The car went in to the dealers today for a few minor jobs and as I half expected the bonnet liner replacement/fix was a complete mystery to them and they weren't aware of it at all, I showed them the Seat TPI document and they searched the number on their systems and it returned nothing.
To be fair the guys there were quite helpful and did try for quite a while to try and find something but they came up with nothing, so I left them with the TPI and they said they would speak directly with Seat and give me a call to let me know what happens.
They did say that maybe it has been discontinued because it may have been found that it doesn't actually fix the issue and it only puts it off for a bit longer, at which point I asked what the deal was regarding getting replacements when the car is out of warranty, because I'm not happy knowing that the car would end up having the same
problem in a few months time if a replacement is fitted but no other kind of prevention methods put in place, I was then told that because I have reported the issue inside the warranty period it would not be an issue and if I was to report the
problem again outside the warranty period it would be fixed again FOC because it's a known repeat issue that they can't fix (a result of sorts I guess)
Also had it booked in for a creak/rattle in the passenger seat back which they heard when I took the techie out for a test drive, but they struggled with it as they weren't sure how the seat back came off because it's the first R they have had in the workshop, they want to make sure they know exactly
how to do it so they don't end up butchering my seat, which I'd rather them be sure than start hacking away without a clue.
There are some downsides to owning a rare car, no fecker knows
how to fix anything on it when you take it in