I had an Audi A4 turbo wagon once; blew up in the desert. Full compression loss; ended up selling it for scrap. I've had to drive a friend's Golf a bunch too and noted some of the janky crap on it he should fix and he told me his girlfriend's Jetta had the same issues .. "They're all like that.."

German cars are absolute clustermine garbage. They have shit design, important shit always breaks, parts are insanely expensive ...