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119k for my MK5 2.0 TDI, just passed MOT first time last week. I should sell it but it's handy and fun to drive. I tend to drive in lower gears and higher revs as it pulls better, pretty sure it helps keep the engine running good... Either that or the redex I add every now and again.
The central locking just doesn't work so I have to use the key, which 50% of the time sets the alarm off.
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My mk5 Golf has fairly recently tipped over the 100k mark. On the whole its been good (bought ~4 years ago)
User Aroogah's point may be ringing true though. We did a clutch replacement recently, and the two front doors need new locks which is a bit spendy and a known VAG thing. Idle has recently started playing up, which I imagine is the idle control valve being full of carbon. Apparently this can be flushed with carb cleaner, but when it happened to my audi cab the ICV was blocked in by the thermostat, which was seized on 🙄
It also failed to start recently, (mentioned in this thread) which it turned out was because short journeys cause the engine to flood, and we often use the car to get to the allotment with cargo then back home, which wouldnt ever get the thing up to temp.