you can also get parts from urotuning.com germanautoparts.com and ecstuning.com and you wont get raped on the prices for all the parts. and vw to me seem like any other car. as long as you maintain them they will last forever. my mk2 is about to roll over 350xxx miles and ive never had a major problem with it just the regular maintenance parts just from wear and tear. just dont be an idiot if you do things to them do it right