Wattie wrote:Damon must've got a good one too.
Happy days

It was a pisstake mate. I'm sure there might be two, maybe even three others that got through with there piece of shit VW's without a failure or breakdown too.........

You bought one and are happy. That's great mate. But they are not a reliable brand despite your personal experience. I've worked in the trade all my life and have seen the disasters and high volumes of mechanical and electrical issues this brand has. BMW and Mercedes are no better, so don't feel bad. Matter of fact, just feel lucky that yours has been good.
Ahhh...Euro owners defending there purchasing decisions.......... It's Luke the BMW GS owner I spoke to a month ago.
Q-how's the GS going.
A-brilliant.......best bike ever.
We started talking and within 5 more minutes he had mapped out the over $3000 worth of repairs that had been carried out on it in It's 50,000klms travelled so far.

I would not touch ANY current Euro car if reliability is wanted and more so if you want service pricing that priced fairly.
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me" Hunter S. Thompson.
There are really only two questions in life. 1.Which way do i go? 2.What is the lap record?