Steve,
I don't think you should be overly- concerned about my 'gripes' as they might apply across the board. As many posters on this site will confirm, ( Boshly, where are you?) I have a personal niggle about this stuff which probably isn't replicated by others.
My car is a 2000 4/4 and when I bought it I went for it -rather than a Roadster- because I knew that on a personal level there would be things I wanted to upgrade, so I reduced my initial purchase budget accordingly
I think the imporant thing to grasp is that - certainly so far as the trads are concerned- the cars are built down to a budget( as they have to be with small volume production) so a certain amount of 'borrowing' of parts from other sources is inevitable)
In terms of hoses, I can only speak of my own 4/4 but the 'set' I had were a mixture of things and the overall effect was pretty cr*ppy
Probably the biggest 'plus' is thst the factory are very obliging in terms of sorting out any faults new car owners have. So, as I said, don't be overly put off by my moans
HTH
regards,
G
He's a miserable old bu$$er Steven, don't listen to him
Actually I agree with most if not all that he says here 
