Alot of false information here. Hard to work on? Sounds like people are just lazy.. Unless you’re opening the motor, all bolt on parts are extremely easy to get to and replace. This platform is known as MQB. The A3, S3, Gti, And Golf R are the most simple cars to work on. Mine has almost 200k miles on it, OEM WATER PUMP, driven very aggressively its entire life. When you turn the boost up on these stock turbos, they don’t last very long, but if you keep the vehicle stock, I’m sure you’d have no problems getting 200k miles out of it.