 This car was my first brand new car.  
Here is my grand list of bad behavior 
by my little golf; rear break pads and 
rotors replaced at 20k, radio replaced 
due to sticky buttons, mid console 
replacement due to damage during radio 
installation, rear break pads replaced 
again after another 15k miles! At 40k 
miles, water pump and timing belt went! 
Covered under warranty, but they also 
had to replace oxygen sensor and mass 
air flow sensor.  Bottom line, the car 
is neat, but reliability sucks, VW 
service dept. sucks, and customer care 
folks suck too.  So, I hope that my 
experience will help deter future 
suckers from buying a German 
engineering nightmare.