow. He's a mate of mine and a VAG/Mini/Honda specialist and has been working on all my cars for about 12 years. Good rates too.

I bought my car from Arnold Shark in 2012 (against my better judgement as I knew exactly what they were like) as it was the only Cupra available near me at the time.

Had it back in about 6 times for warranty work despite telling them what was wrong the first time. It needed a new charcoal canister and valve. They replaced coil packs, PCV valves, plugs, filters etc until they eventually replaced the actual faulty part. I wasn't about to stop them as the more new parts the better. There were issues with ABS sensors too.

I was to trade in my Evo 7 at the end of the week. I overheard one of the sales rats saying to his colleague "I'm gonnae smash that Evos c**t in when I get it home on Friday night". Yes, it may not have been mine by the end of the week but I just got wound up by the wee turd's attitude. I went straight home, put it up for sale on the old JDMy0 forum and had it sold the next day for 1500 more than I was getting from AC. The wee guy was gutted when I turned up with the full cash for the Cupra and no Evo.

Seat say earlier to maintain the warranty on it, no point if you don’t get seat to do it.