[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by rammstein

You actually work on yours yourself, right? How hard is it really?

Pretty much any service on the engine (alternator, water pump, AC compressor, power steering pump etc) requires pulling the whole grill/bumper/radiator assembly off of the car. I am capable of working on the car as I bought a Vagcom setup and can do diagnostics with my laptop, but the combination of AWD, twin turbochargers, autotrans etc coupled with things being so buried under the hood makes service a b!tch. It is however a d@mn nice car to take on trips in any weather and is the most stable vehicle I have ever driven on snowy roads at relatively high speeds. The trunk is HUGE.