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I think mine was replaced some years ago by the previous owner. It had 74K miles when I bought it two years ago and I've done about 10K since. I believe it is possibly prone to failure though Skoda say replace at 150000km (93K miles).
I think I read in the service docs that it was replaced at 70K miles so hopefully I have some breathing space.
I'm looking for a Jazz now as a little friend to my Pug 107 and I'll flog, the now sorted, Yeti to pay for it.
Constable_Savage-
Interesting - I thought Skoda/VW sold them as never needing to be replaced, which was the issue when they started to fail, but potentially that advice was changed for later models? I think if the previous owner changed it you should be totally fine.
We have a Citigo which does the small car thing very well.
JamesQGM
Presumedly this is the same engine used across the VAG range that shits its timing chain around the 80k mark. Lots of MK2 (facelift) Octavia's avaliable cheap with this engine, and you rarely see them above 100k.