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Originally Posted by SirBrass
So basically no one has gotten to the high mileage point with these cars yet. That is, 75k miles minimum. That's barely "high mileage" territory. When one of these cars crosses 100k miles, then that's actual high mileage.
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Yeah, this is what I was curious about. Occasionally there are road warriors out there who will put 20 - 40k on their car in a year. (e.g. my Dad put 120,000 miles on our diesel golf in 3.5 years.) Was hoping there might be a couple early adopters who don't stop driving.
I understand a lot of the niggling issues are the result of a brand new platform (especially one designed and built by two different companies). I also understand that it isn't just limited to the twins (e.g. exploding transmission input shafts in the new 'Maro's and HPFPs on BMW's).
There's a pretty thorough catalog of the various, "new car issues," the twins have presented - which can be fairly intimidating - but overall it seems the fun and driving experience this car offers is worth the headaches. Kind of like an Alfa... only less rusty. And less... always broken.