Thx
Yes fortunately the car has been very reliable 'touch on wood'.
That's partly luck, but mostly because 1- it's been properly tuned, 2- impeccably maintained and 3- responsibly driven.
To give you an idea about the "properly tuned part", this is a pic (sorry for the quality) showing my timing retard on high load, low range rpm 3rd gear pull on the hottest day the car has ever seen (
temp was exceptionally high at 39C - 102.2F and that was at night without the sun contributing, so air was really thin!!!!!!), that's hard to believe for stage2+:
Also when I install an upgrade I always log and monitor figures and if I don't like what I see I just remove it.
As to maintenance, these are my intervals :
Every 5,000Km - 3,107 miles: engine oil and oil filter replacement;
Every 10,000Km - 6,214 miles: fuel filter replacement, and air filter cleaning;
Every 20,000Km - 12,427 miles : cam follower replacement;
Every 30,000Km - 18,641 miles : DSG fluid and filter replacement;
Every 60,000Km - 37,282 miles: Haldex coupling oil change (done only once).
And I only use Motul 300V fully synthetic oil: 5W30 in winter and 5W40 in summer.