 I have had several thousands of dollars of work done on this car, mostly covered by warranty.  Now that I'm 2500 miles outside the warranty, the car is in the shop about every three weeks for something wrong.  The last time, I was driving down the highway and the engine shut down and gave me a code.  I was able to safely pull off and get it to the dealership, but that scared me and was incredibly dangerous!  Every dealership I've been to keeps telling me it's not worth much because VW comes in "soft" for trade in value.  I've had it.  It was a great ride while it lasted, but I'll never buy VW again.