Well done ReverseParker, all the time you can manage to do the work yourself keep going. I had to stop after maintaining my own vehicles for over 60 yrs due to the dreaded arthritis.
Only the morning my neighbour related a tale of a 3 yr old Skoda 15000 miles was going to fail it's MOT due to discs and pads worn out. The husband took the message and told the garage to hold off, he then rang his wife to put her in the picture. Sure enough garage ( presumably a Skoda dealer) rang his wife at work, with the same tale hoping the wife would say go ahead. Well it backfired, another garage did the MOT and absolutely nothing wrong. It is now a matter of Skoda being involved. So if you can keep going.